I guess I was expecting more of a pure comedy than a more of a serious note fantasy comedy when I first heard of 'Eric The Viking'. It certainly isn't a dead laughter, thought it has some bits that just make you to chuckle out loud.
The style of the film resembles a bit of Terry Gilliams Jabberwocky, even the style of humour is a quite same, but this shouldn't be any surprise considering the power behind the film, which of course is Terry Jones of 'Monty Python' fame. Out of other Pythonites John Cleese pops in to do a small role as a baddie of the film.
Eric (soft spoken Tim Robbins) is a viking, who questions his way of living: the pillaging, raping and killing. So he is set on a quest to enter Valhalla to wake the gods and end the age of Ragnarok, so that the sun might finally shine upon the frozen north and the people would stop killing each other. And of course on the way they stumble upon troubles and comedic situations.
All things considering the film has some pretty good puns and even some of the scenery and special effects managed to impress me quite a bit. The biggest problem of the film would be the script, as it did cut corners out of the story quite a bit. But at least all the main things get out explained pretty well, so the film doesn't leave any questions hanging too loose in the air.
The style of the film resembles a bit of Terry Gilliams Jabberwocky, even the style of humour is a quite same, but this shouldn't be any surprise considering the power behind the film, which of course is Terry Jones of 'Monty Python' fame. Out of other Pythonites John Cleese pops in to do a small role as a baddie of the film.
Eric (soft spoken Tim Robbins) is a viking, who questions his way of living: the pillaging, raping and killing. So he is set on a quest to enter Valhalla to wake the gods and end the age of Ragnarok, so that the sun might finally shine upon the frozen north and the people would stop killing each other. And of course on the way they stumble upon troubles and comedic situations.
All things considering the film has some pretty good puns and even some of the scenery and special effects managed to impress me quite a bit. The biggest problem of the film would be the script, as it did cut corners out of the story quite a bit. But at least all the main things get out explained pretty well, so the film doesn't leave any questions hanging too loose in the air.