I loved this movie, despite of its flaws. Because there ARE many flaws: for instance to make Brünhilde's fiery prison A VOLCANO IN ICELAND, and to cut film sequences from a documentary about a volcano eruption, and mix these with sequences with the actors staring, supposedly at the volcano, was... ORIGINAL, to say the least! :-) To have the Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre (who actually existed) present a wedding gift to the daughter of Wotan was also... a "little" mixed-up in time and space, maybe..? :-) Also, the technical effects are of course deficient if you are used to today's movies. The attempt to make it look as if Brünhilde is riding through the air, to mention only one instance of this, is very clumsy - almost an object for laughter if you are in a derisive mood.
This movie is not for those who want a movie to heed faithfully to an original text. (Although in this case there is of course no ONE text either - the story of Siegfried and Brünhilde - or Sigurd and Brynhild as we call them in the Scandinavian countries - exists in very many shapes.)
To me, however, the flaws and oddities did not matter a bit! Because this is a wonderful, beautiful movie with wonderful, beautiful actors, set in a medieval fantasy world - sometimes interspersed with pictures from the barren landscape of Iceland. There is love, adventure, heroes, and human feelings that we all can still relate to: envy, jealousy, passion, love, hate, lust for revenge...
And there are so many beautiful details to look at, in clothes, jewels, horses, weaponry, castles, churches... all the strong and beautiful colours, and all the gold! This movie is rich and lavish and opens up a fantastic, magic, fantasy world for you. I recommend it strongly!
This movie is not for those who want a movie to heed faithfully to an original text. (Although in this case there is of course no ONE text either - the story of Siegfried and Brünhilde - or Sigurd and Brynhild as we call them in the Scandinavian countries - exists in very many shapes.)
To me, however, the flaws and oddities did not matter a bit! Because this is a wonderful, beautiful movie with wonderful, beautiful actors, set in a medieval fantasy world - sometimes interspersed with pictures from the barren landscape of Iceland. There is love, adventure, heroes, and human feelings that we all can still relate to: envy, jealousy, passion, love, hate, lust for revenge...
And there are so many beautiful details to look at, in clothes, jewels, horses, weaponry, castles, churches... all the strong and beautiful colours, and all the gold! This movie is rich and lavish and opens up a fantastic, magic, fantasy world for you. I recommend it strongly!