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That was an excellent one.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

If it wasn't for the uncharismatic and unlikable protagonist with his constant HORRIBLE accent this series would be an easy 8 or 9 out of 10. Why on earth did they cast a German, raised in the United States as a protagonist is beyond me. Not very English. Not very Viking either. I felt that the strained fake accent and wooden acting of the protagonist were a real nuisance that held the entire series back. Call me a knitpicker but if I cannot care enough for a protagonist I cannot care enough for the series.

I do enjoy the tv-series but the tone of the series feels forced. Ive read all of the books and i do regret it because the books are so much better compared to the series but thats always the case. In the books he feels more of a brute and in the series he feels like a brat that deserves all the hate for being a pagan, i feel like the show do not express Uthreds thoughts good and that might be why it somehow feel forced. I do recommend the series though the books made by Bernard Cornwell makes the series look like crap.

I can recommend this title. I enjoyed both seasons for their story and drama. The acting is superb and the twists in the story keep you engaged. Cant wait for season 3!

Just like the highly entertaining TV series "Games of Thrones" (GOT) that came after author George RR Martin's excellent five-volume fantasy novels, Bernard Cornwell, another brilliant English author whose immensely wonderful book series has spawned this magnificent historical TV series about the Vikings' battle with the Saxons. I like GOT but I love "The Last Kingdom" (LK) chiefly because of the historical nature lending it greater weight and making it more 'grown-up' than a fantasy story like GOT. Specifically LK's story was set in 700s England about Vikings' attempt to swallow up the entire old England. Sure the characters in LK were fictitious, but the geography and history have made the TV series more engrossing and believable. It was fascinating for a non Brit like myself, a geography buff, to learn the how England was carved up into Northumbria, Mercia, Wales, East Anglia and Wessex. Like GOT, the casting in LK was impeccable. Brilliant Danish actors played the marauding Danes (Vikings) while immensely talented English actors played the English. How more authentic can you get. Though it was hard to believe that the Vikings then could speak such excellent English. Just like GOT to enjoy LK optimally one has to read the books in tandem with the TV series. The Last Kingdom has dethroned "Rome" and "The Americans" as my number one TV series.