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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 2663663" data-attributes="member: 7883">Unfortunately, I've learned that Hollywood can't really be trusted to get, well, anything historical right.  I especially love it when supposedly "historical" films credit things that British or Canadians, for example did, to Americans.  But, they're playing to the primary audience, so they make what they perceive as necessary changes I guess.  Maybe it's unavoidable in order to get people into the theatre.So, I go to these movies figuring I'm there to be entertained.  The way I see it, the production values were awesome, costumes were awesome, sets were quite good, the seige was very well done, the dialog was ok.....I think in terms of the actual lines, they were better than Gladiator....but they didn't have the visceral "oomph" that were given to them in Gladiator by Russel Crowe and crew.  The history was changed significantly, and watered down too much.  The acting ranged from pretty good (ie. Edward Norton) to flat (Queen Sybilla).I did enjoy myself, and I realize that a movie that actually tackles the topic would *never* get made, so I enjoyed it for what it was.  I still liked it better than Troy or King Arthur, though not so much as Gladiator.Incidentally, I noticed that if you listen very closely, it almost sounds like part of the soundtrack was recycled from the 13th Warrior.  If you listen closely, some of the music sounds almost exactly like the music score when the Wendles are coming out of the hills the first time.  I think that was the point.Banshee</blockquote>

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