THE NORTHMAN Clip - "The North Atlantic" (2022) Ethan Hawke 

It could’ve been more accurate, but it was definitely better than any other piece of Viking media (aside from Vinland Saga.)

As a Swede with ties to the old Viking families i can say that it is pretty accurate yes but a lot is not accurate. The draugur isn't really a Swedish Viking mythology thing but we had berserkers that were said to be blessed by Odin to live on until the last true warrior king breaths his last.

And yes I know draugur are not realistic in general but berserkers were real warriors that were taught to believe they were immortal and in general they were for a long time. Just like with luck, if you're fired upon you'd be lucky to be missed once twice and maybe thrice but the fourth is sure to hit you.

How did they transport horser on these drakars?

​@@kekekeke2200 From what I heard berserkers may have historically been more heavily armored than the portrayals of them in the sagas.

I’ll never forgive myself for not buying a ticket…and I was talking a a movie theater usher at the time so I was seeing Dr strange a few days before it came out and all that, so kinda an L but I can wait for it’s release on hbo

This is a good film but lets not attack people who didn't want to go to the theater to see it. See, it's all about investment and novelty. The movie has to bring something new to the genre and people need to care, about the subject matter, the actors, the director or the IP. One of the above. No one really cared about the Northman. I mean, let's admit it, the Northman is a pretty standard revenge story but just set in the viking era. "You wronged me and now I--a skilled, violent, determined and good looking man--am coming to kill you." That's the plot of John Wick but John Wick created an epic underworld and had (for its era) very unusual and engaging fight sequences with minimal cuts and incredible choreography. What new thing did the Northman have that isn't in any other revenge thriller? Medieval Europe is not as exciting as you think. Since GoT the audience has pretty much gotten used to stories set in that era or based on that era. So sure, the craft was great, but you need more to get people to the cinema. They should just wait for award season and hope for recognition there.

The Northman has historic accuracy beyond any other movie about Vikings. It has single cut scenes. It has brutal fidelity to all aspects of Norse culture. John Wick is just so much made up bs.

@@kfer9249 John Wick was complete fantasy nonsense but it had incredible cultural appeal. Northman has scholastic appeal. A lot of historians were consulted and so they will appreciate the attention to detail. But OP was talking about regular moviegoers. Most people don't care about Vikings. So if you bet 70 million dollars on a movie about them, you better find something in your movie they'll care about or prepare to lose your principle.

Expected more of a ridely scott historical Setting...guess thats where the disappointment comes from. Also some scenes are just unnecessary and kind of ridiculous

The Lighthouse is still his best work, that film is a fuckin masterpiece lol

@@TheLevitatingFleemall his movies are top tier. I love he takes his time

That's the point. The Northman is a saga, an epic of the Norse.

Basil II would disagree.

It being done in Old Norse was originally considered

Odin: "She belongs to the streets"

well, considering he abducted and raped her, i'd say he's only got himself to blame.

Ye! I also love that it's an invocation to the gods, just as storytellers did in the days before the Enlightenment. (The last I recall who did this was Milton invoking God and the angels in the beginning passages of Paradise Lost)

yeah, the accurate pronunciation of the "th" sound instead of the "d" it's usually anglicized to... excellent

Hugin and Munin

Yes!

@@Oct14cya Thought and Memory

Wait seriously?

@ihateliberals I assumed he was her slave

true, he's strong but not cruel, brave but not reckless or vain. He's merciful, kind and gentle with women.

It's literally a remake of Conan. I don't know how people didn't like it - but I can tell you why it did badly financially - it was badly marketed. It was marketed as an artsy independent movie which was a mistake. It should have been marketed as a plain ole action movie - this would have had the effect of making people say "it's so much more than an action movie!!" - but since they marketed it as an artsy type of movie, people saw it and said "ahh, this isn't some independent artsy movie, it's just a plain ole action movie". We humans are funny that way and perception is sometimes everything to us and marketing is really the art of manipulating people's perception of whatever it is you're trying to sell.

Another issue could be that it comes from a director well known for his period horror movies, and alot of the marketing made it seem like it was going to be the same as the vvitch or the lighthouse, when it's not a horror but like you said an action film

Maybe less mythology more so the culture. I can see people trying to view this with a 21st century view of ethics/morals. Norse culture placed a greater importance on honour/shame and your worth as an individual, whether you were a hard worker or lazy.

It was mainly because it didn't have a main battle scene like the intro to Gladiator

I would argue that anyone with an open mind, which isn't plagued by modern day bs can watch this movie and very much enjoy it, but yeah majority of people would rather watch another cliché Marvel movie where a caped up hero goes and saves the day.

No. We all knew the Mom was in on it. Too obvious from the jump. There were zero Twists in this movie not that it matters. But zero. I guess both parties dying at the same time at the end , maybe

@@kungfufemafam9216 Yeah I agree it was quite predictable at times, I love the film for the atmosphere and general vibe though

@@kungfufemafam9216 i mean it's basically norse hamlet. you don't complain when hamlet is predictable, do you? just enjoy the batshit viking-fever-dream ride.

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson is the voice from the intro. He plays the Ancient One, or He-Witch in the movie.

This is way more than Conan man this is the origin for the story of Hamlet

Now I want to see a big-budget Conan TV series starring Alexander Skarsgård. Get somebody even half as talented as Robert Eggers to helm, and we’re golden.

That would be sick

@@OTee1998 well...maybe into an extended version, that could be a good features...

Some of it was

they did not speak Norwegian back then, they spoke Old Norse which is close to Icelandic but not the same. Old Norse is possibly as far removed from today's Norwegian as is English.

The director actually wanted to shoot it in Old Norse, but the studio shot it down.

Best film in years! My guess.

Maybe Faroe Islands?

Apparently Eggers said Hrafnsey is a fictional in a fictional island in the North Atlantic, somewhere akin to the Faroe Islands.

It’s an island off of Norway in the North Atlantic.

@@musicaleuphoria8699 The runes at the beginning of the scene spell out "Hrafnsey", that is "Raven's island".

The runes say Hrafnsey, hinted to be in northern Scotland

Not only that, the Vikings never went on raids during winters because the water gets frozen making it impossible for ships to get through.

gotta come home sometime, why not at the end of raiding season

@@ignotumperignotius630 As I said, the water gets frozen making it impossible for ships to get through.

@@tabiabias they were probably coming back just before the raiding season ended, just as the first snows were coming in.

It is rather different from the danish legend Hamlet is based on, this is really more based on Lion King than the story recorded by Saxo Grammaticus. Its like if Lion King was retold as an icelandic saga by a 12th century icelander with a video camera - and im perfectly fine with that

What do you mean?

Vikings could have been around as close as 1000 to 1100 AD

Viking age lasted roughly around from 8th-11th Century. The year '895 AD' is a perfect setting as any for this type of film.

Gods the writing was strong then

weakness came with christianity

@@xanoo7734 if you knew your history, you would not say that. Christianity gave the Norse even more political clout and global influence. For example the Normans of Normandy were Vikings by ancestry. They would go on to have the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Sicily and Southern Italian Duchies. On top of that they were the Crusaders of the first crusade setting a high mark in their global expansion. Christianity has nothing to do with the ideologies of the 21st century, but rather secularism and humanism

Jewsss

I saw a lot of bot comments promoting it and I was curious as to how bad it was to have all these bots saying it was going to be one of the best films ever made. It was one of the worst films ever made.

Unfortunately, people seem to prefer the superficial "blow shit up"/CGI-heavy films these days.

@@whyisblue923taken ok, you can dislike the movie thats fine, But to call it one of the worst movies ever made is absurd.

Different stroke for different folks i guess.. i personally couldnt look away, nearly pissed myself in the theater because i didnt want to miss anything to go to the bathroom. Being from north england, with scandinavian blood in me, vikings have always been a part of my life and fascinated me, so that may be a factor. Also, this story is actually what shakespear based his "hamlet" on, and i think the pattern of speech and dialogue in this film was intentionally reminiscent of the pattern of speech and dialogue in Shakespeare's plays, which i actually really appreciated.

bait lol

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It is. I was bored and waiting for something good but the whole thing is anticlimactic. I have to give the director props for being able to do something like that, but the movie was so bad that I don't want to give any compliment.

Missing a lot of explosions and quick shots and CGI is it?

@@coolhwip6638 fr they’re a bunch of Christopher Nolan cry babies

@@BoweDiesel what does he have to do with this lol

Not enough female warriors, mascara, leather gear, and "vikings" fighting without helmets and proper armor for you?

Valid statement tbh