I Just Watched: A Nordic Double Bill!
Last weekend it was Valhalla Rising. This weekend it was The Troll Hunter and Antichrist. That actually makes three Nordic films in a row. Not counting Ingmar Bergman, I doubt I've watched that many Nordic films ever. Something about a movie featuing Trolls, filmed in Norway with Norwegian actors and English subtitles appealed to me. This also being the Halloween season it seemed like a good time to watch it. Troll Hunter is similar to The Blair Witch Project or Cloverfield in that you're told your seeing raw found footage. In this case the film was shot by college students investigating bear poaching. They start following a man they think might be the poacher but they discover he's not hunting beers, he is hunting trolls for the state. He's a bit disillusioned however and though he knows it's a bad idea he decides to let filmmakers follow him and learn about his secret work. The Troll Hunter is very pretty to look at. The special effects are good