Parts to be left wanting.

There comes a time when you watch a film; and it looks good. Yet it leaves you thinking: "What?" It's not that you don't understand what happened. It's more you don't understand why. You feel misled in some ways. Hoping that something even minutely on the side of epic would happen. There was even music that built the suspense so high, that if Hollywood had done it; you know there would be some climactic scene about to follow... Yet; nothing.
Valhalla Rising was not a bad film. Rather, it was very thought provoking. There are not a whole lot of lines in the movie, and it's based on a book. The film itself was broken up into "Parts" which I can only assume is done so like the book. It had all the feel of independent film, with long stretches where no one spoke to boot. It was placed in the genre of Action and Adventure, there are very few scenes in it that lend itself to that, unlike what the preview showed. I did like watching it. I enjoyed my time spent with it. I do not wish to have that hour and a half of my life back... But I'm at a loss for words on how to describe it. Parts of it were very graphic, and even other parts went unexplained. I'm not saying it was great. I am also not saying it was bad. Check it out and see how you feel about it. It's the type of movie that needs to be discussed.

Valhalla Rising

(P.S.: Based on the Novel by Clive Cussler)