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I caught this movie by accident, and seeing it was set in Norway and acted in Norwegian I just couldn't help but watching it. As a huge Viking-age buff, and a minor in Scandinavian Studies, I was expecting a lot of familiar lore, as promised by the captivating opening.
Unfortunately it quickly devolved into a "just OK" family-adventure movie, with too much Jurassic Park and too little Edda.
I saw the final twists coming, but that wasn't so bad, as at least I have to give credit to the writer and director for those swerves being well done. Also the family drama subtext was handled in a rather subtle way, while a Hollywood movie would have turned it into the main story arc.
All in all, a decent pop-corn movie that should, and could, have been much deeper and rewarding.
I see how it may have been a case of misplaced expectations, kinda like watching "Troy" or "300" and hoping to find accurate references to the Homeric poems or to ancient history texts...
Gåten Ragnarok is a nice family movie, nothing more, but also nothing less. You won't likely watch it 10 times in the future, but you won't regret having spent time on it, unlike on plenty of other, more popular, expensive and promoted blockbusters.
score 6/10
Kalle_it 16 April 2017
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