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The Wild Hunt (2009)
Surprisingly gripping
Gods be good, when I hear Larp in a movie at all, I lose interest, but I struck solid gold persevering through my own bias. So often Larping in movies becomes the butt of a joke, but the way the writer grasps this hobby as more than just a joke and uses it to portray the immense struggle between relationships and how dramatic a power dynamic can become even in a game environment.
This Wild Hunt grabbed my attention with what I felt was a fantastically executed story and wonderful cinematography. Though there are aspects of the story that I have seen done many times before, the tropes and themes felt as if they stretched into retellings of myth and legend lending dramatic power and the weight of ages to the story of Erik and Evelyn.
I did not expect much coming into this movie, but it left me with more than I could have asked for.