Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

I fell in LOVE with Trollhunters the moment I first saw it. I enjoyed 3 Below, not as much, but still.

And though it was rushed, really loved Wizards.

When I found out they would be bringing all of these wonderful worlds together, I was ecstatic!

Unfortunately... stunning visuals, loveable characters (voiced by talented actors) and years of loyalty, couldn't help this movie. Without spoiling it, I will say (in my opinion), the characters felt like a side bar to an otherwise oddly irrelevant, misplaced story. The odd pacing and weirdly underwhelming dialog made things worse.

Then... there is... the ending... ooooh, that ending. It made me feel let down as a fan of the franchise, like everything I knew and loved about it was irrelevant.

I know this was intended to wrap up the Arcadia series but for the sake of its former glory, I hope they take some time to fix this mistake.

Much like the wizards TV series before, a lot of things happen in short amount of time, this time even quicker. The pace of the movie is non-stop with not so much of a build up. All of it culminating to a gutsy ending that might not sit well with all.

That being said, this movie's production is top notch, best as ever been animation and brilliant voice acting. The relationships, the humor, the romance, the dramatic scenes, and the jokes from previous installments are all there. And film does provide us with so many satisfying moments and a beautiful message that how it ends does not take away much from the prior story. All in all, this is a great send off of the franchise (for now).

I would rate the film an 8, it tended to repeat itself a lot and sometimes tried to be too self aware, but still had a great story and great action. However they throw all of this away with one of the worst endings in a movie I think I have ever seen, the ending alone was the soul reason I gave this movie a 6.

I am very disappointed. In terms of production value it's on par of the entire saga, however, you can't help but notice that entire movie is just sequence of rushed arcs.

What's more, the pacing itself doesn't give you time to even get the feel of the events that unfold that are supposed to have heavy emotional impact - and why is that downer? Because they are all around the character all of us either grown to love or hate.

*The way they handled is like you wipe a stain from the table as an after thought. It simply isn't given it's own time window to develop and have a desired impact

The story itself is mediocre and the way it is trying to conclude and tie the entire saga is clumsy attempt at the best. Not that there weren't some neat moments and things... but

But the problem is, and I believe I am not only one, through the entire movie due to everything moving in a blur, I was emotionally distant and at certain points very bored.

And to add to all of what I mentioned, they have introduced new concepts that would be meaningful if they were developed over the course of sequels rather than just hack them into less than 2 hours movie track.

The ace though,, is the ending. If I already found so much to dislike before I even got to the ending (for which I hoped it would conclude in satisfactory way saga), it didn't fail to disappoint me how much worse the movie can get.

All in all, this is what we get and there is no way around it, alas I am under the strong impression that this movie doesn't do the justice to the saga and came out as rushed mixed bag of unfinished concepts and makeshift ending.

No one could imagine such ending from this Frenchise. All the adventures went to the bin at last.