Thread by @Ulfhedrengr

Okay so final thoughts on #TheNorthman. The attention to detail was amazing. Where it played on the Heathen spirituality was also accurate. It wasn't organized (as we understand it today.) The focus on Amleth, Olga and Amleth's quest for revenge was nothing short of awesome.

Fight scenes were fuuuuuucking bruuuuuutal. There were moments that made ME recoil and that's no easy task. Jeez! Robert Eggers absolutely indulging the hell out of his need to provide cinematography porn wasn't out of vain indulgence alone, it fit. It fit really well.

Those landscapes and scenes were well-framed, the story well-told and tight, the revelations did come as a genuine surprise but won't upon repeat viewings (not a complaint, just an observation) @bjork played that seeress memorably and did a very commendable job doing it.

Was it worth the $20 I blew on it? You're damn right it was. I'd love to see more of this like The Saga of Frithjof The Bold, The Saga of Hrolf Kraki and many others put up there on screen in a series of movies just like this one and Eggers has absolutely proven that his work

is not only worthy of an undertaking such as these but he can be trusted with it.

The only one nitpicky part that I took issue with was The Gates of Hel reference as they fought at the side or inside the volcano. It came across as a reference to the Christian Hell, which the

Norse Hel is not. The Norse Hel is a place of rest and accounts of what it's like depends largely on who is telling the story. The common thread is that it is a place of rest where those who die of old age or sickness go and that was accurate when King Aurvandil War-Raven

mentioned that he would be ashamed to have won all these battles only to die sick or old and be denied Valholl. He swore he'd die by a sword and he got his wish there. Still, at the end, not so accurate. If it were to be accurate, Amleth should have challenged Fjolnir

to a Holmgang, a duel just between the two of them to settle the entire thing once and for all. Meeting at The Gates of Hel could have been meant figuratively but then the being surrounded by darkness, fire and lava, that was the part that makes me think it was not so much

Gates of Hel (Norse) but Gates of Hell (Christian). That was really my only nitpick with the film itself. Now that I've torn it down, let me build it back up. That shit was fucking brutal and epic. It was still awesome and a true sight to behold. My one little nitpick is like a

a small scratch on a CD case. It's a small observation that doesn't truly make a large difference. The CD plays and plays well and that's what really matters. I also loved the depictions of Norse Spirituality and Ritual. The Berzerker/Úlfhéðnar ritual before a battle

was great. Then, right after that, accurate portayal of the battle tactics. Berzerkers went in and caused chaos and the Úlfhéðnar made surgical strikes intended to further cause collapse in the small society among the disarray. For me, despite the nitpick I have, I still

rate this one such a 10 out of 10 because, it's been a long time since I've seen anything THIS good come from Hollywood. Content like this is what I would pay good money on a theater experience had Hollywood simply delivered. Crazy idea, I know. Give people what they want and

they'll buy it. Radical concept but there it is. We need more stuff like this. Anyway, if you haven't seen it, I do highly recommend it. My cautious optimism gave way to total optimism to this joining the ranks of one of my favorite movies. This was nothing short of stellar.

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