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MrE2Me
Surprisingly pensive. It alternates between long, slow and silent sequences and brief, brutal bursts of violence. Not much happens, not much is said, but it's quite beautiful to look at and very skillfully done. Always refreshing when a film lets its audience do some of the work, instead of spoon-feeding them every step of the way.Siskoid
Nicholas Winding Redf's Valhalla Rising is a stark and austere viking film that may have been marketed as a sort of Northern 300, but is nothing of the sort. It owes more to Jodorowski's The Holy Mountain (confirmed by Refn in the making of, I'm delighted to say). Though less surreal than that film, it is nonetheless something you can't exactly take literally, a mystic/religious journey with barbarian trappings. If the film is about Christianity's disruption of Norse culture, then the mute One-Eye (Mads Mikkelson) is an Odin figure, a slave in a harsh world that has no place for him anymore. Though he escapes to commit great violence, and goes on a journey with "holy men" to what they think is the holy land, but turns out to be hell. As the film progresses, One-Eye becomes more and more Christ-like, changing with the religious zeitgeist. It's pretty deep, I admit, but while a tough viewing experience with definite longueurs, it will reward the audience member in a more thoughtful mood.jerpijut
I'm not sure what I just watched. Visually very well done, but other than that, who knows.Earring72
Movie looks and sounds great and start out very promising but halfway it becomes a bit boring. OKAdmiral Softy
A visually beautiful film, but I ended craving deaths if only to see the slightest emotion from these characters.jakepython
Textbook Winding Refn with majestic art meeting brutal violence.dustofempires
weird-ass movieEgil
The visuals, actors and sounds were great. Other than that I didn't like it.neocowboy
"You needed a name... and you've only got one eye."NWR's cryptic homage to his Scandinavian heritage. With flavours of David Lynch and Lars Von Trier it's a film that will either captivate or ostracise viewers. Like El Topo, a second viewing with the director's commentary would be enlightening.
Gershwin
To me the cinematography is what makes the story so haunting. Excellent movie.hank0rz
I generally like cinematography, but this is just cinematographic wanking. Very forced and simply too much of it.Or maybe it's too deep for me.
But, I liked the colors and contrasts. 4/10
greenhorg
This is the sort of movie you would make if your two favorite films were Stalker and 300.Shaav
loved it.Elica
For me, it was a confusing movie. I couldnt really get the point. It would make more sense if he woke up at a mental institution at the end and the movie was a weird dream of hisCasaubon
This is very interesting movie, its much better than imdb points lead to expect...Showing items 1 – 15 of 18