Lords of Chaos (2018)
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Directed by: Jonas Åkerlund
Starring: Rory Culkin (Euronymous), Emory Cohen (Varg), Jack Kilmer (Dead), Valter Skarsgård (Dead), Jonathan Barnwell (Necrobutcher), Anthony De La Torre (Hellhammer), Sky Ferreira (Girlfriend)
Country: UK, Sweden, Norway, Scandinavian Cinema, European Cinema
Language: English
Runtime: 01:58:40
Genres: Based on a True Story, Self-Harm, Gruesome, Violence Against Animals, Religion
Plot – Spoilers:
Lords of Chaos covers the early Norwegian Black Metal scene, in particular Euronymous, his band Mayhem and his relationship with Varg Vikernes. From being known and feared as a ‘true’ extreme guy, to losing control of the leadership as Varg’s prominence grew, the movie fictionalizes the stories and legends which were anyway based on hearsay. What comes through though, is the confusion and fears in a bunch of kids who’d created something that was too explosive and huge for them to contain or handle by themselves.
Fucking idiot commenters. You willingly watch a Hollywood movie, then complain about it being a Hollywood movie. Go flick your tiny dicks to a documentary or wikipedia article if you think the real world is so fucking fascinating.
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you bastards
Who knows why they just didn’t tell the real story of what happened. The film would have made more money if it had been honest and true to the story.
No… no it wouldn’t have made more money, nor would it have been a better movie. Truth does not equal quality, nor does it equal good box office gross.
first 10 mins kinda goofy but this was actually tight (accurate or not)
As far as movies go, yes, it was a big budget, well made film. So was the movie “Frances” about the life of Frances Farmer starring Jessica Lange. The problem is that the real stories are better than the fake Hollywood stories told in the movies. Another problem is that people believe the fake stories due to misinformation. On Nirvana’s final studio album “In Utero” there is a song called “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle.” Kurt Cobain obviously believed the film version of the story, which was based on the book “Shadowland” written by William Arnold, who admitted in court that most of the book was a lie. The director of the movie “Frances” Graeme Clifford said, “We didn’t want to nickel-and-dime people to death with facts.” The real story of Frances Farmer is much more fascinating and would have made for a better film, as with the story of “Mayhem.” If you would care to discuss some other bullshit stories like the Apollo Moon Landings, the Charles Manson Boogeyman fairy tale, Sandy Hook or Covid-19, I am open to discussion about those topics as well.
this is a movie – what is the obligation to reality (churches burned, people died, Jesus wept, the banality of evil and bigotry and the stupidity of nationalism/progressivism vs. egoism and biochemistry/reality? fucking entertaining flick owes me nothing – maybe push me into the truth, accidentally at worst
I’m just saying that the real story is more fascinating without the added made up BS. The agenda of this movie was to make Rory Culkin a star so they tried to make the Euronymous “character” kinder and gentler. Just to let you know, there was no rich cunt that fell head over heels in love with a poor pauper on the Titanic. If you want to see the (almost) real story of the Titanic watch “A Night To Remember.” I thought “Titanic” with Leonardo DiCraprio totally sucked (DiCraprio is the kiss of death for any movie – his acting is pitifully bad). Rich teenage girls don’t fall head over heels in love with poor, smelly 34 year old ex-cons like the midget tough guy boogeyman Charles Manson. Teenage girls in Hollywood like guys with money who bathe and wear expensive cologne, not smelly 5 foot 2 shit bag jailbirds with no money in their pockets. That whole story is a crock of shit. Ever heard of Lookout Mountain?
I wouldn’t suggest anyone else is somehow wrong for disliking anything, but I knew enough about the actual people and events going in to know that it would have taken more than weed and booze to get me through the movie if it had been more true to life – but then I’m not a metalhead and find the actual actions and politics of these guys depressing and silly as fuck, respectively. I don’t look for truth in films, even biopics, but that’s me for you.
What movie implies that young girls fell head over heels for Manson? He was weirder, smarter and older than the people he fucked with so they found something of interest there. And the celebrity ‘friends’, drugs, cultural changes and Dianetics shit probably helped a lot – lots of attractive pinheads out there just looking for a bargain bin messiah, even a short smelly one). Talk about an interesting story to riff on though.
The Charles Manson boogeyman fairy tale was a Hollywood script turned in to a psy-op to vilify hippies protesting the Vietnam war. Since when are maximum security prisoners allowed to wear sunglasses, denim jackets and hippie love beads before a celebrity interview with Geraldo in a maximum security prison? That BS only happens in the land of make believe. The movie “Helter Skelter” implies that rich Hollywood teenage girls from military families fell head over heels in love with smelly 5 foot 2 tough guy Manson, the guy with no money. Right about the same time, nerdy aerospace technicians, who totally supported the war effort, were being hailed as heroes for sending men to the moon and back. 53 years later NASA admits they can’t do it now because it is too dangerous, but back then, before pocket calculators were invented, men went to the moon regularly. Lookout Mountain was a production studio in Hollywood where the BS moon landings were filmed. Guess where it was located? In direct line of sight to the Tate murder house. Guess who worked there? Paul Tate (no wiki page), Sharon’s father, who was in charge of psychological operations during the Vietnam war. We have been constantly lied to ever since the Nazis invented television for propaganda purposes (Most of the people that worked for NASA were former Nazis during the moon landing hoaxes). Moon landings, 5 foot 2 smelly boogeyman Manson, Sandy Hook, Covid-19, karma, God, etc. are just old wives tales to… Read more »
I see somebody stole your tinfoil hat
That’s a typical comment from someone who believes every word from the TV Gods. The media could tell you anything and you would believe it, even after it has been proven to be false. By the way, I hope you didn’t get the clot shot. Expert Fauci says the vaccines don’t work and Biden says Covid-19 is all over. Yes, that’s right, the President said that, not me.
Get over yourself you smarter-than-everyone fucking retard. I can give you dozens of examples of movies that stuck to accuracy but ended up being fucking boring. Go masturbate to a documentary you nerd.
Lookout Mountain film studio existed. Frank Zappa, Manson and now Jared Leto all lived close-by. Even Jim of the Doors has links. Plenty of food to cook with foil. Not much of a fucked-up film but Wavelength (1983) was filmed there and at least the aliens were more grateful than fucking E.T.
Doors lead singer Jim Morrison’s dad, Captain George Stephen Morrison was the commander of the United States navel forces during the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the lie that touched off the Vietnam war. Almost everyone from that area of California are from military families including Zappa and ALL the participants in the Manson boogeyman fairy tale. Even 5 foot 2 smelly rough and tough Manson’s father was in the military.
And you’re funny, I’ll give you that.
I’m sorry, that hurts me as a huge Black Metal fan.
You’re more than entitled to your opinion.. but it still hurts.
lol The director chose a fat jew to play the Nazi Varg just to piss the real Varg off
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Can’t agree with the comments saying Euronymous was depicted as a saint in this movie. It showed him bringing up the idea of suicide to his friend and bandmate Dead, exploiting Dead’s suicide for publicity, aiding Varg in the burning down of one of the churches and praising someone for committing a murder. The movie shows him as a flawed individual.
Aye. But there are many places where the writers try to reverse themselves regarding Euronymous. His mournfully approaching Dead with his brains already shot out and respectfully turning him over…Giving Vary one of Dead’s jewellery bones and calling it “Just a chicken bone”… Saying as he is being stabbed by that he ” Just talks” when he makes dumb threats about torturing Vary to death and filming it…The fact that he narrates the whole thing but not once does his character make the observations about Brazilian Death Metal being fake solely because it is being played by Latinos instead of Europeans…The end itself depicts him as the film’s hero. It’s got SJW Vice written all over it. Their SJW behavior is not so evident because Vice present themselves as merely left leaning young journalists and they comport themselves in a manner that is extremely professional (So much so that they secured an interview with then President Obama) head and shoulders higher than the openly belligerent SJWs but the goals are the same. Regressive left indoctrination and the establishment of a thought police state. They embrace the narrative, as does the film. It can be enjoyed (Both vice and L.O.C) but with a HUGE fucking brain if salt.
Oh god… what the flip? -Viperi G.
Pallas cat
what the flip? Just shut up. DSeriously… come on… Pallas cat
This movie is extremely inaccurate. Hollywood version what do you expect.
Accuracy does not make something better. You’re just a nerd who reads too much wikipedia
Rory Cuklin is far better-looking than the real people portrayed–so that makes up for the discrepancies for truth versus H-wood inaccuracies. Good versus evil within a genre of evil—how else could a movie sell if evil versus evil results in evil being killed and evil being put in prison?
Love Mayhem! This movie was fun to watch realizing it was only based on truth. I agree with basically everything the above poster, MR BRIMSTONE wrote. Cheers!
Long time ago but Danke!
*SPOLIER ALERT*………………….,………………..,……………………………………………………………………………………………Okay, but it kisses Euronymous ass six ways to Sunday throughout the whole film and makes Varg look like the poser turned epitome of racist evil-all so it can honor a Man that was every but as bigoted and violent in his thoughts as Varg. Necrobutcher has recently stated that he wanted to kill him himself but Varg beat him to it! I believe that Vice had something go do with the making of the movie was anything they get their grimey little hipster hands on is sure to follow their typically far lefty narrative. Good on violence, surprisingly more sex and nudity than would be expected (and ya gotta love the fuckin’ church burnings!). But don’t expect much in the way of historical accuracy.
Awe4some comment the best here for sure so kudos from myself and my wife
Pallas cat
Thanks. Sorry for the shitty typos. I was looking at this again and I was like “FUCK!” I know I’m from the South but I can do better that that! lol.