Troll 2
When young Joshua learns that he will be going on vacation with his family to a small town called Nilbog, he protests adamantly. He is warned by the spirit of his deceased grandfather that goblins populate the town. His parents, Michael and Diana, dismiss his apprehensions, but soon learn to appreciate their son's warnings. Guided by his grandfather's ghost, will Joshua and his family stand a chance in fighting off these evil beings?
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- Cast:
- George Hardy , Connie Young , Darren Ewing , Jason Steadman , David McConnell , Michele Abrams
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Best movie of this year hands down!
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
I watched this film with my family and we had a lot of fun tearing it apart and laughing at it. I can't think of one thing in this film that didn't make me burst out laughing. What's really funny as well is that this film was made by actual human beings. Human beings who looked at it and said "Yep. That's good acting, keep that in there."The acting is probably the funniest thing about this film. Never before have I seen a film with acting so bad, that every line they speak makes me want to laugh at how atrocious it is. It's a b-movie, I get that. But I've seen other b-movies that are leagues better than this. And the goblins (no this film isn't about trolls this time) look like a bunch of kids in Halloween costumes with masks from Party City.While there's some very funny moments that are trying to be scary, there's some outright strange moments that are trying to be scary. For example, there's this one scene where this woman is transformed into this green slime. And my first thought was just "What?" That scene wasn't even really scary, it was just gross.This remains the best worst movie ever made. If you want to watch it with some friends just to laugh at how bad it is, go ahead. You will sure get something out of that experience.
31 Days of Spookoween: TWENTY TWOFilm #22: Troll 2 (1990)Review: Many moments in Troll 2 are weird and ambiguous in a way that can only be unintentional. The actors are awful and obviously no where near professionals, the special effects are goofy, the writing is perplexing and alien, the story is strange and oddly anti vegetarian, the camera-work is clunky and awkward (the cameraman really needs to lay off tapping the zoom in/zoom out button every few seconds), and the end result is a messy, bubbling cauldron of so bad it's strange surrealism. Every detail is so off and some moments are so pointless and confusing that they defy explanation. It is obvious the creators of this film are borderline insane and have no idea how movies work, but that's the beauty of it. That's why it is so successfully awful and so bizarrely funny, because of the obliviousness of a distinctly foreign filmmaker attempting to make an American monster movie and failing with miserable hilarity. It's an experience, no doubt, and is the only film I can say truly deserves both a 1 and a 10 star rating.
never has a movie made me laugh as much as this one did with its bad acting. watch this with friends for a chill movie night and make sure you bring the "popcorn". Honestly though I didn't even see the first one and i was able to watch this no problem so no excuses not to watch this beauty.
What should a good film would have to offer? A good movie should have a good story. Actors that bring to life the severe moments are a must. A movie should have good special effects and costumes. They should have natural sounding dialogue. Good music that accents the atmosphere. More important than anything else though, a movie should entertain."Troll 2" starts in an instant with Grandpa Seth reading young Joshua a story to bed. In his story, there are goblins who can change form to make themselves resemble humans. These goblins would trick humans into eating a green sap, which would turn them into vegetables, because the goblins are vegetarians, and their favorite food is human vegetables. Joshua and his family were prepared to go on vacation to the small town of Nilbog. When they arrive, Joshua quickly discovers that the residents of Nilbog are goblins in disguise. Unfortunately, nobody believes Joshua, so it's up to him to prevent his family from eating the food given to them by the locals.I think it goes without saying that the plot of this movie is ridiculous. The actors make Hayden Christensen's performance as Anakin look like Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. The special effects are breathtakingly cheesy. The goblin costumes are suitable, for those going trick or treating. The dialogue is about as natural as a person speaking his second language for the first time. Lastly, the music is shockingly upbeat, it sounds fine, but it completely offsets the creepy tone that the movie is trying to portray. This movie is very bad.Did this movie do anything right? Believe it or not there was one thing that was done well in this movie. The most important thing about a movie is that it entertains, and this movie is very entertaining. This movie attempted to be a creepy horror, but it became an amusing unintentional comedy. Every poorly acted moment is a burst of laughter. Every time I see those plastered on facial expressions of the goblins I laugh. I can forgive all other flaws with a movie as long as it's entertaining.This movie is truly the offspring of a bunch of bad elements that don't work being blended together into something that miraculously does work. People love to watch the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man wreak havoc on New York City. People also love to watch the poorly acted "Scooby-Doo" cartoon. When people watch old movies, they look for the wires that hold the UFO's up. People love to find imperfections, and are wired to love garbage. This is the perfect mesh of over the top ridiculum, combined with rancid acting, with corny special effects sprinkled on top. Everything offsets itself so perfectly, I wouldn't ask them to change it at all.I really did enjoy this film and it's many, many flaws. I actually would recommend this movie, not only to those who get a kick out of watching bad films, but also to those who love to laugh. This is a bad movie, but it's a guilty pleasure. This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, and it was supposed to be a horror film.