I watched this in 2020 at a drive in theatre which was pretty cool, but there's been something that's still been bugging me about this movie ever since, and that is the message.
The villain of the movie is essentially the essence of change. A cool, punk rock star character that's trying to bring change to the overdone pop world of the main characters. Are you starting to see the issue yet? A franchise that now has three films, two holiday specials and two tv series, all because of a film that wasn't any good in the first place. There could've been a good message in here, about consumerism, but it decided to go in the direction of "consumerism good"! The antagonist looses and the consumeristic, boring pop world of the trolls wins. It's just so problematic it's insane.
The villain of the movie is essentially the essence of change. A cool, punk rock star character that's trying to bring change to the overdone pop world of the main characters. Are you starting to see the issue yet? A franchise that now has three films, two holiday specials and two tv series, all because of a film that wasn't any good in the first place. There could've been a good message in here, about consumerism, but it decided to go in the direction of "consumerism good"! The antagonist looses and the consumeristic, boring pop world of the trolls wins. It's just so problematic it's insane.
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