The ONLY good movie to ever come out of my wretched country, but boy is it a good one... See it everyone, seriously... It's also the best piece of work Otto Jespersen has ever done.
Escape to the Movies: Troll Hunter
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Hmmm, why? The old fairytales are - simply put - horrific. Little Red Riding Hood anyone? The wolf friggin eats the grandma, steals her clothes and tries to attack LRRH. The old trollstories, where Espen Askeladd (don`t know a good translation to his name) either has a eating contest with trolls and makes them commit friggin seppuku, or his brothers are punished with having cuts in their back and salt poured into the wounds, are pretty graphic when it comes to violence. Yet they are seen as traditional folk tales. Which kinda brings the question of why it`s worse showing it, than making the kid in question make up their own horrific images of the stuff the are read before bedtime.Canid117 said:
During the entire review, I asked myself "Will Bob review Iron Sky once it comes out?" I can't wait for that movie, I've been an eager fan for the last two years.Vkmies said:
OT: This looks awesome and I'd like to see this movie. Pity it will probably never be shown in my country.
And to people asking is it in English; why would it have to be in English? Subtitles are your friend.
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Totally agree with this, saw it a while back. Although he did seem to show a lot of the best bits of the film in those clips.
EDIT- ah its all in the trailer? My bad never saw the trailer, I'm glad I didn't.
EDIT- ah its all in the trailer? My bad never saw the trailer, I'm glad I didn't.
Really? (omnipresent picture of a wide-eyed owl, perhaps with some facial distortion via photoshop, accompanied by proudly misspelled meme "O RLY?") And what do you think? Bob is my favorite critic, in any medium, and I believe he has more thoughtful insight than any other, at least that I'm aware of. But I thought his failure to address the lack of depth and purpose behind Sucker Punch resulted in a misfire, and I disagree with his assessment of some of Roland Emmerich's later films.hurricanejbb said:
Point is, you should never take anything a critic says, no matter how good (s)he is, as gospel. Hell, Ebert gave a thumbs up to Batman and Robin and Speed 2: Cruise Control.
Stop it. All of you. Right now. It's not funny anymore.Imp Emissary said:
We watched this movie at school here in norway couple'o months ago, thats how we roll. It's nice with a break from dodging polar bears all the time.
I really, really, really, really want to see this, but I don't get On Demand. Got it saved on my Netflix queue, though, in case I can't find any nearby festivals that are playing it.
Don't worry Bob, for every 10 internet redliners out there, you have at least 20 guys sick of Hollywood bullshit, who simply can't wait for your next review.
I got the chance to see this a month ago. MovieBob mentioned it a while back and I couldn't resist. The last time I did that, I got to see Moon, best damn SF of the century. Troll Hunter though is so-so at first look, but slowly grows on you after you see it. While it's tempting to compare it to Cloverfield, because of the way it's filmed, a better comparison would be District 9. The main message of both movies is that our society can turn any fantasy and magic into something mundane and controlled. Whatever incredible and life-changing experience you might have, the rest of the world simply doesn't care and, after a few media frontpages, everything will just be absorbed into everyday boring normal life. Anyone here remember the first images of Afghanistan being bombed 10 years ago? Anyone still care for what's going on in Libya? We're accustomed with the tragedy of wars being fought elsewhere, and care more about some royal wedding or Lady Gaga meat costume.
But surely, if something really unique happened in this world, we'd care, right? Wrong. Aliens showing up over your city? Just build a ghetto for them and let some social workers deal with the problem. Ancient trolls smashing up your countryside? A simple pest control should do. Hire a hunter for a few bucks and let him deal with them. Gone are the old heroes, gone is the magic of the old tales and hopes. And the movie painfully shows that.
I got the chance to see this a month ago. MovieBob mentioned it a while back and I couldn't resist. The last time I did that, I got to see Moon, best damn SF of the century. Troll Hunter though is so-so at first look, but slowly grows on you after you see it. While it's tempting to compare it to Cloverfield, because of the way it's filmed, a better comparison would be District 9. The main message of both movies is that our society can turn any fantasy and magic into something mundane and controlled. Whatever incredible and life-changing experience you might have, the rest of the world simply doesn't care and, after a few media frontpages, everything will just be absorbed into everyday boring normal life. Anyone here remember the first images of Afghanistan being bombed 10 years ago? Anyone still care for what's going on in Libya? We're accustomed with the tragedy of wars being fought elsewhere, and care more about some royal wedding or Lady Gaga meat costume.
But surely, if something really unique happened in this world, we'd care, right? Wrong. Aliens showing up over your city? Just build a ghetto for them and let some social workers deal with the problem. Ancient trolls smashing up your countryside? A simple pest control should do. Hire a hunter for a few bucks and let him deal with them. Gone are the old heroes, gone is the magic of the old tales and hopes. And the movie painfully shows that.