Mads Mikkelsen is Literally Me

[@TheKinoCorner]

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[@lyndajenkins1024]

Mullvad or GTFO lmao....don't shill this BS

[@kimjongun2266]

Mads Mikkelsen is Danish. Ryan gosling is Canadian. Vincent Gallo is American. But it doesn't matter where they are from because together, they are literally me

[@orangewarm1]

You wish

[@Quepo]

Amen brother

[@schadowizationproductions6205]

I'm not really sure that they're literally me not only because it is as uncomfortable as it is interesting to observe an ugly side of one's self but because that familiar state of being depressed or stuck in some situation also feels strange to what we really want or could be as it is caused by outside forces that have an impact on everyone. It much more seems to me that the circumstances that create certain states of mind in these different countries are similar.

[@adanrodriguez9140]

I prefer to say Lakeith Stanfield, John David Washington, Donald Glover, and Rami Youssef are literally me

[@ul.biggit217]

​@@orangewarm1don't be jealous of me

[@milaces1323]

I'm so glad Mads is getting proper recognition. As a teenager the only reason i got into danish cinema and dogma '95 was because i discovered him in Hannibal.

[@TheKinoCorner]

I remember one of my friends gave me a copy of Valhalla Rising when I was a teenager. I fell in love with it and Mads quickly became one of my favorite actors. That led me to discovering LVT, Vinterberg, Lindholm, and just Danish cinema in general.

[@zerpblerd5966]

@@TheKinoCorner Lars is a despicable human and if you like the majority of his stuff likely you are too

[@FabioBruna]

He was good in Hannibal, not easy given the popularity & impact of "Silence of the lambs".

[@Kimfakkel]

Blinkende lygter and De grønne slagtere is my favorite Mads is in. from my childhood. So impressiv he ended up in hollywood in hes later years.

[@dr.bateman7919]

​@@FabioBruna😊😊

[@oddurorn167]

As an Icelandic movie lover I can safely say that Mads Mikkelsen has been one of the biggest movie stars to every living Scandinavian for the whole 21. century. People are more likely to know who Mads is than someone like Timothee Chalamet or Benedict Cumberbatch. If a movie has Mads in it you can guarantee that almost every Icelander, Dane, Swede and Norwegian knows of it and will watch it. The man's a legend here.

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

Missing one northern country 🤔🤔 Other ones always backstabbing Finland

[@Backstaaab]

Damm straight.

[@Larsholden702]

​@@aleksisuuronen5969naah! we love you guys!

[@0la_N0rdman]

​​Finland is part of the Nordic countries, but not part of Scandinavia. Iceland is also not part of Scandinavia, but unlike Finland has a shared cultural heritage with Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Finland has it's own unique rich culture and history. It is completely understandable to not know this, especially for those who are not from the Nordics :)

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

@@0la_N0rdman I'm finnish.. I'm not being serious 😅

[@mB-ke9bb]

Did daily work on Hannibal and had the chance to see him work. No ego and a true professional. My earliest experience with Mads was Wilber Wants to Kill Himself and the black comedy The Green Butchers.

[@ahdorbfidks]

i love Mads

[@daniatras]

You're so luckyyyyy

[@stevecheevers7337]

To really get the best of Mads, get onto his Danish films. Pusher 2, Another Round, The Hunt, Riders of Justice, A Royal Affair, Adams Apple, Bleeder, Pusher, Valhalla Rising, Open Hearts, The Green Butchers, After The Wedding, Flame and Citron. Any actor would die for that body of work. He's sadly typecast in villain roles in Hollywood that don't demand a lot from him but I bet he gets paid a ton so he can do those great Danish films. Plus he seems like the coolest man in the world, happily turning up to fan shows to do q & a's about Star Wars or Hannibal.

[@PerN1660]

As a side note you almost need Pusher 1, if you watch the second. The story in all three is very much intertwined. I remember watching the first one and wishing Mikkelsens character Tonny had more screentime, and that they had delved a bit deeper into the character, and to my surprise, thats what they do in the 2nd.

[@sllll7457]

Adams apple, The green butchers and Flickering Lights are the best movies i've ever seen. Its the only movies i can rewatch and catch myself laughing the entire time hahah

[@internetgirl4617]

I watched the green butcher the other day and I gotta say that it’s probably one of the best acting of him I’ve seen, that hairline tho I couldn’t stop laughing at that haircut.

[@labi2999]

I had a Mads Mikkelsen phase as a teen. I loved him in Hannibal and would watch whatever he acted in. So glad to see he's getting the recognition he deserves.

[@jackhamey659]

im sure hes always wanted a youtuber with 100k subs talk about him

[@Nazinsky]

He’s amazing. I love him.

[@LifeInPink999]

I had a Mads Mikkelsen phase since Hannibal it comes and goes but is certainly staying in my brain.

[@DerEliteBaum]

I can also vouch for Adam's Apples. One of the most absurd comedies about a Neonazi and a priest. It's one of these films that stays in your memories because it has a lot of rough parts, but also scenes that are genius and one of kind.

[@TheKinoCorner]

I'll have to check that out!

[@TehSlice360]

Krafthelvede, Ivan

[@valentingartner3793]

Such a great comedy

[@VenusianLissette]

thank you, i totally forgot i watched that film at the behest of my dad. very good film.

[@cilindras2952]

One of my favourite movies ever. Really love the contrast between the dark comedy and the weird, disgusting, tragic characters

[@VukPac]

Flickering Lights is severely underrated and under watched. A film that should always be on anyone's list of Mads Mikkelsen Danish films.

[@fenrisulfur666]

I think Druk might be the best film I've ever seen, it is so real and human, it cuts me so deep every time. Also while Mads is normally very understated in his acting, he gets really REALLY angry in the fight scene with his wife, I honestly believe that Mads the actor lost some control in that scene and it is beautiful.

[@happyrobot6396]

It’s up there for me. LOVE them mid-life crisis movies. Feels too real

[@dmfuerte]

After the Wedding (2006) was my introduction to Mads. Absolutely blew me away. The man is much greater than his Hollywood flix would lead one to believe.

[@kumau1890]

One of my favorite! Glad you liked it

[@Marg_Bar_Amrikkka]

Thanks Kino, As a empty husk of a man, I can’t wait to try out these new personalities.

[@Thegamblerino]

As a special mention I would also cite Death stranding. Even though it's not a movie it's the closest thing we got to kino in videogames, and Mads performance absolutely delivered on one of the most heartbreaking characters in the game.

[@xAnescox]

he won best actor in a video game for Death Stranding.

[@lauritswrang2423]

I also recommend all the other movies by Anders Thomas Jensen, who made Riders of Justice. Mads Mikkelsen is in all of them, and they are hilarous.

[@TonchoBluegrass]

Yes i love after the wedding and adam's apples, cheers!

[@lauritswrang2423]

@@TonchoBluegrass After the wedding is by Susanne Bier, and has a way more serious tone, but also a great movie! The others are basically dark comedies.

[@stevecheevers7337]

Jensen is such a underrated director, he makes some of most bonkers films you'll ever see like Adam's Apple, Green Butchers and Riders of Justice and doesn't play up Mad's leading man looks but has him play really bizarre out there characters and really shows Mad's acting ability. But Jensen will co write a lot of Susanne Bier's Oscar nom work like After The Wedding. Which are total opposite of his own work. The man's a genuis but barely anyone knows his work.

[@stevecheevers7337]

@@lauritswrang2423 Jensen co wrote After The Wedding and I think all of Bier's films.

[@PerN1660]

@@TonchoBluegrass Adam´s apples is no less than brilliant, I wonder how it translates to non danes though. The story itself should, but I´m not sure about the humor. A lot of the punchlines relly on the wording.

[@SuneWarriorcat]

Hannibal is also one of his best features in a TV series. Artistic masterpeice.

[@Murilo_Sena]

Escobar Kino does it again. Great video.

[@tubeguy4066]

I became a fan after playing Death Stranding. He was amazing in that

[@citizenVader]

His domestic movies are definitely his best work.. Adams apples is a masterpiece of tragic comedies

[@MumkeyBurns]

I also really loved Arctic with Mads. Kind of like Valhalla Rising with the dialogue as there are barely any lines in the film as Mads treks the Arctic trying to be rescued. Very cool film.

[@spoidahboite9477]

Mads Mikkelsen is my dad's literally me actor so this video combined with the last one is really perfect timing for me. Thanks kino, love your stuff, love to see Riders of Justice get some praise.

[@daze.d5462]

Danish films are literally gems.

[@UATU.]

Mads has the sexiest upper lip on planet Earth.

[@Simili84]

Im suprised you havent mentioned the 2003 Danish dark comedy The Green Butcher. It was the first Mads Mikklesen movie I ever saw and its a great window into Danish humor. It really adds to show Mikklesen's range as an actor since he plays a anxious nervous wreck of a man

[@TheGammelfjols]

blinkende lygter og adams æbler is better, but they are all good movies

[@deathwish_bigboss]

It always hurts to watch movies like The Hunt, my ex was assaulted by her cousin a few years ago and the police didn't investigate him- two years later he went after her teenage daughter and they barely gave him a slap on the wrist with a restraining order. I'm aware as a man that there are many false accusations but there are definitely a lot of victims that go without receiving justice because of the incompetent & lazy justice system here in the USA. I used to be a cosplayer in my local community here in South Texas, several years ago I came out against the trend of selling porn on OnlyFans saying it's not real cosplay. This turned practically everyone against me and the women started rumors that I was an abusive man. We get a lot of teenagers regularly attending these gaming/anime conventions so you can imagine how the rumors spiraled into me "dating underage girls" soon after. This is a common rumor spread about the guys at these events because it's definitely happened in the past, I basically stopped going to these conventions because thanks to them I no longer enjoyed cosplay.

[@_scabs6669]

I take a little darker message from the Last Round. Mads starts off the film feeling like an automaton stuck in a job he hates. Instead of leaving everything and going after what would *truly make his soul soar, he numbs the pain and continues as an automaton. I saw so many people like that at the office job I used to work. It's a co-optation of the "Return to Normalcy" archetype in service of the corporate machine, similar to Scorsese's After Hours, except Scorsese was more critical of the machine I think.

[@TheKinoCorner]

I can see how it makes him more numb to his work and position, but it does show how it has a positive impact on the relationships with the people around him. The happiest he is, at the end, is after he gives up drinking all the time. I saw it as more akin to how he had to break his routine cycle to live a different kind of life to appreciate the life he had.

[@_scabs6669]

@@TheKinoCorner I like that interpretation. As my Gramps used to say the Greeks used to say, "Everything in moderation." Sometimes the cure is getting a little stoned...

[@Assault_Butter_Knife]

I have huge respect for Mads, this is the guy that got me into Danish cinema. Watched Jagten and Druk first, really liked them, then went on to see the Pusher films which too were great, and then it kind of snowballed from there. So I have a huge appreciation for him from this sense, but as an actor this guy is also fucking great. I don't know what it is, if it's the looks or mannerisms or the roles he plays, but he is a quintessential "literally me" actor. The guy just oozes this energy from him Great video man!

[@joeturner1920]

The hunt was probably one of the hardest films I’ve watched.

[@nikolinelund4866]

What does it mean when a movie is "hard"?

[@Dystisis]

@@nikolinelund4866Difficult to watch because it deals with emotionally challenging and controversial themes.

[@nikolinelund4866]

@@Dystisis so, like... hard not to cry?😅

[@Nsaison]

another round is one of the best movies to leave denmark. and it is incredibly reflective of danish culture. im 18 and from denmark, i drink every weekend and ive done so since age 14. drinking is a giant part of danish culture. and as a person who is going to graduate next year its something that resonates with everyone of my class mates

[@xAnescox]

I love all his movies Danish, French, German. He is a great actor who performs in several languages. Hollywood doesn't deserve him, Hannibal is the best thing he's done there, he's incredible.

[@nahuel4935]

I'll never understand why Ryan Gosling is the literally me guy when Mikkelsen exists in the same time (and is literally me)

[@G59METH]

I've had The Hunt on my watchlist for years but your video finally forced me to watch it and holy shit, one of the most moving movies I've ever seen, such a powerful yet simple story, during the movie my palms were getting sweaty and even got a head ache, none of the emotions can be described by words you just have to see it on your own.

[@MarketingMovies1337]

His work in Hannibal made the show

[@ashtonloke5120]

During the pandemic, I had an awakening due to this man's existence

[@LoveHandle4890]

His Hannibal is so underrated.

[@shadowprince101]

Better than Hopkins imo, but normies will never understand that

[@StuartLeitch-rs8em]

Having been a victim of similar topics, the hunt totally communicates what its like, isolation, desperation, and not knowing where to turn. thankfully i had good friends and people who realized how absurd it was. Lies change everyones path.

[@CitroChannel]

_Flame & Citron_ is probably his most underappreciated film. Really good movie and his performance is great as usual. Very interesting story about the Danish resistance during the German occupation through WWII.

[@ToeKnife166]

He was perfect in Hannibal

[@glotaro1]

Mads is awesome in "Green butcher" and "men and chicken" . He looks horrible. and he's not afraid of looking horrible. I love those movies too. so different

[@alexsilva-vn7jc]

Oh God, the chicken with baby feet, an image that haunts me randomly...

[@plumlogan]

The Hunt is one of those movies that is great and difficult to recommend

[@takeop.3996]

You want to be him, I want him. We are not the same.

[@CallofFreaky]

His best work will always be the good old Danish classics for me, blinkende lygter legende

[@fredeballade1998]

I wholeheartedly recommend a Mikkelsen film called Adam’s Apples. It’s a movie by Anders Thomas Jensen who wrote and directed Riders of Justice. Similar in style and theme but, in my opinion, more grounded and much better for it. The story is about Adam who is out on probation. Adam is a Neo-Nazi, antisocial and violent. Adam is sent to live with his probation officer (Mikkelsen) who is the priest in a small town church. The priest, Ivan, does not believe in evil, he thinks it is nothing more than perspective. Adam sets out to prove him otherwise. It’s a very serious and very funny movie at the same time. I would highly recommend it if you can find it

[@indocynth8195]

My favourite & very funny 😊❤❤ but unfortunately so underrated ☹️😔

[@SuperThisen]

Not so fun fact. The guy that plays Tommy (Thomas Bo Larsen) grew up with alcoholic parents. His dad drank himself to death and his mom also drank alot. As a kid he told himself that he would never end up like them, but unfortunately he ended up in the same place as them and would first get out of it 36 years later. He both drank and did drugs and has aslo lost close friends because of drugs and alcoholism. He is out of it today and clean. He was actually one of the people that convinced the director to not just make the movie a celebration to what drinking can bring, but that it also should show the darkness it can cause. So it's kinda poetic that he plays the character that eventually takes his own life, because that could have been him had he not turned his life around. As a dane i love Thomas Bo Larsen, he is one of my favorite actors we have here in Denmark

[@BigDog366]

What a fantastic video! Mikkelsen is my favourite actor. Riders of Justice is my favourite movie and I've never seen anyone else talking about it.

[@CasioSilver]

I love Mads so much, seen all his stuff and he's just so dreamy :3 I still think it's funny that Star Trek: Nemesis led me to find Mads and Refn's films lol good ol' Tom Hardy as Shinzon led me to Bronson which then led me to Valhalla Rising and then I felt like I had finally found one of "my people" in Refn cause he's a little autist just like me. I had seen Adam's Apples so I was excited to see Riders of Justice and wow that movie kinda came out of nowhere for me! Definitely a recommend from me just to see a really convoluted story of a bicycle's journey lol Nice video! Thank you

[@cherienafo7676]

Australia// Yes, Mads Mikkelsen is an amazing actor and man. First saw him in The Coco Chanel Movie and went- WHO the hell is this man?!!! Seen most of his movies I can access here in OZ, still looking for others- thank you.

[@danecaldwell9470]

Thank you for putting Mads and edging together in a sentence.

[@Rex1987]

i can also warmly recommend the ww2 movie "flammen og citronen" about two famous resistance fighters where Mads plays one of them - and does so brilliantly! The real story is however as interesting as the movie.

[@our99centgarden]

The Hunt was so heartbreaking . I felt so bad for him.

[@RAAAAAAHHHHHhh]

Ahhh One Eye. That was my first introduction to him. What a champ.

[@TheGammelfjols]

the trilogy flashing lights, the green butchers and Adam's apples, are Mads Mikkelsen's best three films. and a chapter in itself for Danish films. Everyone in my generation of Danes, (I'm gen x) often and gladly quote quotes from the three films that have become an icon of the time around the late 90s, when we were all in our late 20s, early 30s. The films tell about our lives. in denmark, ok maybe they are a satirical caricature of life in denmark, along with other films from the same period in china they eat dogs, old men in new cars who are then without food mikkelsen, the night watch from 1993, with nikolaj coster waldau from game of thrones, Denmark in the late 90s was a special place, as Denmark in the 1970s and 80s was also a unique place in the West, with a far more free culture than was the norm in the rest of the Western countries. regarding thomas bo larsen, who plays thomas", in drink, he is actually a dry alcoholic. in AAA, so that's why he plays the role with so much conviction. he's been dry now for almost 8 years, he's been quite open about this part of his life.

[@antonydrossos5719]

My favourite Mads Mikkelsen fact: when he was approached to play in Doctor Strange, he was told he’d be learning Kung-Fu for the role. He signed up right then!

[@SonofSpewy]

I love another round, I watched it on a whim and it became a personal favorite.

[@JessTea]

Thank you for making this video! Great taste in film and I myself am a Mads fan!!!

[@StelViri]

One of my very favourite actors ever!!! He's too cool.

[@ipdavid1043]

So good analysis. It is literally me as well

[@TheKinoCorner]

Thank you!

[@1stDRAGonLINE]

from these movies you presented only the first 2 i get the literally me vibe.

[@krippledforlife]

Mads the legend.

[@that1guy375]

Thanks! I've only seen Another Round, now I have more Mads kino to watch.

[@happinesshotel5375]

He was pretty good in the clash of the Titian’s.

[@cherienafo7676]

Mads is UP there amongst THE BEST- right up with Jack Nickolson, Al Pacino, Robert Deniro. No doubt about it.

[@Aczie042]

Valhalla Rising was the Mikkelsen movie I ever saw. After that, I've been a fan ever since.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

I also surprisingly enjoyed his Michael Koolhas interpretation. But I think you need to know the story to know whats different because a lot changed. But its basically a medieval quest for revenge.

[@kumau1890]

The ending was brilliant! The shot just showing his face and the emotions he's gives before the chop.

[@xAnescox]

@@kumau1890 wow yes, his face, his eyes, top class actor.

[@wonderingwonderer3747]

Lol that Ray Peat reference killed me hahahha!!!

[@edinibranovic9667]

Great video, but where is The Salvation?? That movie is an underrated gem in my humble opinion hahah. I put it on as a casual Netflix midnight watch and ended up glued to the screen that night and the day after when I rewatched it. I frickin' love that film.

[@mustfaaboassd]

dear kino corner today i spoke to much on the job, I was supposed to be mysterious and strange

[@cryalot378]

DEATH STRANDING! ... alright I had to mention it, it's a video game by Hideo Kojima and it was the first time I got introduced to Mads Mikkelsen where he played a "misunderstood" villain... and even tho his character was (as most videogame characters are) a model brought to live by MoCap, he did such a spectacular job! For real I was blown away by his acting which was limited due to the fact that it was a videogame! I mean that speaks vollume! Currently I am watching all of his movies and series he did

[@xAnescox]

Mads won an award for that role.

[@citizenVader]

We have a saying in Denmark that says, "There is nothing that is so bad or wrong, that it isn't good for something.."

[@herbdelarge]

Pusher 2 is one of the greatest films ever made, probably the cleanest trilogy I've ever seen for tying everything up nicely and Mads Mikkelsen absolutely killed it, at the time I saw it, I was fighting the courts to see my daughter and it emotionally ruined me but it was because it was so relatable. I fucking love you sigmabros.

[@A_View_From_The_Shire]

Thanks for highlighting Riders of Justice, I’ll check that out!

[@camillosteuss]

Damn... Those are some good movies... The hunt is damn good... It truly sets the blood to boiling point, but the subject is broached damn well, and the result is a great piece of work that transcends art by having a message and a point, given that art is supposed to have no purpose other than being art... At least by definition, but we call a lot of things art that have dedicated and complex purposes, so theres that...

[@dougckelly]

Mads is the best, a superb actor who never disappoints.

[@alexandermarcelhovel6440]

After the Wedding 2006 ❤

[@MrFredstt]

First saw him in Hannibal and loved it. Then I watched Hunter and also loved it

[@syttemis3]

As a danish, I can confirm that Mads Mikkelsen is literally me

[@hos9902]

Saw his face on Tubi for a movie called “Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kolhaas” and didn’t expect much, but decided to still watch bc of Mads. Let me tell u you, I loved most of it. There isn’t any generic battles or action sequences, nor is there any cheesiness regarding the heroism of the protagonist. It’s very vigilant and patient with mixed paces throughout. There’s also a cameo from a French actor that I love, so that made it better. The editing is really incomparable to other sword fight films. It’s more than that. Also, Mads is exceptional in it. He’s painfully restrained throughout but says so much with his movement and eyes. Give it a watch if you have the time :)

[@tuna._.m]

You are the best movie content creator not only this video but all of your channel i have ever seen. Keep up good work.

[@bigsleep7242]

Kino is literally me

[@slevinlaine]

Loved "The Hunt" "Another Round" "Riders of Justice" :D just brilliant.

[@brynf4377]

as a Scotsman, the highlands CAN be remote, but there's a waystation or village or town close by very often, its not as barren as it seems, its part of the magic of it, and really lots of movies were filmed, in Scottish highlands. it only seems truly remote but its not as remote as you think, its no Midwest where you only see a single car a day or something like that. its busier and you see tourists everywhere, come to reconnect with their roots or something like that.

[@wizmo57]

i really enjoyed the artic also

[@BARBARYAN.]

He’s definitely top notch. I do wanna add that you shouldn’t ever consider de niro as a literally me character, instead replace him with Toby Macguire and Jake Gyllenhaal

[@MethosChannel]

I'm from sweden and in my opinion, the best Scandinavian movie ever made is "Pusher" from 1996. The sequels are great aswell but not as good as the first one.

[@ericad8412]

Saw him in NBC Hannibal and I had an instant crush

[@caracallaavg]

Splendid video essay, Don Pablo

[@Kwisatz-Chaderach]

BOI! mustache and hair game on point.

[@galenbaker4526]

Can’t believe you didn’t talk about Flame & Citron

[@SmoKKz0r]

Everybody should watch the danish movie “blinkende lygter” with Mads mikkelsen.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

If you enjoy Mikkelsen and the Riders of Justice, you'd definitely love Flickering Lights, The Green Butchers and Adam's Apples (The latter probably being the easiest to digest ;))

[@noodlery7034]

He becomes completely different people in his movies like leonardo di caprio. There aren't that many actors that you can say that about

[@zeche8477]

I only know Mads Mikkelson from Death Stranding where he hugs Norman Reedus and helplessly watches as an eldritch death goddess cradles his son in her arms but as soon I saw him put a cigarette in his mouth in that game I knew he was literally me.

[@fissetis6427]

Yall make me feel great about being danish

[@RoccooRaccoon]

Yooo Bro... You forgot the best one "blinkende lygter" Flickering Lights

[@jasondehn2024]

The kindergarten story line happened in New Zealand back in the mid nineties. I would not be surprised if that was the inspiration for the second movie.

[@jasondehn2024]

The only problem with drinking at work, is you have to drive home.

[@somethindarker]

The Hunt and Riders of Justice were my two favorites on this list. The Hunt was just tragic and the ending, imo was what made it moreso because I'm not the kind of person who'd forgive being wronged like that. Riders of Justice was just a fun but thoughtful movie, my favorite scene is the climax, "go to the basement and assemble a gun" **comes back with all of them assembled and loaded** Great movie. 🤣🤣

[@barface2992]

Had to scan my memory banks for this one but HE WAS THE DAD IN DEATH STRANDING

[@UnderTheCovers1]

kino corner is Literally Me

[@Ben_diez]

Bleeder for me was more grittier than pusher trilogy, but it was cool, must watch ong

[@peterherron4222]

I personally think Riders of Justice is a bonafide classic