Redbad

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I loved this movie. Yes there was some not so good acting ut all in all i liked it If you like viking type movies you will like this.

The only thing that I think is strange, is that Frea is a Christian. How could she become one wile living in Denmark with all her people that believe in Odin??

Worst movie I've seen this year, almost everything but the acting is bad about this movie. It's supposed to be a historical epic about the struggle between the Franks and Frysians but manages to look more like a misconstructed fantasy movie. Everybody but the Frysians speak english, including the franks and scandinavians. The script is just childish and doesn't bother with logic or geography. For example, redbad travels back to holland (at least that was the idea). Happens to land in Reims at the exact moment that his sister is there. Even worse all the guards seem to recognize Redbad, while they could never have met him before and they didn't have bloody FB back in those days. The movie is a perfect example of how not to use slowmotion or bombastic music. It is a shame because in itself the movie looks great, but it just shows cracks all over the place.

Actually a way better movie and experience than I expected. Beautifull darkened overview scenes and dark close-ups. Overall moral of the story is also great: freedom of belief and choice. Picture this in a predominantly black and white world-setting and you have an enjoyable movie, albeit a tad long. Great job!

Ok... 5. The pace. By God, this movie took ages. The story could have have easily been told in half the time. 4. The dialogue. The whole movie consisted of cheesy oneliners, and I don't think there was a conversation longer than ten lines throughout the whole movie. 3. The acting. Sorry. 2. The music. The same semi-epic dramatic music plays throughout the whole movie, taking away from whatever emotion or development was actually happening. It is sad, he is a hero, we get it. This actually irritated me the most. 1. The characters. They were so flat, after almost 3 hours I still have no clue who these people are and why they do what they do. Also, plot holes, and a weird ending. But It looked very pretty and viking-y and awesome.

Dissapointing. Is this a step back in Dutch filmaking? We ended up laughing as if we were watching a comedy and I am sure it was not the intention of the makers. An overload of bad acting, bad dialogues, epic music in scenes causing a slow pace and too many melodramatic camerashots. After Michiel de Ruyter, a good one, hopes were high........

Set in an alternate universe where Frisians speak perfect Holland Dutch (Odd considering Frisian is a recognized language besides dutch), the Frankish speak English and the Danish speak English is well. It tries to tie together historical events, figures and legends that took place in the same period but often not in the same place. Then there are the long list of things that simply do not belong in that time period as they belong to the later middle ages like the weapons and castles. Much of how the historical setting is displayed is fictional or belongs to different time periods or different people. This extreme artistic liberty with history could have worked out pretty well if it had created an actual engaging story. Unfortunately the movie does fail in that aspect by using all the movie cliches spread out in such a way that the halfway through the film we were left wondering if it was actually building up to something and basically got bored. It doesn't help that the action sequences often made little sense where often the Frisians fighting would be surrounded and spread out only to suddenly be grouped together and victorious after a camera angle change. It really is a shame as the acting itself was good (except for Frisians speaking perfect dutch without an accent), the imagery pretty, etc. There really is a hint of a potentially good movie in there if they had been more critical towards the story.