It's not too bad. The effect the makers of the movie were going after is interesting. In some ways it is like a stage play. The dialogue is exaggerated and complex. No niggers in it, which is always a huge plus for any movie. And as far as I watched (I had to stop because I ran out of time), no faggots, either.
It tells the familiar story of a prince cheated out of his crown by an uncle, who murders his father and marries his mother (Hamlet, anyone?) Many people don't know that the plot of Hamlet was based on historical events. Shakespeare was a bit like a Viking himself -- he raided history and folklore for his plots and made them his own.
The only aspect of the movie I don't like is its portrayal of the Vikings as extremely savage and barbaric. They are presented like a tribe of niggers, when they bark and dance around a campfire, for example. I'm sure the director has niggers in mind when he did this scene. But the Vikings were never as low as the level of niggers in Africa. They were skilled craftsmen and poets, builders, farmers, fishermen. They lived a hard life and they were tough as iron, but they weren't complete savages. This aspect of the movie is untrue to life.
But the entire movie (what I saw of it so far) is more highly colored than real life. It tries to be mythic, and to a great extent, it succeeds. It's an interesting movie, worth watching.
It's not too bad. The effect the makers of the movie were going after is interesting. In some ways it is like a stage play. The dialogue is exaggerated and complex. No niggers in it, which is always a huge plus for any movie. And as far as I watched (I had to stop because I ran out of time), no faggots, either.
It tells the familiar story of a prince cheated out of his crown by an uncle, who murders his father and marries his mother (Hamlet, anyone?) Many people don't know that the plot of Hamlet was based on historical events. Shakespeare was a bit like a Viking himself -- he raided history and folklore for his plots and made them his own.
The only aspect of the movie I don't like is its portrayal of the Vikings as extremely savage and barbaric. They are presented like a tribe of niggers, when they bark and dance around a campfire, for example. I'm sure the director has niggers in mind when he did this scene. But the Vikings were never as low as the level of niggers in Africa. They were skilled craftsmen and poets, builders, farmers, fishermen. They lived a hard life and they were tough as iron, but they weren't complete savages. This aspect of the movie is untrue to life.
But the entire movie (what I saw of it so far) is more highly colored than real life. It tries to be mythic, and to a great extent, it succeeds. It's an interesting movie, worth watching.
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