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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2662500" data-attributes="member: 8447">Okay, I have not seen the movie (no real interest), but I thought I would relate a tale of a friend of mine who did go to see it.&nbsp; She is a professor of Medieval History, specializing in the Crusades and the Crusader States.&nbsp; She also thinks that Orlando Bloom is pure yummy on a stick.&nbsp; She got together with three other historians.&nbsp; Before seeing the film they had a big dinner and a LOT to drink.They were almost ejected from the theatre.This was because they were laughing so much at the &quot;history&quot;.As she said, in the end the film is about on par historically with Gladiator (aka massive changes for sake of cinema), which puts it far above Braveheart (aka any similarities between this story and history are purely coincidental) but far below something like Reilly: Ace of Spies (in the main correct, if altered for cinematic tension).Just one person's veiw and not my own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 2662500, member: 8447"] Okay, I have not seen the movie (no real interest), but I thought I would relate a tale of a friend of mine who did go to see it. She is a professor of Medieval History, specializing in the Crusades and the Crusader States. She also thinks that Orlando Bloom is pure yummy on a stick. She got together with three other historians. Before seeing the film they had a big dinner and a LOT to drink. They were almost ejected from the theatre. This was because they were laughing so much at the "history". As she said, in the end the film is about on par historically with [I]Gladiator[/I] (aka massive changes for sake of cinema), which puts it far above [I]Braveheart[/I] (aka any similarities between this story and history are purely coincidental) but far below something like [I]Reilly: Ace of Spies[/I] (in the main correct, if altered for cinematic tension). Just one person's veiw and not my own. [/QUOTE]

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