Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts

Monday, February 17, 2014

The Troll Hunter (2010) a.k.a Trolljegeren


































  A group of university students is doing a research on some recent mysterious bear killings. In order to find out the truth, they join forces with a self-named hunter. Soon, they will find out the he is indeed a Troll hunter and this is Troll season...
  André Øvredal directs this one and he goes all the way. Directed as a "mockumentary" (part of a supposed lost and found tape), this film is downright entertaining and funny in its own cold way. Huge-ass trolls make their appearance in the vast and unfriendly mountaintops of Norway, thirsty for Christina blood and anything they can get. An alternative homage to the country's folklore, this film will not disappoint you unless you are too narrow-minded.
  The cast includes some of Norway's most unknown comedians. They seem pretty serious in this film but then again the irony may be that big that I am not getting it. Either way, all actors work their just fine within the passages of the story. A must-see for folklore and mythology fans!
Must watch this : on the coldest, snowy day of the winter (to make you feel the you are indeed in a place like Norway) with a huge bowl of mushroom soup and a big cup of mjod. After the film, go for a long stroll in your nearest mountain to look for mysterious creatures with that cold bastard blasting in your ears.
Trailer 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740707/ 
I am here for the weed and the beer but I can't find neither
Driving Goal #5
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Monday, December 2, 2013

Lake of the Dead (1958) a.k.a De Dødes Tjern


































  A group of friends, all Oslo residents, visit another friend in his cabin deep in the Østerdal forests. But as soon as they arrive there, he seems to be missing and his dog is founds dead at a pond nearby. It is not long before they start fearing an old legend that has the forest and the lake haunted by the spirit of a man who killed his sister and her lover and then killed himself in the lake.
  Kåre Bergstrøm gives us this magnificent horror film straight from the country of Vikings and ice! Excellent use of a supposed legend ( I don't know if that legend exists) combined with the breathtaking settings in the Norwegian forests with impressive dialogues and a more impressive character build-up. This film has a unique atmosphere (you need to be relaxed to get into it) and guarantees a weird chill in your spine!
  André Bjerke, Bjørg Engh, Henki Kolstad and the rest of the cast are an absolute treat for they eye and the ear. They are actors from another universe, a more classy universe. Plus the Norwegian language gives it a different European finesse, a more deep-into-the-roots horror! A-must-see!
Must watch this : on a gloomy,rainy December morning with shut drapes, wrapped up in blankets with a cup of cappuccino in hand! After the film, explore the Norwegian folklore myths while listening to that shit ! 
Out-take 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051569/ 
A dozen whiskey bottles, weed, condoms...All right! We are all set
Am I that high or is there a man there?
Yikes