If you're not scandinavian, and you're basing your opinion on the dialogue by the subs, I can see how you could think it's really bad.
That's such a lazy excuse, whenever someone says anything along the lines of "oh, it's because it's not from your culture", then you KNOW they don't have any real good defense. Would you have an issue with a Scandinavian person mocking M Night Shyamalan dialogue because they don't speak english? NO! So why have this double standard? There are plenty of great foreign films that have great dialogue and don't suffer at all due to subtitles. I have seen Jagten AND Festen by Vinterburg and the dialogue is for the most part, very good in those films, so your defense is still a cop out.
And wth, Taken is a terrible terrible movie, I can never fathom why people bring it up. Memento is a *beep* gimmick hiding behind solid craft.
There is so much wrong with that last statement it's ridiculous. Taken is extremely entertaining and straight forward and fun, not to mention the film that made Neeson the worlds biggest action star in his 60's. Memento is not a gimmick, it's well written and extremely well acted and edited. the "Gimmick" is an essential part of the film, like saying "oh, pulp fiction would be less interesting if it were in chronological order", or "Young Frankenstein wouldn't have worked as well in black and white" OF COURSE NOT! THAT'S WHY THEY MADE THOSE CREATIVE DECISIONS! The 'gimmick' in memento reflects Lenny's confusion, I think you need to do some research on what a gimmick is. (And btw, I'm not a nolan fanboy, I loathed TDKR and Interstellar for how dumb and pandering they are)
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