This film, filled a hole in my heart: It gave me an example of my favorite genre. When I explain my favorite genre, you'll understand whether you will love this film as much as I did or not. My favorite genre is where history blends with mythology and the supernatural. There is repetition. There is tradition, loyalty to the past and the cliches. The story is based on legends and prophecies rather than logical events. A Hero's Journey but not an ordinary one, The Deconstruction of A Hero's Journey. So basically the story has a twist but that twist is very essential to the story because that is the thing which makes the story, modern. A Modern Myth. Religion/Beliefs play a huge role in the story and have a very complicated relationship with the "hero". I say "hero" because in my favorite genre hero is a hero only because we call them a hero. There are visions in my favorite genre, visions of not what will happen but of what might happen because visions aren't always honest. These basically describe my favorite genre but The Northman has more to it:
There is blood, gore... This film is brutal because it is a tale of Vikings and Eggers doesn't shy away from that. This film has the perfect score and sound design, I will lose my s**t if this doesn't get Oscar nominations for those but then there is also the cinematography... One of the most gorgeous films I had even seen. One of the best cinema experiences I had and I ever will have. Unbelievable action, it is hard to even call it action. It is slaughter. In all this blood and brutality there is beauty because this film is directed by Eggers who somehow convinced studios to give him 90 million dollars for his already cult film. The money definitely paid off not only with visuals and sound design but also with acting. Everyone in the cast, especially Skarsgard, is phenomenal. I don't think this film will earn more than its budget therefore I am grateful for everyone who contributed to this film. They filmed my favorite genre and every time I watch a film like this, I pray for another to be made. Every culture has a story like this: The Kelts, Mongols, French, Germans, Hungarians, Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Turks, Greeks & so many other cultures have amazing potentials to be discovered by masterful directors and I hope they will be discovered. These films won't be like The Northman but that's what I love about my genre, there is always something original to be made.
I hope this review was helpful for you to decide whether you would love this film or not. If you have already watched this film and are here to see what others thought, I hope I was able to provide a new perspective on why to love this film.
There is blood, gore... This film is brutal because it is a tale of Vikings and Eggers doesn't shy away from that. This film has the perfect score and sound design, I will lose my s**t if this doesn't get Oscar nominations for those but then there is also the cinematography... One of the most gorgeous films I had even seen. One of the best cinema experiences I had and I ever will have. Unbelievable action, it is hard to even call it action. It is slaughter. In all this blood and brutality there is beauty because this film is directed by Eggers who somehow convinced studios to give him 90 million dollars for his already cult film. The money definitely paid off not only with visuals and sound design but also with acting. Everyone in the cast, especially Skarsgard, is phenomenal. I don't think this film will earn more than its budget therefore I am grateful for everyone who contributed to this film. They filmed my favorite genre and every time I watch a film like this, I pray for another to be made. Every culture has a story like this: The Kelts, Mongols, French, Germans, Hungarians, Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Turks, Greeks & so many other cultures have amazing potentials to be discovered by masterful directors and I hope they will be discovered. These films won't be like The Northman but that's what I love about my genre, there is always something original to be made.
I hope this review was helpful for you to decide whether you would love this film or not. If you have already watched this film and are here to see what others thought, I hope I was able to provide a new perspective on why to love this film.