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Posted on 7/20/24 at 6:15 pm
Posted by red_giraffe
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2012
1065 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 6:15 pm
Just recently researched this and I can't say enough how much I love Robert Eggers' attention to historical accuracy, especially in the costume department, and language. While it's not 100% historical accuracy (the sword Draugr, and a few costume choices like Fjölnir's lamellar vest, and a few other areas), it's really close. It refreshing to get a story about vikings and old Norse peoples who actually LOOK like old Norse people would have during the time rather than the bdsm costumes if Vikings and Last kingdom (not knocking on those shows, btw ). It's also really cool to see a story that uses some old Norse language (with reconstructed pronunciation) and the proper futhark alphabet. I know costuming seems like a minor gripe. But I find that when you're making a historical film, the costumes are the one area where you can be extremely close to historically accurate without sacrificing storytelling. So to me it's a big deal.

Anyway, yeah, I'm a fricking nerd. Who cares. But what did everyone else think about these aspects. Any other historical nerds our there? And what other movies did you find that had pretty good historical accuracy?
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
41634 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 6:43 pm to
I saw this in the theater and really enjoyed it. The action was pretty brutal. The only other movie I would compare this to is Valhalla Rising with Mads Mikkelson.
Posted by red_giraffe
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2012
1065 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 6:44 pm to
Ah, damnit. I still need to watch that one. Mads is almost always awesome.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
66525 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 7:06 pm to
Great movie, Eggers is going to kill it on Nosferatu
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
42576 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 7:19 pm to
This deserves a second viewing. I saw it in the theater and really enjoyed it too. Had very strong Conan the Barbarian vibes along with Excalibur. And the Vikings tv series as well.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33287 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 9:44 pm to
I watched it for the first time earlier this month. It's been on STARZ ENCORE Suspense & Action channels all month. Comes on at 1:10 AM CDT tonight. Didn't know it was a true story. I need to watch it again, but not staying up to watch it tonight.
Posted by red_giraffe
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2012
1065 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 10:02 pm to
Well, it's not exactly a true story. It's essentially based on the story that inspire Hamlet. But it doesn't a great job of being historically accurate to the time period, AND it does a great job being accurate to the style of the old norse sagas.
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