Alex Cavaco I've seen a lot of people recommend this title, and because of that, I've been wanting to see it for a long time. I was not familiar with pretty much any Norwegian folklore about trolls, nor I knew the locations depicted in this film. But that didn't seem to matter. It was fascinating learning about it while the movie rolled.It starts slow, as it ramps up to the first encounter but from then on it becomes really interesting. The whole style is well made and quite different from anything else. Even tho there are some misses and downtime, it all end ups working together.It does a great job of creating a documentary feel. It really was like learning about trolls as real beasts. The details about their lives like of any other animal are believable and well spread to give an escalated sense of knowledge as the film develops. Of course, this is folklore and it didn't make sense for them to exist, but in the scope of the movie, they are credible. You should note tho that I enjoy folklore and old tales, so even if I liked when there was talk about the trolls, for others it might be boring.A few plot points feel a bit skipped but it's all to focus on the trolls as that's really what the film is about. The characters are not really developed for the same reason. Except for the troll hunter where is life and view of his job are better examined, but not much still. All characters are there to unveiling information about the environment and/or the trolls themselves, directly or indirectly, while also giving credibility to the documentary style. Given that, they have their place and the acting is good.The trolls are well made with their half funky, half scary appearance. They do behave like wild beasts, being portraiture, as far as I know, very well.It isn't particularly scary, it has its moments. It also has some comedic value in places. Both of this points being mostly driven by the trolls appearances.In the end, it's a well-made movie, great for those who like monsters and/or old fantasy tales. If you know the folklore it's a must. If not like me, it doesn't matter as half the fun is in finding those pieces and developing it for yourself. If you don't enjoy non-English movies, even with subtitles, it would have to be a skip as I would recommend watching it with the original audio. For the others if you are looking for something different in this genre, give it a try, you might just fell in love with it.

LouAbbott "Trollhunter" is reminiscent of Richard Matheson's book" I Am Legend," which concentrated as much on why vampires need blood, are afraid of garlic and mirrors, die if exposed to the sun, etc. The Trollhunter explains to college kids filming the Trollhunter's trolling for trolls the characteristics of the trolls, types of trolls, where trolls live, what trolls eat, why some trolls grow two useless heads out of their shoulders, etc. A veterinarian tells why trolls will blow up or turn to stone if exposed to the sun (hummm, sound familiar?). "Trollhunter" is a good film, and the Norwegian scenery is nice.

sol- Hoping to film a documentary on a series of vicious bear attacks in their area, a group of young Norwegians are surprised to learn that giant trolls are actually behind the attacks as they befriend a troll hunter in this unusual horror film. While the found footage style that the filmmakers adopt here is often a distraction, 'Trolljegeren' benefits greatly from its intriguing premise with the suggestion of a government conspiracy afoot to keep the existence of trolls under wraps. The movie sadly does not explore the conspiracy in too much depth (i.e. why the government want to keep it a secret) but there are a lot of fun moments towards the middle section of the film as the documentary crew interview 'experts' and discover medical reasons behind the trolls' allergy to sunlight and so on. Interesting as this might all be conceptually, it nevertheless paves very limited way for a story to unfold with the mounting troll appearances and running back and forth of the characters soon turning a tad repetitive. The characters do not exactly come to understand the creatures in any more depth or anything and it often feels like much more could have been spun from the complex mythology that the filmmakers manage to generate. On the plus side though, the found footage style becomes much easier to digest as the movie progresses and, as mentioned, the middle section here is certainly great.

DogFilmCritic This movie look so ridiculous the fist time I saw the cover but I'm so glad it proved me wrong, I really liked it for something so simple the idea was great, a bunch of collage students go following a troll hunter on his daily routine, the CGI was pretty amazing not perfect but way better that say the mummy returns and Gods of Egypt.A unique way to justify the style of found footage with the subject of folklore making it very creative. I was so glad this movie doesn't suffer from the headache inducing shaky-cam that some other found footage fall into.This proves with good ideas you can do a great film everything is placed on how you tell the story and with great characters the combination is perfect.I say give it a watch, I guarantee it will surprise you.