Secret Society of assassins who vie for power

Rating: 9/10 (29 January 2015)

Sometimes I wonder what people are thinking when they review movies here. This one did fabulous at the box office. It's a good scifi/fantasy, action movie. The fact it had James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie says a lot. It is not supposed to be taken seriously but as a comic book fantasy. I thought the weaving was very clever. It deals with fate and in Norse mythology you have the weavers, the Norns who control fate. They are connected to what is called Wyrd. I assume one of them knows something about this and loosely brought that idea into the story.
"Wyrd is a feminine noun, and its Norse cognate urðr, besides meaning "fate", is the name of one of the Norns. Between themselves, the Norns weave fate or ørlǫg (from ór "out, from, beyond" and lǫg "law", and may be interpreted literally as "beyond law"). According to Voluspa 20, the three Norns "set up the laws", "decided on the lives of the children of time" They are often called the weavers. Anyway I related to that when I saw the weaving going on and how it was connected to fate. One would have to know this mythology I suspect to get that. In my mind, they adapted that into a modern action/fantasy story. It doesn't have to follow any laws of physics or anything else because it is not meant to be factual but just a good story which it was. This movie is being so under-rated yet, the Matrix always gets applauded and it is just another action fantasy story. They are not alike except they both have great special effects.
If you like action and the unbelievable in a story that comes directly from a comic book then this is a good one. I'm not going to tell much more because it will spoil it for those who haven't seen the movie. Just enjoy it and don't try to make it connect to the real world. You have to listen closely and watch because there is subtle information imparted during the movie that makes the plot clearer. Most critics reviewed it pretty well. It is non critics that are making very bad reviews which should be disregarded. If you don't like the action type of movies don't watch this one because something is happening through the whole of the movie. McAvoy is outstanding in the movie!!!