| Overall Grade: |
C+ |
|
| Story: |
C+ |
|
|
| Acting: |
A |
|
|
| Direction: |
C- |
|
|
| Visuals: |
A- |
|
|
Facts - Please pass me the eraser.
by Fahad A (movies profile)
Jun 16, 2008
676
of
982 people found this review helpful
Do not read this review if you have not yet watched the movie as it will contain facts which wil give give the story away.
As much as the Ridley Scott attempts to make this movie as fair as possibe to both Christians and Muslims, i'm afraid this caused him to alter the facts of history.
For example, half way through the movie Saladin looks at his assisting General and asks, "how many victories have the Muslims won before i became General" and the other guy replies, "very little." Sounds convincing doesnt it?... lets give him the job! Well unfortunately thats not the case.
Fact: Muslims have in past ruled much of the world for more than 700 consecutive years. They ruled vast areas of land ranging from Europe to China. Spain was under Muslim rule for hundreds of years as was West China including almost everything in between. I wonder how they were able to do that if they had won "very little" wars prior to Saladin's rule.
Another statement which caused me to scratch my head and raise an eye brow was "Saladin was the greatest General in Muslim History."... umm OK he was great.. but not the greatest. Previous generals such as the prophet Mohammed, and Khalid bin Walid pretty much top that list.
At the end of the movie, here's a fact which you sceptics might want to research before shutting me off... the battle of Jersualem did not last as long as it appeared to in the movie, and the Crusader's did not gracefully give up the city. (pause.. research.... are you back? good... now read on) They were in fact humiliated and defeated in the worst way possible. Saladin's army marched into Jersulem with very little casualties and resistance because the Christian Generals had escaped well before Saladin's army reached Jerusalem's gates leaving an uncoordinated and unfit army to defend the city. However, I do understand why Ridley Scott has chosen to conceal this fact and show the christians gracefuly giving up the city...the rating of this movie would have dramatically dropped if the final scene was a group of Muslims celebrating over a cluster of defeated Christian bodies, including Orlando Bloom. There goes the hero!
Final fact..part of Saladin's greatness was for the respect and mercy he had shown to the Christian residents of Jeruslam during Muslim rule. He chose to forgive the Christians for savagely bullying and murdering the Muslim residents of Jerusalem during the Christian rule and give the Christian residents the privilages which the Crusaders took away from the Muslims. Furthermore, Saladin allowed the Jews to return and live peacefully in Jerusalem after the Christian Crusaders had previoulsy expelled them from Jerusalem during Christian rule..I don't remeber that being mentioned in the Movie. Yahoo search phrase (saladin + jews)
But other that that, the popcorn was good. |
My Public Profile 
