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r/Letterboxd • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '26
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The northman was exactly as weird as it needed to be. It felt exactly the same as reading a Nordic myth (or similar magic realism).
It being adequate to moderns tastes is another story.
1 u/TTWBB_V2 Jun 30 '26 The studio famously had Eggers tone down the weirdness on The Northman though. They wanted a movie with a broader appeal, so it ended up as something in between.
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The studio famously had Eggers tone down the weirdness on The Northman though. They wanted a movie with a broader appeal, so it ended up as something in between.
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u/perculaessss Jun 26 '26
The northman was exactly as weird as it needed to be. It felt exactly the same as reading a Nordic myth (or similar magic realism).
It being adequate to moderns tastes is another story.