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Anna Kendrick, Barbie, Cyndi Lauper, DreamWorks, Justin Timberlake, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Trolls
…inside my bones.
It goes electric wavy when I turn it on…
Because it’s the glitter bomb that just won’t quit chez nous, T is for Trolls!
The 2016 DreamWorks Animation film is based on the Troll dolls I remember (and still own and have since gifted to my children) from childhood (well done DreamWorks!). It features the voices of 10% defiant Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake as your two main trolls (that would be the Pink One and the Grey One) and is about those two trolls on a quest to save their village from destruction by the Bergens, creatures who eat trolls.
Last fall, my daughters both begged to go to this movie for weeks. And so we went. When the key song started the back row of the movie theatre broke into song. I felt like I was at the family edition of Rocky Horror.
It was spontaneously fun! And rather awesome.
What song you ask?
This one:
Can’t Stop the Feeling – Justin Timberlake (2016)
My kids LOVED the movie.
So since then they have acquired some … stuff.
Despite being a bit iffy on JT (I mean, really – just look at his mug!), I also enjoyed many other songs in the movie.
Because how can I not be all for my kids internalizing this “never gonna give up” themed one for Poppy:
Get Back Up Again – Anna Kendrick (2016)
Then of course, there is this musical learning opportunity:
If you are a parent, you might be familiar with these.
As a parent, some cover of a song you love hits the radio and you are giddy at passing on some musical history.
The conversation in this case, went like this:
Me: Hey, this is a song that was originally sung by Cyndi Lauper!
Kids: ….
Me: You know! The same singer who sang Girls Just Want to Have Fun!
Kids: Oh! From Barbie Princess and the Pop Star?
Me: Face Palm.
Getting back to Trolls, a sequel is scheduled to be released on April 10, 2020.
I think that calls for a Cyndi Lauper encore, don’t you?
Last thing I ADORE about this video and my kids?
That my eldest chronically belts out how she’s “burning like a swan” rather than a spark.
And with that, I think it’s time to bring today’s glitter bomb to a close.
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Thanks for the linkback. We don’t see as much animation these days although my girls do still enjoy it and so do I but sadly we missed this one. It looks like a lot of fun. Love the Anna Kendrick song and message! WeekendsInMaine
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My pleasure! I’d already drafted the post and was proofreading last night, saw Anna Kendrick’s name and immediately thought 10% defiant – so there you go! As for this movie, it was really well done.
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I’ll have to check out the movie. I love the voice cast!
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Knowing my grandchildren they would have been singing right along at the movie theater. Can’t stop the feeling is a really cute song! I keep thinking to myself though that these trolls look a little different than the ones I grew up with. You know…back in the day : )
Plucking Of My Heartstrings
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I too own some of the original trolls so yes, I can confirm these guys have gone through a bit of a rebranding and look a little different….
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My girls are a bit old for this one but I’m always passing on my encyclopaedic knowledge of 80s pop. They don’t care…
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I hope mine skip the “I don’t care about mom’s music” stage of development – but I suspect it’s coming … sigh. Good to know the key is just to keep passing it on regardless of how well received it is.
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“As a parent, some cover of a song you love hits the radio and you are giddy at passing on some musical history.” My kids are grown and they still have to hear from me on this subject.
As far as JT goes, I’m not sure about that mug… or his Troll character, but as for the real live guy, my son had the opportunity to perform with a group at an event where JT was also performing and he said he was pretty cool. (Says a lot because my son isn’t a big JT fan or anything…)
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First? Amazing that your son got to perform at an event with JT! Next, good to know he found him to be a cool guy. I think it’s that I always remember him first for the Cry me a River video which I found unsettling. He was amazing in Trolls which pushes me to get over that and change my mind. But then we got that mug…. 😉 Odd things my brain does.
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I think I was more impressed than my son was- but it was still pretty cool.
I do have to say that mug is really something! 🙂
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LOL to the facepalm with the kid song reference – so true, right? Tucker sometimes asks me if this “old fashioned” music was around when I was a kid. Gah. We liked Trolls, but he didn’t love love love it, but I did. The music was fantastic!
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They really did do a wonderful job with the music, didn’t they. Even if Tucker didn’t love it you could still buy it for yourself… I mean, I had the excuse of buying it for my kids – but if I’m being honest a lot of the movies I’ve bought for them have really been about me.
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This is one I have not been required to see…yet. I never understood the troll doll thing, and I absolutely refuse to watch any Barbie movie. Did I say I never was much of a girly girl!?? :-O
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Having watched both – if you have young girls in your life – I think sharing both with them are fine. Trolls is all kinds of happy. And Barbie? I admit I had reservations about her movies at first but I’m good with her overall message. If your concern there is body image, I agree it’s an issue, but generally feel its way more pervasive than Barbie – which, getting back to the movies, I’ve actually also found to be watchable, as a non “girly girl” mother to a daughter that loves Barbie.
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No, actually I just figure I’ll find Barbie movies lame. LOL
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Oh, I haven’t watched this one, so can’t comment. As for JT, not a fan per se, but have enjoyed a few of his songs from when I was a teenager. The mug looks creepy though 😛
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Trolls is well worth a watch – even with no kids. As for the mug? Yeah, I believe in signs, so it didn’t help.
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I am a parent, and here are the films I am familiar with:
Cars, Planes, Smurfs, Batman, Boss Baby,…
Trolls does sound funny though!
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Ohhh – we loved Boss Baby! I took the girls to see it last weekend – no two weekends ago. We also took my mom and SHE liked Boss Baby – which means it must have been good 🙂
I think Trolls is also well worth it.
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