Archaeologists discover the Viking settlement of Vinland.Archaeologists discover the Viking settlement of Vinland.Archaeologists discover the Viking settlement of Vinland.
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A great movie that's quick and insightful
This was a very good goose chase that only ended up finding the egg of the goose and a few feathers. Having no knowledge of this prior, it was a solid description from start to finish and I actually learned a lot.
The vinland mystery is a story that was told down through many generations and this "land" was the wonderful grape growing land that was "found". I thought it gave a good background and really went to give as much information as they had found, so the whole line of events could easily be traced. It was funny how this land in which everyone knew about through word of mouth, never had been documented except in only two sagas: 'Eric the Red' and 'Greenlanders'. Eric's story was the same in 'eric the red' and 'greenlanders'. Eric had to be exiled which I find fascinating because of his choices but why did he commit murder in the first place? It's a total side mission but I would have liked to know why. This is why he lived a hard life like his dad but then the next question is why was his father living a hard life? There's just some backstory on Eric that I would like to know but I guess that's up to me to dream about. It makes sense that Dr. Ingstead would follow the exact route described by leif Erickson but if he already knew what was there, why go along the path? Well it was a good thing he did because he found what he needed, but not what he wanted. There was a beach that was a day long as in the story so Dr. Ingstead found said beach and followed it for another day and found 'L'anse Aux Meadows'. It was a big surprise that he found this beach, but the Norse went even further north. It was perfectly written as so that I thought they found vinland but they dug around and found where the Norse people were living for a short period of time. I was happy to know where they settled but why couldn't there have been clues for the actual 'vinland'? I enjoyed the ending in how they recognized this land of "L'anse Aux meadows" as a national treasure but we still don't know where vinland is. The only reason we're sure the Norse were here because of a nice clue, luckily left behind by those wonderful people. I'm just as happy as I am shocked, we found where they stopped but where did they go after that??? What's north? Ice? Did they turn around? I enjoyed this movie, just take the tiny wins during the movie and run with it! The Dr. and his wife didn't find vinland but they found the next best thing, proof.
I thought it was a good addition that the Dr. included some actual footage of his journey, it gave some life and allowed the viewer to see how gorgeous the land actually was. Having no prior knowledge of this or anything about the people, I had a clear description of who they were and their situations. It is a documentary, but I would recommend this for anyone who likes mystery and likes to have questions afterwards!
The vinland mystery is a story that was told down through many generations and this "land" was the wonderful grape growing land that was "found". I thought it gave a good background and really went to give as much information as they had found, so the whole line of events could easily be traced. It was funny how this land in which everyone knew about through word of mouth, never had been documented except in only two sagas: 'Eric the Red' and 'Greenlanders'. Eric's story was the same in 'eric the red' and 'greenlanders'. Eric had to be exiled which I find fascinating because of his choices but why did he commit murder in the first place? It's a total side mission but I would have liked to know why. This is why he lived a hard life like his dad but then the next question is why was his father living a hard life? There's just some backstory on Eric that I would like to know but I guess that's up to me to dream about. It makes sense that Dr. Ingstead would follow the exact route described by leif Erickson but if he already knew what was there, why go along the path? Well it was a good thing he did because he found what he needed, but not what he wanted. There was a beach that was a day long as in the story so Dr. Ingstead found said beach and followed it for another day and found 'L'anse Aux Meadows'. It was a big surprise that he found this beach, but the Norse went even further north. It was perfectly written as so that I thought they found vinland but they dug around and found where the Norse people were living for a short period of time. I was happy to know where they settled but why couldn't there have been clues for the actual 'vinland'? I enjoyed the ending in how they recognized this land of "L'anse Aux meadows" as a national treasure but we still don't know where vinland is. The only reason we're sure the Norse were here because of a nice clue, luckily left behind by those wonderful people. I'm just as happy as I am shocked, we found where they stopped but where did they go after that??? What's north? Ice? Did they turn around? I enjoyed this movie, just take the tiny wins during the movie and run with it! The Dr. and his wife didn't find vinland but they found the next best thing, proof.
I thought it was a good addition that the Dr. included some actual footage of his journey, it gave some life and allowed the viewer to see how gorgeous the land actually was. Having no prior knowledge of this or anything about the people, I had a clear description of who they were and their situations. It is a documentary, but I would recommend this for anyone who likes mystery and likes to have questions afterwards!
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