Except for the trolls, please take care of the others

Dimitri 2022-07-31 21:45:02

I first fell in love with the pseudo-documentary style from "The Clover's Archives", and then deeply experienced the filming enjoyment brought by the shooting mode in "Death Video" in Spain. Therefore, I have great expectations for the theme of giant monsters. But after watching the whole movie, I feel that the director is obviously too inclined to shoot the troll part, ignoring the plot and the structure of the characters, and seeing illogical and patchwork in many places.

The first shot that spoiled the overall feeling was the moment when Hunter Hans ran out of the forest and shouted "Troll" at Thomas and his group. Hans should have been unaware of being followed, so he suddenly ran into Thomas and his group's surprise. The degree should be no worse than being chased by a troll, but at that time Hans's expression seemed to be part of the Thomas photography team, and the tone of the "troll" was more like reporting to the team members. Besides, Hans is a professional hunter who has experienced hundreds of "giants", and he should shout "go fast" and other urging words to the protagonists, not the "giants" like the new world just discovered. Then talk about the reason why Hunter Hans brought Thomas and his party with him. It turned out to be to expose the truth and change the rules of the game for his job. For this kind of personal reasons, the characters who ignore the lives of three young people are difficult to accept in the movie. A sense of heroism deliberately created for him.

After the original photographer was killed by the troll, the new photographer Muslim woman was basically dispensable in the later period. She has not seen the troll yet. She logically said that the first time she saw the troll, the reaction would be more intense, but it was very I didn't even snorted outrageously. I doubted whether the camera holding this camera was a robot. According to my impression, I didn't notice her existence until the film was finally taken away by Thomas. This is a very serious problem in the film, that is, the portrayal of the characters is too thin, and Joanna, who is holding the radio equipment, barely speaks. The only scene that makes me more aware of her existence is when they know that the government is trying to hide the facts. She stood up and quarreled with Finn, only to vaguely realize that this character had a sense of justice, and otherwise, she was pale and pitiful. The previous photographer? Sorry, I only know that he is a very sweaty Christian. Even Hans and Thomas, who played the most roles, couldn't be impressive.

If you want to talk about the merits, in addition to the unanimously recognized beauty, the means of trying to create the feeling of false records is still good, but the "internal injury" is really serious, and it can't make people feel real in any way. Troll is indeed a good gimmick, but it serves the gimmick too much and ignores the others, resulting in the movie being just empty and "weird", and then nothing is left.

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Trollhunter quotes

  • Polsk bjørnejeger: Hello. Hello, Finn.

    Finn Haugen: Hello.

    Polsk bjørnejeger: How are you?

    Finn Haugen: Good.

    Polsk bjørnejeger: Are you good?

    Finn Haugen: Good.

    Polsk bjørnejeger: Are you very good?

    Finn Haugen: Yes.

  • Hans, trolljegeren: Anyone need some gravel?