Pagan movie reviews
This is the category for Pagan movie reviews – everything that makes sense for European Pagan parents looking for things to watch with their kids or alone.
There are many history- and mythology-related movies for all levels of Pagan initiation and understanding produced nowadays. A lot of these movies contain pure European values, but some are trying to push subversive ideas.
Some of the movies I review here will be surprising to you, since they don’t have gloomy skies, dirty faces, and other Holloywood tropes for Paganism, but hopefully it’ll all make sense once you read the posts.
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“300” Movie review – pretty but misleading
“300” (2006) has been a staple in the masculinity/heroism movie stack for years, but what’s under the surface? In short, the movie is anti-Iran and anti-Muslim propaganda piece for the general USA public. Yahwist war-mongering propaganda being the main purpose of the movie, the spiritual European Pagan aspect is severely lacking. Even though the movie…
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The Lord of The Rings (2001-2003)
The movies are very well-made and always a fun watch. Peter Jackson managed to create something nice before the times of mandatory African elves and too many strong & independent female characters. However, there are major ways the movie corrupts the original lore. These are the main discrepancies: Evil Even more so than the original…
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Conan the Barbarian (1982) – the #1 movie for boys
Conan is the movie I’ve probably watched the most times with my kids. It’s simple, aesthetic, entertaining, has no flickering crazy effects, and is packed with ideas and value. My kids love it and starting it feels like coming home when we re-watch it every year. The music, the visuals, the story progression – it’s…
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Predator (1987) – a discussion on barbarism
The first Predator movie is one of the essential paganism/masculinity movies for kids in my opinion. It’s packed with suspense, action, and has zero woke mumbo-jumbo that makes modern movies unwatchable. The main theme of the movie is how Dutch returns to a wild barbaric state and becomes the hunter after being hunted – and…