Comments on: REVIEW: Erik the Viking (1989) https://fictionmachine.com/2021/02/03/review-erik-the-viking-1989/ Deconstructing the machinery of cinema. Sat, 17 Apr 2021 04:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Scott J. Robinson https://fictionmachine.com/2021/02/03/review-erik-the-viking-1989/comment-page-1/#comment-11142 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 04:32:35 +0000 http://fictionmachine.com/?p=8405#comment-11142 “taken as a whole it is a minor disappointment, but taken as a series of comic sketches it is regularly superb” — That was always my view on ‘The Holy Grail’ too, and nobody else agreed.

]]> By: threecorneredvoid https://fictionmachine.com/2021/02/03/review-erik-the-viking-1989/comment-page-1/#comment-9832 Sat, 06 Feb 2021 06:22:16 +0000 http://fictionmachine.com/?p=8405#comment-9832 Have you ever checked out Jones’ 1983 children’s book by the same name, illustrated by Michael Foreman? I had it as a kid and liked it quite a lot.

The tone of the book is quite a bit more serious than that of Jones’ loose film adaptation and I remember finding the film a bit disappointing when it came out as a result.

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