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Impressive film. I expected purely a crusades film. But it is much more. Essentially it is about Arn and his life from childhood to adult. Eventually finding his true love but this love is forbidden since he has 'sinned with the flesh' as those crazy Christians put it. So he is sent away to the crusades where he encounters Saladin, the oppositions leader.
And they come to respect one another as men of honor and wisdom. Since this film involved severing of limbs and cutting throats i am puzzled why this film got a pg rating when films like die hard get a 18 rating. The answer is purely because the financial backers of the film had pull with the censorship board. After all this is the most expensive film production in Scandinavian history. Cant wait to see the sequel.
Calling all Crusaders and Knights Templar!!!Finally, a movie for us! Where do I start? This is the first movie I've seen where they attempted to deal with the disparate languages, customs and ideologies of the day w/out coming off as preachy.The story centers on two lovers, a young man named Arn Magnusson who was raised at a Cistercian monastery as was customary at the time, and a young woman named Cecilia Algotsdottir who was also schooled at the monastery by the Abbess of the nunnery there. Their both teens at this point, and very much in love. It just so happens that Arn is a member of the Folkungs, a dynasty with ties to the throne. He gets embroiled in political issues early on and is forced to defend his family's honor, which he does admirably and well, due to his training at the monastery of a former Templar. However, due to those same political reasons, the two are found to have sinned (having had premarital sex) and are excommunicated from the Church and sentenced to do 20 years penance for their crime of passion; she as a nun at the Abbey, he as a Templar fighting the Saracens in the Holy Land.I could easily give the story away because I loved this movie so much- I'll do my best to keep it simple.
In this one movie, at least 5 different languages are spoken, depending on the location.for instance, at the monastery, you'll hear Latin, English and French in addition to the local language, Swedish. In the Holy Land you will hear both English and Arabic- the differences in languages as well as when you hear them help set the tone for their particular scenes. I felt it lent a feeling of reality to the movie, as for that time it was commonplace to hear more than one language in a monastery, or in a foreign city- especially one with a heavy Crusader presence. Crusaders came from all over Europe, and they didn't all speak the same language. It is not usual for this to be embraced in a film, which only made it better in my eyes.The action segments were very well done; fight scenes were not long drawn out affairs usually associated with Hollywood- there are a couple of set-piece battles that are touched upon (the Battle of Montgisard where the Crusaders handed Saladin a crushing defeat, and the Battle of Hattin where Saladin returned the favor) and overall, the action is very well done.
Of course, I wanted more, but then I wouldn't be happy until they made a series of movies about the entire Crusades history- complete with the sheen and finish of a Hollywood construct, but I digress.from costuming, choice of actors, adherence to the source material (Guillou's books), locales, linguistics- I will say this is the first movie based in the Crusades that endeavored to give viewers a 'time capsule' view of what life must've been like 800 years ago.Definitely a movie for the collection, and one I'll never tire of watching. An absolute must buy that you will not regret if GWTW is also a favorite.If the viewer does not mind English subtitles, then this is one of the greatest love stories that I have ever seen.It only had one flaw if you can call it a flaw. It is a 6 part miniseries with each segment being 40-45 minutes long. The flaw is that each segment draws in the viewer so deeply that you must continue with the next and the next until you watch the entire series in one setting. If you can watch over 6 nights you are a much more patient viewer than I am.From what I understand this story is based on certain historical facts and some legend. An absolute JOY!!!I saw the pre release info and was awaiting the US release.
Since it did not come to theaters in the US, I was very happy to find a copy that would play in the US. Costuming is one of the closest to accurate for the period I have seen recently, and since it is based on as close to written fact as the Norse ever get, well worth the buy, and view. Well written screenplay and wonderfully portrayed. If you are at all interested in any of the Knight Templar facts or fictions, this is a must see.