Wordiezett So much average

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

NarniaIsAwesome Foreign made films have a bad reputation for being long and boring. This is simply not true. Some of the best movies I have seen (including this one, obviously) were made in other countries. I must warn you, though, that since it is foreign it must be watched with English subtitles or dubbing.Although it takes a little while to develop, once we get to the actual creature hunt, it was worth it. The creature itself (I won't say what it was, for fear of spoiling it) looks awesome and scary. The situations the characters get in make you wonder, "How are they going to get out of this?" It's not a B movie at all; the special effects and acting are nothing to be laughed at. It is exciting and the characters have a realistic quality.Looking back, I don't even recall reading the subtitles - it was so good I remember it as if all the lines were English. In short, "Ragnarok" is great adventure story worthy of a watch.

fedor8 Already the heroic-like Vikingy folksy music is not encouraging. Sounds like a cheesy power-metal album intro. It's the kind of music that announces a children's action movie, which this dull flick is to some extent.Predictable from start to finish, a strictly formulaic movie. The characters would all fail their IQ tests, coz none of them ever realize that the Kermit the Viking lizard is the reason Mother Monster is chasing the bunch in the first place. It gets dumber: the subject of Kermit-in-a-box is never brought up, but somehow the expedition leader turns out to know about it much later. Wouldn't the director have found it prudent to include a scene in which Sigbjorg is informed by the others that they're tagging along a baby monster? Wouldn't that be just a tad too important not to mention? A real little dinosaur dragon? But no, just as Sigfjord's stupid son didn't deem it necessary to report to his father that he found a huge round object which was obviously an egg. Nor was the young child supervised enough to not be on his own long enough to find something crucial and hide it away in his bag like the moron that he is. Clearly Sigbjork doesn't give a toss about his offspring, and frankly I can't blame him either. If anything, kids usually brag about the smallest thing they find, yet this kid kept his discovery a secret – just so the movie could have its stupid, predictable, cliché plot-device. As if we didn't know it's an egg. As if we couldn't figure out that it would hatch and wreck havoc.The blond chick is very absurdly some kind of a vagabond action-woman, a sort of vapid, homeless version of Lara Croft and Batwoman. There are two young men in this adventure, and yet it's the blond hobo girly who saves the day on several occasions. Oh the feminists, they never rest on their non-laurels. Yes, we understand, Mr. and Mrs. Left-wing Filmmaker, women are just as physically competent as men – and that's probably why men and women compete separately in ALL sports, even in chess which isn't even a real sport. And why women play best-of-three sets in grand slam events – but ask for equal pay. So they must be mental equals to men also, right? If I could have a penny for every brilliant female scientist, I could buy a house – for an ant.The stupidity of the expedition's members isn't insignificant. They fail to realize that the fat guide is a sleazy, suspicious character who very predictably screws them over and then even more predictably fails to escape but gets eaten by Kermit's maker. Then it takes them a whole half-hour of running away from the Findragon to realize that Kermit is the reason they are being pursued and that to appease the dragon all they need is to hand over the worm to it.

Johan Louwet No problem to watch this one with kids. I does contain a big monster that hunts and kills people but you won't see anything of that on screen. The killing rate is very low too. It is good for what it is, an adventure movie with an old Norwegian mythology as starting point. I for one had hoped it would contain some more fantasy elements but that wasn't the case. There is some excitement at times but nothing really frightening. The events and the characters' actions are pretty cliché and predictable with also an easy solution and happy end. So yes the story was maybe a bit too simple and the characters one dimensional for my tastes, but at least it has some really beautiful nature shots.

Jml142 Watch this movie if you love a good story and want to be interested, thrilled and entertained.I'll skip the critic jargon others posted and cut to the chase. All the characters are completely believable. The good guys are good. The bad guys get what they deserve. Lessons are learned the hard way and relationships are made. Refreshingly, the baddass is a she who is still sensitive and feminine.Do not watch this movie if you are a self-aggrandizing amateur movie critic who confuses complexity with quality or a history buff who gets put off by the slightest inaccuracy. In fact, if you are either, don't bother watching any movies. And certainly do not review them here.Although I saw this movie at home, my guess is the theater was full of gripped armrests, cheers and screams of "Look out!" (Or the Norwegian equivalent) during its screening.To the critic who stated in his review that a board of directors would never scoff at an amazing discovery that flies in the face of what it accepts as fact, check your history. It has happened, happens today and will happen in the future. That is one of the lessons of the movie. It seems you didn't learn it.The movie is definitely worth watching. (I'm a 41 year old man.) Young children will be frightened, so screen it first before letting them see it.I'm rating it 10 to balance the dolts who gave it a 1.