Starts the 22nd. Those are all reactions from the first critics screenings.
***The Northman***
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Noted.TCTTS said:
Starts the 22nd. Those are all reactions from the first critics screenings.
Uncontrollably horny
The trailer alone was a trip
TTT
It's that week
It's that week
Saw an article the other day how the concept for the movie actually started with True Blood with Skarsgaard's back story.
https://ew.com/movies/alexander-skarsgard-the-northman-true-blood-eric-northman-similarities/#:~:text=Then%2C%20in%20True%20Blood%20season,Russell%20Edgington%20kill%20his%20family.
Anyways, here's to hoping this is as awesome as people are saying. Always love when a passion project for an actor turns out as great as they imagine.
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Alexander Skarsgrd stars in the film as a Viking prince out for revenge against the man who destroyed his family much like his True Blood character before he became a vamper. Skarsgrd is well aware of these similarities, confirming, "It's not a complete coincidence."
"This is a straight-up sequel," he tells EW in jest. But he does give props to the HBO hit show for setting him on the path to creating The Northman. "I want to credit True Blood a little bit, at least for giving me that idea," Skarsgrd says.
"I was kind of harboring this idea, this dream of one day making an epic Viking movie, but in a truly authentic way, that would capture the essence of the old Icelandic sagas and the poetry that stark, laconic, harsh world and characters and tone," the actor explains. "But it was a distant dream 10 years ago."
Malibu Canyon [in California] doubled for Sweden, but they were a couple of amazing days," Skarsgrd recalls of shooting the flashback scenes. "I loved it so much. There was something coming out where I was starting to feel like, 'How amazing would it be to tell a Viking story on a bigger canvas, on a more epic scale not just [with] a two-day flashback but actually have a whole Viking journey?'"
Skarsgrd tried for years to make what would eventually become The Northman to no avail, until he met up with Eggers and the pieces finally started falling into place.
https://ew.com/movies/alexander-skarsgard-the-northman-true-blood-eric-northman-similarities/#:~:text=Then%2C%20in%20True%20Blood%20season,Russell%20Edgington%20kill%20his%20family.
Anyways, here's to hoping this is as awesome as people are saying. Always love when a passion project for an actor turns out as great as they imagine.
I'm so torn as to whether see this or The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent first. So many basically "empty" weekends this spring and now both of these have to release the same day?
no brainer for me. Northman opening night. Massive Talent probably Saturday or Sunday for a matinee.
Is he referring to Gennedy Tarkovsky? Who went from Samurai Jack and Dexter's Lab to the Hotel Transylvania series?TCTTS said:I can confirm that The Northman is an absolute beast of a movie. I winced for half, gawped for the other. Lyrical, visual and brutal, it’s like Tarkovsky remade Conan the Barbarian. Robert Eggers is ridiculous.
— Phil de Semlyen (@PhildeSemlyen) April 5, 2022
TCTTS said:
I'm so torn as to whether see this or The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent first. So many basically "empty" weekends this spring and now both of these have to release the same day?
I'm doing Massive Talent tomorrow night, Northman probably Saturday.
bearamedic99 said:Is he referring to Gennedy Tarkovsky? Who went from Samurai Jack and Dexter's Lab to the Hotel Transylvania series?TCTTS said:I can confirm that The Northman is an absolute beast of a movie. I winced for half, gawped for the other. Lyrical, visual and brutal, it’s like Tarkovsky remade Conan the Barbarian. Robert Eggers is ridiculous.
— Phil de Semlyen (@PhildeSemlyen) April 5, 2022
If you are a G Tarkovsky fan check out Primal on Adult Swim. Incredibly gory dino/caveman cartoon series
Eggers has become a "must-watch director" in my eyes.
Odds they throw in a swan reference for Bjork's character?
I've seen the VVitch 3 times including showing it to my 13 year old (probably bad idea) as I was sick of him wanting to watch brainless slasher horror movies last Halloween
Finally watched the lighthouse last weekend…loved it…tried to get wife to watch it and she bailed after 5 minutes
Date night this Friday for this one we'll see how it goes
Finally watched the lighthouse last weekend…loved it…tried to get wife to watch it and she bailed after 5 minutes
Date night this Friday for this one we'll see how it goes
I saw it today. It was good, not as good as I expected. The Viking series was better, but it had a longer run. For a movie it was decent. It was violent and bloody, but could've been way more so, especially regarding the women, they were pretty tame. Outlander and GOT are more brutal in that this was in many ways.
I'm not complaining about that, it is what it was. Don't go see movies like this is you don't like that sort of thing. Vikings are gonna Viking. I love the Norse mythology, Odin, Valkyries and such. Lots of imagery.
Skarsgard did a good job. Nicole did too. Initially I briefly thought Ethan Hawke was Josh Brolin. ha ha.
What's weird is they played husband and wife in big little lies, now son and mom.
I'm not complaining about that, it is what it was. Don't go see movies like this is you don't like that sort of thing. Vikings are gonna Viking. I love the Norse mythology, Odin, Valkyries and such. Lots of imagery.
Skarsgard did a good job. Nicole did too. Initially I briefly thought Ethan Hawke was Josh Brolin. ha ha.
What's weird is they played husband and wife in big little lies, now son and mom.
Asking who the "worst" posters are on TexAgs is like asking which jalapeño at a tailgate is the hottest, it depends entirely on who you ask and how much "maroon-tinted" Kool-Aid you've had that day.
Thought it was awesome. 90/100.
If you're a fan of Eggars' style you'll love it. If you aren't or you're unfamiliar, then it may not land as well
If you're a fan of Eggars' style you'll love it. If you aren't or you're unfamiliar, then it may not land as well
probably why it didn't hit for me. I have never seen the lighthouse or the witch so I went in not knowing what to expect. I enjoyed some of the movie, other parts were just weird. 7/10 for meBunk Moreland said:
Thought it was awesome. 90/100.
If you're a fan of Eggars' style you'll love it. If you aren't or you're unfamiliar, then it may not land as well
Nucking. Futs.
What a weird, violent, incredibly hard core, but GREAT movie.
The peak of Amleth's (Skarsgard) tour of terror/vengeance really is something. You could feel the audience's sense of anticipation of what he was going to do next, with people letting out audible gasps and laughs, ready for whatever was coming. I haven't felt an audience dialed in like that in a long time.
That said, about halfway though, five or six people *did* get up and walk out. It was weird, though, as only a couple of them seemed to be together - the rest of them scattered throughout the theater - but they all seemingly had enough at this one particular juncture. I'd never seen that many different people just get up and leave a movie before, all at the same time. The theater was maybe 3/4 full, and a sizable theater at that, and everyone else seemed super into it. Big applause at the end too.
So yeah, it's definitely not for everyone, but if you like this sort of ultra-violent, quasi-supernatural, historical revenge tale, I would definitely seek it out. It's like a smaller, more contained Braveheart, but by way of Robert Eggers. Basically, Braveheart meets The Witch.
I will say, though, after back-to-back movie weekends of Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Northman (my first back-to-back weekends in over two years!), I'm in desperate need of a "normal" movie. Something without zany multiverses or visions of Valhalla (two things, ironically, we'll be getting yet again from the MCU this summer).
What a weird, violent, incredibly hard core, but GREAT movie.
The peak of Amleth's (Skarsgard) tour of terror/vengeance really is something. You could feel the audience's sense of anticipation of what he was going to do next, with people letting out audible gasps and laughs, ready for whatever was coming. I haven't felt an audience dialed in like that in a long time.
That said, about halfway though, five or six people *did* get up and walk out. It was weird, though, as only a couple of them seemed to be together - the rest of them scattered throughout the theater - but they all seemingly had enough at this one particular juncture. I'd never seen that many different people just get up and leave a movie before, all at the same time. The theater was maybe 3/4 full, and a sizable theater at that, and everyone else seemed super into it. Big applause at the end too.
So yeah, it's definitely not for everyone, but if you like this sort of ultra-violent, quasi-supernatural, historical revenge tale, I would definitely seek it out. It's like a smaller, more contained Braveheart, but by way of Robert Eggers. Basically, Braveheart meets The Witch.
I will say, though, after back-to-back movie weekends of Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Northman (my first back-to-back weekends in over two years!), I'm in desperate need of a "normal" movie. Something without zany multiverses or visions of Valhalla (two things, ironically, we'll be getting yet again from the MCU this summer).
I watched this last night and, I have to say, but I may have to call CPS on you.InternetFan02 said:
I've seen the VVitch 3 times including showing it to my 13 year old (probably bad idea) as I was sick of him wanting to watch brainless slasher horror movies last Halloween
Finally watched the lighthouse last weekend…loved it…tried to get wife to watch it and she bailed after 5 minutes
Date night this Friday for this one we'll see how it goes
Of course, I was watching Halloween and any number of other horror movies at about half that age.
TCTTS said:
Basically, Braveheart meets The Witch
Or Hamlet meets The Witch
Or The Viking Lion King?
What exactly compelled people to leave? Too much gore? Too weird?
It's super weird and extremely intense. Like, a sh*t ton of "visions" and Viking chants and howling and screaming and killing. There's gore too, but I don't think that was it. The particular moment they all left wasn't really weird or intense, though, it was more a brief lull in the story, maybe 45 minutes to an hour in, and I guess they all collectively saw it as a chance to peace out. I heard a few chuckles in the audience too, as the people were leaving, kind of laughing that they couldn't take it, but also understanding why they couldn't, if that makes sense.
Agree. It's completely about his style. It's distinct and anyone thinking they're going to get something similar to 300 or Troy is not going to be happy.
I didn't like it all that much. Just walked out of the theater so I may refine these thoughts later, but:
What I liked:
Really good job mixing in the fantasy elements, it feels like it was written by a tenth century Viking. The way the characters perceived the supernatural mingled with the natural was great.
Solid action scenes. I'm a sucker for sword and board historical stuff and it delivers there.
A lot of people are going to talk about how this stole the plot from Hamlet, but technically Hamlet was a retelling of the story of… Amleth, a Norse prince who kills the uncle who murdered his father and took his mother as a wife. I also liked the reference to Beowulf, that was amusing. So that's all interesting.
The bad:
It was too consistently dark, there wasn't enough contrast to the tone. If you think about the best revenge movies, the ones that last, they tend mix it up a bit with interludes of humor, lighter topics, bigger themes, some successes for the character, and even the color palette. This was relentlessly dark aside from one very short moment near the very end, and it was too much for me.
It dragged a bit as well. The transition from the first to the second act was very protracted, which also gave me time to start wondering why this semi-insane berserker didn't just kill the guy at the first opportunity. Revenge with the Vikings was generally about literal torture, not psychological torture.
What I liked:
Really good job mixing in the fantasy elements, it feels like it was written by a tenth century Viking. The way the characters perceived the supernatural mingled with the natural was great.
Solid action scenes. I'm a sucker for sword and board historical stuff and it delivers there.
A lot of people are going to talk about how this stole the plot from Hamlet, but technically Hamlet was a retelling of the story of… Amleth, a Norse prince who kills the uncle who murdered his father and took his mother as a wife. I also liked the reference to Beowulf, that was amusing. So that's all interesting.
The bad:
It was too consistently dark, there wasn't enough contrast to the tone. If you think about the best revenge movies, the ones that last, they tend mix it up a bit with interludes of humor, lighter topics, bigger themes, some successes for the character, and even the color palette. This was relentlessly dark aside from one very short moment near the very end, and it was too much for me.
It dragged a bit as well. The transition from the first to the second act was very protracted, which also gave me time to start wondering why this semi-insane berserker didn't just kill the guy at the first opportunity. Revenge with the Vikings was generally about literal torture, not psychological torture.
None of that is intended to say that it's a bad movie, but it's not for me so I didn't enjoy it. I also suspect that it won't have the cultural longevity of some of the comparison movies mentioned in this thread.
Interesting. The only time I have seen a multiple people from multiple groups leave a theater was during the brilliant naked wrestling scene in borat.
Maybe the hardest I've ever laughed in a theater.
Ah ok, makes sense. I think some people saw the trailer and thought they were getting the History Channel Viking series or Assassins Creed Vikings in movie form. Reminds me of all the people who utterly hated Dunkirk because they wanted something Saving Private Ryanish and they got something unique.
I'll see it and probably enjoy it for what it is but as a history nerd who would like something kind of true to life I'm guessing the Norse mythological elements will somewhat ruin it for me. They believed in it, but it didn't exist, so outside of their imaginations it was just hoping the bearded men in the sky approved of your behavior. It's similar to movies that blend classical Greek life with their pantheon...like, yes I know they believed in it and wrote their epic poems as if the gods were personally interceding, but it was really just a bunch of dudes in skirts stabbing each other. In modern cinema when a WWII soldier is saying the Lord's prayer it is implied that he believes in the reality of it but thankfully there isn't a cinematic montages of Jesus walking onto the battlefield and force choking people. Make movies about cultures that had spiritual beliefs...without making those appear blended in with reality.
I watched that with my friend/roommate freshman year and his dad who was visiting that weekend, and his dad was literally almost choking he was laughing so hard at that scene.
Teacher_Ag said:
Ah ok, makes sense. I think some people saw the trailer and thought they were getting the History Channel Viking series or Assassins Creed Vikings in movie form. Reminds me of all the people who utterly hated Dunkirk because they wanted something Saving Private Ryanish and they got something unique.
You can dislike Dunkirk without being a troglodyte who just wanted a comfortable experience. It was designed as a tone poem with very unusual plotting, and that's not going to land for everyone, even sophisticated viewers.
I couldn't stand the Dunkirk score to the point that I ended up muting it. I understand what they were doing, why, and how. They did such a good job of fulfilling their purpose that they got awards and nominations for the music and sound… and what they were doing was unbearable for me (also felt a little cheap, I want most of the tension to come from the writing and characters rather than from deploying the same audio tricks over and over).
I had a very similar problem with Dunkirk and The Northman. In Dunkirk it was relentless, blunt-force tension driven by the score. In The Northman it was relentless, blunt-force darkness driven by the perspective. Even if you do a great job, some viewers get bored or beat down by that sort of thing.
Great movie experience
So much screaming
Kept laughing while thinking of Ethan hawke interview comparing this to filming apocalypse now
Couldn't understand 75% of the dialog… need captions. But also glad I watched in theater because experience wouldn't have been the same at home
greatest naked volcano sword fight of all time?
So much screaming
Kept laughing while thinking of Ethan hawke interview comparing this to filming apocalypse now
Couldn't understand 75% of the dialog… need captions. But also glad I watched in theater because experience wouldn't have been the same at home
greatest naked volcano sword fight of all time?
Yeah, I get what you're saying. Didn't meant to imply that anyone who didn't enjoy Dunkirk "didn't get it" or whatever, but some people see a trailer and expect something very different than what the writer and director are going for. I enjoyed Dunkirk a lot, though. Hopefully I'll enjoy Northman. I'm just glad to see anything in theaters that isn't a Marvel/DC flick.
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