I love this type of movie. I find anything period interesting. But this movie did not live up to its promise.
The story was great. How could the movie makers go wrong with a tried and true legend? But the acting was horrendous. Max von Sydow was wonderful. Kristanna Loken played her part well and with the deep feeling one would expect from Brunhilde. The rest of the cast never rose above mediocre and Benno Furmann was awful. Hard for a movie to impress when the lead is so unimpressive.
The costumes were often gaudy. Perhaps this was an operatic effect??? But overall, they left much to be desired.
An additional flaw was the directing. Too often the extras in the film ignored the main action, which was often in the town square. I would have thought the sets could have been better unless, of course, most of the money was spent on the aforementioned gaudy costumes.
All in all, much as I like this genre, I could not recommend this movie to anyone.
The story was great. How could the movie makers go wrong with a tried and true legend? But the acting was horrendous. Max von Sydow was wonderful. Kristanna Loken played her part well and with the deep feeling one would expect from Brunhilde. The rest of the cast never rose above mediocre and Benno Furmann was awful. Hard for a movie to impress when the lead is so unimpressive.
The costumes were often gaudy. Perhaps this was an operatic effect??? But overall, they left much to be desired.
An additional flaw was the directing. Too often the extras in the film ignored the main action, which was often in the town square. I would have thought the sets could have been better unless, of course, most of the money was spent on the aforementioned gaudy costumes.
All in all, much as I like this genre, I could not recommend this movie to anyone.