I haven't seen the movie Veiviseren so I don't have any way to compare the two movies as of yet. I did like this movie though. I don't know why you seem to dislike it so intensely and I don't agree with your assessment.
Signe and Frigg behaved like sheep when running from the band of killers. As soon as they could no longer see them, they believed they were safe and starting walking in a relaxed manner. Seriously? Nobody is that stupid. When staying at the cabin, did they really not expect the band to come?
I didn't see it the way you saw it. What I saw was two young girls who were getting very tired after running from the band of killers and were slowing down due to exhaustion. Just because we don't see them at a full out run the entire time before coming upon the cabin does not mean they weren't running most of that time as the day went on. I am sure they were hoping that taking refuge in the cabin would at least give them time to rest before the gang caught up with them and Signe even stated they were going to rest for the night and then continue on the next day. The only thing I saw wrong with the part about staying at the cabin was lighting the fire which had to have been visible even if just through the cracks in the walls. But, since these were young girls and the older girl said she had no experience in surviving in the wild, staying warm was probably more on her mind and that did not occur to her.
The problem wasn't that they headed for the cabin, the problem was that they stayed there apparently thinking the band of killers were no longer a threat. Realistically, the guy living there should have been smart enough to understand that they were in danger and would have made them get the h*ll out of there, but no, he was just as stupid.
The guy living there DID understand they were in danger. He said he would take them to the village (presumably that day although it did not specify). It did not seem to me he was the type of person to not be aware of danger since he pretty much lived out in the wild. I took it that he had returned from hunting to find the girls in his cabin (or at least the cabin he had taken over) and he was aware of the danger and thought it would be best if he got them to the village where they could find someone to help them better than he could as he said the village was two days walk and offered to take them there. I suppose since he didn't immediately start them out walking you think he thought it was OK for them to stay there? The whole part where they spent the night at the cabin and then the man offered to walk them to the village took place in the span of hours. The gang tracked them down early the next morning and they were all eating and had not had time to actually start off on the trek to the village.
I just did not see the problems you saw. I see a lot of things in movies that are stupid behaviors but most of what you point out would be considered normal for the people in the circumstances they were in.
And the twist at the end where Signe suddenly found it in her to go after the rest of the band and kill them was ridiculous.
That was not a twist. That was a progression of her character having to grow up and get stronger, develop a backbone and become determined to save the little girl from the "witch" after the little girl had saved her life. That happens a lot in movies and in real life when someone has been faced with adversity and they refuse to give up.
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