The Northman - We Need More Movies Like This

As soon as the "professional" critics criticized it for "toxic masculinity" I put it on my "To be watched in theatres" list.

The Northman is the only movie this year where you’ll see two Vikings battle it out, butt-ass naked, while surrounded by lava.

Ethan Hawke is a woefully under appreciated actor. Has massively improved with age

Yes, this is the most historically accurate depiction of Norse culture ever put to film and was designed to be that way, the director actually changed the film slightly multiple times to accommodate what the historical expert was telling him

I like how eggers made NO attempts of ever trying to make any of these characters relatable, instead he forces you into a journey to understand their mindset

A movie that tells a good story, has great characters and respects the lore/history…sign me up.

Spot on!! But you didn’t even mention William Dafoe’s short but creepy-awesome performance!

I remembered watching this in the cinema it was such a satisfying cinema experience. The volcano fight at the end was so memorable, dark, brutal and nihilistic. Two men who took everything from each other killing one another with nothing but death as an empty prize.

My favorite thing about this movie is that they didn’t try to add heroic traits to Amleth, he was out for vengeance and butchers countless people to get it. The tragedy is he’s a giant Viking Berserker made out of nuclear hot rage who only knows his anger and even when he has the opportunity to live in relative peace he can’t give up his vengeance.

The lighthouse was a masterpiece. The northman is Robert eggers going bigger and more ambitious with his style. Good to know people are appreciating movies like this

That part where he catches the spear and throws it back, has got to be one of the most primal things I've ever watched on film. You really felt like you were watching barbarians attack a town. It was also a trick that real vikings would do in order to gain prestige

The scenes with the Valkyrie are some of the most beautiful/artistic scenes I have ever seen in any movie and they make the mythological character believable as an immortal deity-like being without being over the top, I really loved this movie.

This movie is actually based on real Scandinavian history/folklore, which also later became the template inspiration behind William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

What I love about Eggers' work isn't just how he captures the look of historical times, but the mindset. People didn't just talk and dress differently back then, they THOUGHT differently. Their values and morals weren't just different, but utterly alien to anything we'd recognize today. People inhabited worlds that were smaller, more dangerous, and more incomprehensible than the ones we inhabit today. Things that we explain with modern science were back then rationalized as the work of spirits and gods that were temperamental and lurking behind everything.

why is no one talking about how good the soundtrack was for this movie!? All the deep bass throat singing, etc. Such an important part of the experience of the film.

So few movies where scenes actually make your jaw drop -- this is one of them. Truly amazing piece of work. Eggers is fantastic. The Witch. Lighthouse. The Northman. Jesus, there's something to put on your resume.

Just saw the Northman with a friend and this was my first Robert Eggers movie. My buddy that I saw it with is a huge fan. I wasn't sure about this movie but I got sucked in immediately. This is the first movie in a while where I was fully immersed. Even the weirder elements felt real. At no point was I pulled out of the movie or even feel like I was "watching" a movie. Instead I felt fully immersed in this world and when the screen went black I looked at my friend saying "that was awesome!". We need more movies like this.

The mere fact that the director didn't attempt to "diversify" the movie or push "the message" was enough to win me over from the beginning.

One of the best things about this film is that it wasn't fantasy, but the surreal and otherworldly scenes were actually a peek into the mindsets and experiences of the characters. And for them, there wasn't such a clear distinction between fantasy and reality that we have in the post-enlightenment era. These hallucinogenic and transcendent experiences were as real as anything for the characters, and so it's presented that way to the audience. The visions Amleth has (drug-induced or otherwise) were a fundamental part of how people in those times expeienced and understood themselves, others and the world around them. And Eggers lets us experience that first hand.

I had mixed emotions on this movie at first. But compared to the absolute shit Hollywood has been putting out. The Northman is an absolute masterpiece of cinema.