Vikings review

Another review, and I wasn't going to do another, but I simply HAVE to share this series with you. Whether you know anything about the Vikings or not, this is the most historically accurate and amazing television series I have seen since The Tudors. And yes, I loved that too.

So, the Vikings is a series written by Michael Hirst, a Canadian. Despite being filmed in Canada, I can confirm that they have done extremely well making the set and generally Scandinavian landscape look realistic. The only slip up I saw was the colour of the sea, the Baltic tends to be a little darker than the North sea but if you don't know, you wouldn't notice.

The Vikings, as you probably guessed, is about Vikings. It follows Ragnar Lothbrok on his journey to England for the first time, and a story unfolds as the clans begin to separate and fight amongst themselves back home in Scandinavia. The King of Wessex too is less than pleased about Ragnar's arrival, and even less pleased about Ragnar's love of pillaging villagers and destroying land. But it is so much more than just a few family feuds and battles.

The best thing about this series, as mentioned earlier, is the accuracy. I am so fed up of wishy washy rubbish television series becoming fads that people cling to as a conversation starter, and believe me I was reluctant to start watching this. But the actors do an amazing job of pulling off real Viking tradition, behaviour and even manner. As far as I am aware, only a very small portion of the actors are native Scandinavians, (not to name drop but Gustaf Skarsgård is in it) but they all pull it off SO well. The accents are impeccable, I was expecting something nearer to the guy in Woody Woodpecker who says "Sveedish Meatballs" all the time but I was pleasantly surprised.

This is gory, it's ruthless, and sometimes quite disgusting. But it has to be. The Vikings weren't fairies and they didn't hang about, and this depicts their lifestyle and journey to England exactly as it would have been. I was so impressed by this I have gushed about it to every friend that will listen to me, and now, dear followers, I will gush about it to you. WATCH IT.

The inner feminist in me absolutely loves how kick-ass the women in this are as well. They don't beat about the bush, and they don't attempt to combat the Swedes-love-sex myth, they embrace it. In fact, there's a comical bit where a young English duchess is commenting on how the Norseman love their sex and "treat their women right", which I found to be very amusing.