Comments on: The 13th Warrior: Ten Years Later

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:04:47 +0000

What they say, is a respond to the “Angel of Death”. “Jeg vill vaere den förste man” means “I will be the first man” and so on to; “Jeg må vaere den andre man” wich means; “I will be the second man”. It is not an accurate norse but very close, in fact i would say those lines are somewhat a mix of swedish and norse. Being swedish myself i had no difficulties understanding most of it.

Kind regards

By: Viking Rune

Viking Rune — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:52:33 +0000

Hi Rick. I would suggest A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones. Very informative, but perhaps not as hard to follow as Ferguson. Jacqueline Simpson's Everyday Life in the Viking Age may be an option in case Jones seems too voluminous. Or you may want to try Sawyer's The Age of the Vikings.

By: Rick Q Allen

Rick Q Allen — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:44:55 +0000

I’d like to thank you for the insight into some of the goofs in The Thirteenth Warrior. I’m reading The Vikings- A History by Robert Ferguson and although it is packed with information it is a bit hard to follow. Any suggestions on a good Viking history?

By: doc strange

doc strange — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:48:38 +0000

This movie, whether intentionally or not, depicts warrior spirit better than almost any martial arts movie I’ve ever seen. It’s worth watching for that alone. I always find it inspiring.

By: Eirik

Eirik — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:31:25 +0000

I have a question about norse words used in this movie. There is an oracle scene when she says that 13 men must go and asks (as I presume) who will be the first, second etc man. What exactly the vikings anser to her question? I don’t speak icelandic but it sounds like ‘Eg er valdi fyrsta mann’ – how to translate it?
As to the ‘lamguage learning’ scene – I think it was the great idea to show the process of understanding new language word by word by putting single english words to the norse phrases at the begining of the scene to the full transaltion at the end.

By: stAAts

stAAts — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:39:08 +0000

The 13th Warrior is a well done movie; highly entertaining. Although it was filled with inaccuracies, but what movie isnt. Sit back and enjoy the violence!

By: Darksc8p

Darksc8p — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:26:48 +0000

Oh yea, and I forgot. Want to see a very strange Norse movie? Watch Severed Ways. I was turned to this movie by a freind of mine. What a mistake. Though I, nor none of us were around during the time the movie is based in, I don’t think they referred to the good flavor of cooked fish as being “Killer” or called one another “Dude”. I had to laugh as I’m listening to the native language but read those two words in the subtitles.

By: Darksc8p

Darksc8p — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:22:33 +0000

Not sure if it’s posted anywhere else here, but this movie was/is based on a book called Eaters of the Dead. I too didn’t think it was that bad of a movie and in fact, the idea of bringing in Antonio was probably a pretty good one. The book wasn’t bad either. The idea was loosely based on the the Beowolf poam.

By: Rowdy Geirsson

Rowdy Geirsson — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:36:38 +0000

Hollywood always screws up historical facts! (Well, in my movie-watching experience they always do, anyway.) I admit Banderas’ method of learning Norwegian was a bit hard to swallow, but I enjoyed the fact that they at least bothered to include a Scandinavian language in the film. Viking movies are hard to come by, this was just a fun action/fantasy one.

On that note, I’m excited for this new Mel Gibson one. Thanks for posting info about that; it will be interesting to see what they decide to do with it.

By: Lucas Johansson

Lucas Johansson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:25:35 +0000

I enjoyed watching this movie.