Amph The Northman (Robert Eggers, 2022)

I've gone through life, until just today, with never knowing of a creature known as a takin. This morning I was watched a show about various animals and there they were..... a takin adult and calf. They looked like a distant and prehistoric relative of the moose, but with different headgear. They're native to the eastern Himalayas, so, if Robert Eggers were to turn this into a series, I suggest the title be The Eastman, shot of course on Kodak film stock, with takin everywhere.
Takin, aka cattle chamois or gnu goat is a large species of ungulate of the subfamily Caprinae. Four subspecies are the Mishmi takin, the golden takin, the Tibetan takin, and the Bhutan takin.

On a Björk note, I've been meaning to watch one of her older films, The Juniper Tree.
Trailer:

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or they could have used less large horse which would have been more historical correct.

Or give the vikings hand-and-a-half sword since that's also cool and likely more historical realistic as a them having a friesian.

they ain't that bad to my understanding. And we also have the fjord horse, and gotland russ that would likely be rather fitting as viking horses.

 

Really glad this hasn't been delayed... so far! *crosses fingers*

Watched the trailer again the other day and hopefully this will be better than Batman.

 

The term 'metal-fueled' is not a selling point for me. Hoping it's more metaphorical than literal...

 

No, it’s literal. They burned sodium to power production of the film. No one’s quite sure why.

 

Yeah, Amon Amarth would definitely not work here (especially current AA.)



@Gamiel Thanks. Interesting.

 

Eggers' is quite committed to historical accuracy and authenticity, so I think "metal-fueled" will primarily be swords and helmets.

He id say that he listened to some metal during the making of the film (in response to a fan asking that), but that the score will be drawing from Viking musical traditions (not sure if Icelandic specifically), and not modern metal.

 

I take that with a pinch of salt, based on horses and lack of colours.

 

I have no problem with people using the wrong horse breed if they admit that they are not going for historical accuracy and authenticity, but if they say that's what they are going for I take my full right to complain

 

Earlier in another thread we already went over the fact that at this stage of history in early Iceland, the horses would not have been the small horse breeds we know today, but likely closer to the normal-sized Norwegian variety common at the time. He’s being more accurate than accurate!

 

Just wondering, what do you mean with "normal-sized"? Becouse the Norwegian breeds are more or less the same size as Icelandic horses

And one of the breeds they are using is a friesian (very recognisable non-viking breed) they are doing historical accuracy and authenticity wrong.

 

The Norwegian breeds likely to have been brought to Iceland at the time would have been larger than the modern Norwegian and Icelandic types. Shetlands may have been bred with those Norwegian breeds in medieval Iceland (coming from Norse colonies in Ireland and the islands), or the Oxmoor pony, thus contributing to the small stature we see in Icelandic breeds today.

But, and this may be important, I don't actually know what I'm talking about.

 

What information do you base this on? And I'm actually curious here, if there is something I really have missed I want to know

Also, still: what do you mean with "normal-sized"?

 

Like, horse-sized. Duh.

 

How are people not hoarse from all this horse talk?

 

I don't want to criticize the boy. He's been through a lot, but his to do list seems a bit redundant. As far as we know, two of the items are pretty much the same task. Granted that might not be the case. The to do list already suggests a few potential plot twists/potential tragic snags in the revenge plot, etc. But the boy doesn't know any of that. He wouldn't draft his to do list to maximize the dramatic potential in the second and third acts. Don't pad your to do list to make yourself look busier than you really are. This is a basic rule.

 

From a GQ.uk interview a fun tidbit and spoiler from Ethan Hawke about working with Willem on The Northman:

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/ethan-hawke-interview

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I've always wanted to see a Viking movie have the guts to go full on berserkgangr and it looks like Eggers and his cast are completely committing. I cannot wait to see this, The Northman sounds like the Viking film I've wanted since I first read the Eddas way back when. Hopefully, it will be available for purchase as VOD while the film is in the cinemas too.

Willem's typecasting strikes again.

 

Not the biggest fan of this poster. It reminds me a lot of Dune's, which was similarly bland. Especially after how much better The Northman's teaser poster was.

Bring back painted posters, you cowards.

 

Ah, to have a Bob Peak poster!