THE NORTHMAN Ending Explained!
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- In this video we take a deep dive, review, and explain the historical epic by Robert Eggers THE NORTHMAN starring Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe & Ethan Hawke.
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Saw the film yesterday and I absolutely enjoyed it. Great explanation.
Watched the DVD yesterday. I liked it well enough except for the several scenes that were way too dark to see anything.
Thanks for the awesome video, really helped me appreciate the film more! Clear and concise
When you explained Amleth fulfilling both the kindness for his kin and hate for his enemies , well isn’t the kindness part exercised by one and the same act in the killing of his enemies - namely his uncle ? Let me explain . The killing his Uncle would achieve both the hate part , but in so doing it shows love for his kin because so long as the Uncle remains alive Amleth will always have to fear the retribution of the Uncle one day coming for his own love / loves - meaning Olga and his children . I don’t think the act of leaving Olga itself and sparing her and the children to come - despite the likely willingness to go with him and the danger it brought to her and the children - was the kindness act in sparing her and leaving her on the boat. The act of love for his kin was demonstrated in that dispatching his Uncle was paramount to ensure the safety of Olga and the children . Thus he accomplished both - killing the bastard was hate and love the same. Love by defending his love. Father willing to die - and does - to ensure their safety .
I’m almost positive that Amleth even says this on the boat after touching her belly and discovering the children to come. At first he is happy , but then it dawns upon him now there is absolutely no way he can leave his Uncle alive as he will eventually come for them in the future . Especially after Amleth killed his queen and own children. Almost certain he explains this in so many words to Olga when he explained to her the prophecy and he says I choose both.
Cheers mate.
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When you explained Amleth fulfilling both the kindness for his kin and hate for his enemies , well isn’t the kindness part exercised by one and the same act in the killing of his enemies - namely his uncle ? Let me explain . The killing of his Uncle would achieve both the hate for enemies part , but in so doing it shows love for his kin because so long as the Uncle remains alive Amleth will always have to fear the retribution of the Uncle one day coming for his own love / loves - meaning Olga and his children . I don’t think the act of leaving Olga itself and sparing her and the children to come - despite the likely willingness to go with him and the danger it posed to her and the children - was the kindness act in itself when sparing her and leaving her on the boat. The act of kindness for his kin was demonstrated in that dispatching his Uncle was paramount to ensure the safety of Olga and the children . Thus he accomplished both - killing the bastard was hate and love ( or kindness ) the same. Love by defending his love. Hate by killing his enemy and threat . Father willing to die - and does - to ensure their safety .
I’m almost positive that Amleth even says this on the boat after touching her belly and discovering the children to come. At first he is happy , but then it dawns upon him now there is absolutely no way he can leave his Uncle alive as he will eventually come for them in the future . Especially after Amleth killed his queen and own children. Almost certain he explains this in so many words to Olga when he explained to her the prophecy and then he says I choose both.
Cheers mate.
It was a Happy ending… on Norse terms.
He avenged his father.
He protected his family.
He died in Battle and gets to go to Valhalla.
Still mediocre.
Name 3 better viking movies? True viking movies? Let's go Troll
13th warrior
It was a tragedy, revenge devour all
@@patrickhayden498 '13th Warrior': best screenplay for a Viking movie I have ever encountered, based as it was on Michael Crichton's superb novel, 'Eaters of the Dead'. '13th Warrior': a movie whose superb potential was completely wasted because of the ludicrous historical inaccuracies deliberately introduced by its feckless director. So, yes, 'The Northman' is the best Viking movie I have ever seen; '13th Warrior' comes in second...thanks to wonderful casting, great dialogue, and despite its director's determined effort to destroy it.
What a lot of people don’t seem to realize is, in Viking culture, his death was honorable. It was a positive ending to him. He avenged his father, he will be accepted into Valhalla, and his family will live on.
What really interests me is whether Fjölnir is also taken to Vallhalla. Its not super clear in the ending, but I guess not. I would have loved to see two valkyries carrying uncle and nephew as both were brave warriors who died in battle. That s all that matters for Odin, ethics are not so important.
167 9th to 11th century +VLFBERHT+ swords were found. AD895 this movie begins. Twin 167; 895+167=2291-1229=1229-167. Hamlet 1229 Amleth 2291 last first/first last bible thing. Devil's bible written in year 1229. +VLFBERHT+ swords period from Viking swords to medieval knights swords.
It's a devil's bible film. A hamlet doesn't have a church.
Nort in Sanskrit is narakah; hell.
Best 'subliminal' rough mummy anal porn movie ever. Too bad that it sucks and that he won't do it.
As soon as the king's brother got so offended over a joke about the queen I was like, "Oop, they fucking"
Will smithed
lolool same
I thought it was weird when she asked where he was thats when i was like she cheating 😂😂
Keep my brother's wife out of your f*** mouth
Yes it was the typical over the top, hitting idiot viewer over the head with it.
You forgot the tear Amleth shed when he was seein visions of him getting carried to Valhalla at the end of the movie. Heimir the Fool told him "It's the last tear you'll shed till you need it." So after taking his revenge and knowing his lover n children were safe he was allowed to shed a tear again
whatever. idiot gets himself killed, fails to live with his wife, almost fails at revenge, doesnt actually know what hes doing, makes himself a slave for no good reason, cant assasinate his target when he goes for a piss even tho he runs arround the whole vilage at night despite there being sentrys who apparently are there working for free. On a sheep farm with no sheep.
Yeah what an absolutely strange happy end for Amleth. Totally undermined any kind of mixed message that revenge might be bad.
Then again, in Hamlet Ophelia killed herself by drowning in the lake. After the movie, it hit me "WAIT! did Olga commit suicide after he left by throwing herself off the boat?!" He would never know.
@@danielbretall2236 bruh a spoiler alert would of been nice. I was planning on watching hamlet after this review, not anymore...
@@Picksodus I'm sorry, to soon. I forgot it's only been out 400 years... LOL
This movie was incredibly good, I didn’t know anything about mythology but I understood it. I cried at the end because he sacrificed so much, but at-least his children are safe🥹
yeah his wife/children are safe and he died in battle and got to go to Vahila (heaven) so technically it was a happy ending.
I mean it was meh. Not that great far too choppy could've been shorter.
are they really safe tho??
@@yzfaisal right, they're still growing up in a hedonistic land where pillaging, rape, and murder is just a way of life
@@toofar2real exactly!!
The scene with the berserkers around the fire with the old guy throat singing is such an iconic shot.
Just amazing and well done
good for a danheim music video maybe but completely fictional. Men dont go to battle without armor. Because they wanna win the battle and live. Which is the whole point of going viking to a foreign land, to get shit they have and come back live in comfort...
@@86Corvus But weren't they berserkers? Didn't Viking berserkers get high and charge into battle like lunatics? Don't think it's unfair to assume some didn't wear armor
@@86Corvus completely fictional? Why are you talking out of your ass? Many vikings would go to war shirtless or even fully naked, especially Celtic warriors for example. It’s not like they did that for no reason. Yes most Vikings had clothing on or armor in war, but they show the berserkers transforming in the ritual state because part of that ritual is believing the animals traits became the human traits, which would therefore not require them to have armor.
@@dennist8290 Similar to the Celts also
I don't get what was so hard to understand about the ending or why people hated it. His soul went to Valhalla. That's it. It was even somewhat predictable, but it was represented beautifully in the final scene
"your fate is set and you cannot escape it" said Heimer The Fool ( Willem Dafoe). This opens up the debate of free will vs determinism. Amleth DID escape his fate. He found love, peace of mind and had a family - his twins and wife - a new frontier of peace and expansion for his life. The scene with Olga and Amleth in the hot springs being tender with each other personifies that. However instead of pursuing this peace he chose to honour his lower nature ( hatred) and doomed himself. Amleth doomed himself sadly. That is the tragedy of the film. Then the line " You must choose kindness for your kin - or hatred for your enemies" by the He-Witch.
Amleth chose poorly. He chose to abandon love for hate. Yes, he shed a tear as he envisioned Olga and his children safe - and we learn his daughter goes onto become Olga of Kiev ( as predicted earlier in the film). However, he surrendered to hate and not love. He abandoned the woman who loved him and the peace he discovered - to doom himself.
@@VeronicaSywak But you’re ignoring the aspect that he didn’t go back for vengeance. He went back motivated by love, to ensure the safety of his new family. He didn’t fight to the death to avenge his father, he did it with a new motivation, to make sure that Fjölnir would not be able to hunt down Olga and his kin.
Notice how Amleth is what you consider a “good” Norse. Honors his family, protects his kin, and exact justice upon his enemies. Fjölnir is the opposite, a “bad” Norse, he dishonors his family by murdering his brother, sleeps with his sister in-law, and instead of living by the sword, he chooses to flee from Harald of Norway and become a farmer with slaves. Stuff that the Norse would deem dishonorable for a “King”, even when the crown was never his to begin with.
Remember when he said to Olga before leaving her on the boat. “I choose both.” He chose to both kindness to his kin (fight for his family) and hate for his enemy (stop Fjölnir). Ironically, love is a much more powerful motivation in battle, the love to protect and ensure the safety of all that you hold dear, could be home, country, family, even comrades in arms.
In Norse term, he didn’t “doom” himself. He did what any Norse man should do. Live and die by the sword. Only this time he fought and died with love in his heart, instead of just vengeance.
@@dastemplar9681 Thank you for that
This movie was a low rent Gladiator. The EXACT same plot.
@@gametime2473 It's not but ok and gladiator isn't the first or only movie to be about vengeance.
Much like the Lighthouse, for me the real draw of this movie comes from the gorgeous visuals.
Superb visuals!
Northman just topped lighthouse for me🥶
@@Marz4k Nothing could ever beat William Dafoe's rant about lobster from The Lighthouse 😂
The plot is literally laid out fairly early on. I took that as Eggers saying "hey, you might know the story but you're really gonna wanna watch this".
Not a fan of Lighthouse but this movie was excellent.
The Northman is easily one of the best films of the year. Amazing film from start to finish.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah plot convenience is best
My theater hated it. Audible laughs and gaffaws at some points.
I, like you, very much enjoyed it. I think some connection/knowledge of the source material I think helped on my end.
It was not as risky or abstract as his other two movies, but was still beautiful and had many interesting things to think about while watching. I honestly think the dialogue was a little shit at times, his cliche love dialogue between the main character and Anya Taylor joy got to be a little tiresome. But the acting did a good job of covering for that. As well as some of the batshit crazy ideas/scenes interspersed throughout. Never gave me a chance to be bored. Nicole Kidman now that I sat back and gave it some time, was probably the standout, trying to think about her perspective of the whole story really just blows my mind.
Don’t get wrong The cinematography and sound design was amazing but it wasn’t all that special I feel like a movie like Valhalla rising did it better
This movie wasn't that great. I feel like the people that like this movie want to seem deep themselves for liking something like this but it's just not a thing
*Batman
Saw this film last night and I loved it. It's such a shame it's not doing well at the box office. This is real Shakespearean art right here.
Predictable it's not doing well. It needs The Rock and Vin Diesel and Michael Bay directing it for the plebs to attend. This film is too deep for the normies to be able to ever appreciate.
@@QuantumWavesMTE so true
@@QuantumWavesMTE film snob moment
It looks too similar to Vikings on Netflix
@@MsElke11 tbh vikings is better. It blows my mind that people here are raving about this. They should have got David Nutter to direct it and hired the full production team from game of thrones.
8:26 The lady in the red cape in the village who says "Save me the strong ones". Robert Egger discusses this in the Vanity Fair video with Alex Skarsgard. This female Viking Warrior you mention is also in the rowing scene on the Viking Longships when we first meet Amleth. She is commanding the first ship, Amleth on the second. Eggers says the reason he included this detail is because he wanted to honour the only archeological evidence of a female Viking warrior. She was buried with the accoutrements of an elite professional Viking warrior in a 10th century chamber-grave in Birka, Sweden.
Video reference "Alexander Skarsgård & 'The Northman' Director Break Down Amleth's Return as a Viking | Vanity Fair" . He mentions the detail above at 3 :10
If this story had a moral, I'd say it came in the form of the line "Evil begets evil." The solution is to break the cycle which he does by ensuring his death. He leaves and decides to "fulfill his destiny" and die in the process in order to ensure that the cycle does not come back to haunt his lover and his children. His dilemma is whether or not we are bound by fate, and would the denial of that presumed fate result in the unloving end he fears for his kin. That's why he sees hatred for his enemies and love for his kin as the same thing. In a way, given that he was fully prepared to walk away and let it go, I see his return to Iceland to confront his uncle not as an act of revenge out of hatred, but rather an act he takes because of the love he found along the way. His motivations have changed by the end.
This.
Well said. By the end of the movie all of the players in this drama who could continue the cycle of evil are dead - the father, the uncle, the mother, the sons, and Amleth himself. I don't really see this as a tale of "how revenge harms so many along the way" even if that theme was lightly explored. I see this as more of a tale of Amleth's sacrifice. By accepting his fate and not choosing a "happy" life with Olga and his children, he effectively ends the cycle of evil, allowing the innocents (Olga, his children, and the rescued slaves) to continue on.
Word.
I was born and raised in a culture extremely different from scandinavian let alone Vikings, but the generational hate and revenge existed through my culture's history.
When he said 'your children will be kings' to her i almost goddamn cried. Ending the fucking cycle, that's what we wanted. The roots are who we were, the branches are what we choose to do or to be. Damn masterpiece.
@Tyler W A really good analysis. His mom, her son, and his Uncle were still alive and a threat.
He was given some really crummy cards in life, but was happy to die not passing that onto his offspring.
Not a revenge tale at the end. A hero's tale.
Yes, I agree . The newfound glory of love he’s found for his kids and significant other are the irrecoverable change the protagonist needs to go through just before the apex of the climax.
The lady in the red cape is the captain of the viking band that attacked the village.
The director mentions that she’s based on a real archaeological figure in that GQ interview about the boat scene
Wow they sure can extract a lot of plot from some bones!
I appreciate that the movie followed the Viking morality above our own, which is honor vs shame rather than good vs evil. A good man in their eyes is a proud and honorable one, and Amleth is forced into action to be honorable by avenging his father.
I loved that too. I hate modern morality painted onto characters in historical movies. The whole point of interest to me is trying to understand the mindset of the people from the time of the setting, I already know what principles are valued today because I live here myself.
Thank you for breaking this down. I watched The Northman yesterday and I can’t articulate just how moved and inspired I am by cinema in 2022. The originality we’ve experienced has been refreshing. Everything, Everywhere All At Once, The Northman and The Batman have just spoiled us! Can’t wait to go watch this movie again this weekend. 🖤
Yes, movies are back.
The batman? You include The Batman?? Nope
It was good but some of the studio interference was obvious. Eggers spoke about how difficult that was to deal with so I hope we get a directors cut sometime in the near future
What interference?
@@alexwecamps it just felt like some bits were cut while others were left in, I can’t explain it you just got the feeling plus Eggers didn’t say exactly what the studios made him cut from the movie. The movie was still good though.
It was still really good tbh
Eggers has said in interviews that the studio interference was actually a good thing, cause it pushed him to making a better movie! Eggers has said that this is the directors cut:)
@@VisceralCarbon I never said it wasn’t 😊
In a lot of ways this movie reminds me a lot about Conan the Barbarian, that is it starts off with a happy boy living blissfully with his parents, and quality time with his father. Then one day someone power appears and murders his father (and mother in Conan), making him an orphan who grows up in hardship, but his tribulations make him very strong and gives him a steele determination to get vengeance. Years go by and he grows up to become a formidable warrior, and had forgotten all about his desire for revenge but one day he is reminded by a mysterious woman who has magic. He finds a mystical sword from the skeleton of a dead king, and uses it to slay the one who wronged him.
Too much like Conan, I'd say too... But that Valhalla knight... Didn't that remind you of... ELRIC?
Be sure NICE if he ever got a movie.
....oh, Stormbringer... Sigh
@@jojoheartspaypay Conan is inspired by the same Norse saga as Hamlet and the Northman, but the Northman is the direct adaptation
As a fan God of war, Vikings, The Last Kingdom this was also a blast to watch: Amazing cinematography, lore, mythical elements, action, pacing, suspense 10/10 masterpiece
Skyrim
Absolutely epic and stunning movie. Music and cinematography, landscapes were incredible. Acting was amazing. Talk about immersive! It was intense and brutal, sometimes pushing the line...heart pounding and heart breaking moments. Truly an EXPERIENCE, transporting me into that world, that time, that culture, that mysticism and belief.
To me, this and Dune were two of the best films in my lifetime - deepest most epic, terrific attention to detail, visuals and sounds stunning, casting near perfect, and acting great.
I guess you've never heard of Gladiator
@@toofar2real Gladiator was a great movie and I definitely think the Northman took inspiration from it, but the cinematography and landscape was just on a completely different level with this one. If Gladiator was produced in 2022, I’m sure it would be as well
@@marshallstrander3922 the cinematography is what saved the movie. The wasn't much of a story a literally no character development
Same dude. Its probably top 5 favorite of all times for me now. I was baffled by how well it was filmed. It was so gritty and the cinematic scenes were INSANE
@@toofar2real dude gladiators acting was brutal idk where you get those ideas
This movie was a masterpiece. Everything about it. It wasn't what what I expected and that was the amazing part of it.
Watched it tonight and it’s on my top ten this year for sure
It's basically viking hamlet with a twist, which sounds simple on paper, but goshdarn the execution of this one is almost immaculate. Would not call it perfect, but man was it excellent and really beautiful to look at. We need more movies like this. This made me want to watch more modern sword and sandal type movies done right.
It's not really Viking hamlet, but the actual old Viking/icelandic myth that inspires Shakespeare to write Hamlet later on.
Hamlet is Amleth with the H put first
Imagine a sequel with his children.
For people who have seen the Northman may I say suggest the anime vinland saga
Fantastic anime and story telling
Thank you
Weeebbbbbb
I was thinking it was a little similar to vinland saga
2:30 The ritual of the wolf was more likely a ritual to Odin. As you see the old guy during their Berserker trance ritual, only has one eye, a sword and spear (like odin) and uses a big horned ritual helmet, which has been found on old Odin statues dug up in Scandinavia.
It's the same reason why the Ravens picks at Amlets bonds when he is captured. Odin sends his Ravens to his follower, guiding their way to Valhalla.
what I like is that the hero had multiple off-ramps where he could have abandoned the quest for revenge, but instead chose to seek revenge. It's clear almost from the beginning that there's no point in killing his uncle because he's already been dethroned himself and is living in exile. There is no kingdom to reclaim, at least, not from his loser uncle. A truly pointless quest if there ever was one, yet somehow completely enthralling.
He made a vow to avenge his father so it makes sense he chose revenge
He tells you he is a kinsman in Orkney. He literally is known as a prince, that's why the ring was important at the end, it symbolized his birthright. And that is why his kinsmen would pay 5x its worth because it was his father's signet ring and proof of his claim. Oof.
Never pointless. Dude (pos Uncle) destroyed your childhood and murdered your Father and tried to murder you. Exiled and still living luxurious compared to peasants and still having slaves and competitive games with other houses. Umm no... There was a point. The point was to avenge his Father's death. Stated way before his Father's death. Dude waits 20 years ish hunting him and finds him and because he was dethroned there is no more purpose?! Lol if that's the case, once he heard his uncle was living where and dethroned etc then he would have just let it be. Nope. Whole point was to avenge his father's death by revenge on the Uncle.
So is this a prequel to True Blood? Eric? Is that you?
Just needed a guest appearance by Sookie Stackhouse.
Love these "ending explained" videos for movies that already make perfect sense to viewers.
Great movies are a bit complex. Even ones that “make perfect sense” can contain nuances that aren’t obvious. That’s why I enjoy a good “ending explained.”
One of my all time favs already
i feel like the most underrated aspect of this movie was the cinematography this movie looked absolutely phenomenal
The Fool wasnt just talking shit about the Queen. if you listen to his dialogue he literally accuses her of being disloyal. this pisses off the kings brother because he is worried the Fool knows of their affair. The Fool foretells the plot twist about his mom.
Kinda shows how slaves are never really loyal. She started off as a slave, and eventually turned on her rapist slave captor.
Her son gained the trust of his slavers and turned on them.
@@cherylpyodeamedha9346 true! just goes to show that real loyalty is earned, not commanded.
This movie: poetic testosterone. Masterpiece. I love it. I love the duel on the volcano. Dont know how some people didnt get the ending.
"I am Amleth the Bearwulf. Son of king Aurvandil the War Raven. AND... I.... AM... HIS... VENGEANGE!!!!"
the feels of this movie is like having that vague dream/nightmare but you remember all the cuts. kudos to the team!
This movie was so freaking good! The acting, the action, the score and cinematography. Between this and Everything Everywhere All at Once, these are my favorite films of the year.
The final shot is one of the best in recent memory
The devil works hard but Think Story works harder.
I am the weirdo taking notes in the theatre. But I make sure to get a spot in the back corner so I don't bother anyone 😂
@@ThinkStory Thanks to your awesome reviews I can find awesome stuff to watch or cringe at the worse things ever made without torturing my own eyeballs.
To whoever liked this movie and is into Vikings anime or manga I highly recommend watching Vinland Saga. Thorfin the main protagonist of that show has a similar backstory to Amleth, a man consumed by rage in order to take revenge for the death of his father joins under the Viking crew responsible for his father death and becomes a killer from an early age in order to kill the captain that killed his dad. WIth revenge as the main theme for the show as well as the burning question of what it means to be a warrior we can follow Thorfin (similarly to Amleth) walking down the path of revenge yet following a different path than Amleth.
Waiting for season 2
Funny how Thorfin started to unconsciously see Asulund(wrong spelling) as a sort of mentor.
This movie alone negs all of vinland saga chapters💀
THIS MOVIE IS ON PAR WITH SPARTACUS, ZULU, BEOWULF, GLADIATOR AND MASTER AND COMMANDER. IT WAS A BEAST
It was really cool to see them play knattleikr (that game with the ball).
Reminded me a lot of the Irish game 'Hurling'. The most popular sport in Ireland that dates back thousands of years, and obviously heavily influenced by this, I imagine.
Does anybody else think Amleth's mother was lying to him when she was talking about what a bad man his father was and how she was laughing? Why else would she go from saying that to telling him she would be his Queen and then later thanking him when he killed her? I think she was terrified of his uncle and she was only out to protect herself until Amleth set her free and that's why she thanked him.
Exactly. She was also protecting the two sons she had with the Uncle. She was being a mother first and foremost
Someone with norse info fact check me: there seems to be some importance placed on hearts in death, (Uncle Scar is cranky that Amleth takes his half brothers heart)
Maybe by killing his mom in her heart, he sends her to Valhalla?
@@ripley2995 very interesting, but that does sound significant actually.
@@harrypool71 you are absolutely right. There was even one point where Amleth says he knew it was an act to protect herself and her other two children. He didn't want to kill any of them but the older brother was a threat and he had no choice but to kill his mother and younger brother or else they would have killed him. Another thing that gets me is in the very beginning, his mother threw herself at Amleth's father, telling him he hadn't been home in so long and she wanted to take him to bed. That doesn't sound like something a terrified slave wife would do. Maybe Amleth's uncle was good to her because in spite of what he did to Amleth's father, he did act like he loved his family. I mean, he even killed the fool for calling the queen a whore.
First off all she wanted death of her first son, she didn't care about anything but herself, it was woman about which Amleth heard during his first initiation in temple. Pure evil
The ending was pretty self-explanatory and classic he found out she was pregnant and had to go get some milk 🤣🤣🥛👌
With twins too 😂
I think the Warrior woman at the village is a reference to the burial at Birka of a supossed Warrior woman
bro the ending battle when he slices fjorlnirs head off and ur thinking "oh damn he did it hes okay" then when fjolnirs body drops u realise the sword is in amleths chest i was like damn that was a dope shot
I also seen the Valkyrie in the beginning during the raid so no your not crazy :)
Yes, the Valkyrie was there during battle to pick up the fallen warriors and guide them to Valhalla.
I agree with your comment on the Valkyrie appearing at the end of the Rus town raid
This movie was really good, please endorse this kind of movies we dont see them a lot!
I think people who are not familiar with Viking tradition and mythology are going to find this film weird. It is weirder than the Viking stuff I'm used to, but it all makes sense if you get their culture and religious beliefs. There are scenes that can confuse people into thinking they're seeing supernatural stuff, but it ends up being imagined because these Norse people truly believed in these supernatural things. They were real to them. I feel like that was woven into the narrative very well.
After having watched and very much liked Alexander Skarsgard and Nichol Kidman in the series ‘Big Little Lies’, where they were married - it is just a bit strange to see her play his mother in this film.
I knew I wasn't the only one thinking this.
love this movie. watched it multiple times in theaters and it was always just as fascinating and intense as the first viewing. Northman is an experience. afterwards i wanted to go straight to the gym 😁
It appears that the Maiden-King, Amleth's daughter, is Olga of Kiev (named after her mother) who became ruler of Kievan Rus. She helped Christianize the kingdom and some eagle-eyed viewers say that they saw Amleth's daugher wearing a Christian crown.
Strangely felt immersed and embedded within the Film … carrying a sword and shield. That’s movie making at its Best 🤩
The woman in the scene after they raid the village is a shield maiden and she is looking for new shield maidens through the slaves and townswomen
Knattleikr, is based off an early version of the ancient Irish sport called hurly!
Great analysis.
Also, I felt saddened when some symbols reminded me of GoT. And the end fight might have been Azor Ahai fighting, maybe, The Night King.
I love how Shakespeare just took the H at the end of Amleth and moved it to the front Hamlet…a tru poet lol
He-witches are called seiðmaðr in norse ;) It was seen as a more or less bad thing because ergi (magic) was seen as feminine and sometimes even homosexual.
I just watched this movie on Peacock last night and I couldn't have been any more impressed or delighted with it. It's made me so interested in Viking culture and wanting to know more about their views on life and death. Mr. Robert Eggers did the damn thing with this one!
This is probably the most authentic viking film ever made. Robert Eggers had tons of well accredited Norse experts consult with him for the film. I can't think of another film that portrays the pre-christian Norse so well.
I think I know the valkyrie-esque warrior you saw, I think she's labeled as "shield maiden" in the credits. Here's a crazy one few people catch though, both times the family tree vision appears, you can see a werewolf in the background, kind of freaked me out when I first saw it.
It is strongly implied that the "Maiden King" is Olga of Kiev.
I liked the fact that you used the map of Yggdrasil from the Magnus chase books
This movie has become a favorite of mine. Robert Eggers just keeps making magic. I mean when you have William Defoe in all your movies, be it for seconds at a time, it's going to be good.
If people hated the end of this movie it is solely from not understanding that to die in combat was glorious in Norse society. It was the only way to Valhalla. It is tragic in a sense but happy in another knowing that his memory will live on in his twin sons. This movie plays out perfectly all the key aspects of the Wardruna song “Helvegen”.
"Twins" hes having a boy and a girl.
Just watched this at the movie theater tonight and was blown away. Was not expecting it to be actually good.
The ending is sad but satisfying. The Valkrey riding up into the sky...so epic.
Thank you for a good analysis.
that bjork scene is so good!
i also remember seeing the blonde haired woman with a red cape on horse back
The glint in his eyes also appears when he unsheathes the sword for the first time or when he picked it up from the draugr I forget which
I felt so disgusted by his mother but it didn't take away how good this revenge movie was for me.
Wait, the king was already dying? Did they just not know? Seems like all they had to do was wait for the king to die, have the uncle rule in A's stead, maybe kill him when he's not expecting it, and no need to worry about revenge etc.
Pretty sure nobody else knew but the king himself. That’s why he was prepping his son to become a man
only the king, his son, his wife and the people that faught with the king before he dies knew. hence y his brother is outside the ritual because he knows his brother is dying so thats the only chance to kill them both with no one knowing. plus this is viking time, tomorrow isnt promised so i think hes better off living lavish from the get go, rather than waiting. and finally... the actual real answer as to why is so he could be king. thought it was self explanatory. Amleth was going to be king next, so the uncle wanted his son and himself to be kings. They were going to kill amleth regardless so all he could do was run away. and he only came back as an adult as he was unrecognisable, he cant be in th ekingdom where as a kid everyone knows hic face. but yh to sum up. someone in the battle that got the og king injured must have wrapped him up, so everyone in the battlefied or the close people like the uncle etc only knew he was dying. And its common for people to kill their family btw so the kng saw his brothers betrayal coming a mile away, the bit where tthe fool exposes the wife for looking at the brother gives this away
Lol the moment i saw his uncy get mad at the jester i knew uncy and momma amleth were doing the hanky panky lmao
9:40 Legendary!!
Anyone know who Amleth's daughter "The Maiden-King" is supposed to be?
The one thing I am confused about is, why did his mother say "Thank you" when she was killed by him? Was that her plan? Did she want to die? Or did she say thank you because he pierced her heart? Maybe that's a viking thing to get to Valhalla? I have no idea. But Ahmlet also kissed her on the forehead at the bottom of the volcano, as if he was forgiving her, which I also found a bit strange, unless she just acted weird to him so that he kills her? But I guess that would contradict her desire to stay in power and even start a romantic relationship with her son. I don't know, I found that kinda confusing.
I was wondering the same thing about the stabbing in the heart scene
Stabbing her/ killing her by the sword is 'honorable' to them... he could have done a lot worse to her for what she did. She doesnt like amlet, but he could have rpped her etc... this is viking time so getting stabbed in the heart is a mercy kill... plus she doesnt have to see her son die so its all kind of just a thanks for killing us nicely. She did try and stab amleth so its clear she didnt like him.
@@TrYzRAID I somewhat understood her reasoning and motive behind wanting Amlett’s father killed, but when she said she begged Fjonir to kill Amlett and that he was a cursed accident, I absolutely lost it.
The woman you thought was a valkyrie in the village is a shield maiden credited as Áshildur Hofgythja, i think
Must watch this movie in dolby cinema
Not necessary…
Just something with a good sound system. Final fight almost had me chanting
I thought it was interesting that they had a woman with them fighting but since you pointed out the Valkarie thing it makes more sense. Dope movie and I'll definitely be watching it again
...you said Björk is in this movie... I NEED TO SEE IT!
We need more movies like this. Just good old fashioned entertainment.
8:28 I remember that scene as well. I'm not sure if it was the same actress, though.
He-Witch…..I think he was also in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo….
I feel like Norse mythology has been so prominent in the last decade with Tv shows and video games that I understood everything tbh. I will say the trailer led me to believe the story would be of a bigger scale than a simple revenge story but it's done very well.
Way better than the green knight, surpassed all my expectations.... VALHALLA!!!!
Where are you guys seeing this movie? Is it streaming? I can't find it anywhere.
Thats a tough movie to beat for 2022
Man this movie gave me serious lion king Vinland Saga vibes 2 of the best stories. I've ever had the pleasure of seeing
It’s not really explaining anything. This is just retelling the plot.. There MUST be more to it than this. What is the underlying theme here?
It’s almost like amleth is the bad guy. Well, he IS the bad guy, and the uncle is the good king, who slayed the bad king. Amleth is the evil son of the bad king, who come and kills everything.. I mean, his father raided towns, and gathered slaves, probably killed women and children too. When Amleth grew up, he did the same thing.. You don’t see the uncle do any of those things. He buys slaves but is not mean to them, only at the end because Amleth starts killing his men and family..
Amleth is the bad guy, the uncle is the good guy in this movie.. Am I right?
This is the closest to a good take on this movie that I've seen so far on the comments.
Amleth is literally the shadow of death in this movie. A looming, murderous hand of the gods come to lay vengeance upon his uncle. His uncle is certainly not a good guy, just a less ego-centered and less traditional ruler than Amleths father.
His uncle still owns slaves, still rapes and abuses them, still sees them as lesser -- especially after the death of his son (doesn't hesitate at all when slitting their throats despite pretty much all of them being innocent).
Amleth did not choose "both" like people claim. He convinced himself that he was choosing love for his kin when in fact he went all in on hate for his enemies. The supernatural and mystical scenes the movie put us in his mind because they aren't really happening in the reality. His "true fate" is all in his head.
Amazing thank u for breaking it down step by step ☺️
I saw the scene you were talking about today. It's in the film.
What's revenge if you die with your target? My only gripe with this masterpiece of a film.
I think it’s as long as your target dies first you win and got your revenge
I mean, he stopped the cycle of revenge by killing those who whould have gone after his children and died in battle therefore going to Valhalla in the end. If you don't die in battle you don't go to Valhalla, and Valhalla is a place of endless jovial banquets until Ragnarok so I think he was alright with dying that way, cause it wasn't the end for him.
Interestingly enough, it didn’t feel like 2hrs. I wish it was longer.,Alexander Skarsgard reminded me of Charlie hunnam in King Arthur.
the female viking is reference to 1 viking tomb having a female warlord decked out in military regalia. eggers talks about it in an interview, said that while there is almost no record of a female warrior viking like in popular culture, he added this one as a reference to that tomb
th-cam.com/video/Wiok2I3al7E/w-d-xo.html around the 3 min mark
Valkyries are a part of Norse mythology bruh. Shieldmadiens existed.
@@CowToesIt's "Shieldmaidens" and just because something exists in mythology doesn't mean it existed in real life. There are no real evidence that they really existed as they are portrayed in modern pop culture.
I saw the movie at home with captions, and the female warrior that you felt was similar to a Valkyrie was labeled as a “Shield Maiden” so I think she was just a female warrior.
Eric Northman came full circle huh!
The movie was so dope!!! I got chills when it started haha
One of the best movies I’ve seen in years
i was wondering who the female warrior was in the beginning of the film was. I just wrote her off as a shieldmaiden
If Amleth wasn't weakened by the surprise attack from the kid, he would destroy his uncle so it was a cool way to make it a more balanced fight.
0:09 The Hu. Saw them 4/19. Loved their show.