Review of Troll Hunter (2010) by Stako — 17 Feb 2014

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen for so many reasons. And just to get it out now - this movie isn't a horror movie. It's a beast of it's own.

Found footage. This is one of the cases, in which this style of directing helps the story and mood of the film very much, You feel everything is so real just because of this style, and this is probably the only movie that has done it so well - yes, better than Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity. All of the effects used in this movie are very nicely done, especially considering the budget. It has loads of CGI, some of which looks more and more dated by the month, but it doesn't stop it from having great animation and believable designs. In other words - this movie is extremely faithful to actual troll mythology to the point that you can't help it but be intranced in what it wants to show you. I felt legitimately excited everytime a troll came on screen.

The plot of the movie starts out slow and evolves into something pretty generic, but ends up in places where I haven't seen many movies go. This movie has one of the most epic endings that I have ever seen, and I can't actually even think of another movie that comes even close to what this movie did. The ending itself was a bit dissapointing though, but to be honest - I've not seen many FFH movies with good endings, it's like the directors and writers don't know what to do with the tape in the end, but it doesn't matter.

Trollhunter is not a movie, it's a very intriguing and well directed journey. If you havent seen this movie, you owe it to yourself to do so. It's a very underated hidden gem that will surprise you.