This movie, particularly this scene, was incredibly well-done in the sheer feel and terror in the view of the villagers. The build up and the ominous feel of it. I think it absolutely deserved the award it received.
They have destroyed their selves, Viking had won the battle, everything is Cellach's fault he let his people die because of him, Vikings are to strong. Citizens of the Abbey of Kells has lost.
@@magicman3163 And the ones that weren't like to pillage and destroy. Hardly makes it better, especially if people chose to make a career out of butchery.
Cellach locked Brendan and Brother Aiden in the scriptorium, not safe. Cellach stole Brendan's life, Cellach hadn't told all his to evacuate his Abbey of Kells, he let all his peoples die slayed by the Vikings, because of Cellach, all of this was his fault, now Cellach's next! What has he done?
@@BloatedPizzaRolls The Vikings didn't worship Crom Cruach. Crom is a very ancient Irish god; fables and stories say that he was an evil deity sealed away by Saint Patrick.
4:25 This scene was heartwrenching the first time I saw it. The way the people in the Church flinched every time the doors shook, and the brothers held the candles, just praying and hoping. That moment where the shorter brother with the dark moustache suddenly seems to realize what's going to happen, and you can just hear all faith in the room break apart with the doors. The screams, and the soundtrack as you realize that those men who so cheerfully chased that goose with Brendan at the start of the movie are now being slaughtered and/or taken away from the one place they truly thought was the safest. I got so sad after this scene
😢 😠 Cellach wasn't' able to evacuate his residence, he couldn't save his peoples, and he couldn't even get Aiden and his nephew Brendan out of the scriptorium, it's not safe in there they'll die. Everyone in their village would've' been wiped out, Cellach shown up for what done, he let them died, because him! All of this was his fault, the Vikings are to strong to break down the door!
Everything could have been invited, if Cellach had evacuated the city when he should have and listened to what others were saying and now he's paying for it.
If these guys were Catholic Christian, they wouldn't lose hope because Heaven and Eternal life always awaits the martyrs. Maybe they'd be scared, but they sure wouldn't lose hope at all.
Well I mean not all of them were monsters figuratively speaking, most just immigrated to many areas but there were for sure these terrifying raids that would happen
Really goes to show what greed and violence makes. Not a single viking is different from another, they all look as one same scary entity, that doesn't speak in a language you can understand, and works on a violent primary impulse alone. They grunt, and huff, and attack, like beasts, even the wolves are much more graceful and mysterious creatures. People don't see them, as human beings, all they see, are greedy and cruel beasts.
Humans can recognize other humans, it would be painfully obvious that the Vikings were not monsters if one was actually present during a raid. The reason people say that the Vikings were like monsters is because of the descriptions that monks gave of the Viking attacks and their aftermath. Honestly, this depiction of the Vikings as demonic chess pieces just comes across as overly dramatic and stupid especially considering most Vikings were farmers with little to no armor and combat skill. This “darker depiction” has no basis and reality and serves no purpose other than cheap entertainment to people without any knowledge of the period
Shawn Dominique it's not trying to be if I saw a man at war and knew nothing of him and his people but the violence he a commited against my people I would probaly see him as a monater
@Shawn Dominique Actually it was. The Vikings were basically demons to these poor people who probably never strayed far from their birth place. They didn't speak Norse, the Vikings were huge and ravens would follow them like they were death itself. This is probably what the Christians described the Vikings as when they attacked Ireland. Honestly, the most historically innaccurate thing in this movie would be the monks from outside of Europe. There wasn't exactly a lot of immigration during that time so it is very unlikely that many people would have moved that far away from their homelands. Travel took a long time back then. This was before steam ships.
@Shawn Dominique No, but that's how their victims would have seen them. It's an artistic representation of the Vikings, from the point of view of the monks
@Shawn Dominique And there weren't magical girls living in the wood who could turn cats into mist by singing at them. It's stylized, my dude. I mean, look how tall some of the adults are in this film. I mean, if you really want to nitpick, viking is a verb roughly translating to "raid" so calling someone a viking is grammatically incorrect. But none of that is relevant to the film, or worth adding. It's *not* a gritty historical piece, and may I be the first to say *thank god* for that.
4:25 in my opinion is the absolute most heartbreaking scene in the whole movie. how you can see on the brothers' faces that they know its the end, especially when the one raises his eyebrows ans you can see that he knows theres no hope anymore (i think he was called brother leonardo, right?) how everyone in there shied away with each bang... the screams when the door broke... the fact that you know that they all werw slaughtered in there... despite this whole scene being so tragic, its one of my favorite. its really well done, and i always get chills...
Not sure what these guys are in the movie, but Catholic Christians know that martyrdom is a way one can get into Heaven. Provided they believe in Jesus of course and repent of their sins.
This is a pretty good depiction of my great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather's first visit to Ireland. Sadly, he wasn't a very good tourist.
seems about right i have done ultra sloppy and lazy math *average life expectancy in the past is 35 years* and multiplying it by 26 and 910 years is the answer. add that to 10th century and just imagine that number perfectly fits the description and unknown age of the Todd Dwyer. WOALLA !!! did you get any of that if not then its O .K
Mine too. He decided to make a cow drink a whole keg of mead, then set it loose while both were drunk. That's how he was known as Sigurd Bull-Rider. The farmers weren't amused.
@Shawn Dominique I'd like to point out, one thing they were commonly known for was ripping out the pages of books with gold linings so they could store the gold parts better... Until they learned that people would pay even more for them if they kept those parts in. And, genuinely, what is it that you want Shawn? Were you expecting them to stop and explain their actions to the people they were robbing? "Oh well, you see, it's fine that I'm killing all of you because I have a code of honor." And, as one last thing, the adopting of orphaned children was something that occurred during the period where their goal was conquest. It's actually a pretty common tactic, Genghis Khan famously adopted several children he'd orphaned. Because, during that time, the goal was to get the Irish to accept them as rulers... But this is a raid. The point isn't for the Irish to accept them, it's to gather as much loot as possible and then skedaddle. From the sounds of it, you're wanting a more sympathetic portrayal of vikings based off of a time period this movie is not taking place during.
@Shawn Dominique while this is true and that we know ofc Vikings had culture and weren't just killers, this movie is from the point of view of the Irish, and is accurate to how they would've seen them.
The thing I find really sad about this is that the people (particularly the Abbot) put all their faith in the wall, that it would protect them and keep the invaders from getting in. And while it might have done that if it were finished in time (though not likely, considering the flaming arrows would still have set their village on fire), ultimately - it ended up being their doom. Because the wall was built to turn the village into an impenetrable fortress, that also meant that the villagers couldn't escape. They were stuck there with nowhere to go and, besides the ones who made it into the tower, were essentially sitting ducks. This is especially heartbreaking from the perspective of the Abbot, whose entire life revolved around keeping everyone safe. And the method he used to try and do so ended up dooming them. Such a gut-wrenching scene, but the poetic irony of it is truly amazing.
😟Cellach wasn't able to give order to evacuate Kells, the Vikings are too brutally strong. He couldn't save people after all, even Brother Aiden and his nephew Brendan survived.
They hold nothing back. The Vikings were ruthless. True, they didn't actually wear horns on their helmets but I actually don't mind them in this. It makes them look more barbaric and intimidating.
@@Teaspoon9205 I assume something relating to their culture because in Norse mythology it's often associated with Odin. Also ravens symbolize death, so maybe a signal to fuck outta there? a twisted headstart for the villagers
I'm both Danish and Irish and I love this movie, now I'm just waiting for my Danish self to apologize to my Irish self for what my ancestors did to my other ancestors.
I have been told my my father, that I have Swedish ancestry on my his side, which was also a place Vikings came from. also, I've read that the Vikings from what is now Sweden maintained their Pagan beliefs the longest of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish Vikings, and to be honest, I find the fact they held onto Pagan beliefs the longest, coupled with being partially descended from them, to be admirable...
There is something almost primal in that short scene where our main protagonist try to escape from the burning building by ramming at the locked doors only for the ramming to start from the outside... The whole scene was fearsome but that was the moment I really felt a pang of true dread, because what forces you are facing that see a stead ablaze and decide to ram into it anyway. It feels horrifying.
the beginning of the scene is so haunting and terrifying... and it uses my favorite color palette once the red pops in. the art direction in this movie is magnificent. from the scene with crom, to this--it scared me so much as a kid! but its still one of my favorite movies ever
I loved this part of the film. It was so powerful and jarring. They really designed the score and the visuals perfectly to invoke powerful feelings to match the scene....
Much like several animations and movies, the wall that was made to keep the threat (the vikings) out also ended up trapping the victims (the villagers) in. It shows that building a defense isn't always going to work and even those with successful protection will have exploitable weaknesses.
😢Cellach wasn't able to evacuated the Abbey of Kells, he couldn't save his peoples, and he hadn't escort Brother Aiden and his nephew Brendan out of the scriptorium it's not safe! Everyone in their village would've been wiped out, Cellach shown up realized for what done, he let all his people died, slayed by the Viking because of him, everything is Cellach's fault for his ruthless life!
Specy J I have to completely disagree with your assessment, the problem was that they didn’t fight back at all. They didn’t even man the walls or try to contest the attack at all. if they had at least put 20 guys on The walls growing stones and boiling water/tar on the attackers, they probably could have held out for a time. The defenses they had seemed to be pretty extensive and more than what any commander at the time would have hoped for, but because they simply didn’t use the walls as we were intended for- they got slaughtered.
@@Old_Guard2 I agree. It is the reason I made the comment in the first place. Though to be fair, I should have mentioned why. Walling out attackers without any way of fighting back or escaping is a bad idea. Since the village people were peaceful and against using violence, the least they could have done was invest more in secret passages, tunnels, and hidden shelters and roads to escape in case the walls failed. Even if the wall was completed and the Vikings somehow could not get past it, all they would have to do is wait outside and starve the people from any contact and food supply from the outside. I see walls as a double edged sword, they keep enemies out but enemies can surround them and use them to their advantage.
Porko rosso: Yeah? Brendan: My name is Brendan. This recording is a distress signal aisling, and I am desperate. I needed help. Porco rosso: You need help? Idk kinda busy. Here's the story so far, many years ago The norsemen attacked iona And they attacked our home, my parents were killed by the vikings, but my uncle saved me, and we were lucky to escape from a nearby river. The norsemen saw us exiting the river along the opposite bank before disappearing into the woods. Porco rosso: Is that all? Brendan: Well , clears throat * on march 7, 2009, it seems that the vikings want our everything, and the leader of the vikings wrote x on the map, aisling and I arrived at headquarters and found the remains of my friends and there is one survivor. Flurry heart and we need someone that could help us stop the norsemen and we need your help, must sign off now. Porco rosso: yeah yeah yeah, we're coming.
It looks like the people who got into the tower survived while most in the village who didnt get in were killed. Makes me wonder if maybe they should have tried to get as many as possible into the tower from the start. Even with their faith in the wall it still would have been a good "just in case" and the was wasnt complete either so....
Keelan C yes, I've always thought it was stupid that the villagers decided to stay in their tiny little hovels to hide from the ruthless burning pillaging Vikings.
@@wannabeiroh4658 I mean, yeah it's kinda stupid but that's what they were told to do. They weren't going to argue with the person in charge at a time like that
@@cs-zr9xy That was the church. The people in the tower can't get killed as that was a round tower with a door raised up far off the ground. They were built specifically to help people survive Viking raids. There's one in my area.
The hits he took probably didn't hit any vital parts like the heart or the organs and were just flesh wounds. And the vikings probably just assumed he was dead or going to bleed out. It's safe to assume that survivors got him out and treated his wounds afterwards.
the proper awnser is does it matter? its a movie and a fantasy one at that there fairies and magic snakes is thatwaht baffles you how he didnt die? ahahhaha
Thinking back on this scene now, its truly horrifying to see people die off camera in a kids movie. I also remember that when i saw the Northmen, I thought they were half bull and half human creatures. Now, I see them as Vikings.
4:22 Cellach is defenseless, he couldn't save his nephew along with people and Christians in this village, the Vikings took them from him, he failed😔and he is terminated.
2:262:39 idk why but the 3d humanoid models falling and running just add to the unsettling atmosphere of this scene and idk why. It would’ve felt a lot more different if they animated people running but the 3d models really compliment the color palette and make it more “scary” in my opinion
Yeah and also even though this is not an animated film it’s still animated and there’s a TV show called Castlevania on Netflix and theirs a viking vampire in it who loves to raid and pillage and also he’s all the Vikings were scary now just wait till you see a Viking vampire because they can jump dozens of meters in the air there faster than any man even could be and they’re stronger than any man ever could be in have more endurance in their even harder to kill
i have two things to say 1. who is the little girl 2. MAN THIS IS DARK! like when you see the people fall to their deaths that when i was like "is this for kids?" yes I've seen the movie and never really understood what was happening but know that I'm older i do and it gives me chills.
@@castbracelet.2409 she was one of the children from the refugee family than escaped the Vikings the first time. the Abbot let them into the city like halfway through the movie
Maybe he wanted the steps to be easily destroyed to stop the vikings from getting inside once everyone was "safe" in the tower? Provided they had a ladder or rope inside or something.
Having seen this movie as a kid (my dad pulled it up on one of those weird movie sites), I was amazed at the story and amazing details and mood setting. This was one of those movies that I remembered with no trouble since my first viewing, and It'll stay that way for a loooooooong time.
And today Viking raiders are glorified. Imagine glorifying the Conquistadors who slaughtered indigenous Americans. It's basically what we do for these murderers, who slaughtered the Irish and many more innocent peoples.
Yes. It is one thing to take pride and interest in Norse/Skandinavian culture, it is another thing entirely to glorify Vikings which literally translates to “raider/plunderer”. Their culture is cool and interesting, but when they “went viking”, they were altogether monstrous to their victims.
It's in the same way people glorify pirates or warriors. The "cool factor" overtakes the horrors, not that they don't recognize the evils they do, they just don't really care since it's a time long passed
I like that the Viking are essentially just one big reference to One-Eye's army in Thief and the Cobbler. Really sells the inhumanity of such raiders when seen through the eyes of their victims, and it's just good artistic contrast with the other characters in the film.
Choir at 4:00 Sanctus Domine Deus Sabaoth Sanctus Domine Sanctus Domine Deus Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria Tua Hosanna in excelsis In excelis Holy God Lord of Host's Holy Lord Holy Lord God Heaven and Earth are full of Thy glory Hosanna in the highest, in the highest.
I own every Cartoon Saloon movie yet never watch this one because it freaks me out too bad. (Seriously,the only DVDs I'll play are Song Of The Sea and Wolfwalkers. But SOTS is my go-to because of how sensory friendly and not scary it is.)
Mac lir: Would whoever is banging on the door quiet down?! * door breaks down * Viking chief: Get all the gold you can find. Shrek: * narrating * through the place they fought to defend themselves mac lir and his team, from such norse men that invade Ireland. * all yelling * Viking: i got the child! Flurry heart: Mommy! Daddy! Shining armor: flurry! Princess cadence: baby! Viking chief: let's get outta here.
a curious choice, to depict the vikings as not even close to human.... i guess they needed their brutality, as a juxtaposition to the importance of knowledge and light, to be completely uncompromising.
Viking:Say your prayers old man Brendan:Leave my Uncle Alone Viking:Who are you Brendan:My name is Brendan you killed my Parents prepare to die Viking:Ah yes I remember your Parents their dying breath was music to my ears
So did any of the other illuminators survive? Like the big black guy, the Spaniard and the box shaped guy? Or is it just the abbot and the small bald guy?
The last we see of them is their fearful faces just as the Vikings burst in, and we don't see them at the end of the movie. It's safe to assume that everyone in that church was slaughtered.
4:24 "I imagined death so much it feels like a memory. Is this where it gets me? On my feet several feet ahead of me? I see it coming, do I run, or fire my gun, or let it be?"
Saddest thing: Cellach should've gave them an order to evacuate their village, Vikings are too strong. And he shouldn't have locked Brendan and Aiden in the scriouitum, it's not safe to get burn alive.
Well I don't, Brendan's beloved uncle Cellach is so abuse and arrogant this way. He shouldn't have lock Brother Aiden and his nephew in the scriptorium's not safe, Viking destroyed this Village of Kells with people, Cellach's been so selfish to his nephew's death, he's futile and he will regret it.
Abbot cellach: ( over speaker ) stop! Executioner stop! Hold your axe. Flippy: OK, cellach now tell them to untie Brendans girlfriend or il... Abbot cellach: fellas, release my girlfriend...( grunts ) I mean, release the forest girl!
Do you think this is a film for kids? I would like to watch it with my family (youngest sister is 8) and I was doing some research but then I found this and I am scared to death! (I'm 23 ahahah) I don't think my brothers and sister will like it to be so scary.
+Meggy15 Thank you! In the end I chose to watch it by myself, also because I couldn't understand it without subtitles (I'm italian) and I couldn't find a translated version for my little sister... Even thought I believe no dubbed version would be good enough! It's an amazing film, I loved it.
Elois Eris I know that pain. I would love to see Song of the Sea with my little cousins but it wasn't dubbed to portuguese and subtittles wouldn't work because one of them has dyslexia.
+Meggy15 Well, actually I was able to watch that one with my whole family because the characters don't speak much (Seoirse doesn't at all) and with a little help from me translating the most complex parts my little sister could follow the splendid animation! In the end she loved it. I would give it a try :)
Probably flattered since most Nordic groups see the Vikings as their glory days like the Greeks view the Ancient Greeks. Plus they're probably used to how they're remembered only for their brutal raids instead of the good things they did for Europe
alexiaNBC None of us Scandinavians who care enough about our viking heritage, to also care about how it is depicted, would be flattered by this depiction as monsterous hellspawn, who craves nought but gold and blood. But yeah we are used to it. I am one of those people who do care, and honestly I really loved this movie except for how they portrayed the vikings. It did ruin my suspention of disbelief to see a them depicted as this weird cross of humans, devils and bears.
Nazgul100 I'm not of Scandinavian origin but from what I honestly read about the Vikings, they were the most powerful and technologically advanced group of people in the Dark Ages of Europe. Their seafaring tales are legendary (they discovered the Americas before that zealot Christopher Columbus ever did), their action in battle is one of unbreakable courage even when facing defeat, and they embraced ideals reminiscent of democratic values. So yeah, I'm not a fan of how the reduced the Vikings in this story to some demonic looking giants
alexiaNBC Yes, people do tend to forget that it wasn't just viking pirates or plunderers who came to the British Isles, but also viking explorers, traders and settlers. The vikings were quite on board with what we today would consider parts of a modern democracy, with equality for men and women. And they did have understand seafaring and navigation better than most. But I wouldn't call Scandinavia the most advanced peoples in Europe of thier time. That award probably goes to Al-Andalus, aka, the Iberian peninsula while it was ruled by Muslims. I suggest reading about them.
I'm debating on whether or not Vikings would actually attack this place, from what I remember in the movie the abbey didn't have many valuables, and with the high wall, it may not have been worth storming. on the other hand, there is a lack of defenders which makes the place a little juicier. but I don't know what the Abbey of kell historically held or had in way of defense and historic license muddles things if I'm talking about the movie so who's to say
Most viking raids didn't collect much movable property. ("much" here meaning enough to pay for the expense of transportation) What people tend to minimize is that viking raids were first and foremost slave raids, which is part of the reason they preferred an approach by stealth, the other being of course to avoid a pitched battle. The word "r*pe" actually meant "abduction" historically; people just categorized sexual assault as a type of abduction, the way we classify it as assault, hence the modern meaning of the word. When sources describe places and people being r*ped by vikings they are referring to slave-taking, as well as likely abuse. The abbey shown here would have made an excellent target given what we know about vikings.
I think they were following the book, they knew the man with the shiny book escaped there so they were looking for it, that's why the leader goes after the book later
Well catnap and I went for a swim Down at fallen leaf lake, and we saw the vikings at a campsite stealing a chicken Toothy petunia and their daughter were trying to save the chicken So I told catnap I be right back he said OK
@@robonaught That’s true but after centuries of cross breeding I would imagine most ethnically Irish people today would have traces of Nordic,Celtic,Anglo Saxon etc
The staircase leading into the tower was very flammable. I actually hope no one got burnt when the stairs collapsed. One day, the should construct better stairs that do not burn very easily.
The last shot, with this music, smoke and circle shaped place with tower in the middle, reminds me of flooding of Isengard from LOTR (though that scene was happy and this is sad :c)
4:27 in my fanfiction after 3 hangs the door slowly opened there stood a large wide man with a mask of a demon he walked to those guys and then sniffed them after he said In a deep voice and shouted SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
What really shocked me during this scene was the fate of the 6 remaining monks in the chapel. We can hear the Vikings banging on the chapel doors, and then all of a sudden, the doors are broken to reveal the threatening Vikings. The people and monks scream, and then the screen fades to the now raided village, as well as the chapel being burnt. This scene was very shocking, because the monks didn't deserve to be killed. And what's even more worse, we don't even get to see the monks being killed onscreen! And what's even more worse than that? The people _BARELY_ realize the 6 remaining monks were dead! Not even the abbot! We need to dig deeper behind this mystery! So I theorize that when developing The Secret of Kells, Cartoon Saloon (the company behind this) made storyboards and deleted scenes. And the Viking raid might've been one of them. So, what did the deleted scenes of the Viking raid looked like? And, if there was a "Behind the Scenes" version of this film, did the animators even explain the fates of the 6 remaining monks?
This movie, particularly this scene, was incredibly well-done in the sheer feel and terror in the view of the villagers. The build up and the ominous feel of it. I think it absolutely deserved the award it received.
I don't know why I feel scared watching it and I'm not a child.
They have destroyed their selves, Viking had won the battle, everything is Cellach's fault he let his people die because of him, Vikings are to strong. Citizens of the Abbey of Kells has lost.
Mac lir: would whoever is banging on the door quiet down?!
* door breaks down *
Personally, considering how much the Vikings are romanticised these days, a darker portrayal of them is a welcome novelty.
@@xani10 Yeah, I am not saying this is a realistic portrayal, just an unusual one.
@@xani10 they were monsters to people who got killed and rape by them
Den u don't know wat is real violence
@@xani10 Viking was a career not a people most Northern Europeans were farmers
@@magicman3163 And the ones that weren't like to pillage and destroy. Hardly makes it better, especially if people chose to make a career out of butchery.
A massacre in a kid's movie.. This scene will always be in my heart, as will the movie.
Cellach locked Brendan and Brother Aiden in the scriptorium, not safe. Cellach stole Brendan's life, Cellach hadn't told all his to evacuate his Abbey of Kells, he let all his peoples die slayed by the Vikings, because of Cellach, all of this was his fault, now Cellach's next! What has he done?
Why do the Vikings worship Crom Cruach?
Wasn't there also a massacre ( or at least implied ) in Mulan and Kung Fu Panda
@@raspberrycrowns9494 yeah but those movies are way more light hearted
@@BloatedPizzaRolls The Vikings didn't worship Crom Cruach. Crom is a very ancient Irish god; fables and stories say that he was an evil deity sealed away by Saint Patrick.
4:25 This scene was heartwrenching the first time I saw it. The way the people in the Church flinched every time the doors shook, and the brothers held the candles, just praying and hoping. That moment where the shorter brother with the dark moustache suddenly seems to realize what's going to happen, and you can just hear all faith in the room break apart with the doors. The screams, and the soundtrack as you realize that those men who so cheerfully chased that goose with Brendan at the start of the movie are now being slaughtered and/or taken away from the one place they truly thought was the safest. I got so sad after this scene
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😠 Cellach wasn't' able to evacuate his residence, he couldn't save his peoples, and he couldn't even get Aiden and his nephew Brendan out of the scriptorium, it's not safe in there they'll die. Everyone in their village would've' been wiped out, Cellach shown up for what done, he let them died, because him! All of this was his fault, the Vikings are to strong to break down the door!
Everything could have been invited, if Cellach had evacuated the city when he should have and listened to what others were saying and now he's paying for it.
If these guys were Catholic Christian, they wouldn't lose hope because Heaven and Eternal life always awaits the martyrs. Maybe they'd be scared, but they sure wouldn't lose hope at all.
@@catholicfemininity2126 an excellent point and an appropriate username haha
That scene there nearly brings me to tears every time I watch it
It really was kells's fall from grace
Of course, everyone knows the Vikings aren't monsters. But from the perspective of the victims of their raids, they may as well have been.
I don't think a young kid watching this movie would understand that
Well I mean not all of them were monsters figuratively speaking, most just immigrated to many areas but there were for sure these terrifying raids that would happen
Really goes to show what greed and violence makes. Not a single viking is different from another, they all look as one same scary entity, that doesn't speak in a language you can understand, and works on a violent primary impulse alone. They grunt, and huff, and attack, like beasts, even the wolves are much more graceful and mysterious creatures.
People don't see them, as human beings, all they see, are greedy and cruel beasts.
I wouldn't be so sure the gate will hold.
Humans can recognize other humans, it would be painfully obvious that the Vikings were not monsters if one was actually present during a raid. The reason people say that the Vikings were like monsters is because of the descriptions that monks gave of the Viking attacks and their aftermath. Honestly, this depiction of the Vikings as demonic chess pieces just comes across as overly dramatic and stupid especially considering most Vikings were farmers with little to no armor and combat skill. This “darker depiction” has no basis and reality and serves no purpose other than cheap entertainment to people without any knowledge of the period
This scene was gorgeous but ripped my heart into two at the same time.
Shawn Dominique it's not trying to be if I saw a man at war and knew nothing of him and his people but the violence he a commited against my people I would probaly see him as a monater
@Shawn Dominique Actually it was. The Vikings were basically demons to these poor people who probably never strayed far from their birth place. They didn't speak Norse, the Vikings were huge and ravens would follow them like they were death itself. This is probably what the Christians described the Vikings as when they attacked Ireland. Honestly, the most historically innaccurate thing in this movie would be the monks from outside of Europe. There wasn't exactly a lot of immigration during that time so it is very unlikely that many people would have moved that far away from their homelands. Travel took a long time back then. This was before steam ships.
@Shawn Dominique No, but that's how their victims would have seen them. It's an artistic representation of the Vikings, from the point of view of the monks
@Shawn Dominique And there weren't magical girls living in the wood who could turn cats into mist by singing at them. It's stylized, my dude. I mean, look how tall some of the adults are in this film. I mean, if you really want to nitpick, viking is a verb roughly translating to "raid" so calling someone a viking is grammatically incorrect. But none of that is relevant to the film, or worth adding. It's *not* a gritty historical piece, and may I be the first to say *thank god* for that.
@Shawn Dominique what facts did you even point out. If this movie has an element of fantasy then they can also have vikings represented as monsters
4:25 in my opinion is the absolute most heartbreaking scene in the whole movie. how you can see on the brothers' faces that they know its the end, especially when the one raises his eyebrows ans you can see that he knows theres no hope anymore (i think he was called brother leonardo, right?) how everyone in there shied away with each bang... the screams when the door broke... the fact that you know that they all werw slaughtered in there... despite this whole scene being so tragic, its one of my favorite. its really well done, and i always get chills...
Haha yeah that was stuck in my head for a few nights
You want to know what is even worse, Brother Tang was the only brother to survive. The remaining survivors were the ones who hid in the tower.
Not sure what these guys are in the movie, but Catholic Christians know that martyrdom is a way one can get into Heaven. Provided they believe in Jesus of course and repent of their sins.
Htf be like
This is a pretty good depiction of my great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather's first visit to Ireland. Sadly, he wasn't a very good tourist.
Todd Dwyer Bruh. Mine decided to stay awhile. Then again, he wasn't very well liked by the locals. More, vilified and hated.
seems about right i have done ultra sloppy and lazy math *average life expectancy in the past is 35 years* and multiplying it by 26 and 910 years is the answer. add that to 10th century and just imagine that number perfectly fits the description and unknown age of the Todd Dwyer. WOALLA !!! did you get any of that if not then its O .K
Lmao same
Mine too. He decided to make a cow drink a whole keg of mead, then set it loose while both were drunk. That's how he was known as Sigurd Bull-Rider. The farmers weren't amused.
That is wild.
This scene is actually scarier than most horror movies today.
@Shawn Dominique I'd like to point out, one thing they were commonly known for was ripping out the pages of books with gold linings so they could store the gold parts better... Until they learned that people would pay even more for them if they kept those parts in. And, genuinely, what is it that you want Shawn? Were you expecting them to stop and explain their actions to the people they were robbing? "Oh well, you see, it's fine that I'm killing all of you because I have a code of honor." And, as one last thing, the adopting of orphaned children was something that occurred during the period where their goal was conquest. It's actually a pretty common tactic, Genghis Khan famously adopted several children he'd orphaned. Because, during that time, the goal was to get the Irish to accept them as rulers... But this is a raid. The point isn't for the Irish to accept them, it's to gather as much loot as possible and then skedaddle. From the sounds of it, you're wanting a more sympathetic portrayal of vikings based off of a time period this movie is not taking place during.
@Shawn Dominique You've got the same energy as CinemaSins
@Shawn Dominique while this is true and that we know ofc Vikings had culture and weren't just killers, this movie is from the point of view of the Irish, and is accurate to how they would've seen them.
@Shawn Dominique yea they took in children after brutally murdering their parents right in front on them
Because this stuff actually happened. It’s believable which I find to be the scariest
The thing I find really sad about this is that the people (particularly the Abbot) put all their faith in the wall, that it would protect them and keep the invaders from getting in. And while it might have done that if it were finished in time (though not likely, considering the flaming arrows would still have set their village on fire), ultimately - it ended up being their doom.
Because the wall was built to turn the village into an impenetrable fortress, that also meant that the villagers couldn't escape. They were stuck there with nowhere to go and, besides the ones who made it into the tower, were essentially sitting ducks.
This is especially heartbreaking from the perspective of the Abbot, whose entire life revolved around keeping everyone safe. And the method he used to try and do so ended up dooming them. Such a gut-wrenching scene, but the poetic irony of it is truly amazing.
😟Cellach wasn't able to give order to evacuate Kells, the Vikings are too brutally strong. He couldn't save people after all, even Brother Aiden and his nephew Brendan survived.
They hold nothing back. The Vikings were ruthless. True, they didn't actually wear horns on their helmets but I actually don't mind them in this. It makes them look more barbaric and intimidating.
I think it's just in the eyes of a christian monk. Also demonic appearance.
It was precisely such demons that the Christians of that time saw them.
Mlp be like
Fun fact: Vikings did bring ravens with them across the sea.
What were the ravens use for though? Also, yes this is a 2020 comment.
@@Teaspoon9205 ello
@@Teaspoon9205 this is a really good question im gonna leave my comment ehre so hen he awnsers ill know too thanks
@@Teaspoon9205 I assume something relating to their culture because in Norse mythology it's often associated with Odin. Also ravens symbolize death, so maybe a signal to fuck outta there? a twisted headstart for the villagers
@@raspberrycrowns9494 I heard somewhere that raven follow soldiers to battle because it always leaves corpses for them to eat
This shit terrified me when I was younger
This and that Crom scene in the movie
smhhh SAME BRO i freaked when she was all skeletal and was like "i...told you.....CROHM" and always sobbed when the stairs broke omgggg
Abbot tried to save his nephew just like he did all those years ago
I'm both Danish and Irish and I love this movie, now I'm just waiting for my Danish self to apologize to my Irish self for what my ancestors did to my other ancestors.
I have been told my my father, that I have Swedish ancestry on my his side, which was also a place Vikings came from. also, I've read that the Vikings from what is now Sweden maintained their Pagan beliefs the longest of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish Vikings, and to be honest, I find the fact they held onto Pagan beliefs the longest, coupled with being partially descended from them, to be admirable...
Join the club. I'm both German and Jewish!
There is something almost primal in that short scene where our main protagonist try to escape from the burning building by ramming at the locked doors only for the ramming to start from the outside... The whole scene was fearsome but that was the moment I really felt a pang of true dread, because what forces you are facing that see a stead ablaze and decide to ram into it anyway. It feels horrifying.
Coulumcill didn't die from a flu he got killed by the vikings
Can we appreciated that even THE SNOW is stylized!?
Like, it could have been so easy to just draw dots
but no.
Not cartoon Saloon.
Cartoon Saloon has one of the most unique styles I’ve ever seen in animation. They’re extremely underrated 😭
Mlp be like
Imagine killing an ancient snake god and finding out the worst is still yet to come.
the beginning of the scene is so haunting and terrifying... and it uses my favorite color palette once the red pops in. the art direction in this movie is magnificent. from the scene with crom, to this--it scared me so much as a kid! but its still one of my favorite movies ever
Adagio dazzle: You will have to....
* door breaks down * Celestia: Everyone, run!
I loved this part of the film. It was so powerful and jarring. They really designed the score and the visuals perfectly to invoke powerful feelings to match the scene....
Much like several animations and movies, the wall that was made to keep the threat (the vikings) out also ended up trapping the victims (the villagers) in.
It shows that building a defense isn't always going to work and even those with successful protection will have exploitable weaknesses.
Specy J well it’s because the monks refuse to fought back, it wasn’t Christian like
😢Cellach wasn't able to evacuated the Abbey of Kells, he couldn't save his peoples, and he hadn't escort Brother Aiden and his nephew Brendan out of the scriptorium it's not safe! Everyone in their village would've been wiped out, Cellach shown up realized for what done, he let all his people died, slayed by the Viking because of him, everything is Cellach's fault for his ruthless life!
Specy J I have to completely disagree with your assessment, the problem was that they didn’t fight back at all.
They didn’t even man the walls or try to contest the attack at all. if they had at least put 20 guys on The walls growing stones and boiling water/tar on the attackers, they probably could have held out for a time.
The defenses they had seemed to be pretty extensive and more than what any commander at the time would have hoped for, but because they simply didn’t use the walls as we were intended for- they got slaughtered.
Was the Order of Hospitaler formed at the time?
@@Old_Guard2 I agree. It is the reason I made the comment in the first place. Though to be fair, I should have mentioned why. Walling out attackers without any way of fighting back or escaping is a bad idea.
Since the village people were peaceful and against using violence, the least they could have done was invest more in secret passages, tunnels, and hidden shelters and roads to escape in case the walls failed.
Even if the wall was completed and the Vikings somehow could not get past it, all they would have to do is wait outside and starve the people from any contact and food supply from the outside.
I see walls as a double edged sword, they keep enemies out but enemies can surround them and use them to their advantage.
That's some pretty good artstyle man.
Porko rosso: Yeah? Brendan: My name is Brendan. This recording is a distress signal aisling, and I am desperate. I needed help. Porco rosso: You need help? Idk kinda busy. Here's the story so far, many years ago
The norsemen attacked iona
And they attacked our home, my parents were killed by the vikings, but my uncle saved me, and we were lucky to escape from a nearby river. The norsemen saw us exiting the river along the opposite bank before disappearing into the woods. Porco rosso: Is that all?
Brendan: Well , clears throat * on march 7, 2009, it seems that the vikings want our everything, and the leader of the vikings wrote x on the map, aisling and I arrived at headquarters and found the remains of my friends and there is one survivor. Flurry heart and we need someone that could help us stop the norsemen and we need your help, must sign off now.
Porco rosso: yeah yeah yeah, we're coming.
It looks like the people who got into the tower survived while most in the village who didnt get in were killed. Makes me wonder if maybe they should have tried to get as many as possible into the tower from the start. Even with their faith in the wall it still would have been a good "just in case" and the was wasnt complete either so....
Keelan C yes, I've always thought it was stupid that the villagers decided to stay in their tiny little hovels to hide from the ruthless burning pillaging Vikings.
@@wannabeiroh4658 I mean, yeah it's kinda stupid but that's what they were told to do. They weren't going to argue with the person in charge at a time like that
You don't see the people in the tower getting killed, but it is implied that they are with the banging of and opening of the doors
@@cs-zr9xy That was the church. The people in the tower can't get killed as that was a round tower with a door raised up far off the ground. They were built specifically to help people survive Viking raids. There's one in my area.
@@fabplays6559 Yes you are right. That's why only the small Asian priest survived because he was in the tower.
What I don't understand is: how the abbot lived to be an old man, after being shot by a flaming arrow, and stabbed by a sword?
The hits he took probably didn't hit any vital parts like the heart or the organs and were just flesh wounds. And the vikings probably just assumed he was dead or going to bleed out. It's safe to assume that survivors got him out and treated his wounds afterwards.
Hax. Definitely hax
the proper awnser is does it matter? its a movie and a fantasy one at that there fairies and magic snakes is thatwaht baffles you how he didnt die? ahahhaha
Fire from the arrow could have sealed the wound close
Cellach wearing a shiny shirt out of chain to protect his chest.
I remember watching this movie when I was just a little kid, and I remember being so scared of watching this movie again, Now I know why.
bruh i just remebered it in a dream and went to look for it on the internet and found it
Btw for those who don’t know vikings brought ravens with them to find land. If they returned there was no land but if they didn’t there was.
woah! thanks, i didn't know that. pretty cool
@@andyo3637 indeed, in fact is actually how Iceland was found for a third time (the first two were accidental).
Thinking back on this scene now, its truly horrifying to see people die off camera in a kids movie. I also remember that when i saw the Northmen, I thought they were half bull and half human creatures. Now, I see them as Vikings.
So you initially thought they were minotaurs?
@@knightofarkronia9968 years ago, yeah
my uncle explained to me it was Vikings, but at that time I didn't know what Vikings were
This movie had balls. I halfway expected the entire sequence to be a dream or vision that the uncle had. But nope, just about everyone's fucking dead
The same thing happened to friar tuck
Long ago the people of Ireland lived in peace, but all changed when the northmen attacked.
4:22 Cellach is defenseless, he couldn't save his nephew along with people and Christians in this village, the Vikings took them from him, he failed😔and he is terminated.
2:26 2:39 idk why but the 3d humanoid models falling and running just add to the unsettling atmosphere of this scene and idk why. It would’ve felt a lot more different if they animated people running but the 3d models really compliment the color palette and make it more “scary” in my opinion
me, grown up with the httyd franchise: naw theres no way an animated kids movie can make me scared of vikings
this movie: hold my cat
Yeah and also even though this is not an animated film it’s still animated and there’s a TV show called Castlevania on Netflix and theirs a viking vampire in it who loves to raid and pillage and also he’s all the Vikings were scary now just wait till you see a Viking vampire because they can jump dozens of meters in the air there faster than any man even could be and they’re stronger than any man ever could be in have more endurance in their even harder to kill
@@randomguy56789 cool. thanks coolguy.
i have two things to say
1. who is the little girl
2. MAN THIS IS DARK! like when you see the people fall to their deaths that when i was like "is this for kids?" yes I've seen the movie and never really understood what was happening but know that I'm older i do and it gives me chills.
1. Is the little girl your asKing is Aisling
No the one that brandens uncle is protecting
@@castbracelet.2409 she was one of the children from the refugee family than escaped the Vikings the first time. the Abbot let them into the city like halfway through the movie
He had time to build a wall, but not time to build some steps.
Maybe he wanted the steps to be easily destroyed to stop the vikings from getting inside once everyone was "safe" in the tower? Provided they had a ladder or rope inside or something.
Or build an army, or call for help from other villages or something but no, BIG WALL
3:14 "I got Gold!!"
Viking chief: Now, let's get the book.
Having seen this movie as a kid (my dad pulled it up on one of those weird movie sites), I was amazed at the story and amazing details and mood setting. This was one of those movies that I remembered with no trouble since my first viewing, and It'll stay that way for a loooooooong time.
Beautiful scene with beautiful music in a beautiful movie.
And today Viking raiders are glorified. Imagine glorifying the Conquistadors who slaughtered indigenous Americans. It's basically what we do for these murderers, who slaughtered the Irish and many more innocent peoples.
Yes. It is one thing to take pride and interest in Norse/Skandinavian culture, it is another thing entirely to glorify Vikings which literally translates to “raider/plunderer”. Their culture is cool and interesting, but when they “went viking”, they were altogether monstrous to their victims.
Because Vikings are "cool". Just like today people think Pirates where cool even though most of them where murderers and rapists.
It's in the same way people glorify pirates or warriors. The "cool factor" overtakes the horrors, not that they don't recognize the evils they do, they just don't really care since it's a time long passed
It's the same way people glorify Knights.
0:38 that kid almost looks like Mebh from Wolfwalkers
that little girl is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eleven years later, and she's in wolfwalkers.
Great. Now you made me feel bad when I go raiding in AC Valhalla :(
Mlp be like
Such a sad scene.....
Reminds of The Mission, starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons. The Christan has fallen and it's futile.
I like that the Viking are essentially just one big reference to One-Eye's army in Thief and the Cobbler. Really sells the inhumanity of such raiders when seen through the eyes of their victims, and it's just good artistic contrast with the other characters in the film.
This movie was so scary for me as a kid and it still is.
I had a nightmare about these vikings when I was a kid.
2:26 Jesus Christ, saying that seen was traumatizing to me as a kid is understatement.
2:53 viking Chief: Get her.
Celestia: * panting *
Viking: I'll get her on the head!
Viking: Let me stab her!
Viking chief: I'll do it.
i always get chills when he says Brendan
Choir at 4:00
Sanctus Domine Deus Sabaoth
Sanctus Domine
Sanctus Domine Deus
Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria Tua
Hosanna in excelsis
In excelis
Holy God Lord of Host's
Holy Lord
Holy Lord God
Heaven and Earth are full of Thy glory
Hosanna in the highest, in the highest.
if they had prayed to Essus, celtic god of war, this would hadn't happened....
This is what i feel like when the pillagers start raid in my village at mineceaft
watching this now makes me want to cry
As a kid this was PEAK horror. I was terrified.
I own every Cartoon Saloon movie yet never watch this one because it freaks me out too bad. (Seriously,the only DVDs I'll play are Song Of The Sea and Wolfwalkers. But SOTS is my go-to because of how sensory friendly and not scary it is.)
And here I am watching it again.. Just.. WOW..
This part is so freaking intense..
Mac lir: Would whoever is banging on the door quiet down?!
* door breaks down *
Viking chief: Get all the gold you can find.
Shrek: * narrating * through the place they fought to defend themselves mac lir and his team, from such norse men that invade Ireland.
* all yelling *
Viking: i got the child!
Flurry heart: Mommy! Daddy!
Shining armor: flurry!
Princess cadence: baby!
Viking chief: let's get outta here.
I just came back after watching Primal.
Now I'm just imagining what if Spear and Fang were in this.
Spear and Fang would have absolutely destroyed those Vikings unless one comes back from the dead as a fire demon.
The violent reds that clash with the bleak greys just look remarkable.
This movie is still a literal fucking masterpiece. It’s just as good every time I see it.
2:51 harald redtooth: Kill her!
This makes Chernabog in Fantasia and the Plagues and Death of the Firstborn in The Prince of Egypt look happy and innocent in comparison.
Winnie the pooh hates chernabog
And they fight like Peter griffin and ernie the chicken
Magnus Chase: *his reaction to this*
Magnus Chase: "I thought the Northmens were cool, but this..."
a curious choice, to depict the vikings as not even close to human.... i guess they needed their brutality, as a juxtaposition to the importance of knowledge and light, to be completely uncompromising.
uhh, yeah they were pretty much considered as pirates back in the day. And they were pirates.
This film is shown from the perspective of the Irish monks, so that’s why the Vikings are portrayed as demons.
Oh my goodness.. This scene caught me off guard quite a bit...
Especially when you compare it to other animated movies...
4:24 breaking the red doors in Assassin's Creed Valhalla be like...
Yeah, I can hear Eivor's classic "Give me a hand!" at the other side of the door....
God of war be like
Viking:Say your prayers old man
Brendan:Leave my Uncle Alone
Viking:Who are you
Brendan:My name is Brendan you killed my Parents prepare to die
Viking:Ah yes I remember your Parents their dying breath was music to my ears
Me: we're going to Arizona.
Viking chief: you can try.
So did any of the other illuminators survive? Like the big black guy, the Spaniard and the box shaped guy? Or is it just the abbot and the small bald guy?
Brett Laughlin I think the people who made it into the tower survived. The other illuminaters all died I think.
The last we see of them is their fearful faces just as the Vikings burst in, and we don't see them at the end of the movie. It's safe to assume that everyone in that church was slaughtered.
@@soloragoldsun2163 Or sold into slavery.
4:24 "I imagined death so much it feels like a memory. Is this where it gets me? On my feet several feet ahead of me? I see it coming, do I run, or fire my gun, or let it be?"
Lmao Hamilton reference
I am of both celtic and viking descent so i really do not know what to say😂😂
Oh! Now I remember why this scarred me when I was little! :D
who else remembered it and went back looking for it
this scene still gives me chills every time i see it and the at end i always cry #saddest seen in the movie
Saddest thing: Cellach should've gave them an order to evacuate their village, Vikings are too strong. And he shouldn't have locked Brendan and Aiden in the scriouitum, it's not safe to get burn alive.
POV: You're a villager during a illager raid.
Judge Invasion.
Dude this scene terrified me as a child
Twilight had a nightmare about the vikings when she was little
I watched this when I was 6 and only now do I realise THOSE ARE VIKINGS WBAG
i like secret of kells
Well I don't, Brendan's beloved uncle Cellach is so abuse and arrogant this way. He shouldn't have lock Brother Aiden and his nephew in the scriptorium's not safe, Viking destroyed this Village of Kells with people, Cellach's been so selfish to his nephew's death, he's futile and he will regret it.
Abbot cellach: ( over speaker ) stop! Executioner stop! Hold your axe.
Flippy: OK, cellach now tell them to untie Brendans girlfriend or il...
Abbot cellach: fellas, release my girlfriend...( grunts ) I mean, release the forest girl!
0:38 mebh?
Yes that's her
Do you think this is a film for kids? I would like to watch it with my family (youngest sister is 8) and I was doing some research but then I found this and I am scared to death! (I'm 23 ahahah) I don't think my brothers and sister will like it to be so scary.
+Elois Eris My little cousins (one is 8 and the other is 12) loved it. But hey, it's a matter of knowing what scares and doesn't scare them.
+Meggy15 Thank you! In the end I chose to watch it by myself, also because I couldn't understand it without subtitles (I'm italian) and I couldn't find a translated version for my little sister... Even thought I believe no dubbed version would be good enough! It's an amazing film, I loved it.
Elois Eris I know that pain. I would love to see Song of the Sea with my little cousins but it wasn't dubbed to portuguese and subtittles wouldn't work because one of them has dyslexia.
+Meggy15 Well, actually I was able to watch that one with my whole family because the characters don't speak much (Seoirse doesn't at all) and with a little help from me translating the most complex parts my little sister could follow the splendid animation! In the end she loved it. I would give it a try :)
IIRC it's rated G so..yep.
any knowledge from Scandinavia would be greatly appreciated.
I wonder if Scandinavian audience was offended or flattered about the depiction of vikings lol
Probably flattered since most Nordic groups see the Vikings as their glory days like the Greeks view the Ancient Greeks. Plus they're probably used to how they're remembered only for their brutal raids instead of the good things they did for Europe
alexiaNBC None of us Scandinavians who care enough about our viking heritage, to also care about how it is depicted, would be flattered by this depiction as monsterous hellspawn, who craves nought but gold and blood.
But yeah we are used to it.
I am one of those people who do care, and honestly I really loved this movie except for how they portrayed the vikings. It did ruin my suspention of disbelief to see a them depicted as this weird cross of humans, devils and bears.
Nazgul100 I'm not of Scandinavian origin but from what I honestly read about the Vikings, they were the most powerful and technologically advanced group of people in the Dark Ages of Europe. Their seafaring tales are legendary (they discovered the Americas before that zealot Christopher Columbus ever did), their action in battle is one of unbreakable courage even when facing defeat, and they embraced ideals reminiscent of democratic values. So yeah, I'm not a fan of how the reduced the Vikings in this story to some demonic looking giants
alexiaNBC Yeah, that's what I'm talking about
alexiaNBC Yes, people do tend to forget that it wasn't just viking pirates or plunderers who came to the British Isles, but also viking explorers, traders and settlers. The vikings were quite on board with what we today would consider parts of a modern democracy, with equality for men and women. And they did have understand seafaring and navigation better than most. But I wouldn't call Scandinavia the most advanced peoples in Europe of thier time. That award probably goes to Al-Andalus, aka, the Iberian peninsula while it was ruled by Muslims. I suggest reading about them.
I'm debating on whether or not Vikings would actually attack this place, from what I remember in the movie the abbey didn't have many valuables, and with the high wall, it may not have been worth storming. on the other hand, there is a lack of defenders which makes the place a little juicier. but I don't know what the Abbey of kell historically held or had in way of defense and historic license muddles things if I'm talking about the movie so who's to say
The vikings probably didn’t know that and they clearly couldn’t peek over that wall without getting spotted.
@@WitcherGerd true true
Most viking raids didn't collect much movable property. ("much" here meaning enough to pay for the expense of transportation) What people tend to minimize is that viking raids were first and foremost slave raids, which is part of the reason they preferred an approach by stealth, the other being of course to avoid a pitched battle. The word "r*pe" actually meant "abduction" historically; people just categorized sexual assault as a type of abduction, the way we classify it as assault, hence the modern meaning of the word. When sources describe places and people being r*ped by vikings they are referring to slave-taking, as well as likely abuse. The abbey shown here would have made an excellent target given what we know about vikings.
I think they were following the book, they knew the man with the shiny book escaped there so they were looking for it, that's why the leader goes after the book later
HTTYD: We know Vikings
TSOK: Hold My 🍺
Hiccup: Oh, this ain't good.
even the greatest walls are useless if has no men to hold them.
I enjoyed this movie quite well, all I can think of is assassins creed though, not Valhalla specifically.
This must be one of the most darkest films...0-0
Well catnap and I went for a swim
Down at fallen leaf lake, and we saw the vikings at a campsite stealing a chicken
Toothy petunia and their daughter were trying to save the chicken
So I told catnap I be right back he said OK
These guys clearly hate the How to Train Your Dragon movies.
@Santiago Lopez i'm irish aswell, the pagans are not our enemies, they're our ancestors.
@@aibhaj i Nordic pagan and that’s true because paganism was here long before Christianity
@Santiago Lopez Most Irish ppl are descendants of Vikings
@@Rm-ss5gv Are they? I thought most Irish people prior to the Viking invasions were descendent of Celts
@@robonaught That’s true but after centuries of cross breeding I would imagine most ethnically Irish people today would have traces of Nordic,Celtic,Anglo Saxon etc
Holy shit these guys are metal!
omg i used to watch this as a kid i love the movie
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.
ART
The ravens, Odins embassadors, annunciate the Norse arrival.
Inner Moka attack places.❤
The staircase leading into the tower was very flammable. I actually hope no one got burnt when the stairs collapsed. One day, the should construct better stairs that do not burn very easily.
The comment from the video at the spot 2:24 was actually left from my son.
that's assuming anyone will be left alive to rebuild.....
The feels
4:21 😫I'm sorry, Brendan.
The last shot, with this music, smoke and circle shaped place with tower in the middle, reminds me of flooding of Isengard from LOTR (though that scene was happy and this is sad :c)
I just wanna see how people from Nordic countries would react to this!
Given the romanticism of Vikings, I'm glad to see these raping, pillaging Scandinavians portrayed as the savages they were for once.
I remember this movie scaring the crap out of me as a kid
Mac lir: would whoever is banging on the door quiet down?!
This scared the crap outta me when I first saw it
4:27 in my fanfiction after 3 hangs the door slowly opened there stood a large wide man with a mask of a demon he walked to those guys and then sniffed them after he said In a deep voice and shouted SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
Henchman exorcists.
Can you remind me of my city building?😮💨
Why isn't this music in the soundtrack?
I believe the track is "Build up to the attack."
I miss dehumanizing the enemy 😢
Hiccup: that's not good toothless.
Saved the Lilith Magne😂
🥰Mr. Hyde.🦇
What really shocked me during this scene was the fate of the 6 remaining monks in the chapel. We can hear the Vikings banging on the chapel doors, and then all of a sudden, the doors are broken to reveal the threatening Vikings. The people and monks scream, and then the screen fades to the now raided village, as well as the chapel being burnt. This scene was very shocking, because the monks didn't deserve to be killed. And what's even more worse, we don't even get to see the monks being killed onscreen! And what's even more worse than that? The people _BARELY_ realize the 6 remaining monks were dead! Not even the abbot! We need to dig deeper behind this mystery! So I theorize that when developing The Secret of Kells, Cartoon Saloon (the company behind this) made storyboards and deleted scenes. And the Viking raid might've been one of them. So, what did the deleted scenes of the Viking raid looked like? And, if there was a "Behind the Scenes" version of this film, did the animators even explain the fates of the 6 remaining monks?