REVIEW OF: Troll Hunter
The PLOT: A group of Norwegian students seek to document a series of killings believed to be done by bears, but things take a turn for the interesting when they meet a hunter who boisterously proclaims.... "TROLL!!!"
The CAST: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Naerum
The GOOD: People have been trying to replicate the success of the found-footage film "The Blair Shit Project" since it was first released in '99, and almost all of them have failed miserably. Yes, a simply few like "Paranormal Activity" have come quite close, but once something is done a certain way, it seems to be a near-impossible feat to accomplish a second time... Unless you put a shit-load of Trolls in it, loads of blood, and feel like you're part of a hunt. And guess what? This film does just that. *Spoiler alert* There's fucking Trolls in this movie. No, it's not a euphemism for the big corporate America screwing over other countries. No, it's not about a guy who likes to have sex with ugly women. The title says it all. "TROLL". "HUNTER".
In all seriousness, this film used modern cameras and (mostly) laid off the nauseating running-handheld shots that literally made me ill the first time I saw a found footage film. It was also expertly edited, and the films primary protagonist, the Hunter, left me feeling like I needed to grow my beard out, pick up smoking again, and sport an awesome hat. Oh, and drench myself in Troll-piss.
The BAD: I would say, "it's in Norwegian", but that honestly doesn't subtract anything from the film. If anything, it draws you in more, forcing you to seek more meaning out of the plot and contemplate your own hypotheses about the goings-on of Trolls. It makes you wonder if there are any intelligent Trolls out there with big Troll towns and Troll communities... Or maybe that's just me.
The UNFORTUNATE: The only unfortunate thing about this film is that I wanted to see MORE Trolls, but that's just me being greedy. The film actually gives the perfect amount without the viewer actually NEEDING more Trolls to understand the film, nor over-indulging the viewer to the point of "OK, right, we get it" proportions.
The GRADE: A
The CAST: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Naerum
The GOOD: People have been trying to replicate the success of the found-footage film "The Blair Shit Project" since it was first released in '99, and almost all of them have failed miserably. Yes, a simply few like "Paranormal Activity" have come quite close, but once something is done a certain way, it seems to be a near-impossible feat to accomplish a second time... Unless you put a shit-load of Trolls in it, loads of blood, and feel like you're part of a hunt. And guess what? This film does just that. *Spoiler alert* There's fucking Trolls in this movie. No, it's not a euphemism for the big corporate America screwing over other countries. No, it's not about a guy who likes to have sex with ugly women. The title says it all. "TROLL". "HUNTER".
In all seriousness, this film used modern cameras and (mostly) laid off the nauseating running-handheld shots that literally made me ill the first time I saw a found footage film. It was also expertly edited, and the films primary protagonist, the Hunter, left me feeling like I needed to grow my beard out, pick up smoking again, and sport an awesome hat. Oh, and drench myself in Troll-piss.
The BAD: I would say, "it's in Norwegian", but that honestly doesn't subtract anything from the film. If anything, it draws you in more, forcing you to seek more meaning out of the plot and contemplate your own hypotheses about the goings-on of Trolls. It makes you wonder if there are any intelligent Trolls out there with big Troll towns and Troll communities... Or maybe that's just me.
The UNFORTUNATE: The only unfortunate thing about this film is that I wanted to see MORE Trolls, but that's just me being greedy. The film actually gives the perfect amount without the viewer actually NEEDING more Trolls to understand the film, nor over-indulging the viewer to the point of "OK, right, we get it" proportions.
The GRADE: A
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