A complete trainwreck in motion, rapidly screeching along from scene to scene while excruciating expository dialogue is force-fed to you, and yet NOTHING makes ANY goddamn sense. Characters go from location to location without any rhyme or reason, completely lacking any shred of motivation, and it results in a series of events that collectively form one confusing mess.
You can watch the show to fill in some of the gaps in logic and especially context, although the film already does…
Bit conflicted on this one. The third act works so well because of the mundane first two acts - but it's still two mundane acts. You got tortured for an hour and 45 minutes, but at least you got your favorite ice cream as a reward.
I don't know, maybe it's not as problematic as I make it sound, maybe this just wasn't really my cup of tea. Obviously very well made and shot, though the fact that it has…
A film that I respect moreso than I like or enjoy. Obviously, this had a big impact on the trajectory of filmmaking with at the time revolutionary techniques - it's just a bit too samey for me.
General summary:
Greed is bad, you guys.
Dragon bites the dust at the drop of a hat. Bye bye powerful cliffhanger from the last film.
Greed is really bad, you guys.
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Pointless cameos make pointless cameos in the first film less pointless.
An army.
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ANOTHER army.
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A CGI dwarf.
Yet ANOTHER army.
AND ANOTHER.
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Managed to watch this during a sneak preview.
Pretty incredible. A brute cinematic experience, a mixture of Gladiator and The Green Knight with a drop or two of the over the top insanity of Mandy.
Robert Eggers and Jarin Blaschke once again prove they are a powerhouse duo: the directing and cinematography are nothing short of amazing. Like The Lighthouse, a lot of The Northman's visuals are burned into my brain, it's kind of insane how many memorable scenes there…
