Troll Hunter doesn’t fail for lack of a fun concept or great troll battle scenes. It fails because we just don’t care. They never really involve the characters more than to explain why we can physically be watching this footage. One of the initial group dies, he’s replaced by some other basically anonymous Norwegian, and if you have fallen asleep during that time you’d neither notice nor care. The American remake will be in need of some better storytellers.
Late last week, I had the even greater pleasure of interviewing the team behind the Un Certain Regard selected Tuesday, After Christmas with director Radu Muntean and actors (in addition to husband and wife) Mirela Oprisor and Mimi Branescu.