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Title: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: Vermin Boy on February 09, 2004, 10:56:57 PM I finally saw this movie the other day; It's achieved a sort of cult status at my college. All I can say is, holy s**t!! This movie is profoundly, hilariously bad. I had thought I had desensitized myself to bad movies, but this one truly made me believe again. Words simply can't describe how many levels this movie is inept on. Every single plot point hinges on the heroes being idiots-- and it's not even ordinary bad horror movie stupidity, so much as bottom-level Darwinism stupidity (Nobody has a problem with eating a stranger's meal covered in unidentifiable green slime, and this happens at least six or seven times!). Every good guy in this movie acts like they're starring in an anti-drug commercial from the 80s, and every bad guy acts like Fuad Ramses from Blood Feast. Watch this movie now, but put a pillow on the floor; you might break your jaw otherwise.
On a side note, this movie is currently #7 on the imdb's Bottom 100. Given that it's neither a mainstream Hollywood movie nor an MST3K episode, that's pretty damn impressive. Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: Krista on February 08, 2005, 12:05:55 PM Troll 2 is by all means the funniest movie I have ever seen. I am looking for other hilariously bad movies. Any recommendations?
Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: peter johnson on February 08, 2005, 12:15:54 PM Krista! This is what the whole site's about!! Cruise around, baby, cruoooosee!!
* * * * Vermin! Hadn't seen you post in awhile -- nice one, doood -- With a recommendation like that, I really must get this next time I can't decide what to pick up at the Vid Station. Serious question: Is it necessary to see Troll 1 first, or does it really matter? peter johnson/denny crane Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: Mr. Hockstatter on February 08, 2005, 12:25:36 PM Leprechaun 4 - in space. That's pretty terrible. Don't know if it compares to Troll 2, but it couldn't be that much better than anything.
For the ultimate in crap, there's always Princess Warrior. Title: I thought it was DREADFUL..... Post by: kriegerg69 on February 08, 2005, 02:16:30 PM Got that MGM double dfeature disc of TROLL 1 & 2, and halfway through TROLL 2 I turned it off. Couldn't even finish watching it.
As a scene in "Animal House" went: Pinto: "It must be very good..." Professor: "...it's a piece of s**t." :-) Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: bob on February 08, 2005, 02:41:55 PM hmmmmmmm
Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: Vermin Boy on February 08, 2005, 03:32:30 PM Actually, I haven't posted in a while-- check the date ;) (though I have been lurking consistently, and still post sporadically).
But yeah, you should definitely check it out, and you don't need to see Troll 1 first, as they have NOTHING to do with each other. For starters, Troll 1 has TROLLS; the word is never even mentioned in the "sequel." (On a side note, was Troll really popular enough to warrant its name tacked on a no-budget Italian production?) Oh, and on a completely unrelated sidenote to Peter (and anyone else who might be interested), keep an eye on the Demons of Stupidity website; big things will soon be afoot. Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: PSlugworth on February 08, 2005, 04:53:06 PM My family and I had the same reaction when we watched it years ago.
We were huge fans of the first Troll movie, so when we saw there was a sequel we rented it... yikes. One of the actors -- the teenager with the glasses who gets cut up with a chainsaw, I think -- actually posts on the Troll 2 IMDB board frequently... and not defensively, either, I might add. He was campaigning, at one point, for people to vote Troll 2 back to it's spot in the IMDB bottom 100 (it used to be number three, I think, only behind Manos and Hobgoblins). Post Edited (02-08-05 15:57) Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: Andrew on February 09, 2005, 01:52:58 AM Yes, this is one of the legendary bad films. I love the fact that the goblins (no trolls were filmed in the filming of this movie) are vegetarians, but they eat people. The little plot device they use to get around that problem is just awesome.
The kid talking to his dead grandfather was pretty awkward and creepy. I put all my thoughts down in this review, including the Mary Celeste bit that kriegerg69 seems to have experienced: http://www.badmovies.org/movies/trollii/ Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: Jack Corbett on February 09, 2005, 01:56:11 AM Is it REALLY that bad? Thoughts?
Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: J Perk on February 09, 2005, 04:31:33 PM Vermin Boy wrote:
> > On a side note, this movie is currently #7 on the imdb's Bottom > 100. Given that it's neither a mainstream Hollywood movie nor > an MST3K episode, that's pretty damn impressive. > That's because HBO and CINEMAX played the hell out of this movie back in 93. I think i saw it 50 times back then. It is just sooo bad it's fantastically bad. I even bought the dvd for my friend and myself. hey man, h e even p**sed on the food!!! Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: Fearless Freep on February 09, 2005, 04:36:33 PM *sigh* another Netflix queue entry..
Title: Re: Troll 2: Oh... My... God... Post by: peter johnson on February 09, 2005, 11:06:38 PM Andrew: I must always remember to always check the reviews section here whenever responding to a citation on the Message Board. Wow! No doubt a must see at some point . . . {No way have I read EVERY SINGLE review posted -- I guess I could try . . .}
Vermin: Say no more! Say no more! Nudge nudge wink wink . . . SAY. . . NO . . . MOAHRE!! . . . will do as instructed and watch Demons board. Me like Demons. Me like Stupidity. Me think you do good at both. Me want!! peter johnson/denny crane |