Jeremy Pautz cineIndustry
I'd like to see this. I really loved the ultra simplistic, almost meditative style and script of Valhalla Rising. I would like to see more historical films shot like that. This looks interesting but with that very polished, Hollywoodesque approach.
The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. In this apocalyptic environment, the church is losing its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric (Sean Bean), a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors. He enlists the guidance of a novice monk, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne) to lead him and his band of mercenary soldiers to the marshland, but Osmund has other motives for leaving his monastery. Their journey to the village and events that unfold take them into the heart of darkness and to horrors that will put Osmunds faith in himself and his love for God to the ultimate test.
How's your Valhalla been rising?
Jeremy at 2/10/11 10:27 p.m.
It's been rising in appropriate and impressive fashion. (I'm not sure how much farther I can stretch this metaphor...)
Parallel universes are always fun, as shown by the "what-if" movie posters at the link below. The only thing better than their attention to schlocky design details is the bizarre, yet spot-on alternative casting and directing. Walken as Batman, Cronenberg's TRON: yes. http://hartter.blogspot.com/2009/11/misc.html
Parallel universes are always fun, as shown by the "what-if" movie posters at the link below. The only thing better than their attention to schlocky design details is the bizarre, yet spot-on alternative casting and directing. Walken as Batman, Cronenberg's TRON: yes. http://hartter.blogspot.com/2009/11/misc.html
Jeremy at 2/15/11 8:09 p.m.
This looks like it might be really good or really not good, but interesting either way. It's definitely got a Hollywood slickness that Valhalla lacked, but as I type that, I can't say I'd call Valhalla gritty or non-polished. That movie was just plain pretty. Even the skull bashing parts.