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Trolls Band Together (2023)
Well, it could have been worse.
I'm not a big fan of this franchise, but it's definitely better than Boss baby. Otherwise, the film is very entertaining and has a fast pace, but again, certain flaws are clearly visible, such as the fact that after the Branch brothers get together, they quickly separate again for a rather dull reason, or that they suddenly introduce Poppy's sister in the middle of the movie and when it seems that she should be the antagonist because she wants to prevent the main characters from leaving that location only to have them leave practically instantly and she won't have a specific role until near the end of the film. It's interesting that many old characters appear only briefly in this film, but in this case it's not really a problem because I don't like most of them, so I guess that's a plus. The antagonists are not good because first of all their design is desperate, they remind me of Spinel from Steven Universe but without any of her charm, and then and besides that they are not effective enough to perceive them as real threats and their goal is so boring. It's not that the rest of the new characters are anything special either, Branch's brothers are very forgettable characters, the only one I can remember is Floyd, who is the only character who is as likable as he is and the only one for whom I somewhat care, while I can't even care about the others because most of the time they act like jerks to each other. And don't be fooled in the trailers when they said "Trolls met Fast and Furious" because that scene doesn't appear until the third act. Even the covers of the songs are not that good because except for "Sweet dreams" all the others are forgettable. But the animation is very good, I also like the stylization of some scenes and the wide range of colors that the film has. All in all, this is pretty middle quality of a DreamWorks movie, but again when you take into account that their third films in the franchise are often the weakest part of that franchise and as it was about Trolls, this film really has no motive to be a good movie, so that in the end it turned out ok.