This isn’t a Marvel movie directed by Sam Raimi, this is a Sam Raimi film featuring Marvel characters. Raimi’s fingerprints are all over it. The signature marvel levity is almost non existent, it’s more of a light horror movie. It never reaches the heights of No Way Home but is enjoyable in a different way.
The colors, the tone, the jump scares, the Raimi of it all adds up to a much different, but very interesting addition to the MCU.
Having loathed both of Robert Eggers other films, The Witch and The Lighthouse, let's just say I had a jaded eye entering The Northman. Any uneasiness I had melted away during the fantastic prologue. Ethan Hawke shines, Willem Dafoe is as strange as usual and it sets up the plot.
The film was very Eggers, but didn't stray into "this is entirely too weird" territory. There was a great balance of spiritualness, what the fuck-ness and some of the goriest…
The makings for a good movie are right there. Instead, we get yet another overstuffed Netflix blah fest. With so many comedians involved, why isn't this funnier? In fact, most of the funny parts are in the trailer. What a bummer.
