Dreadful plotting and gore sequences hobbled by sluggish editing. A big old let-down.
If you've seen the first one then the sequences showing the legend of Crowley's origin and the footage from creepy guy's camera are worth looking up on Youtube. They're both witty and creative; the rest of this movie isn't and it's a shame.
GOOD! Not original in the slightest -you've seen this story before, you've heard these jokes before- but GOOD!
The lungful of fresh air you needed after emerging from the stagnant, near-jokeless, Jason Segal-polluted, waters of the last one.
Second film along and the visuals have already hit a real sweet spot. Oh my God, the expressive critter-pals! OH MY GOD THE TROLLS!
Story for this one was interesting! I'd have thought some draconian Disney toy executive would have insisted all the celebrity-voiced fairy friends were front and centre; but this one's mostly about Tink adventuring forth on her own in a cool-ass flying contraption... and it's not afraid to put her through some hardships. Some pretty tense shit goes down in this one, you'd best be prepared to feel sorry this cute lil' future-murder-attempter at a bunch of points in this tale!
Welllp, this is easily the weakest one. There's good stuff about it (the first act is feels 100% up to code, no issues, totes entertaining) but it's countered by bad with alarming symmetry: New Character A is adorable, New Character B is the worst character in the series with the worst voice you've ever heard. The protective frost magic is a neat visual effect, the visual effect for trees freezing over is the exact shade of urinal cakes. The problem…
