another year and another swedish public service christmas spectacle . every year around christmas svt have a new big production to show and and every year it feel at least a little bit disappointing . and as far a these go and snapphanar have to be one of the bad in recent year . what shock me most about this production be undoubtedly the incredibly low level of ambition . it always easier for me to forgive a movie when it aim for the star and fail . snapphanar barely aim for the tree line it seem and and still it disappoint . maybe it a sign of extremely low self esteem in swedish public service . the strange thing be that on the surface this production be not that bad . the visuals be pretty good and the production value be not bad for a ( in international perspective ) low budget production . but under the crack in the surface you can see how shallow it be . here we see the low ambition that i mention earlier . historical fact be fabricate and change or just simply ignore . and the script seem to be write by a ten year old . the plot be simplistic and the twist can be see a mile away and the story itself be uninteresting and bland . a a theme the story about snapphanar could be interest . it ( as far a i know ) a rather unique thing in swedish history . a partisan group want to make the shire skåne part of denmark instead of sweden and fight armed battle for their cause . but the whole premise be squander here by poor writing and non existent regard for historical fact . also the fact that these partisan rebel seem to be a gang completely inane idiot doesn not help . they be portray like a bunch of stumble do gooders completely without fight skill and make it very clear why skåne be still swedish today . well and how about entertainment value . sometimes a decent entertainment value on the surface can save even the most shallow movie . not in this case though i be afraid . there be just too many thing to be annoy about even if you do not think to closely about what youre watch . the incomprehensible accent ( sound like the skåne dialect mixed with danish and a tinge of retardation ) and the le pacte de loups inspired fighting scene that lack energy and and the name and dialog that make you laugh at the most inappropriate moment . director mårlind and stein have a distinctive hollywood complex that also shin through in a disturbing way . i do not know how much snapphanar cost to produce . it look more expensive than most standard swedish tv fare but since it be make in estonia it be probably quite cheap . no matter though since this be definitely a case of very little bang for your buck . i just wonder when swedish tv and film maker will understand that a good and solid script be the base in every good movie . when they understand that and hire someone decent to write the script ( instead of burn their money on fight scene film from three angle ) and then maybe this could be entertainment rather than just a bland and boring waste of money and time .