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Troll Hunter

Troll Hunter (2011)

June. 10,2011
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6.9
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PG-13
| Fantasy Horror

A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.

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Lovesusti
2011/06/10

The Worst Film Ever

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AniInterview
2011/06/11

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Beystiman
2011/06/12

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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Doomtomylo
2011/06/13

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

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Woodyanders
2011/06/14

A group of young college students get more than they bargained for when they join forces with gruff and grizzled hunter Hans (a nicely crusty portrayal by Otto Jespersen), who tracks down and takes care of rampaging renegade trolls for a mysterious government agency.Writer/director Andre Ovredal keeps the engrossing story moving along at a brisk pace, grounds the fantastic premise in a plausibly mundane everyday reality, offers a fascinating wealth of information on the mythology of trolls, makes fine use of the beautiful Norwegian scenery, and even tosses in some neat conspiracy stuff for good measure. The CGI trolls are impressively monstrous and convincing while the scenes with the trolls running amok are quite intense and harrowing, with a sequence in a troll-infested cave standing out as a definite nerve-wracking highlight. Hallvard Braein's dynamic hand-held cinematography gives this film a jolting and invigorating immediacy. A nifty beastbash.

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sol-
2011/06/15

Hoping to film a documentary on a series of vicious bear attacks in their area, a group of young Norwegians are surprised to learn that giant trolls are actually behind the attacks as they befriend a troll hunter in this unusual horror film. While the found footage style that the filmmakers adopt here is often a distraction, 'Trolljegeren' benefits greatly from its intriguing premise with the suggestion of a government conspiracy afoot to keep the existence of trolls under wraps. The movie sadly does not explore the conspiracy in too much depth (i.e. why the government want to keep it a secret) but there are a lot of fun moments towards the middle section of the film as the documentary crew interview 'experts' and discover medical reasons behind the trolls' allergy to sunlight and so on. Interesting as this might all be conceptually, it nevertheless paves very limited way for a story to unfold with the mounting troll appearances and running back and forth of the characters soon turning a tad repetitive. The characters do not exactly come to understand the creatures in any more depth or anything and it often feels like much more could have been spun from the complex mythology that the filmmakers manage to generate. On the plus side though, the found footage style becomes much easier to digest as the movie progresses and, as mentioned, the middle section here is certainly great.

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Michael Radny
2011/06/16

Whilst Norway has produced some grand films, Trollhunter falls short of a good film. Whilst it starts off interesting enough, it fails like most found footage films; being too shaky and clichéd. However, before you see the first troll, this film is quite fun to watch, but all the mystery and joy is taken way after the first half hour.Trollhunter could have been great, but just fails to be anything better then mediocre. The movie becomes tedious after the first thirty minutes and you begin to just wait for the end. You don't know what direction the film will go in and that just makes it all the more difficult to watch and enjoy.

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Kevin McCormick
2011/06/17

This film was amazingly done. The story, the acting, the CGI, everything. Even if you do not like foreign films or are turned off by having to read the subtitles, the beauty of the Norwegian landscape is worth every minute. I do not know much about Norwegian culture, but troll lore I know seems to be done very well. The story is fantastic, and I can relate to government cover ups. Here in the Midwest our department of natural resources tries to convince people Cougars do not exist, although they were caught reintroducing them years ago, and hundreds of trail cam pictures. The CGI work of the trolls is fantastic, but in some ways kind of wished the trolls to be smarter and more social. If you like fantasy films, definitely watch this film!

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