Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder - was it really that bad?!?

[catsclaw227]

I just finished watching Pathfinder, and I REEEEEAAAAAALY tried to like it, but... I just coudn't find anything I liked about it.

The dialog was terrible, acting awful, campy-as-can-be combat, and mediocre visuals. I new it wasn't going to be great, but I was hoping for something like Brotherhood of the Wolf quality.

I mean, I never knew when a horned-helmut guy was going down if it was the big leader or not. And did native americans actually have a "dragon myth" that would give them a word that translates into dragonmen? Were Vikings that completely bloodthirsty, barbaric and cruel?

The only scene I liked was one with the big viking in the horned helmet during the daytime, that made me think, if he was short, he'd be a cool looking dwarf.

I am really easy to please when it comes to movies, but am I alone in hating this one?

 

[Rykion]

I like just about any sword swinging movie. Unfortunatley, Pathfinder was one of the few I don't like. It was too far-fetched to be good, but the characters weren't campy enough to make it fun in an over the top way.

 

[WayneLigon]

Friend of mine went to see it, and he's really easy to please as well. He said to rent it and pretty much fast forward through everything but the combat scenes. He liked the look and presentation of the vikings, and that was about it. It's in my Netflix queue, but pretty far down.

 

[zen_hydra]

Yes, it really was quite bad.

 

[Crothian]

I enjoyed it. It was worth the 4$ ticket to see on the big screen.

 

[Elf Witch]

I saw it at the movies one Sunday afternoon and I enjoyed it. I refuse to think of movies like this as historically accurate in their portrayal of native ameicans or vikings.

Besides those were not vikings those were klingons.

 

[Nyaricus]

I liked in the cave scenes how they kept reusing the same shots over, and how somethings just didn't make sense (anyone else watch them leave from the same patch of frozen field twice?)

 

[Chain Lightning]

Yes. It was very bad.

 

[Mark Chance]

Questions of historical accuracy are quite beside the point. Pathfinder is easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Early Roger Corman exploitation films have more going for them.

 

[Lewis526]

I liked it.