To be fair on the defenders, Vikings normally raided places that weren't manned by well trained troops, because they were easy to raid lol. Considering the local militia actually got a couple kills i guess they did decently.
Because if they attacked a well defended place and the defenders knew they were coming in advance, then it wouldn't be a raid, but a battle or siege. Just like in Paris, Luna etc. And there also would be a lot more vikings and better armed and armored in such cases.
Imagine a village of 100 fishermen, 50 men 50 women. No walls, no militia, no soldiers. Maybe 20 of the men are in the age and training to fight of some bandits or a wulf. Then 3 vikingships come and 90 well equipped, battle-hardened, battle-experienced sea bandits come, that have learned to fight as group. In this situation in most cases the vikings would just slaughter all males within minutes, mostly without havin even one of the vikings killed, since they attack as group, helping each other if meeting a man that is armed and wille to give a fight. Imagine the fear that a rading party of 90 men, all equiped with axes or spears and shields would cause when approaching. This outcome is the reason, the viking raids took place, since when you mass little army at places where no army or even militia is, you basically can harvest money, food and slaves with little risk.
@@321AlterSchwede I think it's also worth mentioning that warriors were almost certainly young people (because almost no one survived natural pathology let alone cultural conflict), 14-24 years old. They were faster, hornier and more fearless. The ones who survived would have endured injuries and disabilities. Maybe they would have accumulated the knowledge to train or lead others but I also presume there was an honor in sacrificing your body or your life and they only valued strategic knowledge if it happened to make it home in one piece. And that's just their bodies. There's no doubt they suffered trauma and developed personality disorders like combatants today, which would have affected their fitness and led to disorientation in general let alone in battle. It had to have been a seesaw of good years and bad depending on whether you had any warriors in your village who lived long enough to learn the difference between glory and strategic leverage. I just think we should hesitate to ascribe modern or even ancient military tactics to an era where so many people died before they became adults and the adults lived significantly shorter lives than we do now. They might have learned from experience but they had to survive those experiences, and most importantly not ignore the knowledge because it wasn't compatible with their glory and their superstition. They made enemies, often times their own sons if the abused mothers were left behind, and lived in a constant cycle of revenge. I can't imagine any tribe was fit for very long.
The Viking age was a couple hundred years. 9th century into the 11th century. The last true Viking king was Harold Hardrada. Whom the Anglo-Saxons defeated, and then themselves were defeated by the Norman’s at Hastings. Stamford bridge iirc, is that famous instance when a lone berserker held the bridge, slaying something around 40 men, until a Saxon went under the bridge and got him with a spear. So the legend goes at least
I don't see how you'd do this on any shrooms. Cubensis fucks up your balance and distorts your visual perceptions, and amanita poisons you, makes you sick as fuck and sedates you. Either way you'd be effectively useless in combat. There's no evidence to suggest the vikings used magic mushrooms before combat.
And you have? In the beginning as he is running towards the village through the wet boggy land it looks like he tip toeing through the f@#$ing tulips. "Oooh oooh it cold as f@#$ and it's wet, something touched my foot".😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🙄🙄🙄
I like how people say this is bad acting yet don't know a thing about real Berserkers. The real Norse Berserkers used to get high as fuck before a raid/battle and it would turn them into wild, bloodthirsty maniacs capable of shrugging off all but the most fatal of attacks and allowed them to fight like an animal, with the downside being that during that period their reasoning skills weren't really all that better than an animals, hence why after dismounting that one guy at the end he bites his throat out then howls like a wolf, the dude's in a trance. Which is why after the battle you see the normal raiders, the Norse in the chainmail with shields and what not rounding up the village folk while all the Berserkers are on their knees in the mud shaking and twitching their asses off, they're coming down from their high. It's actually a pretty accurate depiction, so to say it's bad acting is just ignorance.
@@jonathan123-b2u it was a mind set that they put themselves in when consuming substances -- part of their religious practice. You see it at the start of the movie when he is with his father. You should watch the movie and know a thing or two before saying something sounds like a copium explanation lol.
@@Metalqt I can almost guarantee ya'll watched Vinland Saga or some other animated series and now you assume that's how the substances worked. Them presenting it as a certain way in the movie doesn't make it so.
@@ethansleepybear So what? that means they can't do a good job? I've seen immeasurably better from much less expensive productions. This is as bad as a cheap TV show.
With the way the battle commenced and how the Ulfhednar climbed the walls with their bare hands and axes, the way the whole sequence was brutal and unapologetic, this could have been the Battle of Venarium in Robert E. Howard's Hyborian lore. Which right there makes this a better Conan the Barbarian movie than any of the actual Konahn movies we've had so far.
@Dakota Holmes "those who only know the barbarian through his media incarnations have not experienced the real Conan." - Stephen Jones, The Conan Chronicles: The Hour of the Dragon.
I wander how they worked out back in those days to keep strong, I mean historians must have some knowledge, did they just lift heavy stones or do a load of pull ups?
@@The_Greedy_Orphan in that time period they all farmed and fought, ran and did heavy labourous work every day, everyone was stronger then everything was a workout, they also rowed their boats.
Would be very difficult to pass the spears of the wall guards for an unarmoured man while climbing. But it is fiction. Let us play with idea of surprise and enjoy.
Yes thank you. I'm Irish and I have documented PROOF my great, great grandmother, Mary McFeeley, was brought here as a slave from County Mayo, Ireland. I want my money and I want it now!!!
@@rammiine Yeah because the movie is absolutely wild and super trippy. I don't think people understand that it's not supposed to be historically accurate but more based on old wives tales.
Could be total BS and it's possible he only mentioned this to make his own troops look good by boasting of the savagery of his enemy, but Julius Ceasers writes of the Nervii warriors catching spears in flight and throwing them back at the romans during the battle of the sabis river. From his book "The Gallic Wars."
All y'all hating on this movie need to realize one thing. It isn't a viking war movie. It isn't a historical setting. It's about the story and myth that inspired William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." So you're watching "Hamlet" before there was "Hamlet." If you don't enjoy Shakespearian tragedy then you won't enjoy this.
Y'all ignoring that the fighting choreogeaphy is so lazy, the defenders of the village literally let themselves be killed. It's not hate, it's just pointing the obvious... when a fight looks so fake it's just boring
The defenders of the village fought so badly, like "I missed my first blow, now I'll just stand still and let myself be killed slowly". Seriously that meleé choreography could've been so much better
That’s fair. But this is the director’s first big budget movie and first attempt at “real” fight choreography. And he’s doing a big long one-take battle with multiple things happening. It’s impressive it looks this good when you consider that.
Yeah, I'm a little surprised given the hype that this movie had, that the fighting reminds me of like... the Kevin Sorbo Hercules tv series. I've seen better fight choreography in episodes of Vikings than here. It's a complex shot, yeah... but there's really no sense of speed here. It's "stand on this cue, you swing, you block, then swing this hand, you win and move on." Mildly disappointing.
have to say, when first watching the movie i didnt really realize, watching this now randomly I had to oof on some scenes. Some random scenes in the background look more real than the main fights.
Ever thought of some viking in the past whilst raiding he tripped on something now he injured he's knee or foot now he can't raid anymore. Then he tells stories to his kids like " I used to raid villages like them, till i tripped on a rock".
Three types of persons in this comments section : 1. "Finally, a non-delusional movie about the Viking Age" 2. "GRRRRR SHIT MOVIE WE WANTED MORE FIGHT SCENES AND INSTEAD WE GOT LONG DIALOGUES 😠" 3. "SHIT MOVIE VIKINGS WAS BETTER I'VE SEEN ONLY THIS SCENE I WON'T WATCH THE REST 😠"
I am Russian, my father is an archaeologist and knows perfectly well what the armor of Rus' of those times looked like, why the hell in all Western movies and TV series do Russians have helmets and hats like the Mongols with a tail at the back?
Right? Like.... they're wolf-warriors. They don't wear armour. So why don't make them sneak into camp from somewhere else and then start silently slaughtering around. And once the chaos starts, they have the momentum and keep going. But no, they literally walk toward a walled defense, walk toward archers and spearers, just stroll around without a worry in the world and the enemies do nothing. Please. Lazy choreography.
Climbing a wall with defenders on top of it was made to look really easy. The population of this village had so many guards you'd think it was a fort. And it's literally show by the horse archers how people like the Rus would deal with unarmored raiders. If you aint got armor, bows are an absolute monster of a weapon. However, I don't think they considered that the vikings could dodge and deflect missiles like they just reached their 3rd level in Monk.
Earlier in the movie we saw Amleth doped out of his mind howling and screaming like a wolf blending the barrier between man and beast like he does here. I wonder if that is what reminded him of Aurvandill and works as some sort of subtle inciting incident.
Likely alluding to the ritualistic induction into the ranks of the Ulfhednar....the wolf warrior cult of Odin. These were a group of warriors different from the bearskin wearing beserkers in they acted like wolves in raids and battles. Skol
@Dr.s3RTH you don't have to be "soft and sensitive" to be disgusted by the senseless massacre of children and the elderly and the enslavement of innocent people. Your nothing.
Conan the Berserkian. Dear Robert Eggars: Please do a Conan movie. Dear Hollywood: Please give him whatever he needs to do a Conan adaptation right this time.
That's because the movie's events are based on Icelandic sagas, which are less historical narratives than prose epics. The actual accuracy is in the visual aspect like costumes and sets and the reconstruction of the Norse worldview
You meant well trained modern day troops?? Of course they're not gonna win, as they don't have modern day weaponry at those time. Am sure you're aware this movie depicts Norwegian or Norse berserks from the year 793 to 1066. No such thing as High-tech projectile weapons at those times. Everything is done manually like real men. Not a bunch of cheap sissies who can only pull triggers.
@@jerumd Various societies have created well trained armies in ancient and medieval times. Ever hear of the Romans or read about the Chinese. Nothing in my statement implied modern forces.
@@vincentfisher1603 Then try to be more specific next time, and wtf are you doing in a Viking Movie clip Mr. Negative?? Aren't you supposed to be sending that message across in some Roman or Chinese troops movie clip somewhere in TH-cam??
Wolf warriors exist in sagas and Hollywood vikings movie for incels. In war, if you don't wear armor, it's because you're poor, not because you think you're a beast.
Im Polish and I could understand few villager words, like "Niedźwiedź" (Bear) and "Uciekajcie!" (run away!). Cool to use actual language instead of English.
Vikings loved to raid slavs because they were undeveloped, smaller and weaker while the English and Northern French were also descendants of Germanic conquerors so they were hard to raid.
This moment when they burn down a hut full of people reminds me of the movie Come and See, if I'm not mistaken they even took that as a inspiration for that scene. Btw it is interesting how history repeats itself between the Slavs and the Germanic-Northern peoples. In my opinion, they could have done the meleé choreography better, I know this is an ordinary village militia, but here the Slavs seem too weak and react too slowly, it should be taken into account that in reality they were not very different from the Vikings. But then again, this movie is one of my favorites.
For those of furthering interest to the movie, 'Laughing Shall I Die' by Tom Shippey highlights all that I love about this movie. From the flip flop of supernatural elements, the people's personal values, even just the violence. All of immense value to me as a history enthusiast.
@joeroscoe3708 Good catch! "The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters."
just like the John Wick movies, all the enemies "wait" to be killed. Pausing for a second, letting the attacking character kill them. Just that 1 second of "ok, I wont do anything, just kill me" is 1 second too long, it's too noticeable.
That's the downside of doing everything in one take. You need insanely tight choreography to make it look completely convincing, which is just very hard to pull off.
Hate to break it to people, but there weren’t berserkers running around on the battlefield in such a bloodthirsty rage that they survive any fatal blows. There may have been examples of guys on a battlefield going “berserk”, but there weren’t dedicated units that had this job, that would be silly.
I'm sorry but who choreographed this? If this is how northmen historically conducted themselves in combat (I highly doubt it) then most could make short work of them.
You do know this is a story mixed with fantasy? People fail to enjoy this movie because they took it for granted. I personally find it good due to wonderfully mixing reality with fantasy!
@@analienfromouterspace yeah but in all honesty the f8ght choreography was really lazy. The defenders of the village don't even seem to try to fight, miss their first blow and proceed to let Amleth kill them very slowly and badassly.
the reason why i stopped watching movies is because in fighting scenes the ennemy is just looking at the hero and waiting him to kill him and most of the scene are absurd and never happen in real life
Ridiculous attack, ridiculous defense, disgusting acting. The writers do not know about the Vikings, a complete zero. Apparently, many commentators and viewers are only familiar with the image of the Vikings from movies and TV shows.
Extremely accurate if you've seen you friends do shrooms, the majoity of them literally turn feral/start screaming running around naked with knives and likewise the comedown is just as they show it
I doubt most of these village women will even think about resisting after a raid that's just as brutal as this in real life. Some will switch sides just to stay alive for sure. Some might even marry the enemy just to survive. As for the men who's defending this village?? Umm.. Not so lucky.
Norsemen: These Saxons really suck at fighting. They just kinda stand there while we kill them. Saxons: Have you crazy fuckers looked in a mirror lately? Norsemen: What's a mirror...?
I remember a historian saying that irl almost all sieges were more like police perimeters; they'd surround you and just wait. Eventually occupants starved and/or lost their willpower and sanity. (Or not, if they were properly sufficient)
To be fair on the defenders, Vikings normally raided places that weren't manned by well trained troops, because they were easy to raid lol. Considering the local militia actually got a couple kills i guess they did decently.
Because if they attacked a well defended place and the defenders knew they were coming in advance, then it wouldn't be a raid, but a battle or siege. Just like in Paris, Luna etc. And there also would be a lot more vikings and better armed and armored in such cases.
@@arcotroll8530 ye
Imagine a village of 100 fishermen, 50 men 50 women. No walls, no militia, no soldiers. Maybe 20 of the men are in the age and training to fight of some bandits or a wulf. Then 3 vikingships come and 90 well equipped, battle-hardened, battle-experienced sea bandits come, that have learned to fight as group. In this situation in most cases the vikings would just slaughter all males within minutes, mostly without havin even one of the vikings killed, since they attack as group, helping each other if meeting a man that is armed and wille to give a fight. Imagine the fear that a rading party of 90 men, all equiped with axes or spears and shields would cause when approaching. This outcome is the reason, the viking raids took place, since when you mass little army at places where no army or even militia is, you basically can harvest money, food and slaves with little risk.
That´s true , Viking lost vs Spain and Portugal when they try to raid Iberia, fun fact is some muslins lost battle against them .
@@321AlterSchwede I think it's also worth mentioning that warriors were almost certainly young people (because almost no one survived natural pathology let alone cultural conflict), 14-24 years old. They were faster, hornier and more fearless. The ones who survived would have endured injuries and disabilities. Maybe they would have accumulated the knowledge to train or lead others but I also presume there was an honor in sacrificing your body or your life and they only valued strategic knowledge if it happened to make it home in one piece. And that's just their bodies. There's no doubt they suffered trauma and developed personality disorders like combatants today, which would have affected their fitness and led to disorientation in general let alone in battle. It had to have been a seesaw of good years and bad depending on whether you had any warriors in your village who lived long enough to learn the difference between glory and strategic leverage.
I just think we should hesitate to ascribe modern or even ancient military tactics to an era where so many people died before they became adults and the adults lived significantly shorter lives than we do now. They might have learned from experience but they had to survive those experiences, and most importantly not ignore the knowledge because it wasn't compatible with their glory and their superstition. They made enemies, often times their own sons if the abused mothers were left behind, and lived in a constant cycle of revenge. I can't imagine any tribe was fit for very long.
People saying this is inaccurate have clearly never
1. Done shrooms
2. Pillaged a remote village in the early 1000's
3. Done both at the same time
Gold
The Viking age was a couple hundred years. 9th century into the 11th century. The last true Viking king was Harold Hardrada. Whom the Anglo-Saxons defeated, and then themselves were defeated by the Norman’s at Hastings.
Stamford bridge iirc, is that famous instance when a lone berserker held the bridge, slaying something around 40 men, until a Saxon went under the bridge and got him with a spear. So the legend goes at least
Amanita muscaria
I don't see how you'd do this on any shrooms. Cubensis fucks up your balance and distorts your visual perceptions, and amanita poisons you, makes you sick as fuck and sedates you. Either way you'd be effectively useless in combat. There's no evidence to suggest the vikings used magic mushrooms before combat.
And you have? In the beginning as he is running towards the village through the wet boggy land it looks like he tip toeing through the f@#$ing tulips. "Oooh oooh it cold as f@#$ and it's wet, something touched my foot".😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🙄🙄🙄
No phones or selfies, just people enjoying the moment
You repost the same shit every video
@@swampfox1776. funny though
@@davidas5049 not really
@@swampfox1776. very funny
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"The return of the techno viking"
Only the real ones will understand
please respect the techno vicking.
One continuous shot following a Berserker trance. You can def see the influence.
Especially the bit where he dodges the arrow. Technoviking points in the general direction of someone who has displeased him
aryan classic
I like how people say this is bad acting yet don't know a thing about real Berserkers. The real Norse Berserkers used to get high as fuck before a raid/battle and it would turn them into wild, bloodthirsty maniacs capable of shrugging off all but the most fatal of attacks and allowed them to fight like an animal, with the downside being that during that period their reasoning skills weren't really all that better than an animals, hence why after dismounting that one guy at the end he bites his throat out then howls like a wolf, the dude's in a trance. Which is why after the battle you see the normal raiders, the Norse in the chainmail with shields and what not rounding up the village folk while all the Berserkers are on their knees in the mud shaking and twitching their asses off, they're coming down from their high. It's actually a pretty accurate depiction, so to say it's bad acting is just ignorance.
Love that. Thanks for clearing that up and explaining it for the people who were confused
This sounds like a copium explanation. The substances they consume don't make them act like a wolf.
@@jonathan123-b2u it was a mind set that they put themselves in when consuming substances -- part of their religious practice. You see it at the start of the movie when he is with his father. You should watch the movie and know a thing or two before saying something sounds like a copium explanation lol.
@@Metalqt I can almost guarantee ya'll watched Vinland Saga or some other animated series and now you assume that's how the substances worked. Them presenting it as a certain way in the movie doesn't make it so.
well said
I like how they all just stood there and allowed themselves to be killed
My thoughts exactly :D :D
А мне их трусики🤣
In all history, the guy with no armour dies first.
It's a film but god damn
Exactly. Also why sneak to the village and then reveal yourself at the gates....😅 movie bs and viking glorification
@@avixka7751they’re not fighting soldiers, they’re fighting peasant militias
It was nice of all the extras playing the armored enemy soldiers to act so slowly and leave wide openings for the actors to strike.
you clearly don't know how armour works, the more armour you have = the slower you move.
@@Frederatorr I've WORN actual armor; It doesn't make you slow and stupid.
it is indeed a movie for entertainment. You have not been fooled good for you.
@@ethansleepybear So what? that means they can't do a good job? I've seen immeasurably better from much less expensive productions. This is as bad as a cheap TV show.
@@Frederatorr YOU clearly dont know how armour works lmao
With the way the battle commenced and how the Ulfhednar climbed the walls with their bare hands and axes, the way the whole sequence was brutal and unapologetic, this could have been the Battle of Venarium in Robert E. Howard's Hyborian lore. Which right there makes this a better Conan the Barbarian movie than any of the actual Konahn movies we've had so far.
@Dakota Holmes "those who only know the barbarian through his media incarnations have not experienced the real Conan." - Stephen Jones, The Conan Chronicles: The Hour of the Dragon.
I wander how they worked out back in those days to keep strong, I mean historians must have some knowledge, did they just lift heavy stones or do a load of pull ups?
@@The_Greedy_Orphan in that time period they all farmed and fought, ran and did heavy labourous work every day, everyone was stronger then everything was a workout, they also rowed their boats.
@@ljharris5823 yeah true
Would be very difficult to pass the spears of the wall guards for an unarmoured man while climbing. But it is fiction. Let us play with idea of surprise and enjoy.
I think we have a strong case for reparations here...
Yes thank you. I'm Irish and I have documented PROOF my great, great grandmother, Mary McFeeley, was brought here as a slave from County Mayo, Ireland. I want my money and I want it now!!!
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@@SomethingScotty Use it when YOU need it!
@@SomethingScotty The number I’d call if I were in jail because it’s the only one I have memorized.
You white supremacist are butt hurt because black peoples will get reparations.
catching the spear and throwing it back has to be from a norse saga
Yes this is meant to be artistic and inspired by Nordic sagas thus the walking, talking and fighting zombie warrior in the movie.
Did you watch the movie or just the clips?
@@rammiine Yeah because the movie is absolutely wild and super trippy. I don't think people understand that it's not supposed to be historically accurate but more based on old wives tales.
@NJRacer623 Yeah, but the costumes ans sets are mostly accurate, which makes it really cool.
Could be total BS and it's possible he only mentioned this to make his own troops look good by boasting of the savagery of his enemy, but Julius Ceasers writes of the Nervii warriors catching spears in flight and throwing them back at the romans during the battle of the sabis river. From his book "The Gallic Wars."
All y'all hating on this movie need to realize one thing.
It isn't a viking war movie. It isn't a historical setting.
It's about the story and myth that inspired William Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
So you're watching "Hamlet" before there was "Hamlet."
If you don't enjoy Shakespearian tragedy then you won't enjoy this.
How is it possible to miss that the dude's name is hamlet
Y'all ignoring that the fighting choreogeaphy is so lazy, the defenders of the village literally let themselves be killed. It's not hate, it's just pointing the obvious... when a fight looks so fake it's just boring
@@jmlkhan5153 No, "Amleth", close though
@@fallen6060 welcome to adaptations. Yes, i know the technical name is amleth.
His name was hamlet.
@@jmlkhan5153 Cool
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
Every dude watching @ 2:17 no matter what race be like:
"Yep thats me right there"
My man straight up UwU'd after biting out another man's adams apple
Hes just like me fr
Literally me
what!?
The defenders of the village fought so badly, like "I missed my first blow, now I'll just stand still and let myself be killed slowly". Seriously that meleé choreography could've been so much better
That’s fair. But this is the director’s first big budget movie and first attempt at “real” fight choreography. And he’s doing a big long one-take battle with multiple things happening. It’s impressive it looks this good when you consider that.
its so unrealistic norsemen were no bigger than any other european at the times, it's all hollywood bs made up @@SunriseFestival
yeah this scene might have been good if it wasnt b movie execution
Yeah, I'm a little surprised given the hype that this movie had, that the fighting reminds me of like... the Kevin Sorbo Hercules tv series. I've seen better fight choreography in episodes of Vikings than here. It's a complex shot, yeah... but there's really no sense of speed here. It's "stand on this cue, you swing, you block, then swing this hand, you win and move on."
Mildly disappointing.
have to say, when first watching the movie i didnt really realize, watching this now randomly I had to oof on some scenes. Some random scenes in the background look more real than the main fights.
Ever thought of some viking in the past whilst raiding he tripped on something now he injured he's knee or foot now he can't raid anymore. Then he tells stories to his kids like " I used to raid villages like them, till i tripped on a rock".
That knee injury ruined his career.
Three types of persons in this comments section :
1. "Finally, a non-delusional movie about the Viking Age"
2. "GRRRRR SHIT MOVIE WE WANTED MORE FIGHT SCENES AND INSTEAD WE GOT LONG DIALOGUES 😠"
3. "SHIT MOVIE VIKINGS WAS BETTER I'VE SEEN ONLY THIS SCENE I WON'T WATCH THE REST 😠"
I am Russian, my father is an archaeologist and knows perfectly well what the armor of Rus' of those times looked like, why the hell in all Western movies and TV series do Russians have helmets and hats like the Mongols with a tail at the back?
Because it looks vaguely Eastern which is good enough for movie directors.
@@didelphidae5228 we think it's funny)
@@PPqxr0NS5KWZL I think it's sad because most people in my country wouldn't ever know the difference lol
@@didelphidae5228 Alas
Bro... I was legit thinking the same😅
20 guys attacking a walled town...with the guards alerted on the walls :D :D :D !!!
Most likely all of them would die before climbing the wall.
True, but this movie isn't even supposed to be realistic.
The berserkers job was the capture the gate. after that the regular foot soldiers on horseback came in.
The door was broken into as well, they just climbed as distractions on top of that
Right? Like.... they're wolf-warriors. They don't wear armour. So why don't make them sneak into camp from somewhere else and then start silently slaughtering around. And once the chaos starts, they have the momentum and keep going.
But no, they literally walk toward a walled defense, walk toward archers and spearers, just stroll around without a worry in the world and the enemies do nothing.
Please.
Lazy choreography.
@@olisk-jy9rzit's a fucking fantasy movie.
It's not that serious.
when he just eat the fraking throat out of that man and screamed WOLF SOUNDS freaking epic man
Climbing a wall with defenders on top of it was made to look really easy. The population of this village had so many guards you'd think it was a fort. And it's literally show by the horse archers how people like the Rus would deal with unarmored raiders. If you aint got armor, bows are an absolute monster of a weapon. However, I don't think they considered that the vikings could dodge and deflect missiles like they just reached their 3rd level in Monk.
Earlier in the movie we saw Amleth doped out of his mind howling and screaming like a wolf blending the barrier between man and beast like he does here. I wonder if that is what reminded him of Aurvandill and works as some sort of subtle inciting incident.
А что за фильм
Likely alluding to the ritualistic induction into the ranks of the Ulfhednar....the wolf warrior cult of Odin. These were a group of warriors different from the bearskin wearing beserkers in they acted like wolves in raids and battles. Skol
@@СергейЗарембо-в4з Фильм называется «Варяг»
You forgot to say we saw Amleth sniffing his father ass in this scene too lmao
The utter brutality breaks my heart and yet it's so much fun to watch.
wtf?@@Dr.s3RTH
@@Dr.s3RTH it's a film so it obviously isn't real but real evil is truly heartbreaking
@Dr.s3RTH you don't have to be "soft and sensitive" to be disgusted by the senseless massacre of children and the elderly and the enslavement of innocent people.
Your nothing.
I’m really surprised by all the negative comments because this is a great movie
common. terrible fight scenes. @1:20 really? look closely @attacking extra. that's retarded.
@@hagestad how is it terrrible
Best film of 2022
@@edelmantoamendola як називається фільм ?
@@jarl777 The Northman
What is best in life?
Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their women.
says the boy from his bedroom
@@hiramhackenbacker9096 are you asking for your mommy?
@@itsstans75 no I'm taking yours and she loves it.
@@hiramhackenbacker9096 thats what you mom said too
That is good!
Conan the Berserkian.
Dear Robert Eggars: Please do a Conan movie.
Dear Hollywood: Please give him whatever he needs to do a Conan adaptation right this time.
Hollywood here. We hear you but best we can do is a gay Conan played by Tom Holland and directed by that biatch who botched star wars. Sounds good ?
Nah. He makes everything too gray-scaled.
@@HangrySaturn That's not inappropriate for Howard's work.
0:52 guy in the background took a devastating blow to the wooden planks 3.7 feet behind him
Crit shot
I never get tired of this scene
This is all your western civilization - to kill, to rob, to occupy.
ahahahah lol))))
The guy at 0:54 chopping some great wood.
This is nuts. Blokes with no armour, no shields and hardly any clothes easily defeat soldiers with all of those things.
That's because the movie's events are based on Icelandic sagas, which are less historical narratives than prose epics. The actual accuracy is in the visual aspect like costumes and sets and the reconstruction of the Norse worldview
And not a cell phone in sight, just people enjoying the moment
Highly recommended movie. It should have received more recognition than it got.
These guys would not have lasted long against well trained troops.
You meant well trained modern day troops?? Of course they're not gonna win, as they don't have modern day weaponry at those time. Am sure you're aware this movie depicts Norwegian or Norse berserks from the year 793 to 1066. No such thing as High-tech projectile weapons at those times. Everything is done manually like real men. Not a bunch of cheap sissies who can only pull triggers.
@@jerumd Various societies have created well trained armies in ancient and medieval times. Ever hear of the Romans or read about the Chinese. Nothing in my statement implied modern forces.
@@vincentfisher1603 the question remains: why are you in the comments of a badass viking movie trying to spoil the fun for others?
@@vincentfisher1603 Then try to be more specific next time, and wtf are you doing in a Viking Movie clip Mr. Negative?? Aren't you supposed to be sending that message across in some Roman or Chinese troops movie clip somewhere in TH-cam??
the roman legion would have toyed with these guys all day :)
This is some of the choreography ever.
"This movie sucks."
Make a better viking movie, then. I'll wait....actually, I won't, because it probably won't happen.
Wait and see bruv! Wait and see! I'll base it off of Alfred the Great or some other guy.
From this to Ikea . . . wild stuff my dudes, wild stuff.
Wolf warriors had no fear, thought they were invincible in battle.
Wolf warriors exist in sagas and Hollywood vikings movie for incels. In war, if you don't wear armor, it's because you're poor, not because you think you're a beast.
Bro if I watched somebody catch a spear and throw it back to kill my guy I'd be out of there so fast
Life is brutal.
Especially the getting murdered part.
Im Polish and I could understand few villager words, like "Niedźwiedź" (Bear) and "Uciekajcie!" (run away!).
Cool to use actual language instead of English.
I was understand the word "медведь" It's Russian
@@alexchuxrov7332
We have similiar vocabulary, so its possible.
@@mateuszbanaszak4671 zgoda
Vikings loved to raid slavs because they were undeveloped, smaller and weaker while the English and Northern French were also descendants of Germanic conquerors so they were hard to raid.
@@JohnDoe-bh2lp
Northen Slavs had yet to understand that "good fences make good neighbors". XD
'Look at me, I am a berserker, I got abs'
The historian in me says no, but the cinephile in me says yes
This moment when they burn down a hut full of people reminds me of the movie Come and See, if I'm not mistaken they even took that as a inspiration for that scene. Btw it is interesting how history repeats itself between the Slavs and the Germanic-Northern peoples. In my opinion, they could have done the meleé choreography better, I know this is an ordinary village militia, but here the Slavs seem too weak and react too slowly, it should be taken into account that in reality they were not very different from the Vikings. But then again, this movie is one of my favorites.
100% fantasy. 0% historical accuracy.
who gives a flying dildo
i need a blood meridian movie that is filmed and acted in this same style
Wish the whole movie was this great.....
The Northman: Imagined by Nine Year Olds
That's the way Russia was founded..
What’s their origins Slavs? clash of clans barbarians? Vikings
Now there's a chap that won't be liaising with my hamster.
A battle with well-rehearsed choreography, which looks... like choreography.
No matter how accurate it is, I'm extremely thankful to be alive at this time in human history.
If you’ve never take more than 4g of shrooms. You’ll never understand the power it gives you
Thank God we Christianized
@ArronWillson Christianity is the number 1 religion in the world.
Tell us more about who is coping. 😂
Nah, even if you look at the Scandinavian peoples even after those kingdoms were converted to Christianity they still warred with each-other. A lot.
@@benceklock4831 It takes a while for things to saturate through out people and take hold and change society
For those of furthering interest to the movie, 'Laughing Shall I Die' by Tom Shippey highlights all that I love about this movie.
From the flip flop of supernatural elements, the people's personal values, even just the violence. All of immense value to me as a history enthusiast.
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentation of their women!" Conan the Barbarian
@joeroscoe3708 Good catch! "The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters."
Romans: Hold my beer...
I loved this Movie!
Why? There is no diversity in it. Its all white people. You racist?
Dude caught a thrown spear nuff said 😅😅💪💪
Only at night, this is not real
brutal as hell
History channels: The slavs and Vikings were very good allies
the slavs and vikings in question:
maybe you mean slavic?
tf you talking about?
Those criticizing the Slavic Defenders don’t know what you’re talking about.
just like the John Wick movies, all the enemies "wait" to be killed. Pausing for a second, letting the attacking character kill them. Just that 1 second of "ok, I wont do anything, just kill me" is 1 second too long, it's too noticeable.
id have to disagree with the john wick reference. Most scenes seem really realistic
@@awps9457 yeah agreed…john wick was pretty damn realistic.. this though, definitely noticeable. it’s almost corny.
That's the downside of doing everything in one take. You need insanely tight choreography to make it look completely convincing, which is just very hard to pull off.
@@NavidIsANoob didn’t really think about that tbh. you do have a point.
@@evan-ue2bb loool john wick realistic, why don't they just shoot him? I could kill him I'm not even trained
Такое ощущение что защитники поселения были готовые все) (все 15 чел.). ).
it was a bit too unrealistic for them to burn half of the Villagers alive in their town hall since the vikings don't usually do that
I thought I was watching Monty Python. Either way, I had a good laugh. Thanks
I worship Vikings, But this scene hurt me because I love slavic people 🐺🖤
but thanks god, they are just stuntmen.
One of the darkest Viking movies I have seen
why does everyone hate on this movie
w pfp
They are stupid.
main actor best role is still zoolander
@@hagestad Point proven.
@@hagestad is his acting rlly that bad in this cus everyone is acting like they are a casting director
Was this one shot? That was incredible!
This guy walks like Connor Macgregor btw
Back here!!
These guys would have been slaughtered if the Romans were still around, and then some
Hate to break it to people, but there weren’t berserkers running around on the battlefield in such a bloodthirsty rage that they survive any fatal blows. There may have been examples of guys on a battlefield going “berserk”, but there weren’t dedicated units that had this job, that would be silly.
Vikings calling people in a walled village savages 😂
They had walled villages too
I would of just stayed behind that guy throughout the battle 😂
lol, perfect sewn and fitting bvd's at 3:10
Oddly satisfying!
Bit odd that everyone in the comment section appears to be referring to Berserkir... seems pretty clear that these are meant to be Ulfednar!?
me when there is banana bread at work
This episode of the film is a vivid example of how the historically offended reflect
In the scene with burning of house, I saw a historical parallel with atrocities of Nazis on the territory of USSR
How did they film the spear catching thingy, that's what I'm wondering.
hahahahaha this is just IMPOSSIBLE.
its a myth bro
Why
@@FredyVega117 not
Truthfully Vikings just knocked on doors and said raid or treat and held out bags and that's how Halloween was invented
Saying the choreography in this scene has some issues would be generous
I feel like this movie very accurately depicts the dark side of the Viking culture.
I'm sorry but who choreographed this? If this is how northmen historically conducted themselves in combat (I highly doubt it) then most could make short work of them.
You do know this is a story mixed with fantasy? People fail to enjoy this movie because they took it for granted. I personally find it good due to wonderfully mixing reality with fantasy!
@@analienfromouterspace yeah but in all honesty the f8ght choreography was really lazy. The defenders of the village don't even seem to try to fight, miss their first blow and proceed to let Amleth kill them very slowly and badassly.
They scared their enemy, that was the point and it worked.
@josue.ortega
Then make a better fight scene
Честно признаться давно уже не смотрел приличных фильмов, обычная лажа...
Looking at all this, does anyone think that after creating computers and flying into space, but not stopping wars, people became more humane?
Лучшая сцена, это их подготовка к этой битве ночью
Nobody is wondering about the Bjorn Borg underwear this one guy is wearing, right at the end of the clip...? 😄
One dude had a pair of speedos on, not bad for 700 years ago
the reason why i stopped watching movies is because in fighting scenes the ennemy is just looking at the hero and waiting him to kill him and most of the scene are absurd and never happen in real life
missing the point, they probally did put up a better fight in real times but still got raped and pilgrimed, warriors vs a simple village?
1,3 Million views and 5k likes, wtf?
Ridiculous attack, ridiculous defense, disgusting acting. The writers do not know about the Vikings, a complete zero. Apparently, many commentators and viewers are only familiar with the image of the Vikings from movies and TV shows.
Average raid on discord be like
Those viking underpants are ridiculous. Lol.
Berserkers
Extremely accurate if you've seen you friends do shrooms, the majoity of them literally turn feral/start screaming running around naked with knives and likewise the comedown is just as they show it
I doubt most of these village women will even think about resisting after a raid that's just as brutal as this in real life. Some will switch sides just to stay alive for sure. Some might even marry the enemy just to survive. As for the men who's defending this village?? Umm.. Not so lucky.
Hmmm.....🤔😐
Old school ways
Which explains how some modern day Slavs have Norwegian roots
Yeah utterly horrific. The fact that this could just happen some day in medieval times without any repercussion is wild.
thats assuming any of the norse warriors would marry them, rather than make them chattel and sell them to slave-traders lul
Norsemen: These Saxons really suck at fighting. They just kinda stand there while we kill them.
Saxons: Have you crazy fuckers looked in a mirror lately?
Norsemen: What's a mirror...?
Why these guardiance are so useless? even with better armor and weapons. In real north men will never attack such good protyected village.
Except they did… multiple times
I remember a historian saying that irl almost all sieges were more like police perimeters; they'd surround you and just wait. Eventually occupants starved and/or lost their willpower and sanity. (Or not, if they were properly sufficient)