It wasn’t quite as good as The Lighthouse but still a very enjoyable historical action film. The cinematography was amazing, every frame looked like a metal album cover. They also didn’t sugar coat the Vikings, showing rather vividly the fucked up shit they’d do, cw: there’s a scene I’m fairly sure is inspired by “Come and See” and it’s not fun to watch.
Weirdly I feel like I would have enjoyed the film better if instead of setting it in a historical setting they had just gone pure fantasy. The movie plays pretty lose with realism and honestly at times felt more like an art house adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, which I feel like I would have enjoyed even more.
I agree. Just saw it. Lighthouse is a masterpiece and so this being not quite as good isn't a condemnation at all.
Definitely didn't make being a Viking just a cool adventure time. Like most they were brutal and lived brutal and in the end absolutely everyone is fucked.
But it's a beautiful film and the performances all around were good. Weirdly though I feel the smaller characters were better performed than the main.
Also I'm curious which scene was inspired by come and see
When the Bezerkers burn the Slavic village down
Vikings get all the media representation but like 90+% of early medieval northern Europeans never viked anything and were just boring stay at home farmers and fishermen.