Celtics

Suffered through this. Insulting to any Welsh or Irish speakers as the portray the language as gobbledegook. Acting, camera work, lighting and plot have all made me suffer from second hand embarrassment that anyone would produce this as anything other than satire. Stumbled across this on Twitter after liking a somewhat critical tweet as they'd ripped off Jonny walker whisky branding to produce their own rubbish. Only to find their account had blocked me after I liked the tweet calling them out. Not very thick skin and they will need it if this ever gets any kind of publicity. I'd imagine anyone with a brain couldn't enjoy this tripe. Avoid at all costs.

Surely the worst scripted, worst directed, worst filmed worst misplaced accents worst over acted piece of crud ever to be made. Pregnant ... pauses... in... delivery, and over emoting abounds. Historically inaccurate, and truly beyond awful. On Twitter, archaeologists all over the world were being blocked en masse for daring to point out how terrible this was. The maker was appealing for funding, and some of the claims over this series just creased us up with laughter, as do clips and actual film. I feel so sorry for any actor having this on their CV. If you are a naive American with no grasp of archaeology, time or place you might be attracted to it, but it is as stodgy as a bowl of cold porridge.

You can watch it on their official website, streaming. The cinematography is so close to the powerful acting performances that I was pulled in and and couldn't stop watching. Then suddenly the 45 minutes was up. I want to see more! The Gaelic (Irish) lines were great to hear!

Mystery, a sense of mystery was in the air. These Celtic gods were talking about what they had seen elsewhere under the Roman occupation and while Gods they also seemed vulnerable and human, this was fascinating to see and the actors brought this sense of conscience and empathy that we don't normally associate with inhuman Gods, and this is true to Celtic culture as many of the gods were half human, demigods. There was weakness and strength. Mortality and Immortality in each God.

The writer-director and actors are superstars to bring this all to life.

If you want to see an alternative story of Gods/Mortals speaking, this is the movie series for you. It brings ancient Druid Celtic myth, history, religion, to life in our time.

Original Story from the Celtic Gods point of view

I ran across this Episode I on YouTube and found it original and unique. I had never seen a Celtic historical mythological movie before in which the Celtic Druid Gods actually spoke. I think they have a real possibility of finding a place between mythological series with dragons, such as Game of Thrones, and more rigid historical series like Vikings. The period accurate broken dialogue took a bit of getting used to, but I found myself thinking between the lines of what they were thinking and meaning to convey. I'd rather have broken Celtic dialogue than smooth soap opera dialogue.

The acting is top notch. I found the fresh faces immensely entertaining, as I get tired of seeing the same faces in the bigger budget movies ad infinitum. These are talents that we will surely see more of in movies. It's very hard portraying Celtic Gods who have lost much of their powers and are what seems, almost mortals again. Very challenging tough roles and all of these actors carried it well.

Sure if you're looking for a large budget historical movie series, just change the channel. This film series is very small now, but could quickly grow into an epic production because it has a unique voice. It's very well written, raising key points of their time under Roman Empire occupation, as we face today in our countries. The writing is both eternal and current.

I loved the weird blue Celtic Druid designs on their faces and hands. Almost like the Celtic Gods were crying streams of blue tears.

It's a fantastic experience.

Brilliant Acting and an original story. As a native Irish speaker, the few lines that were in Irish were fine. We have regional variations in Irish, there is no correct way. Actors did a great job with their Irish lines.

As other reviews have noted, this is not a huge expensive movie with a cast of hundreds and large sets, so don't expect that. The focus is on the acting and the story.

My wife and I, we're both pagans, enjoyed the alternative take on these Celtic gods brought to life on the screen. We hadn't seen such an original story theme before and we were thrilled by it. It definitely has its own place in our many history dramas out now, though having the Celtic gods actually speak, is going to upset the conformists.

If you aren't looking for a megahit big budget historical movie, but something more alternative, then this is an outstanding movie series.