Comments on: ‘Hansel & Gretel’ Director Tommy Wirkola Returns To Norway To Make That ‘Dead Snow’ Sequel You Wanted https://staging2.theplaylist.net/hansel-gretel-director-tommy-wirkola-returns-to-norway-to-make-that-dead-snow-sequel-you-wanted-20130212/ Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Christian https://staging2.theplaylist.net/hansel-gretel-director-tommy-wirkola-returns-to-norway-to-make-that-dead-snow-sequel-you-wanted-20130212/#comment-61313 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:38 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/hansel-gretel-director-tommy-wirkola-returns-to-norway-to-make-that-dead-snow-sequel-you-wanted-101525/#comment-61313 Wirkola's efforts previous to his foray into Hollywood moviemaking are really, really terrible. I know the effect of exoticism and reading the dialogue (instead of hearing it) can quite often make a movie seem a little bit better than it is, but trust me, as a Norwegian I can tell you that 'Død Snø' (a retarded title chosen solely because 'Rød Snø' (Red Snow), which makes more sense, was already taken) and (OH GOD NO, PLEASE!) 'Kill Buljo' are terrible movies. Of course it's difficult to argue about matters of taste, but an element that might get lost in translation is how ridiculously clunky they are. The editing is terrible, they're shot with all the artistic flair of a AFV-submission, and the jokes are so stale that it makes Seltzer & Friedberg seem like comedic geniuses. 'Kill Buljo' is kind of like 'The Room' or 'Birdemic' of Norwegian comedy, but just, y'know, less funny. He also made 'Kurt Josef Wagle og legenden om fjordheksa', which nobody saw and/or liked. So all in all he has made zero good movies.

The only thing that had people talking about 'Død Snø' was a scene were a guy chainsaws of his dick after it gets bit by a nazi zombie. Which I can agree is kind of fun, but doesn't really excuse the rest of that wet fart of a movie.

In Norway most movies are governmentally funded (at least in part) with taxpayers' money. They are especially generous towards projects produced outside of Oslo, as they're trying to broaden and strengthen the national industry. Since Wirkola has been to Hollywood aaand probably will make 'Død Snø 2: Reckoning/Dæy åf thø Dææd/Up the Khyber' in Northern Norway, he'll get all the moneys. But I wants Joachim Trier to gets all the moneys. Please, lissen 2 meh, no encourage Wirkolas. Rent 'Oslo, August 31st' instead. End of rant.

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