Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Ian (Flash Review)The year is 1206 A. D. in the snowy lands of Norway and there is a hunt for a dead king's infant son. Whether the baby lives or dies determines who will gain the throne of Norway. One group must find the baby and keep it safe while the other group is attempting to hunt him down to spill his blood. There is good character development and gives clear reasons and decisions for the main characters actions. Much of the film is a chase on skis and bobsled which is rather novel and exciting. High quality production value, believable acting and nice cinematography makes for pleasant viewing. Aside from the skiing scenes, the core of the story is fairly typical as well as how the plot points play out yet it was enjoyable nonetheless. Quality entry from Norway.

Michael Ledo A bunch of guys named Sven ski around and shoot arrows in order to save a baby who would be king, Inside the palace the elder King was poisoned as if in a Shakespearean play. Great history if you like snow, arrows, axes, and skis.Based on a true story. The story while interesting may have been better as a short. They did what they could to create drama and over-the-top action, short of turning our two heroes into X-treme skiers with back flips and skiing off a cliff with a baby on their back. I like histories. BTW, Church bad, Norway good.Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.

shobanchittuprolu Birkebeinerne (2016): When I watched trailer of this film,I got absolutely stunned with its making.I never expected such high standards from a Norwegian movie.But when I watched its movie I realized that the standards are confined only to technical purpose but not on writing.Plot: Based on real Birkebeiner's(A rebellious group) story,it follows journey of two Birkebeiners Skjervald (Jakob Oftebro) and Torstein (Kristofer Hivju) along with a months old King's illegitimate son child Hakon Håkonssonwho has grave danger from those who want to claim throne.So how did they succeed in saving the child and making him king forms rest of the adventure.Plus Points:1)Cinematography: Birkebeinerne has one of the most brilliant cinematography for a foreign film.The way they showed the beauty of mountains with snow is breathtaking.2)Art direction: Though its largely inspired from Game of Thrones,its commendable job for Norwegian work.This work is beyond their range.Loved their workMinus Points: Though this movie is technically strong,its writing failed terribly.There is literally no interesting movie in this boredom.Though it has some decent plot,its execution part is bad.So,Birkebeinerne is technical wonder from Norway but its writing is pretty bad.My rating 4.75/10

MeetJohnSmith This is a fun action movie (sword and romance) set in really beautiful winter scenery. If you like Game of Thrones, but want more snow with your ax wielding heroes, this is a great film for you.I saw it in a theater, and the audience was completely in to it; it's been awhile since I've been a theater where audience members shout out encouragement to characters on screen, and it's so fun to have a movie where the audience cheers at key points. I can't remember a film in which infants were used so effectively; you truly have a concern for the characters' safety. The casting of our four heroes (Thor, Skeivie, Inga and Haakon) is perfect. Skeivie looks like they decided to cast Clay Matthews of the Green Bay packers as a heroic viking warrior. I also found the particularly compelling the fight scenes. They obviously didn't have a budget that would enable them to have a cast of thousands for their battle scenes, and somehow that gives greater believe-ability to the fight scenes. Our main heroes don't (implausibly) kill hundreds of faceless stuntmen (as is so often the case in action movies and superhero movies these days). Instead, our heroes are faced with having to take on specific opponents who seem truly intent on our heroes' demise/destruction.Slightly implausible is the topography displayed in the movie -- truly beautiful, but who knew that 99% of the topography in Norway is downhill? (I know, downhill chase scenes on skis are more compelling than uphill chase scenes on skis). The only slight weak point I would identify is the sub-story line about the young princess. OK, we know that story line is useful to show our villain is a truly bad guy, but our princess looks like she was recruited from a local mall, and told "here, put on this dress and look scared"; they didn't give her much to work with, and it shows. But one could say the same about young female characters in some of the Star War movies. Some may find annoying too that there are little story lines that appear, and then are left unresolved, like what happens to the evil queen after she exits? Because of this, on occasion, one feels like the producer is setting up plot lines for future sequels. Hopefully that's true, and a sequel is coming! I'd buy tickets immediately!