Cloverfield Comes to Norway in Trailer for Troll Hunter
At first, the trailer for this very buzzed-about festival hit looks like an unnecessary rehash of shaky-cam no budget horror. Three documentary filmmakers journey into the wilderness, complete with dated Michael Moore jokes, and meet up with a guy who claims to be a troll hunter. They follow him, but seem skeptical until -- wait, what's this slime on the wheel of the jeep? Yep, looks like The Blair Troll Project. But then...out come the trolls! And actually, they are something to behold.
They don't talk or ask for tolls or carry any clubs that I could see. But they are huge. And there are a lot of them. Some can step on cars, some have three heads, and some are combustible. They look a little cheesy sometimes, but overall I was pretty impressed -- I haven't seen creatures like this before in a movie. Yes, it looks like Cloverfield or Jurassic Park filmed in hand-held at a few places, but the trailer also hints at a sly sense of humor as it progresses, particularly with a running joke about trolls going after the blood of Christians. Funny! Besides, we need some sort of creature to take over when this vampire craze dies down, right?
Verdict: Sold.
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If I want to see trolls, I'll just go to the gay bar around the corner that caters to the 55+ crowd.
Too funny!!
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum.
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
Be he living, or be he dead,
I’ll grind his bones to mix my bread
Why is "trolls going after the blood of Christians" funny? Would you find it funny if it was "trolls going after the blood of MovieLine employees"?
Ah, I meant no disrespect to Christianity. The idea itself isn't funny (besides the fact that it involves trolls), but I thought the way it played out in the trailer, particularly in the last bit, was pretty funny.
For what it's worth, trolls do go after Movieline employees. They are internet trolls, and I'll grant that they are only occasionally funny.
Are you kidding? We've got bloodthirsty trolls coming after us here every day -- not that I'm pointing any fingers, Shane!
Thank you for the reply Mr. Clark. Sorry that I misunderstood your comment.
As for S.T.Vanairsdale, perhaps you should be careful where exactly your other four fingers are pointing seeing as you don't know me.
Thank you for the reply Mr. Clark. Sorry that I misunderstood your comment.
As for S.T.Vanairsdale, perhaps you should be careful where exactly your other four fingers are pointing seeing as you don't know me.
By the fairy tales and legends troll were huge and terrifying forces of nature that could smell the blood of Christian people. The mix of religion and horror was commonplace, like how the Christian cross can repel vampires, or trolls turn to stone when hearing church bells toll.
When the stories were told any decent human being would be Christian, non-Christians would be half-demonic or wild. Of course, these days Norway is highly secularised, with relatively few Christians, so the ability to smell Christian blood would be less useful. Whether trolls brought up in another environment might be able to smell Muslim, Buddhist, or Atheist blood would be a different story, much like how well a crucifix would work against a modern vampire.