Pathfinder, a new movie

a new movie -> Pathfinder, starts Friday, April 13th

Enter the site and, then, click the video tab to watch the movie trailor.

 

It was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - but Karl Urban is a kiwi, I'm still tossing up whether I want to see it or not, movies that are right in the middle between realistic medieval representation and total fantasy bull shit are the sort I don't really enjoy.

 

I do not expect this to be a great movie nor a huge blockbuster.

"Vikings came to North America 600 years before Columbus, they saw and conquered. They left a child of their own fruits. He was raised by survivors. They came back many, several years later. As a young adult, he defends the survivors against the vikings."

Hopefully, it is well made and is a good movie or, at least, will be entertaining. I'm willing to spend 16 dollars on a pair of tickets.

 

my problem is that I have a tendancy to take things apart, if a movie isn't obiviously sposed to be a little silly (like Willow or the more extreme silly of Braindead) then I get frustrated, especially when it could've really easily been changed. the vikings having horns or their helms is a good start for me to get over anything else which might fuck me off "because they got it wrong".

anyway I'm not sure if I want to shell out the $11.50 for a ticket when there are about half a dozen other movies that I want to see.

 

I've been waiting for this one. The vikings didn't stay here for a number of reasons, not the least of which was their reception by the indiginous peoples. A plausible premise... :shrug: It's all about entertainment, anyways. Ted mentioned the golden age of sword films; I'll go one further - it's the golden age of graphic novel films, too.

There isn't anything about 300 that isn't top-drawer. Relish it!

 

If the movie has swords axes and armor, with well choreographed battle scenes you can always watch it with the sound off and insert your own dialog, editorials. I've had allot of fun this way with some of the ridiculous movies the sci-fi channel shows. Of course you have to wait until it's released on DVD or TV, some seem to go straight to DVD.

ps......but I will see Pathfinder at the cinema, even with vikings having horns, (creative license I guess).

 

To see vikings without horns, check out the 13th Warrior.

 

Hey are you knocking Eatoers of the Dead, I mean 13th Warrior? I liked that movie. Nice ballance of dialogue and hitting things with swords.

Cuchulainn.

 

the 13th warrior was pretty good.

 

The 13th Warrior in my opinion, is one of the truest recollections of Viking Culture I've seen. How about that custom scimitar the 13th warrior makes out of his bastard sword, now thats a scimitar!

Who made "Eatoers of the Dead"? I can't find anything on it, could you fill me in Cuchulainn?

 

Michael Crichton wrote the story in college on a bet with a friend (room-mate...?) that "no one can make Beowulf interesting." I'll look for a link for ya.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaters_of_the_Dead

 

Lord_Spike:

Interesting read, I have a feeling the book is better than the movie. I see it was spelling that prevented me from finding any info. I thought "Eatoers" was a word that I wasn't familiar with, not a typo

Thanks again.