Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
The Guardians of Arcadia reunite to battle the nefarious Arcane Order, who've reawakened the primordial Titans.
- Released: 2021-07-21
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Stars: Emile Hirsch, Lexi Medrano, Charlie Saxton, Kelsey Grammer, Alfred Molina, Steven Yeun, Nick Frost, Colin O'Donoghue, Diego Luna, Tatiana Maslany, Nick Offerman, Cole Sand, Fred Tatasciore, Brian Blessed, Kay Bess, Piotr Michael, James Hong, Tom Kenny, Angel Lin, Amy Landecker, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Wood, Laraine Newman, Grey DeLisle, Cheryl Hines
- Director: Andrew L. Schmidt, Francisco Ruiz Velasco, Johane Matte
Comments
- UltraNeptuneCat - 24 April 2024
Recommend!
So, I watched this apparently backwards. I couldn't figure out how to watch the others but you can find those in similar movies. Either way it gives backstory to what I missed who people are. Which is awesome. So it is a good movie for kids and adults. There are so many wacky characters, that collide but go together this is great story telling. I find out their powers, their quirks and relationships. And I feel like being attached to the characters like I have been watfching them throughout the other movies. I love this, it has so many nuances and it feels like Miraculous Lady Bug series. Also Theres an awesome cat! Like there are so many surprises of who pop up and its amazing! - jessicagracewright - 5 November 2022
How to ruin 3 series in one movie
I loved Trollhunters. 3 Below was a nice addition. Wizards of Arcadia felt like a nice continuation of the story. I went into this movie expecting a good ending. What I got was crap. First of all: fixing everything with time travel is super lazy. The only ending that would have been lazier is making it all a dream. Beyond that, where's the logic? He wants to do something nice for his BFF, so he's going to make Toby go through everything he did? Does Toby have to turn into a troll? Also, this means nothing we saw happened, so what was the point of anything? And we're supposed to assume Stricklander would turn good just because he got set up with the mom? There was more to his redemption arc than that. They should have just stopped after 3 Below. That was enough and this sucked. - AmirMahdiB - 27 December 2021
5 years of story. And end it with a movie
I have been a fan of this fascinating and spectacular animation for 3 years and I still am After waiting a while for the film to be made and released, I experienced a disappointing ending I also saw a lot of people get frustrated after the end of this movie and the whole story (maybe not the end) Many of them even cried and I must say that I was completely depressed for 3 days This is what happens when you are a fan of a series for several years (the first series that I have ever been so crazy about).
I hope to see the news soon that the story is still being made. - El_Gamas - 9 October 2021
The plot twist in my opinion: How the obnoxious end is actually a masterpiece, a work from a genius mind
Undoubtedly "Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans" is a memorable film. Most of the franchises lost their meaning in the middle of the way, becoming only blockbusters, money makers movie, such as "Star Wars", "Jaws", "Batman and Robin", "The Godfather" and so much others, but with the Trollhunters's universe it were different. The show wasn't turned into a franchise for someone's profits or changed it's story for money, it followed a plan all along and that is the saddest parts about the end, because it is completely impossible to watch the movie without a miscellaneous felling of anguish, anger, nuisance, nostalgia and most of all perplexity, most of all because Jim leading Toby to be the chosen one was like if everything that we lived while following Jim for the last 5 years were vanished from reality. How could everything that were, return to how it should be? And then the thought of Mr. Blinky being like a father to Jimbo, all that love disappearing to most probably never returning brings such an anguish that destroys the spectator's chest. The inevitable felling and desire for answers, what will happen next, and never knowing it is so horrible. So for those who desire to never live their lives with this depressive felling for the rest of their lives I really suggest you stopping the film at 1:31:39 so you avoid this dark felling to follow you through your heart.
"Rise of the Titans" the one which ends the Arcadia Tales's franchise is composed with epic battles alongside heartbreaking farewells, such intense moments were leading to one of the greatest ends of all cinematographic franchises yet. The opening, the photograph of the film that were used to create such indelible moments, giving life and intensity to the scenes, the use of colors, shades, blocking and camera movement to mesmerize the viewer in the felling of belonging there. During the film we have no doubt it's made by Guillermo Del Toro. And then the last 14 minutes of the movie happens and all of the perfection of the movie was destroyed. We hate the end with all heart and soul, but actually, why? Why does this happen?
There is no doubt we were desiring for an end assembled to Endgames's one. The similarity of the events going on screen, the hero that is reborn from being worthy with the coming of a magic amulet in his darkest hour, the sacrifice that led to an emotional death, and then there is the time travel moment, and like Endgame and all the Hollywood movies since 2019 we expected Jim to return and make everything right, put everything where it were supposed to be. We desired to achieve this felling, have a sense of purpose, that this were the way, how it meant to be. And then, he returned and everything started a new, a new reality, everything we were used to is deleted and have a fresh new start. And there is why this wasn't a crap forced ending like is the first opinion when seeing the movie. This is a masterpiece! Guillermo Del Toro did something the cinematographic industry have never seen. Jim's speech about destiny recaptures all of his journey and brings also the duality of free will and destiny, what it really is, they aren't antonyms in the orchestra of life, they coexist in this correlated bond, that brings life it's value. "Some go their entire lives, living existences of quiet desperation, never learning the truth that what feels as though a burden pushing down upon our shoulders is actually a sense of purpose lifting us to greater heights", Jimbo decided to give Toby a chance, not to live as his helper, but now be a hero, what he wanted the most since the beginning, he wanted to have a role other than Jim's support. In this point we see the maturity and the huge character development of Jim, the insecure kid is now a man, he lived transformations, suffer, pain, got lost in the dark lands for so long, and then faced what being powerless is really about. He was mature enough to win agains his own ego, he knew he had learned everything he could from being a Trollhunter, and now he was giving this chance to his wingman, the one that died in his arms. And then we can see how much he loved him, when he saw Toby covered in wounds he took of the amulet and tried to save him, but it was to late, and then when he returned he made it possible that the amulet would be there for Toby. During "Rise of the Titans", Jim learned how to be a hero without daylight, and then he knew he could be one and also make his friend the hero, this time.
Seeing Toby commanding daylight its like having a life with a loved one, going back in time and seeing she lived the life you wanted for both of you for eternity with another person. This pain only show how much Trollhunters meant to us, and how much this ending was genial. It makes we feel in our flesh through a movie. There are lots of films that we watch, give a good note, but we don't feel anything with the movie, this is quite the opposite, we rate this film badly because we don't want to accept new possibilities, we are humans and the film brought one of the worst feelings ever: anguish. I don't want to feel it, but this film makes us feel anguish, and not because is a bad movie or bad written, it's quite the opposite, we hate the end, because it's such a unique and well written movie. Guillermo Del Toro innovated in the cinematographic industry doing something we would never expect.
Therefore, this film, in my opinion, its the best work he has ever made, maybe it's just not for its time. Seeing how underrated the movie is, made me remember of Jean Renoir in "La Règle du Jeu" (1939), a film that wasn't for its time, a masterpiece that in the start were underrated but 30 years later were considered to be one of the greatest films of all. I don't think we will ever hear back about the journey of the Trollhunters, now it's up to our mind guess and imagine what will happen. With the end we've learnt that sometimes life doesn't go as planned, but its okay. I just want to congratulate all the equip who did this marvelous work in "Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans".
