Valhalla Rising... thumbs, UP.
Weird, weird movie.
Cinematography was excellent. Mercy, so good.
I've actually enjoyed (recently) films that are a bit on the quiet-side.
Stuff with lots of air-space where you have a bit of time to collect some thought of your own and ask yourself a few questions about "what exactly is going on?"... and "where is this going?".
Film was definitely very different and definitely not for everyone.
In the end, I found that I just enjoyed it... as a change of pace.
I think anybody that dislikes is simply too plot-driven and can't accept a movie if it doesn't have a clear plot-line.
(This movie was sort of an ever-evolving plot-line with no clear "goal"... which may make it more like life than most movies really are.)
Overall, quite a nice recommendation.
Very different... which made for something that I thought was very good.
Last edited by Pengwin7; December 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM.
Glad you watched and enjoyed it!
Yeah I actually watched it again on Saturday. Amazing cinematography as you said, love the soundtrack too.
***SPOILERS***
Mads Mikkelsen is just so powerful - impressive performance, not easy to do with his character not saying a single word in the entire film.
12 Team Dynasty, H2H (points)
Dress 2C, 4W, 1F, 4D, 1G (Daily), Bench 6
G (3), A (2), STP (1), SHOG (1), +/- (0.5), SOG (0.2), Hits (0.2), Blk (0.2), FOW (0.1); W (5), SO (2), Sv (0.2), GA (-1)
C - Hughes (W), Thompson, Larkin, Dubois
W - Draisaitl (C), Robertson, Reinhart, Jarvis, Boeser, Hagel, Dorofeyev
D - Werenski, Bouchard, Dahlin, Theodore, Forsling
G - Gustavsson, Montembault
Fm (< 164 GP) - G.Perreault, Snuggerud, Wood, Chibrikov, Belluz, But, Connelly, Nikishin, Dragicevic, Merilainen
Yuo might think of this as being cheezy but at Christmas time how can you not watch Home Alone 1 & 2? Timeless classics. Watched them on the weekend with my kids and they liked them as much as I did growing up.
Derek Reese - Future Hall of Famer
14 Team NHL Salary Cap Dynasty
H2H, Salary Cap 108 Mil, Player actual salaries
1 Week scoring period
G,A,PTS,GWG,PIM,SOG,STP,HT,BL,+/-,W,GAA,SV,SO
Starters: 12 Forwards, 6 Defense, 2 Goalies
F - Marchand, Marner, Marchessault, Stamkos, Tuch, Comtois, Farabee, Bennett, McCann, W. Nylander, Nugent-Hopkins, Kapanen
D - Barrie, Oleksiak, Suter, Gudbranson, Savard, Lyubushkin, Ferraro
G - Saros, Rittich
Bench - Mittelstadt, Reimer, Roslovic, Keller, Reaves, Toews
Prospects - Byfield, Mercer, Veleno, Chmelevski, Tippett, Comrie, Tomasino, Valimaki, Gustavsson, Wolf
Just watched Alex Cross - had potential but fell flat. Mediocre acting, real bad ending, I wouldn't really recommend it.
12 Team Dynasty, H2H (points)
Dress 2C, 4W, 1F, 4D, 1G (Daily), Bench 6
G (3), A (2), STP (1), SHOG (1), +/- (0.5), SOG (0.2), Hits (0.2), Blk (0.2), FOW (0.1); W (5), SO (2), Sv (0.2), GA (-1)
C - Hughes (W), Thompson, Larkin, Dubois
W - Draisaitl (C), Robertson, Reinhart, Jarvis, Boeser, Hagel, Dorofeyev
D - Werenski, Bouchard, Dahlin, Theodore, Forsling
G - Gustavsson, Montembault
Fm (< 164 GP) - G.Perreault, Snuggerud, Wood, Chibrikov, Belluz, But, Connelly, Nikishin, Dragicevic, Merilainen
horrible bosses-----7/10
the watchmen-----2/10
captain america---7/10
the campaign-----9/10
daddys boy-------8/10 ( i think thats the name. adam sandler one)
10 team Full Keeper Roto League
4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.
C= eichel,horvat,malkin,kuznetsov
LW= forsberg,kreider,lee,b.tkchuch,hertle,granlund
RW= reinhart,radulov,hoffman,laine,hayes
D= doughty,ghostebehere,karlsson,jones,klefbom,dahlin ,skjei
G= price,murray,grubauer,georgiev,ullmark,samsonov
under250gp=nichushkin,tuch,mathesson,marino,pujuja rvi,hosang,terry,andersson,j.hughes,patrik,crouse, zadina,podkolzin,k.miller,nedeljkovic,kravtsov,hay ton
--G,A,P,PPP,SHP,GWG,PIMS,+/-,SOG,hits,FOW,blks-Wins,GAA,SV%,saves,SO
Watched Prometheus last night - what a crapper that was, a lot of potential but it fell completely flat. SPOILER ALERT [somewhat] - the scene near the end where they were running away from the rolling alien space ship reminded me of Wile E. Coyote running down a hill with a giant ACME bowling ball rolling behind him - TIP: take two steps to the left or right and you are out of harms way.
Chernobyl Diaries - another one with a lot of potential but it didn't really come together and didn't deliver the scare factor I was hoping for (not even close).
The Woman in Black - this one absolutely freaked me out. Very well done and one that I would recommend to any fan of the horror genre.
The Cabin in the Woods - they pulled out every gimmick they could think of, especially near the end - not worth the $5.99 Rogers took from me. What the hell was Sigouney Weaver thinking when she signed up for this one.
Major League - caught it on cable the other night. One of my favourite sports movies of all time.
lol The woman in black was pretty good, I don't usually watch scary movies, but that one I did enjoy.
10 Keepers
10 Team, 10 Keeper
Head to Head: G,A,P,PPP,SHP,BS,FW,GAA,SV%,SO
Daily changes: 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G
C: Malkin, Pavelski, Domi
LW: Gaudreau, Drouin
RW: Kessel, B. Ryan, Nyquist
D: Hedman
G: Holtby
Don't mistake opinion for fact.
Ugh, this sooooo much. I liked the movie overall, but I couldn't stand this scene, it was torture watching that part.SPOILER ALERT [somewhat] - the scene near the end where they were running away from the rolling alien space ship reminded me of Wile E. Coyote running down a hill with a giant ACME bowling ball rolling behind him - TIP: take two steps to the left or right and you are out of harms way.
I have to say that I found The Woman in Black to be quite poor. A lot of build up to a whimper and the 'scary' scenes not really scary to me. Then again, I saw it earlier this year and can't remember a lot about it, but that says a lot.
But to each his own, and glad you enjoyed it.
I typically enjoy any movie that involves people isolated in big ass scary houses (gives me the willies, The Cabin in the Woods being the obvious exception here) - this likely stems from watching The Shining when I was 8 years old (back when the independent corner video store was more interested in making money than enforcing age restrictions).
Did you ever check out The Changeling? Definitely has that element to it.