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This is making fun of these types of movies, right?

posted 11 years ago by purple66
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Like, it's not just a really bad one, is it?

I was enjoying it quite a bit as a serious fake found-footage movie (even though some of the dialogue and stuff was crappy/cheesy, but I mainly put that down to the translation - it being a foreign film, and me watching it with English subtitles, so even with the dodgy dialogue, I thought this was a serious fake found-footage movie), up until the point where they showed the first troll - Then I thought it must be taking the piss out of all these fake found-footage movies. Because that's the point where the suspension of disbelief is completely gone - You can't keep yourself in the frame of mind that this is real, this is real-found footage, like in, say, The Fourth Kind. At that point I started thinking that this is most likely taking the piss out of these fake found footage movies - at how ridiculous they really are - so this film takes it to the extreme - trolls with three heads, turning to stone, being able to smell the blood of a Christian, etc.

[–] scottmc1971 11 years ago

I don't think there's any doubt that the director's tongue was planted firmly in his cheek - and the movie is all the better for it. Who says Scandinavians don't have a sense of humour?

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[–] drakkar 11 years ago

Hey, this film isn't Disney folklore, it's Norse.

In Cod we trust.

[–] lulahv-at-yahoo-com 11 years ago

It seemed definitely tongue-in-cheek to me! I don't think it was making fun of this genre as such, but playing with Norse mythology using it.
I thought it was really good (I had read it had 'very mild scares' prior to watching so I wasn't expecting a horror), & even though I'm British & don't know all of the fairy tales & fables referred to in it, I really liked the sense of humour & found it very similar to my own. It felt a little offbeat & when I read that 3 or 4 or the actors are comedians in Norway it made sense as they dead-panned so well!
I was impressed with the effects actually (I think I had expected it to be more like the recent US 'creature-features' like Sharknado etc.), & I also really fell in love with the stunning scenery - I can see how the myths must have been born there.

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

I don't think it was taking the piss any more than lots of other mockumentaries. The humour came from the fact the cast, which included a bunch of comedians, played everything so straight. E.G. Hans set the tone. Then there's the (MIB-like) Troll Security Service and we see people walking around paddocks giving extremely convincing scientific explanations as to why the site is a troll battle site. LOL!🐭

[–] Herreken 9 years ago

For me, suspension of disbelief was gone when the camera guy was still using his camera after seeing the troll. Hell even before the troll is revealed, no one would keep filming with all those noises, with the ground shaking and trees moving.

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[–] nadaht 8 years ago

For me, suspension of disbelief was gone when the camera guy was still using his camera after seeing the troll. Hell even before the troll is revealed, no one would keep filming with all those noises, with the ground shaking and trees moving.

You know, people go to wars and keep filming with shells flying all around and all that war stuff.

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[–] Herreken 8 years ago

If they were a group of experienced troll hunters, then it would be a bit more believable. At least a war correspondent knows what they're getting into. I know it's kind of silly to even talk about what's believable in a movie called Troll Hunter but whatever.

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[–] nadaht 8 years ago

If they were a group of experienced troll hunters, then it would be a bit more believable. At least a war correspondent knows what they're getting into. I know it's kind of silly to even talk about what's believable in a movie called Troll Hunter but whatever.

But still, not all people freeze up when crap hits the fan.

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[–] Mitaka 9 years ago

Given that 4 of the actors (including the Troll Hunter, himself) are, to my understanding, fairly big name comedians in Norway...

(I'll let you all finish that thought on your own.) 😉

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[–] Perverzion 9 years ago

"No trolls were harmed during the making of this movie" - it kinda proves the film being a comedy/satire

[–] Karl Aksel (1498) 7 years ago

To Norwegians, the movie comes off as obvious comedy right off the bat. Much of the humour is in the language itself, which would only be apparent to people who actually speak Norwegian - I don't think you'd get it from the subtitles. Perhaps if dubbed, but only if the dubbers realised what the humour was. The dialogue is straightforward, every-day and matter-of-fact, downplaying the supposed seriousness of the plot - this is typical of Norwegian humour.

For example, when Hans complains about the working conditions of his job, he does so in the same way a plumber or garbage man might. The veterinarian who explains trolls' sensitivity to daylight, does so as casually and clinically as a vet describing the digestive system of cattle. Even in the troll cave, where the Christian guy gets it, the whole thing is funny. The delivery of "what are you fidgeting about?" is funny enough, but then the panicked "I'm Christian!!" is downright hilarious. Can't really explain why, it just is. And it was meant to be.

[–] degree7 (821) 5 years ago

Most of that is really not that different to how English-speakers act. There’s nothing that prevents someone from another Western country understanding any of that. They’re pretty straight forward jokes anyone would get.

[–] Karl Aksel (1498) 5 years ago

Of course English speakers act like that, too. But unless you understand the language, you can't know that this is how they're acting at a certain time. Because the lines in question can be said in a humorous way, serious way, honest or dishonest way, ironically or sarcastically... you just don't know if you don't know the language. You'll just have to trust that the translator got it somewhat right.