Troll Hunter (4)

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Troll Hunter, original title Trolljegeren, is a Norwegian adventure/fantasy film by Andre Ovredal about three people who try to document an illegal poacher near their town only to discover what this hunters real 'day' job is.

I had no idea what this movie was about but heard it mentioned not only by word of month but via a few best horror/movies of 2010 lists. While there isn't a lot of blood and guts in this movie I will admit that it surprised me with lots of suspense, tension and thrills. I was beyond happy with this film and was sad it was over once the credits rolled.

The trolls were cool. Someone did their research and really wanted to make them believable. I have no idea what the budget was on this movie but I suspect it wasn't very much and so I was expecting lame special effects and graphics. What they gave me was everything but that. I loved the design, movement and subgroups of trolls. Sooo awesome. I honestly have never seen a film like this before.

The movie started off and I will admit that I was bored and felt like it wasn't going to go any where. I thought that the 3 younger characters were annoying and nothing made sense. Then BOOM something happens in the woods and then the movie takes off from there.

Otto Jespersen was the best part of the movie. He played an interesting character who slowly reveals himself during the movie. He goes from the silent type to a hunter to a caring teacher and back to a hunter.

I am sure that a lot of people would laugh at this movie and think it is really lame but while I thought that this was going to be my reacting, it ended up being completely different. Yes, I laughed here and there but it was at jokes in the movie and from how certain characters reacted in some scenes. Not because the movie is bad or ridiculous. I actually think this was a great movie and urge people to give it a chance.

I want to watch it again.

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Hobo with a Shotgun (3)

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2011 Jason Eisener film starring Rutger Hauer who plays a hobo who decides to take back the streets of the new town he drops anchor in.

This movie is ridiculous.

There are some really intense and gruesome gore scenes in this movie. People being cut, shot, slammed,  scraped, beaten, dragged and just about anything else you can think of. There is a lot of unnecessary blood but the props and special effects in terms of blood/guns/heads etc is awesome in this movie.

I was really hopping for an amazing bad-good movie when I saw that this was actually being made. I had high hopes that sadly were not met. The person I watched it with loved every minute of it and was laughing 50% more than I was so I'm sure more people who enjoy these types of films will love it. I on the other hand was disappointed as the movie seemed to try to actually be serious rather than joke serious which ruined it a bit for me. You can't have Kill Bill blood and guts with a hobo as your main star who has only bad/amazing one liners as he tries to protect a hooker. Doesn't work...for me, anyways.

Still thought it was an entertaining movie. I really liked Rutger Hauer in this movie and think he can honestly act. Everyone else is questionable.

The story was basic and straightforward but hide behind some well thought out and executed gory scenes that kept me watching (or looking away if I couldn't handle it).

If I wasn't expecting something along the lines of Drive Angry, which is one of the best bad-good movies I have ever seen (so bad that they are good) then I think I would've liked it more.

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Akira (4)

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1988 anime film by Katsuhiro Ohtomo about a Neo-Tokyo biker gang who has to stop one of their own once he realizes the full extent of his newly tapped powers.

This is some of the coolest animation I have ever seen. Apparently it was one of the the first to use darker colours as they were more expensive (I heard this through a friend of friend so it may not be true but regardless it is true that they used darker colours) which made it look intensely original even though it's an 80s film.

The story is really interesting. It was a great sci-fi movie that smelled slightly of Chronicle, The Matrix, Tron  and a bit of Ghost in the Shell , but not enough that it felt familiar. There was a great balance of political, psychological and action based scenes that made this movie easy to watch. Though the plot is quite complex it was not beyond the viewers understanding which also added to it's watchability.

There were some weird looking characters in this movie. There were also just some weird characters in general but it's an anime film so you have to expect some colourful people. The humour, though not obvious all of the time, was lost on me most of the time. I watched an English dubbed version and it actually wasn't that bad. Some dubbed films are horrible as the actors that do the voices are...well, shitty. This time they did it right.

If you like anime or any futuristic/crime sci-fi movies you will definitely enjoy this. I did! Check it out.


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