Alexander Skarsgård & 'The Northman' Director Break Down Amleth's Return as a Viking | Vanity Fair 

the disrespect is baffling

Absolutely agree.

Yeah it’s messed up

Never heard of him. Watching the lighthouse on cable for a reference...

Put some respect on his name.

He 3 for 3 for real

Agreed! He and Ari Aster are real modern gems in Recent cinema!✨️✨️

@@justanubis9666 him and ari my favorite 2 rn I’m so hyped for disappointment blvd w Joaquin

@@jupap24 Lets hope for thr best! These film makers understand the building blocks and the essence of a story. So, it is quite cool, bcz we will never be disappointed by their films! We just need to feel the world they built with so much effort and the pace of the storytelling portrayed!!

@@justanubis9666 The Witch and Hereditary were amazing first films for both those guys. Really impressive stuff.

Honestly I can hardly blame a director for sacrificing some historical accuracy so the audience can take a character seriously.

@@gamemaster2311 Vikings, the show, had some outrageous hairstyles, dunno if they were accurate, but they worked even tho they looked hella goofy

@@MrDukeSilverr they were accurate besides the tattoos!

If it's a hairstyle that can be achieved with period tools and products, it was almost certainly done at least once.

@@CircaMoon they really were not accurate AT ALL

So quiet and then a collective sigh of relief as the tension went away. Never experienced that in the cinema before

It hits you like a stack of bricks. The final scenes had me in awe especially that conclusion of the final battle. I think that battle takes the throne of any period piece I’ve seen.

It's been a long time since i left the cinema in awe. Only movie i can think of that did the same was Lord of the rings honestly.. Eggers is set to reach Kubrick levels if he keeps this up

@@treytilley333 so stunning and poetic.

We had the same experience. It was eerie and amazing. Fantastic film, definitely not for everyone.

Loved it! For those that might have missed the reference: The Lion King is (like Hamlet) is also based on the same old norse story - uncle kills father and takes throne, son loses his way, then returns to save his mother and settle the score.

Hakuna Matata, it means no worries

I wish he would do a deep dive into the making-of and go over all the finer details. It's educational as well as entertaining.

Type in Robert Eggers lecture on youtube

Would be cool if he did a master class.

Just goes to prove not everyone has great taste. Not to mention the number of people who demand their 'hand' to be held throughout the entirety of a film, and if every one of their expectations aren't met then they proclaim it to be a 'waste of time', is absolutely astounding.

Up there with Apocalypto and the Revenant!!!

Whoever said that is a fool lets be real. We actually need more movies like this . It was amazing, eggers is super talented

I havents seen this film yet, but Im 99% sure its good. Eggers is a talanted director. P.S. Why do so many modern movies about Middle ages have that grey colorless filter? It wasnt a thing untill 2000s or something. And btw there are three descendants of Medieval Rus (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine), not two. "Belarus" literally means "white Rus".

Why did they walk out ?

"Where is superman"? is an apt term for the regular movie goer. People lose interest if it's not constant action and boom and WOH and AHH and OMG!

Get the f#%k out of here with that pretentious garbage. I’ll watch Thor Ragnarok, The Northman, and then Encanto. People are allowed to like multiple things just as that guy in your theater is allowed to have a sh%#ty take on a auteur masterclass of a film.

@@KeiGambit it's a vicious cycle, films like this come out which are incredible achievements of storytelling, but because they don't have superpowers they don't do very well at the box office so less films like this are made and companies pump out more mindless comic films. Films like this are rare now

I had 6 people walk out of my theater lol, mostly during the brutal scenes so maybe they couldn’t handle it lol

@@Vareiance it was gory, so not for the faint hearted

If he remakes Nosferatu I would be forever grateful

A new spin on Nosferatu after all these years would be nice. I'm curious of how will he interpret vampires/undead and their lore.

The most impressive directial debut trilogy ive ever seen

@@duffmanzee agreed

It's greenlit I believe

I just saw someone say they ordered the blu ray 🤷🏻‍♂️

I watched it. Really weird.

@@0MissElizabeth0 HA! you think this was weird? watch Robert Eggers' other films lol

@@0MissElizabeth0 Watch the Witch. You'll find it better, although I enjoyed this movie.

sound design in theaters threw me off. kept thinking someone behind me was making chicken noises.

My theater was almost full and we literally all left in silence. I didn’t hear anyone talk the entire time, exiting the theatre. I was honestly just pondering what I just saw and how it ended. Probably one of the best experiences, if not THE BEST and most intense experience I’ve ever had in a theatre.

Yea totally agree. I checked the budget when I left, guessed around $80m. It was made on $90m which puts it in a mid budget range. Maybe that’s why it had a bit more freedom. Eggers has said even though the studio had final cut, this is his final cut also. He was happy with them. But yea I agree, love the film. Sound design was insane.

Dr. Strange says hi.

@@tigqc hahahaha don't start to say false things

F*CK IT. They did it for the sake of the fans.

The trust of Eggers is real. People finally trust him enough to do this stuff on a larger scale.

I just finished listening to the Commentary track for the Witch, and over 1/3rd of the time Robert Eggers just talked about the historical background and research, and for half of the time he talks history he apologizes for having to make compromises on historical accuracy (we couldn’t get a period accurate dog breed but this Bernese Mountain Dog was well trained…etc…) Another 3rd of the time he talks about the hand crafted props, sets, and costumes created for the movie and credits the artisans and explains the creation process then complains when he has to use an ahistorical existing prop off the shelves.

yeah his historic authenticity is great, and he uses that to tell a story. story telling at it's finest.

There was nothing great about the Vikings conquests, be it in the East or in the West.

@@geoffreycharles6330 The Vikings were great, good conquerers, good fighters, good warriors, good tacticians and good businessmen. Swedish vikings were also bodyguards at times and got paid. They did what they had to do in order to survive a harsh climate/harsh time period. The Swedish vikings did buisness alot and if not then they did murder and raided villages and were feared by many. The vikings went to explore many parts of the world and by only small boats with amazing teamwork. Terrible people or not, still they should be admired on how skilled they were at that time. To navigate such scary oceans and survive many lifethreatening situations is impressive in how they manage to stay on top. I'm praud of that, not the murdering part but the other things. Vikings were rebels and tried really hard not be influenced by the christian religion. Christians were a threat to other religions and other cultures of that time, so they wanted to save their culture and own religion as long as possible. At last they failed and became christians aswell but swedish vikings were vikings the longest. Vikings did influenced the english language aswell. The world would look different without them.

@@geoffreycharles6330 You're just bitter because your predecessors sucked and the vikings were awesome. Did you know vikings taught the English people how to farm crops? They weren't just all dumb brutes with axes. And one of the smallest countries in the world and also scandinavia (Denmark) has the dominating shipping company in the world, and that just shows how f'in smart they were and still are. And don't even let me start telling you about shows, movies and video games that has vikings in them, cause these are some bad butt mother effers, and they made the world a better place.

@@geoffreycharles6330 bet your one of those idiots who does not realise every people in history have committed atrocities, you don't seem to understand todays morals are just that, they are morals of today, those same morals did not exist hundreds of years ago, try to put yourself in that context, you only know your village, no internet, no commincation to differen languages, the people across the river are your enemy, thats how it was. Think about a dog when it sees a dog it does not know, it attacks or gets defensive. Try to think outside your own modern world experience.

He's a genius

His accent is better than 99% of Swedes though. I mean, his dad accent is a quite bad broad American one.

This literally brought me into a different world mentally. It was so weird and creepy!

True

I saw him say he didn't get the final cut, so I'm not sure if he'll go for the bigger budgeted ones anymore. He has done a fantastic job with this, though.

He's a fantastic director but his films aren't perfect story wise imo.

@@destined4purgatory643 lol cause you'd rather watch corny fight scenes like mainstream crap disney makes nowadays, marvel and all that boring stuff. This movie is for history buffs and actual *intelligent* people, not simple minded folk.

@@user-dx5bn4yk4f absolutely cringe worthy comment bro. You still have time to delete it, it's only been a few days

@@user-dx5bn4yk4f It's unwise to construct a negative image of another person's views with little to no actual basis for making those assumptions. There are several intelligent reasons that one could have to think that a specific director's storytelling is imperfect.

pretentious

if you like this, I recommend Vinland Saga

I thought it was great. The movie seems to be very decisive, either people love it or hate it.

Curious.. what did you like about it? I’m shocked at how bad it was. The story, no direction, terrible acting in the action scenes..? I’d love to know

@@EriveFilms No direction? It’s like the most basic plot of all time. By that logic the lion king and hamlet have no direction.

@@legbiter1462 I don’t know man, for me the movie felt all over the place, I felt like it was a huge build up for basically nothing. The end fight was laughable

Absolutely top comment. I’d probably say the modern blueprint of films is definitely there, and that’s what makes this such a different Eggers experience. Probably his most accessible film for mass audiences. But your comment is still great. Well put.

Before Speilberg got the silly idea to remake Westside Story, there was some rumor that he was going to make a film about Cortez , the Aztecs and recreate Tenochtitlan.

Yeah, it's really tiring seeing modern audiences trying to insert their sensibilities into the past. Especially in an Eggers film, who makes it his top priority to keep that OUT of his movies.

I think this film took like 2 years to make. Either way his films are basically secondary sources for history lol

I see he is quite the history buff, so I am hoping he makes more of these set in different times, in different lands. Hopefully we‘re witnessing a Renaissance of historical epic cinema

I mean you may as well have just put the plot twist, you already basically spoiled the ending lol

Have you seen "the last duel" ?

@@Eserr7856 directed by ridley Scott right?... I love his movies too

@@marvelfoxmorty5057 yes, directed by Ridley Scott. If you loved the northmen then I think you'll love ",the last duel"...in my opinion the final sword fight in that movie is more gripping and intense. Highly recommended! Adam driver, Jodie Cromer, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck.

Best movies of the year so far: The Northman and The Green Knight.

Audio commentary! I'm down for that. I would buy a blu-ray copy of this movie if they include that in it, and I've never bought a blu-ray in my life.

Watch Lighthouse please!!!

I think that’s exactly where people are getting turned off. They wanted a Viking war movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it though

Unfortunately, it bombed

@@dan-mb2ne wow I can't believe it man but it was still a great flick!

@@dominiquepowell3158 ikr

“You a dullard?” “Coulda fooled me!”

I was totally emersed in the film.

The pacing in this movie was phenomenal, idk how someone could be bored. Dullards, like you said.

Those plebians can go watch another Fast & Furious film

Lol ok Scorsese. yup Marvel movies suck. 🙄

Yup, same happened to me when I'm watching The Batman, some dude sitting beside me said, it's probably low budget Batman Movie ever made. I feel like these people got too used to the constant CGI actions scenes and fast paced movies they really forgot to enjoy such slow burn thriller movies like these.

don't worry, this movie will be shown where Rus really was and this is Ukraine.

Almost the entire cast of the Witch appears in the Northman.

make sure to watch his earlier two movies. Especially the Lighthouse

is it really that good?

Seen it twice. It's a masterpiece.

@@leonardu6094 It really is. Strongly recommend seeing before it leaves theaters

@@captainbeastazoid7084 thanks!

Everything Everywhere All At Once is better.

@@FramesPerSecond I saw both this weekend and my vote goes to The Northman but both are good!