No wonder “The Northman” ended up alienating the majority of its audience though: way too slow and atmospheric for casual movie-goers, a little too much over the top for engaged cinephiles (the accents surely didn’t help). Honestly, I found it a little void emotionally but highly entertaining nevertheless. A great example that even the most trivial stories can find new life if put on stage by the right director. More than the crude action and sweaty vikings, I really liked the focus on folklore, with lots of fireplace rituals and supernatural elements that may have been divine interventions or rather a figment of the characters’ imagination filtered by tradition. The only real flaw is that there are a couple of unneeded steps that weighed the plot down a little.
Shout by manicureVIP 4BlockedParent2023-02-07T16:06:30Z
No wonder “The Northman” ended up alienating the majority of its audience though: way too slow and atmospheric for casual movie-goers, a little too much over the top for engaged cinephiles (the accents surely didn’t help). Honestly, I found it a little void emotionally but highly entertaining nevertheless. A great example that even the most trivial stories can find new life if put on stage by the right director. More than the crude action and sweaty vikings, I really liked the focus on folklore, with lots of fireplace rituals and supernatural elements that may have been divine interventions or rather a figment of the characters’ imagination filtered by tradition. The only real flaw is that there are a couple of unneeded steps that weighed the plot down a little.