The revitalized interest in Paganism in recent days is evident with the popularity of such a film as 'The Northman'. What kind of value does our society place on 'Paganism'? As our society continually rejects its Christian heritage in search of an alternative, more movies such as this one spring up.
In a nutshell, this film is nothing more than "Hacking, Howling, Humping, and Hocus-Pocus". It clearly demonstrates the madness of the Pre-Christian pagan world. There is not much redeeming value. Overall it does not make much sense: just madness, violence, occult, and sex for no real apparent reason. A sort of fantasy revenge-porn adventure is followed throughout the film, yet we conclude that it really didn't matter, as everyone in the film is an immoral dirtbag anyhow, not much different than animals. The film only further clouds the viewers morals with a depressing sense of hopelessness at the end; a sort of nihilism. Such a sad state of affairs. There is a reason why we left these dark ages in the dark.
(I give it a two for the amount of money and time invested in the visuals.)
In a nutshell, this film is nothing more than "Hacking, Howling, Humping, and Hocus-Pocus". It clearly demonstrates the madness of the Pre-Christian pagan world. There is not much redeeming value. Overall it does not make much sense: just madness, violence, occult, and sex for no real apparent reason. A sort of fantasy revenge-porn adventure is followed throughout the film, yet we conclude that it really didn't matter, as everyone in the film is an immoral dirtbag anyhow, not much different than animals. The film only further clouds the viewers morals with a depressing sense of hopelessness at the end; a sort of nihilism. Such a sad state of affairs. There is a reason why we left these dark ages in the dark.
(I give it a two for the amount of money and time invested in the visuals.)