Hollywood Vikings Attack!

Rating: Null/10 (8 September 1999)

Okay, there is a bottom line in Hollywood, but this is a case where less would be more. The Vikings with their plate armor, five star mead halls and giant two handed swords were little better than watching a live version of Hagar the Horrible. When will Hollywood depict the Vikings for who they were? They were better, and worse than this. Save your money and Read The Book. The whole premise of Neaderthal survival is lost in this "Antonio saves the world" epic. At least we were spared some feminist inspired female hero with a sword. That makes it an improvement over Cosner's Robin Hood. And seeing a medieval woman with a little dirt on her face was a relief as well. Obviously, the X-rating was avoided by avoiding the book's emphasis on Viking frequent, and often public, sexual gratifications with slaves and servants. After this, I am holding my breath in anticipation of Hollywood's wanton butchery of the Lord of the Rings.