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★ 2 / 10
Goddamnit ...
Ihni
I had really high expectations about this movie, you know. I wanted soooo bad for it to be a great movie. Well, I was disappointed. I saw it at the Göteborg…
I had really high expectations about this movie, you know. I wanted soooo bad for it to be a great movie. Well, I was disappointed. I saw it at the Göteborg Film Festival, at the world premiere, and I didn't know if I was to laugh or cry when it was over. I was closer to crying.Honestly, it wasn't a good movie. They meant it to be scary ... but people LAUGHED when it was supposed to be scary. Which makes it a comedy? Not really. If so, it must have been unintentional.I do believe that it could have been a good movie. I mean, the script itself isn't all that bad ... when one thinks about it. But bad effects and MUMBLING from almost all the actors (I had a hard time hearing what was said, in like, half the movie!) makes it a bad movie. Easy as that.At times, I just hid my face in my hands and mumbled "oh my god" to myself. Ashamed to be Swedish.That's it then! No more vampire films coming from Sweden. Bye bye, future vampire films!
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★ 4 / 10
Should have been a Swedish "Lost Boys"
fred-83
It is nice to see some genre-movies produced in Sweden, finally. This is an ambitious project but somewhat let-down by (among other things) a low budget. The…
It is nice to see some genre-movies produced in Sweden, finally. This is an ambitious project but somewhat let-down by (among other things) a low budget. The script is very enjoyable with funny set pieces and some good dialog which, unfortunately, is not always delivered well. The direction is lacking, some scenes are very awkwardly blocked, hardly rising above film-school level, and some of these things can not be blamed solely on the low budget. The ending is too abrupt, also. Much effort seems to have been put into the special effects, and they generally look very good. The score is symphonic, which is a really good choice, and it works well, although it is a bit overused. The sound is also really bad in some places, which add to the "film school"-feeling. The Russian music during the opening titles is really inspired and creates a nice atmosphere (reminiscent of Polanski's "The Fearless Vampire Killers). It is sad that the rest of the movie doesn't quite hold up. But it deserves to be praised for its ambition and just because it at least tries to be different from every other film produced in our, film standard-wise, mediocre country. It should have been a full Swedish "Lost Boys" but instead we got about 1/3 of it. (Hm, the IMDb comments spelling device makes suggestions identical to what I have typed, happen to anybody else?)
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★ 6 / 10
Bloody awesome - definitely doesn't suck!
Torgo_Approves
When a movie's title is a bad pun (it's equally bad in English - "Frostbite") you know you're going to be in for a good time. After endless amounts of lame…
When a movie's title is a bad pun (it's equally bad in English - "Frostbite") you know you're going to be in for a good time. After endless amounts of lame comedy and drama productions from Sweden, it's refreshing to see that Anders Banke tries something new: a hilarious, suspenseful vampire movie, the first vampire movie to have ever come out of Sweden. In a way, it's an epic. Not that Banke's movie is anywhere near pretentious enough to be called an epic.
Frostbiten opens with some fantastic footage of a snow-covered, dark landscape, accompanied by haunting music that perfectly set the tone for the movie. Already at this point we can tell this will be different, and infinitely better, than most Swedish films.
What comes after that is an amazing, high-paced film with energetic performances and brilliant touches of humour. How can you not laugh at a little dog telling our hero that he's going to burn in hell? Or the fact that the main vampire is killed by a garden gnome? Though it is not perfect (especially not the badly executed ending), Frostbiten is extremely entertaining, clever and positively brilliant. The "shocker" scenes are shocking, the comical scenes are funny, and performances are great all around, with the possible exception of Grete Havnesköld, who is pretty lackluster as Saga, our main character. Emma Åberg's Vega, on the other hand, is an absolute gem.
Frostbiten is an amazing film that fulfills all your hopes and makes you believe that Swinema actually has a future. A bizarre, hilarious and competently put together action and gore fest that proves that even Swedish people can make high quality movies.(r#36)
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