Trollhunter (2011)

Man, I love them Norwegians. Well, at least, I love their movies. Out of all the Norwegian films I have seen, there has not been a bad one. In short, this is not a bad movie, as this is the only Norwegian film I have seen. Ever. And it is pretty amazing. Breathing new life into one of the single most forgotten and stereotyped genres of film, found footage, Trollhunter is a big ‘ha’ in the face of those who write off the entire found footage genre into a non-eventful boring pile of trash. Trollhunter, Cloverfield, REC (which I have not yet seen, but am dying to), and to a lesser extent, Paranormal Activity 2, are all films that have brought action, fun, and life into the genre that The Blair Witch Project and the original Paranormal Activity so boringly founded. The film follows three Norwegian film students who are filming a documentary about a bear poacher named Hans (Otto Jespersen), who is actually a troll exterminator for the Norwegian government (any time I think-‘Hans from Norway’, I think of the line by Chloe Grace Moretz in (500) Days of Summer-“Until you find her with Hans from Norway.” “Who’s Hans from Norway?” “Oh, just some guy that she met at work with Brad Pitt’s face and Jesus’ abs.”). The three do not believe him at first, and then he proceeds to turn a gigantic 30-feet-troll into pure stone with a big flashlight. And that is not the extent of the crazy science that this movie shoots out. But, impressively, the movie sticks to its crazy science. Within some of the insane things that are said in the film, such as that trolls can smell the blood of Christians (I knew a troll was gonna be the one to finish me off one day), it all sticks to itself. Even with some stuff that makes absolutely no sense, at the very least it sticks to its science. The movie is also very well-done and exciting, having some of the best sci-fi action since Cloverfield all those wonderful years ago. I own Cloverfield on DVD, and I plan to do the same with Trollhunter. This Blu-ray is gonna look amazing.
9/10