theblackbirdshepherd

I am a huge fan of the original Troll 2 and therefore I met the news that a sequel had finally been released with heavily mixed feelings. I was delighted to view the output, had I bet I would have lost because this was enjoyable against all the odds! I had a pleasant time and ended up laughing out loud a quite a few times. The link between this and the first move is quite loose, but hardcore fans like myself will spot plenty of references to the original product to their delight, on top of George Hardy's return in the same role. König was somehow able to accomplish the impossible job to produce an enjoyable sequel to the once labelled 'worst movie in history.' The only observation would be that obviously this was produced meant to be bad unlike the first one which was unconsciously terrible, so that element of charm was lost but it would have been impossible to reproduce. As spectacular as it could possibly be, definitely hitting the 'to bad is good' bullseye!

What worked as a cartoon here does not. The lack of expressions due to the cg has successfully managed to wipe out all the emotions brought by the old one, drama, love and jokes all come as ineffective here. Also they avoided making decisions: it begins as a proper remake with identical scenes to the original one, and then it changes. I think both ways could work but not as a mix, as it made me believe this was a copy and paste remake it made me then disappointed when I realised that some of my favourite scenes had disappeared. I have no reasons to watch this a second time instead of the old one really.