Northman didn't get the attention it deserved on release imo. I also think a lot of people were concerned it was going to be a movie Nazis gravitated towards because of their Viking obsessions.
It was, of course, amazing though and that culture was presented as absolutely irredeemable and brutal and fucking fucking insane. I really liked that movie
I really hated the trailer because it just looked like all period-aesthetic and violence. I really liked The Lighthouse though, so I assume this is still worth a watch?
brutal sure, but i felt like it was kind of presented without judgement?
like Eggers' strength is he gets that history is an alien place, where people's motivations and actions might not map cleanly onto modern understanding
plus the conclusion kind of implied the protag had fulfilled his 'destiny' within the context of his understanding, his worldview
so idk i could totally see fash finding it fulfilling ("he's just like me fr")
i liked it but i think i would have liked it better if they had found a way to convey that worldview stuff without the world tree segments, felt kind of cheesey to me
Northman didn't get the attention it deserved on release imo. I also think a lot of people were concerned it was going to be a movie Nazis gravitated towards because of their Viking obsessions.
It was, of course, amazing though and that culture was presented as absolutely irredeemable and brutal and fucking fucking insane. I really liked that movie
I really hated the trailer because it just looked like all period-aesthetic and violence. I really liked The Lighthouse though, so I assume this is still worth a watch?
Yeah, its great. It's for sure more 'commercial' and outside of what Eggers had been doing but its still very much him.
It's Hamlet, but with berserkers
Northman and Hamlet are based on the same Norse story.
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brutal sure, but i felt like it was kind of presented without judgement?
like Eggers' strength is he gets that history is an alien place, where people's motivations and actions might not map cleanly onto modern understanding
plus the conclusion kind of implied the protag had fulfilled his 'destiny' within the context of his understanding, his worldview
so idk i could totally see fash finding it fulfilling ("he's just like me fr")
i liked it but i think i would have liked it better if they had found a way to convey that worldview stuff without the world tree segments, felt kind of cheesey to me
I guess my personal view of viking culture is pretty negative, so to see it without nobleizing all the brutality was rad
Oh yeah same