Trolls

Although the animated film Trolls is produced by DreamWorks Animation, I felt it more like a modern Disney animated film because of its musical style.

Even though their village is permanently marked with glitter and happiness, they are an easy target to a group of unhappy ogre-like known as the Bergens. They believe that the only way they can achieve happiness is if they must eat a Troll at a festival called Trollstice. As Prince Gristle (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) is about to indulge in some delightful Troll happiness, the Trolls rebel by evacuating from their homes. 20 years later, the village of Bergen Town is equally wallowing in misery while the Trolls are in preparation to one of the biggest parties since their escape under the watchful eye of the most ecstatic and whimsical of the Trolls, Princess Poppy (Anna Kendrick) not letting anything get in away even from the very pessimistic warnings from the gloomiest of the Trolls, Branch (Justin Timberlake). Their partying catches the attention from a witch-like Bergen simply called "the Chef" (Christine Baranski) who end up kidnapping them which lead to Poppy and Branch to go on a rescue mission.

What makes this film truly stand out is that it works on plenty of nifty creative ways in its storytelling all the while succeeding in keeping the kids entertained for the next 90 minutes. It was cool that they juxtaposed classic songs like "September" and doctored it with rap remixes. Even the Bergens get some fun out of the music like Gorillaz' "Sunshine in a Bag" and Lionel Richie's "Hello". We do some fairy tale subplot involving Bergen scullery maid named Bridget (Zooey Deschanel) who is head-over-heels with the now King Gristle. Rounding out the impressive cast is John Cleese as the Bergen King was a pleasure as always and Russell Brand as hipster-like Troll named Creek who would later turn out to be the real villain of the film.

Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake have great chemistry and put a lot of personality into the characters. I think they nailed it.

It also gave us a strong moral lesson, which is to never give up hope in any kind of bad situation. It also tell us to be brave, kind, and always try to see the bright side in everything. How can it be called anything except amazing? I'm a man, but I'm deeply touched when I saw Creek (by revealing himself as the true villain) killing Poppy's happiness, turning her entire body grey but then Branch started healing her and reviving her colors back. I have to support I cried when I witnessed that heartwarming event.

Anyways, despite Trolls is a DreamWorks film, I feel it more as a modern Disney film due to its three key plot elements previously used on Frozen and Zootopia (a female protagonist, a male sidekick who becomes into her love interest, and a twist villain), so I would suggest it to audiences.