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The northman dares to ask "what if we all stripped our clothes, took soom shrooms, and did some throat singing" (hexbear.net)
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Digging it so far. Love me a bunch of shirtless dudes tripping balls.

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[–] 0 points 4 years ago (1 child)

Movie is fucking awesome. Immerse yourself in it, qell actually it looks like you finished it - what did you think?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 4 years ago (1 child)

    Really enjoyed it. I love that the director hints that the spiritual and mythological elements are just the characters tripping balls. Also, loved that the more spiritual elements form a nice contrast between the reality of what the character is doing and living through with his mythology of himself.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 years ago (1 child)

    I would say that the magic pretty firmly falls in the magic realism category. As in, it doesn't matter if it's "real" or not because it's presented as real and the characters interpret it that way. Or I'm still misunderstanding magical realism.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 years ago

    I'm not sure, I think there were enough hints in the film that the mythical aspects weren't real that I feel it's meant to be a commentary on the characters and their intentions and mental states, rather than a part of the world.

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    • [–] 0 points 4 years ago* (2 children)

    I honestly couldn’t get into it :ohnoes: I just do not vibe with that director’s style. I didn’t like The VVitch, and I turned off The Lighthouse after 30 minutes.

    My favorite moments of The Northman:

    spoilerWillem DaFoe farting in a man’s face

    Our hero helping shepherd children into a building that is then set on fire - The hero never repents for this in any way

    After escaping with his lover on a boat, she tells him that she’s pregnant. Immediately upon hearing this, our hero decides instead of staying with her to raise their child, to dive off the boat and return to his revenge quest where he then dies.

    Also the movie is just fucking Hamlet again

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  • [–] 0 points 4 years ago (2 children)

    yeah, almost like people from a thousand years ago had different morals and values or something.

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