Trolland (2016) Reviews

• Only if you hate yourself

  doppleganger196922018-03-17

  Apparently 99-percent of this movie's budget went to bribe the big-name talent into being involved in this abysmal waste of time. The computer animation, which looks like it was done in one weekend with a hacked Commodore 64, might have been acceptable in 1978, is inexcusably bad. The storyline is trite, tiresome and predictable - not that it matters because the visuals are so off-putting that it makes everything else moot. Even small children would give this thing a pass, unless they have never seen anything else. In fact, if you put a laptop with an animation program installed in front of a two-year old, they would create something far superior. Not even severe medication would make this abomination tolerable.

• worse then foodfight

  zpalagus2017-03-17

  IDK why but i know from the trailers that it was going to suck: 1.the voices don't match the characters 2.its a trolls ripoff 3.the animation sucks 4.they are all floating 5.ETC so just what dark reindeer said,its a tragic movie for this company and there is no excuse for this one

• mismatched animation

  maxpj-465512017-09-20

  The animation does not seem to be done very well. It does not fit into the background up which it was placed. The words spoken does not sync with the animation. I could not watch it for long. It looked like it was made during the beginning of computer animation instead of a couple of years ago.

• Will make one feel trolled

  TheLittleSongbird2017-09-26

  Watched 'Trolland' with very mixed expectations, veering towards the negative. On one hand, there was some good talent on board with childhood treasure Dick Van Dyke, prolific voice actress Debi Derryberry and Jerry O'Connell (a dependable actor who debuted in 'Stand By Me', which has some of the best ever child acting in film). As well as my love for animation and my want to see anything regardless of age, studio or quality. On the other hand, there were also the issues of the trailer looking absolutely terrible, it has to be down there as one of the all-time worst animated trailers. And that it was made by The Asylum, who (with the odd surprising exception) churn out countless abominations year after year, ripping off anything it can lay its hands on and being significantly cheaper in quality, one expects that seeing their efforts and get it without fail nearly every time. 'Trolland' is yet another one of their abominations, one of their worst that year perhaps, with my reservations being proved right. That it makes a mockery of, and rips off, 'Trolls', which to me was an enjoyable film, is the least of its problems. The worst thing? The animation by far. Have seen some bad-looking animation recently, but that in 'Trolland' takes the cake and insultingly too. Everything looks flat and there are no detailed or vibrant textures. Worst of all are the character designs and the way the characters move, saying that the characters look ugly is being too kind, even describing them as deformed looking would be too kind, likewise with traumatising, the female characters in particular. And the way they move should come with a health warning for particularly epileptics, because never in animation have there been more seizure-inducing character designs (especially the protagonist). Despite the talent in the vocal cast, and bless them they do their best, they are hopelessly and shamefully let down by the voices not fitting at all with the characters. Particularly for the far too mature-sounding protagonist by not just a few years but like over twice the age of the character. Only Dick Van Dyke fits in his role, and even then he doesn't even sound that interested when in his prime he was one of the most energetic and likable performers around. As well as being poorly recorded, making some sound creepy, and the lip synching being some of the sloppiest in animation history. And not just a little, we're talking never fitting with the mouth movements or the dialogue. None of the characters engage, there's no development to them whatsoever or distinct personality traits while some are irritating and others will cause nightmares. The villain is too much of an idiot to be taken seriously, there is never anything menacing about him, so the conflict is never convincing. Story-wise, 'Trolland' is paper thin, repetitive and ever so dull in pace. One actually not only feels its short length but feels it almost in slow motion effect. The script will insult younger and older viewers alike, nothing funny or sophisticated, otherwise being juvenile and awkwardness overkill. The music is forgettable at best and is often discordant in alternative to dynamic to what's going on. In conclusion, an abomination. 1/10 Bethany Cox

• Absolute trash.

  goldengameryt2018-04-03

  Nothing fits with the movie, The Lip sync is horrible the animation is terrible (they don't even move much) And it's probably just a cash grab