Taiya001

I had high hopes for this film. Being directed by the man behind The Lighthouse, and more importantly The Witch, which is one of the most historically accurate movies ever made and also my favourite horror movie, I thought this would finally be the Hollywood movie to do away with the mindless savage stereotype and do the Viking Age and Norse culture justice. I was wrong. Spoilers ahead, though seeing as this is basically a Viking version of Hamlet, I'm sure most of you already know how it ends. So first of all, let me mention that while I am not an expert, I am still a big Viking enthusiast, and I've done a lot of research on their culture and history over the years, and am a member of a Norse historian and reenactment community here in Norway, so I do have a pretty good clue on what's correct and what isn't. Second of all, I am bewildered at how positive the reception for this supremely stupid movie has been. Seriously, I cannot state this clearly enough: the way this movie depicts