Vikings

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Season 1
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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  1. Bruterake
    Aug 21, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Achei fraco não vou mentir, as atuações não achei das melhores e os plots como um todo não fazem sentido algum, direto eles comem com um inimigo e ninguém envenena a comida deles, o episódio do padre n tinha como deixar mais óbvio que o twist era ele sendo o sacrifício, achei a atuação de todo mundo meia bomba ali a do ragnar principalmente que é pra ele sempre parecer o **** da turma.… Expand
  2. geewah
    Mar 15, 2022
    8
    A solid and entertaining first season for Vikings, a genre that suprisingly has been largely ignored over the years.
    Plenty of promise to build on in the future.
  3. thevini
    Jan 15, 2022
    10
    a única crítica que eu tenho é ter demorado para descobrir essa série e demorado majs ainda para asssitir pq é tudo galera
  4. LinttaFlamingo
    Nov 19, 2021
    7
    A really solid foundation. Shows potential to what this show could become, and it definitely has enough personality of its own to stand as something else than just another Game of Thrones replacement.

    It has all the things you see in every single show nowadays. Sex, swearing, lots of yelling and swords and whatnot, but the show stands on its own with its gorgeous take on Norse    A really solid foundation. Shows potential to what this show could become, and it definitely has enough personality of its own to stand as something else than just another Game of Thrones replacement.

    It has all the things you see in every single show nowadays. Sex, swearing, lots of yelling and swords and whatnot, but the show stands on its own with its gorgeous take on Norse mythology. All the hairstyles, all the beards, all the armor, FANTASTIC!

    The acting is mostly pretty good, if a bit forgettable. Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok definitely looks the part and has some charisma to him, but he's mostly just quiet and stares at everyone for uncomfortable amounts of time with an awkward rap€ face. Also, every time Ragnar talks to his son Bjorn (or Björn whatever the **** ) he listens to what he has to say and then responds with "Hmph you sound like your mother" or "Hah you sound like your uncle, your father, aunt, sister" dude you sound ****ing stupid. Bjorn's character's pretty awful though, and so is the actor playing him. And so is Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha. She constantly looks annoyed or complains about something if she's not having sex with Ragnar. She even sacrifices a goat at one point. I guess it's a Norse mythology thing but that goat was innocent and cute. They should've sacrificed Lagertha instead, annoying dyke.

    All the other characters are pretty good though! Floki was a standout and worked excellently as a mysterious smaller side character with some charming goofiness to him. Ragnar's brother Rollo was also interesting and the little cliffhanger with him at the end of the season was great! Definitely interested to keep watching the show. The jarl, played by Gabriel Byrne was also good. Liked him a lot.

    The show also has a lot of great imagery and overall ideas for those who might not be that interested in the dialogue-heavy politics and character interactions, even though those are kinda the main thing. The king of Northumbria, Aelle, introduces a chilling snake pit which I thought was SO cool. I want to see how that's used later. There's also some boat scenes that were really interesting and claustrophobic. And also some gorgeous cinematography and shot ideas like a wave of blood water after a fight. It's all impressive and creative.

    But aside from the impressive fight scenes and cinematography, the show feels like wasted potential with the story. The story was ****ing boring. The sixth episode is probably the peak, with an interesting duel that kills off a character I would've really liked to see more of. Can't say I'm surprised since later on this show apparently kills off more interesting characters to be oh so unpredictable and coooool. C*nts. If you don't have more interesting characters to take over the story after a death, you're doing it wrong lmao. I need to read a summary of the story before I watch the second season, but it's mostly just characters going here or there to talk politics. Hey we want this land and we want you to fight with us and whatnot, and then someone betrays someone and they fight. With only nine episodes in the first season, there's a bit too much plot later on. Episodes 1-3 were pretty solid with the story but after that it just becomes a bit muddled in my opinion. The characters also start acting like dumbasses if the plot needs them to. It's not an absolute dealbreaker but it's noticeable.

    There's a lot of potential and I don't think this is trying to just copy GoT or anything else. It's its own thing and it's solid at it, but it's not like AMAAAAAZING tier. For that you'd need a good story. Still, worth a watch.    … Expand
  5. gabriscaff
    Jan 1, 2021
    7
    A great starter from a TV show that promises great things. Storytelling is a bit slow, but scenes, characters and evolution are top. Next seasons are promising.
  6. Murphydh1
    Jul 22, 2020
    9
    Clever, subtle, tongue in cheek humor. Think Game of Thrones/Vikings with a sense of humor. Excellent chatacter development and the plot lines are creative and move at the right pace.
  7. LOTHRIC
    Mar 30, 2020
    7
    الجزء كان جيدا ولكن مصحوبا ببعض الملل ويفتقد للإثارة والتشويق ولم تكن أحداثه ذات مستوى عال
  8. ty92
    Aug 9, 2019
    10
    Ragnar is my favourite character of all time. Travis Fimmel is so good as Ragnar. The story is really about Ragnar and his family. He is a simple Viking and a farmer. He want's to raid new lands with his brother Rollo and other Vikings. This is how the story starts out. You see him and how he's a family man. His wife Legetha and son Bjorn are great characters as well. Floki is a funnyRagnar is my favourite character of all time. Travis Fimmel is so good as Ragnar. The story is really about Ragnar and his family. He is a simple Viking and a farmer. He want's to raid new lands with his brother Rollo and other Vikings. This is how the story starts out. You see him and how he's a family man. His wife Legetha and son Bjorn are great characters as well. Floki is a funny character who I loved in this season. The acting is incredibly good by every actor. The writing is good. This is a must watch! 10/10… Expand
  9. Omaireak
    Mar 19, 2019
    3
    this is a historical show we need to establish that point because a historical show shouldn't be effected or driven by nowadays political views which is what happened here, the show in its first seasons were doing extremely great but you can see further own that the show writers strayed away from telling a historical story to telling a political point of view which really really damagedthis is a historical show we need to establish that point because a historical show shouldn't be effected or driven by nowadays political views which is what happened here, the show in its first seasons were doing extremely great but you can see further own that the show writers strayed away from telling a historical story to telling a political point of view which really really damaged the show quality, if it was only the first two or three seasons this show would've been a great show but the following seasons really dragged the show to the bottom.… Expand
  10. JRjr
    Mar 2, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Vikings is a real mixed bag. One episode can be really good entertainment, the next you struggle to get through. The same with the actors Linus Roache is really good to watch as King Ecbert, but you then have Lagertha, who is poor yet gets more air time as the seasons progress.

    It doesn't help that everybody ages except from Lagertha and they try and make her all things to all men/women, warrior, queen, leader, tactician etc but with no story to explain her rise to power. Then she turns her great hall into some kind of sapphic haream, and it just becomes more ridiculous.

    The fight scenes again are a mixed bag with battles looking realistic but then you have the PC brigade wanting to rewrite history, showing women killing men twice their size with no effort to even attempt to make it look realistic, again making it unwatchable at times.    … Expand
  11. Maarten95
    Jan 16, 2019
    8
    A great historical ressambles of the viking time. The characters are great and so is the story. I didn't, however like the last 3 episodes because there didn't happen a lot. However they are a build-up for the second season, and therefore I can look over it.
  12. GarethB
    Jan 5, 2019
    8
    A great series with compelling characters and intense plot, the only letdown is the clearly limited budget for the bigger scenes
  13. tch
    Dec 20, 2018
    6
    It is a good show, well done and with a good narrative.
    However, since historical figures like Ragnar Lothbrok, Rolle, king Ecbert, king Aelle and many more appear together with historical locations, why then change a few historical facts.
    The raid on Lindisfarne for instance, happened in 793 and the siege of Paris was in 845. It is highly unlikely that Ragnar Lothbrok was present at    It is a good show, well done and with a good narrative.
    However, since historical figures like Ragnar Lothbrok, Rolle, king Ecbert, king Aelle and many more appear together with historical locations, why then change a few historical facts.
    The raid on Lindisfarne for instance, happened in 793 and the siege of Paris was in 845. It is highly unlikely that Ragnar Lothbrok was present at both events.
    Rollo was born in 846, so he could not have taken part in any of these two raids. And he could for obvious reasons not have been the brother of Ragnar.
    Kattegat is not a town in Norway, but the strait between Denmark and Sweden.
    Hedeby was a settlement in the south of Denmark in modern days German state of Slesvig-Holsten.
    Ragnar and Rollo were not from Norway, but from Denmark. Ragnar was a Danish king or chieftain, and Rollo was from the Danish island of Zealand.
    In fact there were no kingdoms in Norway until the end of the 9th century. And very little earldoms if any at all.
    Most of the Vikings at this early state of the Viking age lived in Denmark and Sweden.
    So why place the Viking settlements of this show in Norway, and have Ragnar and others talk about being kings of Norway?
    When they've got so many persons, locations and events right, why then these annoying inaccuracies. It would have been equally inaccurate, had they placed king Ecbert in Ireland or the Moors in Italy.    … Expand
  14. Godfather_32
    Dec 19, 2018
    2
    I heard of the show a few weeks ago from some friends as they knew i 
    was really into Scandinavian History. 
    So i started watching and i got annoying right from the very first  scene. There they are a bunch of people fighting each other and the  obvious protagonists wear no helmets.Later on the show ,only the guys  who have absolutely no idea whatsoever of fighting wear helmets(aka    I heard of the show a few weeks ago from some friends as they knew i 
    was really into Scandinavian History. 

    So i started watching and i got annoying right from the very first 
    scene. There they are a bunch of people fighting each other and the 
    obvious protagonists wear no helmets.Later on the show ,only the guys 
    who have absolutely no idea whatsoever of fighting wear helmets(aka 
    Northumbrians),it seems the Vikings have heads of steel and are able to 
    deflect whatever comes against them with their bare skull. 

    5 minutes later i am shown a gorgeous woman doing some karate-ninja 
    moves and kills 2 men.Yeah i know ,she is supposed to be a shield 
    maiden or whatever but there goes an absolute realism 
    killer.Pretty/slim/2013 top model style women and killing machines 
    doesn't really go together. 

    I am not going to get into the subject of the eyeliner of the kings 
    wife(apparently the shield maiden also has some when fighting-what 
    for???) nor the fact that vikings were supposed to not know how to 
    sail to the west before Ragnar, as i am covered by previous reviews. 

    Then there is the worst anachronistic stuff that we see in almost every 
    single movie/series,the whole story of a pretty young girl marrying an 
    ugly,dumb,annoying etc etc (they REALLY try to make you hate this 
    guy,like a voice behind your ear he is bad,oh poor poor girl that 
    tries to force you to think something). Women were married to ugly men 
    because of political reasons and guess what it was OK.No annoying 
    queen talking back to the king -eeew our daughter should marry out of 
    love- its just the way it was. 

    What really pissed me off though is the insane absence of ANY sense 
    concerning battle tactics.Northumbrians are depicted as 
    blind,deaf,legless and armless sacks of meat ready to be butchered by 
    the protagonists who are SO super cool,i mean what the hell, my cat 
    would put more of a fight then those poor soldiers. 

    On their first contact they see a bunch of hulking giants with axes and 
    shields and grim looks(still no helmets) on their faces and the 
    director thought it would be cool if Northumbrians thought they were 
    traders(???). 

    Oh and also,what is your first reaction when u see a band of armed 
    giants?Get close to them and dismount.Yeah. 

    The band of Northumbrians that waited at the ship Ragnar to attack him 
    had archers with them.Did they fire arrows at them or lay ed an 
    ambush?Hah but of course they did not,they waited for the vikings to 
    make a shield-wall and THEN they fired(they were at least 2 times more 
    then the vikings and they made absolutely no trying to encircle them). 

    Last but not least,the sense of obviousness is killing me. Is Ragnar going to die on the raid to his village or on the fight with the Earl?Of course not he is the hero and as we all know,children and Ragnar kind of characters are immortals. Did the deceitful king of Northumbria (you guys could add serpent eyes to him,that would make him look even more deceitful) honor his deal with the honorable monk slayer Ragnar?Of course not,he is laying a wicked ambush an ambush which consists of some horsemen running against a spiked fence -. Is the guy that cries all the time bout not getting to Valhalla,getting killed in the first battle he takes part?Of course he is,he leaves his last breath while on his dried lips a last word is whispered..Valhalla..Yeah okay what is next, the bad guy standing on a hill cackling like a maniac(having his hands,well you know how)during a rainy night while thunderbolts strike the ground behind him?Every episode was full of those Clichés. I could go on and on but i am going to stop here. This is a really bad attempt to make something that will just sell.No idea what the History CH is doing there ,i guess its involved to sell the -this is based on a true story- stuff. It is however a great thing to watch while you eat in front of your computer and you just want to watch something without caring what is happening.. Thanks for reading    … Expand
  15. Berik
    Nov 24, 2018
    9
    It's awesome to see a show that respects historic aspects like rituals, religion disputes and politics on a ferocious level. Acting is done excellent, and this season doesn't drag out unnecessary by only doing 8 episodes instead of more. Very enjoyable to watch, immersive and intriguing.

    I give it a 9/10, it is an impressive first season for a show.
  16. Andremax
    Sep 11, 2018
    8
    Vikings has an informative sense and compromise with reality that Game of Thrones doesn't have.
  17. Bashar_ua
    Apr 17, 2018
    9
    Th visuals are great. The music is perfect. The combat is very decent. Intrigue seems a bit obviuos, but it doesn't spoil the fun. The actors play really well. There are some issues with the history part, but it's not a documentary after all.

    After Season 4 I started to think that the series began to decline (all these chinese and arabian girls, drugs and other bull...t) but in Season 5    Th visuals are great. The music is perfect. The combat is very decent. Intrigue seems a bit obviuos, but it doesn't spoil the fun. The actors play really well. There are some issues with the history part, but it's not a documentary after all.

    After Season 4 I started to think that the series began to decline (all these chinese and arabian girls, drugs and other bull...t) but in Season 5 they seem to regain the spirit.

    A must see for all viking-age fans.    … Expand
  18. VedsegaardDenma
    Mar 2, 2018
    0
    A boring soap opera hidden behind english speaking "vikings". What a waste of time...
  19. kiank
    Feb 3, 2018
    9
    The opening of Vikings was great. I love history and seeing it come to life with this show is amazing. I like the beautiful landscapes that they film in and the interesting characters. It is such an awesome show and I look forward to watching the next seasons.
  20. JLuis_001
    Jan 22, 2018
    7
    It starts well although hurried, it gets slow in episodes 5, 6 and 7 and ends with sufficient strength. I hope that what follows is better.
  21. AllanBarbosa
    Aug 21, 2017
    7
    History Channel started very well in the beautiful world of the TV series with "Vikings" - how is the first History Channel show, and is the first season - "Vikings" in the 5 firstly episodes, is a terrific series - even though from the 6 episode to the season finale, the dramatic series fell in yield, direction, script, and, began to get confused, like the development of Ragnar Lothbrok'sHistory Channel started very well in the beautiful world of the TV series with "Vikings" - how is the first History Channel show, and is the first season - "Vikings" in the 5 firstly episodes, is a terrific series - even though from the 6 episode to the season finale, the dramatic series fell in yield, direction, script, and, began to get confused, like the development of Ragnar Lothbrok's BROTHER. But the performance of Travis Fimmels as Ragnar Lothbrok and the perfomance of Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha Lothbrok, the great secundary characters (as Floki, Athelstan, and outhers), "Vikings" is very promising.… Expand
  22. Charlemagne
    Mar 3, 2017
    0
    Inauthentic soap-opera trash - Vikings were democratic. I had so much hope from this, mostly from the starting theme song, but alas the starting theme is the only thing good about it. The History channel fails at everything. I also like that they only cast actual Scandinavians as the bad guys and Anglo-saxons for the characters meant to be liked. I was also amused by the French accents andInauthentic soap-opera trash - Vikings were democratic. I had so much hope from this, mostly from the starting theme song, but alas the starting theme is the only thing good about it. The History channel fails at everything. I also like that they only cast actual Scandinavians as the bad guys and Anglo-saxons for the characters meant to be liked. I was also amused by the French accents and stereotypes.… Expand
  23. Emmetlive
    Jan 19, 2017
    10
    I've been sucked into the is series from season one. This season is literally killing it! I'm drawn to the family dynamics in a show and these relationships are so strong.
  24. nono5551212
    Jan 11, 2017
    10
    I can not say enough good things about this show. Season 4 is awesome. Casting is great, writing is good, acting is good. I hope this show goes 10 seasons.
  25. archonome
    Jan 6, 2017
    7
    Every episode is about sex.

    I'm not joking. I get tired of it. It's like they want to force you to become a sexoholic.

    The show is good but this one thing ruins it. It's like they try TOO HARD to force feed Sex and Feminism... It gets really old.
  26. viewer911
    Jan 2, 2017
    10
    Amongst top 10 for sure. Scenery is superb. Casting and acting couldn't be better. Character development and storyline keeps you glued. Look forward to many seasons.
  27. andmyles2go
    Jan 1, 2017
    9
    It's easy to know when you're hooked on a series, but as important are the attributes to the story that keep it so compelling that you will come back. From the plot lines, characters, landscape and battle scenes, Vikings grabs and keeps hold of your attention with great interest. I can't wait to keep watching it!
  28. franciscoortiz
    Dec 12, 2016
    10
    I found a perfect balance of drama, history, non fiction and coolness. As a fan of shows like Game of Thrones, True Blood and WestWorld; it's been a good find. It's really good binge watching!
  29. South_Ting
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    Finished Season 1. Boring; the story line is unclear; the connection is unclear; mystic has been added but it is confusing. Conclusion: what do you (the show) want to say?
  30. metaviking13
    Jun 28, 2016
    10
    Cool show - why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters? why do i need to use 150 characters?
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71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Mar 7, 2013
    75
    History's first scripted series is a headlong tumble into an irresistible and surprisingly neglected genre. [18 Mar 2013, p.41]
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Mar 4, 2013
    50
    Vikings is at least fun to watch, in a sword-swinging, head-chopping, maiden-despoiling sort of way.
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  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Tirdad Derakhshani
    Mar 4, 2013
    70
    Hirst cleverly weaves a mystical element into the plot, which pays off with each episode. And he throws in plenty of battle scenes to please bloodthirsty fans.
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