The Norseman

1978
3.5| 1h30m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 05 October 1978 Released
Producted By: Charles B. Pierce Film Productions
Country: United States of America
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An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.

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Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Beanbioca As Good As It Gets
Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
videorama-759-859391 I saw this movie for the first time today, and my expectations were soon thrown into disillusion. The acting was good, some lines amusingly uttered by Majors not come off, showing up for a fool, some of it stilted. Ferrer was the best, playing Major's Dad I think, disguised like a Zeus god. His performance really impressed on me, first not noticing this great actor. The thing that really makes this movie suffer is the shoddy photography, which tells me there was a desperate budget, behind this medi-evil misfire. We have a lot of scenes, with two separate shots, as if dismally failing to make us think, it's one location, battle scenes, with vikings coming out of the rough seas to fight the Indians charging out of the woods. Again, more shoddiness, I was left incredulous, thinking "You gotta be kidding"? Someone not kidding about making this movie, shouldn't be declared sane. The film, void of a lot of life, unimpresses on many fronts, I for one, was on a comedown, it's antidote, comic Majors, and that blind guy. Hardly any blood is shed, where it's implied instead.This movie's so bad, another indicator of cheapness, the end credits still playing over exchanging dialogue, where to me that's a plus, in light of what I've watched.You even have a romantic comedown, with Majors and that village Indian girl, where you really think, earlier something may evolve. This could be one film, you'll be glad to see the back off, or may'be have just one more watch, thanks to it's amusing factors. A historical medi evil film that will gone down in the history, as one of the worst of it's kind. The music is one of a few better things in this droning turkey.
Matthew_Capitano It stinks.Lee 'The Six Million Dollar Man' Majors. If he isn't one of the Top Ten WORST excuses for an actor in cinematic history, then somebody needs to be taken off that list so we can put Majors on it.The bionic dud shows up with a crooked mustache and a late 1970's hairstyle. He utters lines of 'period' dialogue with all the urgency of a constipated snail. Helping him stink is Cornel Wilde(!) -- what the freak is he doing in this creaky tripe? Majors employed a small band of his buddies including Denny Miller (the guy who played 'Tongo' the ape man on Gilligan's Island about a thousand years ago). The only real question here is: How did Majors arrive at the conclusion that doing this film would be a 'good idea'? Everything in this movie stinks, especially Majors, whom no doubt forgot to drink a cup of coffee each morning before filming so we could tell he was awake.
aisteru35 If not, it should be. The 6 million dollar Viking! Where are those robots when you need them? SPOILER warning - There may be spoilers, there may not. I'm not sure, but the warning scared me so I figured I'd stray on the side of safety.What to say? The acting is terrible, the costuming worse. The Vikings are rather un-fearsome, particularly as they have armor and swords and shields (all painfully obviously plastic) while their foes have bows and, well, pointy sticks. Lee Majors, for some bizarre reason, wears a Zorro-esquire mask under his snail-shell helmet, pronounces Norse as "Norz" and seems to be outfitted more like a Roman legionary. The Vikings throw battle-axes and are wearing sweatpants. Swords appear out of nowhere. You get the picture.Some one mentioned the plausibility of a conflict between Vikings and Native Americans. Even mentioned Vinland. Sure, except the North American presence of Vikings was in Labrador and Newfoundland. Not Florida. This was filmed in Tampa. There are palm trees everywhere.Really, really ridiculous, but I can't give it a 1 because there is just so much to crack on in this movie.
magnsyn Beyond the bad monologue, the horrible dialog and craptastic hair, the cracker ass native Americans, plastic armor and the black viking...wtf? I did however find it amazing that this movie did have something in common with the star wars trilogy. As Jedi dueling are obliged to fall into bottomless pits if there are any near by, so are all warriors in this crapfest obliged to fall into water if it is within 200 yards. Oh..and blind people are wicked forest runners as long as they're led by rope. Oh wait...there's more....apparently Norse armor also could act as a emergency flotation device..I could go on and on....buts there's no point..even on percocet this movie is bad. The only thing that could have helped this mind numbing piece of garbage is a guest appearance by Lopan...