Similar films? - Valhalla Rising (2010) Discussion

[–] gilbert_gumphrey 14 years ago

the movies it reminded me most of were Herzog's Aguirre: The Wrath of God, and the two John somebody movies, The Proposition and The Road. all excellent flicks, although Valhalla might be better than all of them.
cheers
KZ

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[–] Otto_Partz_973 9 years ago

I was just about to recommend 'Aguirre' when I read your post. I'm surprised the director doesn't mention it as an influence. "...there is no arrow..."

"I don't want no commies in my car. No Christians either". - Bud, Repo Man (1984)

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[–] jackeugenebarry 9 years ago

That'd be John Hillcoat, the Australian director. He did "Lawless" also.

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[–] Efreeti 14 years ago

Dead Man.

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[–] CaptainExistential 13 years ago

I thought the same exact thing.

I love movies with this kind of atmosphere.

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[–] kebbellt 8 years ago

This movie reminded me of Dead Man also.

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[–] gunners08 14 years ago

You have seen Refn's Pusher Trilogy, right?

A few other films of a darker nature off the top of my head...

Sheitan
Irreversible(careful with this one)
Suel Contre Tous
Requiem For A Dream
Lilya 4-ever
Clockwork Orange
Serbian Film(if you can find a copy and be very, very careful when viewing this one. No kids or anyone with sensitive viewing habits)

But seriously check out the Pusher Trilogy if you haven't. Peace.

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[–] enfieldboy 14 years ago

What Serbian film?

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[–] morrritz 14 years ago

The movie is simply namned "Serbian Film" (Srpski film)
Trailer and info:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0zPbwuKANU

It´s a really weird, sick, sleazy and g r e a t movie.. :)

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[–] D_Marais 9 years ago

I worry about your sanity

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[–] MrFilmJunkie 13 years ago

@gunners: all great movies. however, i would not compare them to 'valhalla rising' style-wise. what's remarkable about valhalla's film aesthetic is the silent and slow paced tone, the dark poetic landscape shots and the historical aspect...

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[–] duolian 13 years ago

A recent one with a somewhat similar aesthetic and near "silent and slow paced tone, the dark poetic landscape shots" as well as also having a mute lead is Essential Killing. Divides people in the same way, too.

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[–] horrorshowmovie 13 years ago

Stalker, definitely. The Proposition is a good one, and I see the similarities, but it had more of a concrete plot (and was better overall).

Winter's bone is another great movie, and I guess both films have a focus on the landscape, but that's where the similarities end.

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[–] zimlich 10 years ago

I totally agree ... five minutes into this film, I thought of Andrei Tarkovsky's The Stalker ... "nothing is what it seems." For me, it had the same haunting enjoyment as Vincent Ward's The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

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[–] rui-immortal 14 years ago

"Valhalla Rising" is beautiful and grim, I love it.

There´s one movie that I recall seeing in the early 90's, but can't seem to find it anywhere, not even in here, on IMDB (!?):

Pierre Koralnik's "Ekitos - Prinz der Barbaren"

I loved this film because its script was very simple, it was really just based on tense atmosphere, and it was about a little group of warriors fleeing from romans, while its chieftain was dragged with an injured leg by an arrow!

If anyone knows how to find it, please reply!

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[–] MrFilmJunkie 13 years ago

check these out:

sauna (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si8IqpZc8Fo

van diemen's land (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tmHbMzAfEc

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[–] CasperMilque 13 years ago

I find Valhalla Rising to be a straight up combination of Black Robe and 2001, a hybrid of the themes as well if you look at it like that. If you haven't seen Refn's previous film; Bronson, you are missing out as Valhalla Rising might have made my best of the 2000's list if Bronson weren't a fair bit more superior as a film, plus one of the great performances of the past 10 years from Tom Hardy.

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[–] ExPresidents 13 years ago

This only reminded me of one movie: The Limits of Control.

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[–] RobsanX 13 years ago

Check out "The Seventh Seal" with Max Von Sydow.

Oh my God not another dead body!

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