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Alexander Skarsgård can't really carry an entire movie on his shoulders but that aside I really enjoyed this simple story about culturally imposed self-destructive behaviour. Brutal, sad and imaginatively shot. The nods to Slavic myth and folklore makes me hope that Eggers makes something based on that 'cause unlike Viking poo poo it's woefully unexplored in media. Kinda nuts that a big studio pumped I don't know how many millions of dollars into this but I'm glad that they did.
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I don't know about that. Amleth is consistently shown as being a very capable warrior. Additionally, being a sneaky and vicious bastard is inline with Viking "honor". In that sense, Amleth's nightly terror raids is just another expression of his (supernatural) prowess. He allows himself to be captured, subconsciously or by divine intervention, because ultimately his journey is one of self-destruction. He needs to be sufficiently weakened so that he can die in battle and receive his reward — death and a golden ticket to psychopath heaven.
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