Good idea lost in the noise

Charming and brutal

Absolutely the worst movie.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

I usually force myself to watch a movie once I start and this one was no difference except that I used fast-forward which made it bearable.In some ways it reminded me of Apocalypto (2006) which I really enjoyed but this completely missed the mark.

Seriously, if you were ignorant and reviewed this in such a state... fix it. Historical accuracy for this specific tale may be thin (seriously but possible), but let's look at the performances. You should realize that they are allowing you to absorb ideals that are not in your usual lexicon (Darwinism). The cinematography is limited by the story, so no easy wins as folks filming in the Alps or on the slope of Everest. AS it is it is dark, but appropriately so. The premise of a viking boy being raised by native americans is a bit far fetched, but can be overlooked. Let's face it, different was evil back in those days. Historical value... you be the judge, entertainment value, it checks most of the boxes for a killed m,y mother, so I kill, burn, kill, slash, and we all are better for it film.

Pathfinder ought to be a terrible film. It's about as historically accurate as Braveheart and completely unoriginal, being essentially a remake of the (very good) Norwegian film of the same name, with bits of First Blood, Kato's Land and Fuqua's King Arthur thrown in. But if you can stop yourself going "Dude, Vikings didn't have cavalry!"* and suchlike, you can enjoy it as a straightforward action/fantasy film. It's the usual story of the bad guys who burn the village and the hero who stops them, which means it has funky barbarian costumes, cool weapons** and traps, spectacular landscapes and of course lots of fight scenes, and the fight scenes are done really well. As a bonus, it's beautifully filmed.* OK, Vikings did sometimes use horses as transport, but they didn't take them on their ships; they stole them when they arrived, and in America there would have been no horses to steal. ** Including one-handed flails, which didn't appear until the late Middle Ages.

It's been five years. Five long, hard years, and me and my friends still joke about that day... that dark, unforgettably horrible day where we went to see pathfinder.There was nothing enjoyable about this film. I don't even need to review it. It was literally the worst day I've ever spent at the cinema.There are 'worse' films that exist. Some are 'so bad it's good', but sometimes you burst through that and fall into 'so bad it's utterly terrible'. This film falls into the latter category.It's been a while and I wasn't quite the film fan that I'm training to be today but the problems still linger in my mind even now. I'll break down what I remember into five, easy to digest problems. Problem one, the sound. The 'score' was terrible the entire film. I believe there's about 17-22 seconds of tribal drums that are on repeat throughout the whole film and that's it. There's very little dialogue (problem two) but no action to replace it so you better get used to that beat. Problem three is poor characters. Not much needs explaining here, we've all seen these sorts of films where the characters have less dimensions than the women of 1884 novella "flatland." I'll finish up briefly with: problem four, the final nail. Plot could not be more terrible.Do I recommend this movie? No. Do I dare you to watch it? Yes.