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For a low-budget, non-Hollywood movie, the effects are pretty neat. The Trolls look eerie, half real/half fantasy like something from a nightmare that somehow made it into the real world.

"Hey Johanna." "Yeah?" "These aren't bears, are they." _"PRETTY SURE THEY AREN'T."_

Hans is actually really smart with no stupid plans. As the old saying goes, "If it's a dumb plan but it works, it isn't a dumb plan."

Troll Researcher: "We're trying to come up with a humane way to kill the trolls" Nerd Explains: "Let me tell you about this thing called a BAZOOKA"

Honestly I thought the title was How to Beat the Trolls in: Trolls, which I wouldn't mind either

"The flash gun or a high explosive RPG round to the chest is honestly pretty humane" Plus there's nothing better than going out with a bang

“They awake to find that a small wolverine is rooting around their campsite. A simple A10 warthog with armor piercing rounds and hellfire missiles will easily take care of this problem.” -Nerd Explains, probably

In Norwegian mythology, Trolls have powerful regenerative powers, so military weapons likely won't have work, which is why he only has UV lights as weapons

this is one of the handful of movies where the cameraman rule is broken

I saw this film as a kid and I've always looked for it since then, and now all of a sudden 10 years later this pops up in my feed. God am I glad i subscribed to you.

I feel like all the complaints about Han's equipment can be perfectly explained by the fact that he's technically a government/public service employee.

I love Trollhunter - what these guys achieved with a budget of less than £2million puts a lot of Hollywood efforts to shame.

Hans seems like an old guy, who likes doing things the old way. A lot of old dudes are like that. When people hunt with the bare necessities usually do so to give what they're hunting a fair chance, death is part of the risk.

Nerd Explains: "Lucky for them the Jotnar troll doesn't stay to finish them off, looks like it hurt it's hand." So the spiked car cage did do something XD

Usually I would agree with the helicopter thing, however there was a very distinct line earlier in the film about trolls regularly throwing rocks at each other. That may or may not be a hint that they're good at throwing things.

A bear could definitely do that to a truck. We keep feeders for game and on occasion bears will try to get into them. They tear the medal lids off into shreds

If trolls explode or turn to stone with light, then they are entirely nocturnal and their vision probably doesn't see colors well. So the yellow or blue coats probably look various shades of gray. Like deer and hunter orange.

In the lore of the film it’s only a very limited amount of government personnel that knows of trolls. Thus they can’t divert large amounts of money to equip their only Hunter without seeming suspicious. He was just hunting strays after all, so the pore equipment is excused.

If years of playing Monster Hunter has taught me anything, it’s to stay underneath and behind it because it’s too big to properly pimp slap you if you’re behind it.

I honestly love Trollhunter on how it expands on the already in dept "mechanics" of old norwegian troll fairy tails (that we're even told as kids and in school)

The only justification for Hans not kitting up better is that its pretty typical of government agencies to have out of date and underperforming equipment and procedures...

Nerd explains I think one way they could've survived is when they looked at the beaten car and just left

I found this movie on Netflix years ago with my dad, it was a fun watch and rewatching it brings back echoes of the good memory

“Mom can we have goblin slayer?” “No we’ve got goblin slayer at home” Goblin slayer at home:

“The gestation period for trolls is 15yrs so it’s not like he’s hunting rabbits.” Nice

"Where to go if shit goes south" Me, an absolute Genius: well that was easy just go north

I'm surprised this guy didn't think logically. Using a rpg to kill a troll is the opposite of stealthy so that's why the hunter isn't using them.

This might be the most passive aggressive/pissed off Nerd Explains video I've seen. I love it!

I dont think that Hans needed to tell them anything about trolls, because all the children in Norway are told tales about trolls and other norwegian mythical beings when they were children. If not everyone then atleast 9/10. Stories about "Askeladden" and "Dovregubben" are popular fairy tails that everyone know. Its made movies and for the crew to not know anything about it would be an extremly low chanse, ofcorse if they were American it would have been a completley diffrent story.

Its a shame you didn't show the clip at the end of the movie where the prime minister of norway says trolls are real lol

The main thing I luked about the movie was the idea that trolls in Norway are just a sliver of a bigger cinematic monster verse. Imagine Windigo's in Northern US and Canada, or South American Mapinguari, North American Bigfoot, Cyclops in South Eastern Europe, or Others. Jsut fun ideas like that that are all connected in the universe is fun.

Been said man times butfor a low budget film, very impressive. Filming it like found footage really helped with compositing shots of the trolls and the design of the trolls are really cool. Props to them!

Just use the flames spell so they can’t regenerate health. Also Trollsbane has a pretty strong enchantment that does extra damage to trolls.

I honestly really respect this move for following one of the coolest parts of Norwegian mythology with surprising care for the story’s before it.

“There are no trolls in here” Cinema summary “now how would you the expert no that”

As thorough as this review and advisory is, you did neglect the part where they explained trolls cant be monitored by satellite imaging which would have been important since you repeatedly proposed using it to track them in a more advanced way

*When it pays off to be a stage crew member in a high school musical* because then you can operate lighting equipment to beat these trolls. _At the cost of you being basically unknown._

"Where's your God now?" Probably laughing.

Horror movie monsters become a lot less scary when u realize they can’t survive modern firepower

this movie just highlights my confusion about cryptid hunters in general: They always seem completely ill-prepared, so what are they suposed to do if the cryptid they're hunting *does* show up? Then what?

18:00 when they are about to enter the mine *Entering hive* *Entering dark area* *6 hours until dawn* And when the sun rises it turns into *Heavy Volatile acitivity*

When u said "they should've dropped what they had in their hands" in panic you just run without thinking. When I was 8 and playing with my 6yr sister, (at night) we heard a HUMAN KNOCK on our window. Wasn't no tree or animal, it was a clear, human, knock. We ran and later I looked down and noticed I still had my power rangers in my hands and never let go because I panicked.

The shear passive aggressiveness of this man is astounding

Honestly love this movie so much, it's still the most unique found footage movie out there. Plus the whole movie is extremely grounded and realistic in tone, which makes the scenario feel almost plausible.

THE COMPLETE SURVIVAL GUIDE TO KILLING TROLLS: 1.Traps: It's something I'd put the highest priority on. If it'll work, large beartraps should be used to pin it down. Using caltrops on a creature of that size is a must, especially the big one, since it's size will cause it pain no matter how much it tries to move. Best case scenario, it falls over, allowing you to use any weapon you'd like on it's immobile body. You'll need a ton of caltrops for the big one though, maybe substitute them with large metal spikes, since caltrops might be too small to pierce it's feet. Depending on how heavy they are, try to use thick steel cable's as rope traps. If you suspend one in the air, it will basically be rendered helpless. Not a good idea if it's too heavy for the trees/roof to support. Since UV flashlights seem effective, why not place several areas covered in lights that are remotely turned on. Lure the trolls in and turn the lights on. 2.Bait: On the topic of luring, bait is also very important in hunting. I'd try to find a priest willing to give me some of his blood to bait them into certain areas, like they do here. Another option is to learn the troll's preferred prey and use mimics of their noises, then you don't need to lug around a bunch of sheep. Holy music seems to work, so start blasting Sabaton like a badass. 3.Capture: Next is testing their endurance to tranquilizers, it's a common way used by rangers to subdue large animals like elephants/rhinos/bears, ect. Pitfalls with spikes are how old tribes used to kill elephants, and I could definitely be useful if you want to bring one down and get some blood. Testing their overall strength would help, if you can find out how much force they could generate(test it by using a measurement tool disguised as something a troll would want to hit),you could possibly capture one in a reinforced cage if you know the cage will hold it. 4. Suitable Weapons: I'm assuming they don't shoot them because trolls regenerate or their skin is too though. Flames could be used to burn them if the regenerate, cauterizing their wounds and not allowing them to heal properly. Molotov's are the easiest to get. Large projectile weapons could be useful to bring down trolls if their skin is too thick. A harpoon could work well, since they are made for whales that have extremely thick skin. Armor piercing Military weapons could also work if you could get your hands on them. Some high power rifles can pierce tank armor, so best believe they can pierce troll skulls. Flashlight guns can work, if you carry large batteries with you, but based off their performance in this movie, I wouldn't rely on them alone unless you have no choice. 5. The Big one: Finally, if you're up against the big one, find it's den and find a way to deny it access. Cause a cave in or something. If it can't find a suitable den before daybreak, it will die. And looking at it's ridiculous size, it's not going too have a lot of options. A creature of that size is actually extremely difficult to bring down. Attacking it's legs are a priority if you want to go the frontal assault method. Force it on to a terrain it can't handle. Something of that size can't easily travel trough areas with uneven terrain, since it's balance is questionable and it will have to be careful of accidentally impaling it's feet on large sharp rocks. Weapons you could use on something of that size is limited. If you can get heavy artillery or some missiles, that should do the trick. Harpoons could work, but you are going to need a ton. Do not attempt to sedate it. It's size means even darts that bring down elephants isn't even going to make it drowsy. If you have a high power rifle, shoot it's eyes out. Blindness will significantly lower it's threat level. Plus it's not going to find it's way back to it's den if it's blind. Finally you could use a UV rocket like the protagonist of this movie, but like I said I don't trust them to work reliably. Now go hunt some trolls in a dark, damp cold forest. (Or, or, and this is just a suggestion, you could not do that and go rock out to some Sabaton instead?:-)

I think Hans not being communicative makes sense as he's been a solitary hunter for a long time. Him not being able to work in a team setting is actually realistic for the scenario. What's unrealistic is that he wasn't assigned to a team years ago and forced to work in a team setting along with getting at least half of the priority of budget that the Norwegian military gets.

The movie tries to explain the trolls turning into stone with science, but them being able to sniff out christians is total BS 😂

this took “we do a little trolling” to a new level

Oh yeah, I’m Norwegian and i fricking love this film, especially Otto Jespersen as the hunter

When I first saw his armour I thought to myself holy shit it’s Ned Kelly (Ned Kelly is an Australian bush ranger who was famous for wearing armour like that)

I get the feeling the filmmakers wanted to capture the vibes of what it’d be like to have a regular civilian hunter going after trolls. Unfortunately, the introduction of the secret government agency to explain why nobody knows about them created more plot holes.

This is actually one of my favorite movies im glad people are giving it the recognition it deserves

As a kid in norway i was scared of trolls for many years. Being at the cabin in the mountains i was always inside before dark. It was kind of like santa claus, not entirely sure if he excisted but there was also a chance it was true

It’s always so enjoyable to watch Nerd Explains

Hey Nerd. I just watched an old video of yours (bird box) and my gosh, your microphone and script writing have gotten so much better since then. Keep it up!

If the trolls smell Christian blood doesn’t that confirm the existence of god therefore making you believe so I don’t think he should be telling people that

ignore the trolls, they get worse with attention

I’d bet the armor would be liberally coated in something like a bitterant or something more aligned to a troll to deter anything more than an inquisitive bite like we saw in the movie.

Agree with most of it, but they most likely weren’t murdered. Probably in some black site locked away. Especially once one of them escaped.

Guy:”Why are you stressing out?” Idiot:”This may be a bad time to bring this up but I’m Christian.” Guy:😅

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"How to survive horror movies" be the protagonist and the camera man

This was a really good movie, loved the boss battle. When I first found it I was expecting some low budget Bigfoot type stuff but instead it was really good quality though it did start off slow.

This is the only found footage movie I actually thoroughly enjoyed and have watched a couple times over the past decade

"Don't worry the mine you would've set off minutes ago in my car isn't armed"

this movie scared me so much when i was younger but now its seriously one of my favorite movies so seeing this made me so happy

this takes "we do a little trolling." to a whole new level.

i absolutely love this movie, so glad you did a video on it. Highly underrated

This is a Norwegian movie made to look like a documentary (obviously) and it’s incredible well made having not be from Norway and it’s made in 2010. One of my favorite movies of all time and I don’t know how so few knows about it. It’s fantastic

I remember watching this in like 2012 I was ten and I thought this shit was real so literally everyone there was a storm and trees were knocked over/down I thought it was a troll

fantastic seeing the movie still being somewhat relevant for almost 11 years now

I think Kalle being a Christian may not be the full reason why he got ate, the dude was panicking, and what Hans said wasn’t helping him either. Plus, no matter what you believe in or not, if you were in Kalle’s shoes, you’d probably be panicking too.

I saw this movie as a kid (I’m norwegian) and never really understood if it was a real documentary or fiction. At this point I thought it was some kind of crazy fever dream. Thanks for clarifying!😆

Sooo about the Thing about dropping your gear (AROUND 9:45) it has been proven that People Will always hold onto whatever they have in the hand(s). Even when being shot at.

Nerd Explains and Cinema Summery saving lives out here!

This guy's thoughts while doing these movies views align closely with how I watch movies. Plan ahead, be smart and pack extra firepower. My mind was screaming for all of this when I first watched this movie lol

"Only yelled troll as a metaphor" 😂😭 (5:27)

So, basically, all it really takes to wipe out the entire troll population is a few conservative Texans.

Him. Makes a dying light reference Me. Ah yes a man of culture as well

Watching at 1.25x and seeing Hans get slammed by the troll in the bridge is the funniest shit I have seen. True cinema.

I always thought that troll hunter was real but even though it’s a film and not true it’s still one hell of a movie to watch and I highly recommend watching it.

I'll keep that in mind when I'm hunting unicorns.

A problem about the RPG is that they’re keeping it on the down low and you can hear an RPG like from a mile away

That bridge scene when he smacks him into the side of the bridge is so fucking funny! :D

Nerd explains: “remind me to never go to the Norwegian mountains” Me, half swede, half Norwegian living (in Sweden) a few hours away from the Norwegian border where the most mountains are: “HAH!” 😂

Nooooo!!!No way freaking way!Did the camera man just die?This movie just broke the first rule of the holy found footage movie rule😂

With trolls being a part of Scandinavian folklore, I feel like troll sightings in Norway would have a response like, “oh no, trolls..... Anyway-”

So there are some really old stories and theories mythologically about why trolls react to Christians, and it stems from the trolls being envious of humans for being granted entry into the Christian heaven upon death. Which combined with the lore in the movie implies that they're wrong about the trolls being beasts incapable of thought. Maybe really dumb on average, but not mindless. In the fairy tales they are capable of magic, which is where the Norwegian word for magic "Trolldom" comes from. When I was little I used to be genuinely afraid of thick dark forests due to growing up on tales of these trolls, especially when visiting my grandparents in the mountains. There were creepy moans coming from the woods. Turns out moose and deer sound an awful lot like monsters.

For the most part, all of these videos have the same solution: stay home and watch Nerd Explains (and maybe some Cinema Summary) videos. That way, when something bad does happen, you'll immediately have survived and become famous.

26:16 Yea, the troll's licking his wounds because the SPIKED CAGE you think is a waste turned out to be quite effective, wounding the troll's palm as he tried to grip the truck. Why did you overlook that Mr. Spikey Cage Hater. :D

"If you're going to hunt Loch Ness-" All you'd need to do to stop them is about Tree Fiddy.

It’s actually great, I was able to edit high speed apex gameplay in minutes and able to track snips in seconds

I think the lack of preparation on Hans' part makes sense, since he usually works alone. I know I would personally not have thought about any of the additional precautions involved with extra people on anything I normally do solo.

When I was little I thought these were lost tapes and these things were real LOL

"Where is your God now?" Christian's: "Not here"

Any other sketchy guy in a horror movie : "Hey buds, I got this really important thing that I have to tell you but you won't believe me right now but we better head to my place so I can show it to you" This hero: 4:55

I already beat my troll every night, but this helped too.

There are so many Norwegian folklore references in this movie, such as the Troll under the bridge which refer to the Troll from the tale of the "Three Billy Goats Gruff", and some other references to the story of Askeladden.

cool movie! coming from dnd i was confused about what trolls were but it was still cool to see!!😁😎