I disagree with people who say there's no point. From it, one can learn that there's an opposing voice in Norway that gets misunderstood, media twists shit the way they want, and one can learn things about black metal they might not have known. It has a good mixture of ambient music and black metal. It's not perfect by any means, but it has a certain aesthetic, a visual and emotional sense, that is true to the scene and is just interesting on its own. Pretty good for a pointless film.

Terrible editing, aimless and shallow. Still, the interviews were interesting but only because I know the background story and music from beforehand. For a person not familiar with both music and persons this must have been a very confusing experience.

Less an examination of the sordid past of black metal and more a character study of its two most prominent figures and they're vastly differing views on what they created and its impact on the world.

I didn't like all those seconds in this where Fenriz wasn't on the screen.

As a black metal enthusiast, none of this was information that I didn't already know. That's not really the point of the film though. It's a look at how the whole scene affected two of its most prominent survivors, and how the idea of what they knew as black metal is lost to time, mostly out of their own doing. And Frost! His time in the film is the most disturbing scene in any film, and all too real. I guess I liked the film more than most people, though.

Among the best, honest examinations of black metal out there. The criticisms of the documentary that say it's too disjointed and that it lacks a structured narrative miss the underlying point. The form of a film should reflect its subject matter. If you want the disembodied voice of an unseen narrator hold your hand the entire way, read a history book. A documentary is an artistic medium and the alienating, numbing nature of the film reflects the core themes of black metal itself.

I loved Varg's X-Files reference.

"Terrible editing, aimless and shallow. Still, the interviews were interesting but only because I know the background story and music from beforehand. For a person not familiar with both music and persons this must have been a very confusing experience. " - agree with this.

Heard it all before. Well, except for the soundtrack, but that's because they chose to completely forego the genre in question for whatever reason.

I'm not sure who is supposed to be the audience of this film. As a documentary for black metal fans, it drudges up the same old stories heard time and time again, adding nothing new to the conversation. If it is meant to be informative for people unfamiliar with the scene, then it fails here as well. The narrative is practically nonexistent, and it seems to meander through segments with no real vision or purpose.

it sucked hard.

I didn't like Until The Light Takes Us. Although the subject material is interesting, it's presented poorly. There's no direction or narrator, it's just a series of random interviews. If you're a huge fan of black metal, then I'd say go for it. Otherwise though, simply reading about the subjects on Wikipedia would be more satisfying.

Films don't have to have a message or a mission statement, but they should have a voice--like they were made with intent. That's not the case with UtLTU. It's as if the filmmakers went to Norway, shot a bunch of footage, and cut it into something that resembled a movie. Because there was no voice, no guiding principle, no obvious intent, it felt as though, well, as though I were watching 2 hours of footage about black metal, and nothing more. I didn't come away enlightened, or even entertained.

Burzum.

"It not only crucially fails to address the cultural forces that might have spawned the country's prime musical export but it also neglects to include more than cursory snippets of the tunes themselves." - Nick Schager

Old info is old...

There were some pretty cool moments, but overall the film was highly disappointing.

Random patchwork of interviews does not a documentary make. Still there is plenty of cool moments, nice soundtrack. Not a bad watch.