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Saw the Northman, and overall rather liked it (hexbear.net)
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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.

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[–] 1 point 4 years ago

We need more Conan movies. It's the best of the problematic early 20th century fantasy products. Like, it actually has female protagonists who do things. It also has pretty cringe depictions of "picts" who are just native American expies. Can it be salvaged? Time will tell.

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    [–] 1 point 4 years ago (1 child)

    Fucking dude bro in the theater, "fuck yeah dude" after every death. So annoying. I can see why fascists like this shit, they're both death cults.

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

    Yeah I'm not going to be surprised when fash glob onto this, I think Eggers himself admitted this was going to be a problem.

    spoilerWhich sucks cuz a big part of the main characters arc is him realizing how fucked up this all is, and that he himself is a byproduct of sexual slavery, he was just too broken and detached before to realize it all, which I think is part of his decision in the end to sacrifice himself.

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    • [–] 1 point 4 years ago* (1 child)

    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

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