04-13-2022, 11:45 PM
Since my mom's hospital went radio silent, there wasn't much I could do tonight so I retreated to this screener. It was great to see Patrick and catch up. It was even greater to see this film. This is a great film. An epic Viking film. Violent, visceral, vikings. The vikingest film I've seen.
It's the same director as The Lighthouse http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=5487 and Dafoe has a juicy cameo. It has that same sense of style, the sheer terrifying awe of nature, the abstract visionary and hallucinatory moments, the intensity of characters. Some of the panoramas are so expansive that the demand the big screen. And ultimately, the story is shakespearean in magnitude. In fact, it's almost a retelling of one of Willy's most famous plays.
But my gosh - so violent. Sanguineous maximus. And gritty brutal nasty violence. Not for the squeamish.
At the same time, it evokes viking myth like no other viking story I've seen, and I did a bit of a dive into that world with Vikings Valhalla - http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=6759. I was on that viking long ship for a bit. Still am but I had to take a break because I kinda vikinged out. After this, all viking tales pale by comparison.
And those sword fights. Wow. Almost all the battle scenes are long shots - not quite oners but very respectable in their complexity and duration. And that final sword fight was one of the most epic sword fights I've seen...ever.
So yeah, totally D00M recommended.
It was good to escape into a movie for a few hours. The best medicine I could've had.
It's the same director as The Lighthouse http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=5487 and Dafoe has a juicy cameo. It has that same sense of style, the sheer terrifying awe of nature, the abstract visionary and hallucinatory moments, the intensity of characters. Some of the panoramas are so expansive that the demand the big screen. And ultimately, the story is shakespearean in magnitude. In fact, it's almost a retelling of one of Willy's most famous plays.
But my gosh - so violent. Sanguineous maximus. And gritty brutal nasty violence. Not for the squeamish.
At the same time, it evokes viking myth like no other viking story I've seen, and I did a bit of a dive into that world with Vikings Valhalla - http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=6759. I was on that viking long ship for a bit. Still am but I had to take a break because I kinda vikinged out. After this, all viking tales pale by comparison.
And those sword fights. Wow. Almost all the battle scenes are long shots - not quite oners but very respectable in their complexity and duration. And that final sword fight was one of the most epic sword fights I've seen...ever.
So yeah, totally D00M recommended.
It was good to escape into a movie for a few hours. The best medicine I could've had.
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