Director Daniel Knight explained that his short movie Troll Bridge, based on a Terry Pratchett novel, spent 7 years in post-production. I would have guessed 7 months at a push. The CGI used to bring the titular creature (and his family) to life is wholly unconvincing, more redolent of a computer game than a film.
Now I might have been more forgiving had the script and direction been something truly astounding, but sadly they're about on a par with the creature effects: Pratchett's sardonic humour, which takes wry swipes at the state of the world we live in, doesn't translate well to the screen, and Knight allows his film to drag, even at just 25 minutes.
To be fair, much of the cinematography is stunning, with the massive stone bridge under which the troll family resides being particularly impressive, and Bridges looks the part, but then the film goes and makes a fundamental cock-up with the continuity: Cohen's bottom row of teeth alternates between jagged diamond dentures and well-maintained pearly-whites. It had me grinding my own molars in frustration!
Now I might have been more forgiving had the script and direction been something truly astounding, but sadly they're about on a par with the creature effects: Pratchett's sardonic humour, which takes wry swipes at the state of the world we live in, doesn't translate well to the screen, and Knight allows his film to drag, even at just 25 minutes.
To be fair, much of the cinematography is stunning, with the massive stone bridge under which the troll family resides being particularly impressive, and Bridges looks the part, but then the film goes and makes a fundamental cock-up with the continuity: Cohen's bottom row of teeth alternates between jagged diamond dentures and well-maintained pearly-whites. It had me grinding my own molars in frustration!