rather than threatening him with death or painful torture, she threatens him with the psychological trauma of having his own mother as his queen. that’s straight evil lmfao
Could explain to me what actually happened in this scene? Did she threaten to become his queen or was the seduction a distracting from her balde and intent to kill him.
Great movie. Slaves were a significant part of Norse life, and a significant motivation behind the Viking raiding culture. I’m glad that this movie focused on the *whole* society and how slavery and violence twisted it, instead of just showcasing the most popular parts of it. We got those popular parts too and they were great as well.
Yea but like the other people mentioned, it's just so she can kill him, and Ethan Hawke was more of her slave owner than her husband, he killed her family and all that. I don't agree with her holding it against her son, but marriage via slavery is bound to result in rejection and hatred
Honestly there are no Villains here, his mother got her own motives, she was a basically slave forced to marry someone she didn't love and have children she despised.
dude she was a victim and revenge turned her evil - like all the victims that swore revenge. Amleth killed so many innocent men that only wanted to defend themselves and their families and let countless children and women be burned alive while he raided villages in his quest for revenge... He ain't a good guy either. BUT trying to seduce your own son... Let's just say I did NOT see that coming! I felt for Amleth during that scene!
My ancestors were Vikings and Irish. Vikings have been known to raid Ireland from time to time. Due to this, it is likely I may be descended by Irish thralls who interbred with Vikings.
Of course my SO who didn't want to see this movie walked it during this scene - I was explaning ''that's his mother and he spent his whole trying to rescue her'' and then that scene happened... At least he was able to witness their legendary acting skills!
I cannot blame her for doing that because she never asked to be a slave and she never asked to be impregnated by Aurvandill. The only thing which I don't agree with Gudrun was that she ordered Fjolnir to kill Amleth. I'm not forgetting that Amleth was innocent and he was just a little kid. He never committed any harm nor trauma against his mother. So Gundrun was in the absolute wrong for turning on her son. Especially since Amleth loved her and came back to rescue her before learning the horrible truth.
@@Marguerite21 she was poisoned by hate no matter how righteous she might have originally been but her poison turned a brother to fratricide and allowed her to accept and even condone the murder of her own son who was blameless and had no part in his father's sins.
I wasn't impressed at all with that "big plot twist". I saw it coming from a mile away as soon as Amleth (Skarsgard) saw that his mother was alive and doing well with his uncle. I immediately knew she was where she wanted to be and I very highly suspected she was in on her ex-husband's murder. Maybe the casting of Nicole Kidman have something to do with it. I'm used to see her portray untrusty characters so to me it was predictable.
She used to be a slave, constantly in survival mode, worked and schemed and seduced her way to the throne -- never does she wanna go back. That's all she knows.
@@jeffreyh9908 she also lived in a time with no plastic surgery, explain that XD nah she looks bad cause without make up, the work she had done is painfully obvious. Good actress but she looks so out of place.
LoL you are stupid, do you have any idea how many professional lighting and cinematographers work in that huge set? This is an intentional lighting and it is perfect for this scene. The light comes from the fire in the room, it is a natural setup. There is no such thing called "Front lighting" by the way, forget everything and learn from start.
My husband and i watched this movie today and from the very start we both said the mother is for sure involved in the murder of her husband. It was so obvious that she didn't love neither her son nor her husband
rather than threatening him with death or painful torture, she threatens him with the psychological trauma of having his own mother as his queen. that’s straight evil lmfao
Could explain to me what actually happened in this scene? Did she threaten to become his queen or was the seduction a distracting from her balde and intent to kill him.
@@kangaroocaliphate1577 she tries to distract him so she can kill him, but she distracts him not by seduction but by mere shock.
@@joeschianodicola1810 oooh, thank you
*Freud intensifies*
@@MrJustonemorevoice I seriously thought she was into him.
Great movie. Slaves were a significant part of Norse life, and a significant motivation behind the Viking raiding culture. I’m glad that this movie focused on the *whole* society and how slavery and violence twisted it, instead of just showcasing the most popular parts of it. We got those popular parts too and they were great as well.
Isn’t this mother and son why they kissing
@@thelifeofkhama9910
They’re also pegans.
@@thelifeofkhama9910 Because the mom is basically crazy (her life has been no picnic) and she thought she could seduce her son and then kill him.
@@kgpspyguy found the theist
@@BirdBrainHarus
Guilty.😉
Nicole Kidman should have received more acting scenes in this movie. This scene is a testament to how powerful her acting skills are.
Nah she had enough
@@wkatc007yeah her accent is bad
Evil begets evil. She was getting her own revenge against the killer and slaver that slayed her family.
Ah as in her husband. But it wasn't Amleth's fault he was born in sich circumstances.
His son was innocent, she just become a monster, she was her own kid dead.
@@mi3helle707as amleth does the same to his uncle's sons.
The last thing I expected was for the mom to have been the one that orchestrated everything but damn was it a great revelation
That one scene broke me. It was amazing to watch this.
Man i feel for Amleth here.....living his life a lie.
@BittleBittyB she said "thank you" as he killed her. She seemed a bit tormented.
This scene was so messed up.
Like isn’t this his mom who kissing him tf 🤣
I think it’s meant to show how unhinged and cold hearted this snake queen is. If she’s willing try try to seduce her own son what else will she try?
Yeah it was big gross
Yea but like the other people mentioned, it's just so she can kill him, and Ethan Hawke was more of her slave owner than her husband, he killed her family and all that. I don't agree with her holding it against her son, but marriage via slavery is bound to result in rejection and hatred
@@DH-fu7bx Bro, incest wasn't invented by Norse paganism, they would have frowned on this behaviour morally too.
"I will save you mother!" well, this really didn’t aged well...
I’d like to believe that the Bard and the Longus themselves would’ve been impressed.
Shakespeare would’ve absolutely loved this.
Brutal scene. Nichole did well.
The way she speaks about his dad reminds me of Cersei POV about being married to Robert how much of an awful husband and dad he was
Damn his mama never loved him not even as a little kid,thats tough🙁
What kind a monster betray and replace her own son
Gudrun is in Nastrond, which is part of Helheim
The true villain of this film is Amleth's mother.
Honestly there are no Villains here, his mother got her own motives, she was a basically slave forced to marry someone she didn't love and have children she despised.
@@Vman_95 yes but she push the kings brother to kill his brother
LOL Evil AF they even kill half of the town
@@Morfe02 Maybe all of humans are evil
dude she was a victim and revenge turned her evil - like all the victims that swore revenge. Amleth killed so many innocent men that only wanted to defend themselves and their families and let countless children and women be burned alive while he raided villages in his quest for revenge... He ain't a good guy either. BUT trying to seduce your own son... Let's just say I did NOT see that coming! I felt for Amleth during that scene!
i feel like she said this to drive him to kill so she can get revenge on the guy who killed her husband and killed her son
My ancestors were Vikings and Irish. Vikings have been known to raid Ireland from time to time. Due to this, it is likely I may be descended by Irish thralls who interbred with Vikings.
Yay another descendant of slave masters and cave men lol
Yes indeed.
This is like the viking version of Hamlet
Except in this story, the mother is outright evil.
Gertrude in Hamlet was just ignorant, painfully oblivious.
This tale is where Shakespeare took the inspiration for Hamlet.
@@benny_tys1644 shakespear really has good taste
This is literally the story Hamlet was adapted from.
Yep
Of course my SO who didn't want to see this movie walked it during this scene - I was explaning ''that's his mother and he spent his whole trying to rescue her'' and then that scene happened... At least he was able to witness their legendary acting skills!
She stabbed her own husband in the back for his brother, that’s cold hearted.
To be fair she was a slave because of him
Both of them were in the wrong but at least Aurvandil was a good father and genuinely loved his son.
I cannot blame her for doing that because she never asked to be a slave and she never asked to be impregnated by Aurvandill. The only thing which I don't agree with Gudrun was that she ordered Fjolnir to kill Amleth. I'm not forgetting that Amleth was innocent and he was just a little kid. He never committed any harm nor trauma against his mother. So Gundrun was in the absolute wrong for turning on her son. Especially since Amleth loved her and came back to rescue her before learning the horrible truth.
@@Marguerite21 she was poisoned by hate no matter how righteous she might have originally been but her poison turned a brother to fratricide and allowed her to accept and even condone the murder of her own son who was blameless and had no part in his father's sins.
I mean what’s cold hearted is him having his wife as a slave but okay…
Vikings a very skilled with a knife, so that explains the queens facial surgeries, I guess
Dang it I just had this movie on pause
Then she goes to Helheim in the end
This scene is lifted straight from Alexander by Oliver Stone.
Dude literally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really?
I wasn't impressed at all with that "big plot twist". I saw it coming from a mile away as soon as Amleth (Skarsgard) saw that his mother was alive and doing well with his uncle. I immediately knew she was where she wanted to be and I very highly suspected she was in on her ex-husband's murder.
Maybe the casting of Nicole Kidman have something to do with it. I'm used to see her portray untrusty characters so to me it was predictable.
Her plastic surgery makes her look so weird in this movie...
Yeah it almost seemed like CGI in some parts but it was her face
And no one said much about it. She looks incredibly weird.
@@RobWright1981straight up fallout ghoul
@@RobWright1981 I agree. I like Nicole Kidman but dear lord she wasn't the best in this film.
She's also wearing minimal make up
is that nicole kidwoman?
her best role... yet...
The Northman (2022) Nicole Kidman as Queen Gudrun (Support Role / Antagonist)
Yikes. She was phenomenal yet horrible in this scene
I agree. I like Nicole Kidman but oh god, she was hammy in this scene!
Esto debió de haber hecho Hurrem Sultán... no el tremendo Síndrome de Estocolmo por el que se dejó envolver
reminds me of my mother
Guiding principles
cool
Reparations to the descendants of the viking slaves!
Cut the check
But why did she try to seduce amleth? She loves Fjolnir. I don’t get it
To kill him which he catches her doing
She used to be a slave, constantly in survival mode, worked and schemed and seduced her way to the throne -- never does she wanna go back. That's all she knows.
@@binbats8626 after rewatching the movie, she kissed him to try to take his sword away
@@OutrageIsNow that and she is trying to save her political station. So she won’t be powerless again like she was when she was a slave.
@@OutrageIsNow lol
Gotta put a LITTLE FEMINISM in there these days. Men are beasts, you know.
Well, its not like she is depicted in a very favourable light. So i think its fair. Many men are beasts, and just as many women are evil and scheming.
I hate this character
They should have casted someone else as Nicole Kidman has way too much surgeries done on her face.
Predictable 😒
How?
1st to like and post! Whoa - Nicole Kidman is not very pretty here! Dang. . .
she lives in a time with no running water…was she supposed to be gorgeous? also, it’s 2022, that comment is whack. pathetic
They made her up to be older and more haggard.
Hatin
@@jeffreyh9908 she also lived in a time with no plastic surgery, explain that XD nah she looks bad cause without make up, the work she had done is painfully obvious. Good actress but she looks so out of place.
Why do they keep giving Nicole Kidman roles?
Cuz she’s a good actor?
@@mochitheceltiberian4007 Never cared for her. Always felt without Tom Cruise she’d still be in OZ
@@samanthab1923 well, if they keep hiring her she must be doing something right
@@mochitheceltiberian4007 I suppose
@@samanthab1923 What? She was great in The Others. She can act
Feminism has entered the chat
Amateur front lighting, do better Robert.
LoL you are stupid, do you have any idea how many professional lighting and cinematographers work in that huge set? This is an intentional lighting and it is perfect for this scene. The light comes from the fire in the room, it is a natural setup.
There is no such thing called "Front lighting" by the way, forget everything and learn from start.
I don’t see you making big movies with immaculate lighting
My husband and i watched this movie today and from the very start we both said the mother is for sure involved in the murder of her husband. It was so obvious that she didn't love neither her son nor her husband
Why should she?