The 13th Warrior?

[krunchyfrogg]

...especially if you sign in to include the 'mature audiences' category.

 

[Mark]

...especially if you sign in to include the 'mature audiences' category.

Good one...

I think that movie has some of the best fighting sequences of any of its type (fantasy/fiction/whatever). Not too slick, not to choreographed, but powerful. And they seemed to be able to make you invest emotionally in each of the many warriors to enough of a level that you cringed as those that were killed were knocked off along the way. It's a well-paced, tightly-plotted story that lent itself to a movie very well.

I remember a buddy of mine handing me the book a couple of years before the movie came out. I wasn't a big fan of Crichton (and he thought Crichton was pretty decent) so I raised an eyebrow when he told me he thought I would like it. He was a buddy who used to play D&D fairly regularly with me. After I read the jacket of the book, I shrugged and said I'd read it. And I did, almost straight through over a weekend.

When the movie was first advertised I figured I would like it, but hadn't made the connection because I wasn't paying close attention. As I sat through the film I kept thinking it felt familiar but only caught on about half an hour in that it was adpted from Crichton's book. By then it quickly became one of my favorite films.

 

[kingpaul]

Gotta upgrade my 13th Warrior video (the second Antonio Banderas film I collected, the other being Disney's The Mask of Zorro starring Catherine "Hottie" Zeta-Jones) to DVD.

This was one of the first DVDs I bought after we got our DVD player. This was also the 2nd movie of his I got, Evita being the first (I also like musicals).

 

[jester47]

OK, settle a dispute between me and blackshirt. He says that "The 13th Warrior" is based loosely on the story of Beowulf. I say it isn't. Who's correct?

Also, the Hobbit is largely structured and inspired by Beowulf. There are a lot of similarities when you examine the two stories sideby side.

Aaron.

 

[Ranger REG]

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Also, the Hobbit is largely structured and inspired by Beowulf. There are a lot of similarities when you examine the two stories sideby side.

Somehow, I'm not surprised since Tolkien himself is a Beowulf fan.

 

[Umbran]

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Tolkien himself is a Beowulf fan.

Two things - One, Tolkien was. He isn't anymore, at least as far as un on the mortal coil are concerned. Two, he was far more than a fan. He was a Beowulf scholor. The man made study of such things part of his life's work.

 

[shilsen]

Spelling Nazi strikes again

Two, he was far more than a fan. He was a Beowulf scholor.

Beowulf scholar

Considering Tolkien was once among the primary authorities in England on Old and Middle English literature, Umbran's description is dead on. The Rohirrim in the LOTR are anglo-saxon in almost all ways, including their poetry.

 

[Umbran]

Re: Spelling Nazi strikes again

Beowulf scholar

Note how I said that Tolkien was the guy with the brains. I'm the lout wasting his time on message boards. Of course I'm a lesser being

 

[Ranger REG]

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Two things - One, Tolkien was. He isn't anymore, at least as far as un on the mortal coil are concerned. Two, he was far more than a fan. He was a Beowulf scholor. The man made study of such things part of his life's work.

I know he is longer with us but in spirit, but suffice to say he has never lost his interest in that epic tale, even when death took him from this world.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

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but suffice to say he has never lost his interest in that epic tale, even when death took him from this world.

How do we know that? Was Tolkien on "Crossing Over" recently? Did John Edward get a message from JRRT during a session?

JOHN EDWARD: "I've got an R. No, a J. Who has a J? Wait, now it's an R again. Hold on. Two R's? Anyone waiting for a message from two R's...and a J. It's definitely a J and two R's. J.R.R."

AUDIENCE MEMBER: "That's my grandfather!"

JOHN EDWARD: "Okay, he has a message for you. This is a strange one, but maybe it means something to you. 'Balrogs have wings.' That's it; he's gone."