Maybe too smart?

I've done some rather extensive study on Norse Sagas and "mythology" (I use that term for lack of a better one) and I find this movie absolutely hilarious. I watched it with a friend who knew nothing of the sagas and she didn't find it nearly as hilarious, which made me think. The reason I found this so funny was that it had so much to do with the sagas; there was so much back story not in the movie. I found it funny because I knew the backstory.

So my question is: is this movie too smart for general audiences?

I love the Pythonesque style of inteligent humor. I wish more movies were as witty and smart as the Python films and Python off-shoots.


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