The Last Kingdom - Movie Review

The last Kingdom is based on a series of books called the Saxon stories or the Saxon tales and the series essentially tells the story of the beginning of England.  More specifically the show follows Uhtred. Uhtred was born Saxon but was raised by the Danes you know Vikings. So, hundred has to constantly play both sides to survive and to get what he feels belongs to. The last Kingdom felt very different from other epic periodic shows first of all the story here is told very much from ultras perspective. It's a very personal story that's set in the middle of everything that's going on in England or you know Uhtred North Umbria and Wesen. I really like this approach and I think that the last Kingdom does it very well you still get a very good handle on the scope of these massive events that take place but the story is personal enough for you to actually care. Something else that stood out for me in this show was how it looks and how it was shocked. You have a lot of beautiful aerial shots of them just riding horses across the field towards a castle plenty of that and that looks amazing. But most of the show  doesn't feel very stylized or heavily  colored directed to make everything  feel more gritty basically what I'm  saying is that it doesn't look like  Vikings and Game of Thrones. And at first it was a little bit weird for me but then I really got into how the show looks and I think it serves the show very well. I think my favorite thing about this show is that it does tell a heavy and dark story but the show doesn’t feel heavy the show is fun. There's a lot of fun banter between the characters a lot of funny back and forth and all of those moments don't distract from those darker moments in the show. Also the pacing in this show is great there are only eight episodes every episode is about an hour and the plot moves fast. There's a lot going on in  every single episode but none of it  feels rushed the main character who  'tried is interesting I didn't like him  and I'm not saying that I didn't like  the actor or his performance I thought  was good  I do have some say about that in a  little bit. I didn't like Uhtred and I liked that I didn't like him. He’s kind of an asshole that mostly does things for himself, he’s really smart but he’s also kind of an idiot at the same time. I just really liked the idea of the main character not necessarily being the one you root for you might be on his side but you still kind of want to see him get punched in the face like a lot. So, as  I said I thought the performances from  pretty much everyone in the show were  fine but the voiceovers from it read at  the beginning of every episode what  happened there, I mean, I think the guy  just got way too into it. “I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred also father of Uhtred and  second cousin of Uhtred when a boy is  born into our family it is very simple  since we don't have to figure out how to  name the boy obviously the boy will be  named Uhtred it is very simple and  convenient but at family gatherings such  as dinner at Mom's place when someone  says hey Uhtred would you please pass me  the mustard confusion arises and  everyone turns to see and I, Uhtred, who was speaking to and  everyone is looking for the mustard that  was requested so now I have vowed to  abolish mustard from the land by killing  all of the mustard farmers destiny is  all.” if you haven't watched the show that  probably made no sense. A big part of every show of this style is the fighting and the massive battles and well there’s definitely some of that in this show and there are definitely some very cool fight scenes and battles it's not so much the focus of this show. The action in the show is definitely good but it’s not at the level of Game of Thrones or Vikings. Actually heard a lot of people say that the last Kingdom is kind of like Game of Thrones but real and I don't really think that there's a comparison there between the last Kingdom and Game of Thrones. Not as much as there is one between the last Kingdom and Viking. Even then I don't really want to compare these shows these are two shows that complement each other very  well it's very fun to have watched both  of these shows because it's it kind of  feels like watching the same thing from  different angles I know it's not exactly  the same timeframe but that's still the  way it felt to me when I watch this and  it was a lot of fun. The last Kingdom is definitely worth your time if you enjoy historical dramas or just generally these epic period  pieces. This show has a lot of  personality and it stands out it's a lot  of fun and it's a relatively short watch  so kind of low-risk high-reward  just you know get someone else to do  those voiceovers. Really make me want to  go back to Vikings I haven't even  watched season 3 yet.