The Northman

[Sawyer]

Thought that was Sandler next to Dafoe for a second there.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Thought that was Sandler next to Dafoe for a second there.

Honestly, I'd love to see what could come out of mixing Eggers' and Sandler's unique brands of insanity.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Looks like tickets are on sale.

 

[Gothamsknight]

I really hope this doesn't bomb. I've been looking forward to this for a while!

 

[Closerframe]

It ain’t gonna do well, at least domestically. The marketing hasn’t been the greatest and given the director’s proclivity to be as accurate as possible to the time period he’s using, I don’t think the general audience will gravitate to this. Either way, I’ll be there opening night.

 

[-Arya-]

This’ll probably be a “The Last Duel” situation unfortunately, but hopefully the movie will find audiences on streaming.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I think it has a chance to do better than The Last Duel, at least. Just based on personal interactions, everyone I’ve talked with (in real life and online) who has seen the trailer thinks this looks awesome. I don’t recall many people having similar reactions to The Last Duel.

That said, I do think they’ve marketed it poorly. Aside from the initial trailer and recent TV spots and Instagram posts, I think they haven’t done enough to get the word out. It needed a second trailer and I’m not sure why they didn’t do one. I was already sold after seeing the first one but I’m sure not everyone was. And a second trailer also helps to keep a movie in the public consciousness. Everyone has a short attention span these days.

 

[Gothamsknight]

 

[Kane52630]

I think it'll do better than The Last Duel, it's got better marketing so far and that trailer is always playing in theaters.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Boom]

People raving a King Eggers movie.

*Pretends to be shocked*

 

[Arachnerd]

I'm just glad to see Alexander Skarsgard shine for once. Always thought he had the potential to be a great actor in the right hands so I'm really excited to see what he does here.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Black Narcissus]

 

[3rdstone]

I'm just glad to see Alexander Skarsgard shine for once. Always thought he had the potential to be a great actor in the right hands so I'm really excited to see what he does here.

I remember him playing a character in a soap opera-ish popular TV-series in my country in around late 90s/early 00s when he might've been 19-20 (IIRC?). Everybody here knew who his successful actor father was since Skarsgård is a uniqe last name, and Stellan was already a legend at that time.

Alexander's over-acting then was hilarious, and I was pretty certain that he never would have a successful caréer in acting - as a contrast to his father, who started out very young and was a pure talent from the beginning.

But I was glad to be proven wrong as he definitely improved over the decades and got some good roles, and hopefully he'll be really good here as well. I certainly also hope this will be a good film over all since the trailers look so promising, and us Scandinavians of course always hope for a really good viking story on the big screen (which unfortunately and sadly has been lacking during the decades).

 

[Boom]

It's gonna break my heart when this film flops. That $90 million budget. :/

 

[Gothamsknight]

I'm so happy this is getting such positive buzz. Eggers continue to be a force of nature.

 

[CaptainWagner]

I hate how people are already acting like this is guaranteed to flop. Like, why don't y'all take that energy and put it into getting people to go see it? Same with the industry pundits already writing it off as not being an awards-contender in the very same tweets that they declare how amazing it is. These trends aren't going to get any better if we just accept cinema as doomed from the start.

 

[Boom]

I hate how people are already acting like this is guaranteed to flop. Like, why don't y'all take that energy and put it into getting people to go see it? Same with the industry pundits already writing it off as not being an awards-contender in the very same tweets that they declare how amazing it is. These trends aren't going to get any better if we just accept cinema as doomed from the start.

Fam, I've got four people lined up ready to go with me. Make no mistake about my efforts.

Just reading the tea leaves based on the feedback I'm seeing, coupled with the reported budget. It seems to be Eggers' most accessible film to date, but I'm still seeing remarks about how weird it is and how slow it starts. Maybe the violence and action scenes are enough to bolster opening weekend, but my instinct is the CinemaScore won't be great and it's gonna see a significant drop-off at the box office in Week 2 once word of mouth spreads.

That says absolutely nothing about the quality of the film.

 

[Gothamsknight]

Yeah, I got 2 people line up to go with me. That's the best I can do.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I’m glad that Skarsgard is getting high praise for this. He’s always been good IMO; if you go all the way back to True Blood, he was pretty much the only thing that kept me watching until the end. And he was also really good in that (otherwise mediocre) Tarzan movie. And of course, he was great in Big Little Lies and won some well-deserved awards for it.

 

[TheVileOne]

I’m glad that Skarsgard is getting high praise for this. He’s always been good IMO; if you go all the way back to True Blood, he was pretty much the only thing that kept me watching until the end. And he was also really good in that (otherwise mediocre) Tarzan movie. And of course, he was great in Big Little Lies and won some well-deserved awards for it.

I agree. I just think he's needed a role like this to really sink his teeth into, pun intended.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Fam, I've got four people lined up ready to go with me. Make no mistake about my efforts.

Just reading the tea leaves based on the feedback I'm seeing, coupled with the reported budget. It seems to be Eggers' most accessible film to date, but I'm still seeing remarks about how weird it is and how slow it starts. Maybe the violence and action scenes are enough to bolster opening weekend, but my instinct is the CinemaScore won't be great and it's gonna see a significant drop-off at the box office in Week 2 once word of mouth spreads.

That says absolutely nothing about the quality of the film.

Maybe I'm just deludedly hopeful. I just want so badly for us not to be at the point where the GA can't handle a movie that isn't non-stop action for all three acts. Like, what the heck happened over the last 20 years to get to this point, culturally?

 

[-Arya-]

What’s happened is that unless it’s a superhero movie or a movie that heavily relies on pop culture, it generally won’t do well. That’s where we are in terms of entertainment.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Well, to be fair, it’s been this way for a long time. Big summer blockbusters have always been the movies that audiences have gone and seen in droves. The superhero movies of today are the action and disaster movies of the 80s and 90s. The problem now is more that budgets for films have blown up to insane proportions, even ones that aren’t big special effects spectacles. And when those movies are unable to make all their money back and turn a profit, they’re deemed flops. It’s very difficult these days to make a film on a modest budget.