![]() It is one of the first to tell the story of a warrior who went on a perilous quest to fight demons and dragons. Written around 700 AD and being composed by an anonymous author, "Beowulf" may be one of the richest Medieval times fantasy story ever told. The movie which was also directed by Mel Gibson, took home five academy awards despite the film being Rated R for "Brutal Medieval Warfare." It is graphically violent and blatantly displays throat cuttings, battle scenes (that has blood literally splashing onto the camera), beheadings and a traitor's head smashed with a wrecking ball. The story that is set against a darker Medieval period is a heavily laden story of love, patriotism, and justice. The story is based on the true historical account of Scotsman William Wallace from childhood to adulthood as he fights to free his country from the oppression of the English. This epic movie features the very best of Mel Gibson's character that includes, passion, action, and gore. Heath Ledger's character, which goes from rags to riches when he joins a jousting competition to impressing a fair maiden (played by Shannyn Sossamon), shines forth wonderfully in this classic tale. ![]() ![]() However the movie fared well with the younger audience and the movie is touted as one of the late actor's best movies. ![]() If you make a movie about people in the Medieval period, you'd usually not have crowds singing Queen's "We Will Rock You", and doing ghetto dances. This due to the combination of rock music in ancient times that clashed with the knowledge of history. Supposedly when "A Knight's Tale" first hit the cinemas, audiences couldn't quite figure it out. For anyone who enjoyed the "Evil Dead" series, you will definitely enjoy this one. Bruce Campbell has to be the king of B-movies and he doesn't disappoint with this Medieval timed twist. Watch as Ash, battles demons, zombie doppelgangers and a skeleton army. Set in a poverty-stricken Medieval kingdom, Ash injects modern day references and pop culture, which has garnered the odd infusion, a cult status for the movie. In the movie that is adapted from its Dark Horse comic series of the same name, almost every line Ash utters is quotable. In true Sam Raimi style, the movie is an overdose of non-stop slapstick laughter. Unlike the first two movies that were set in modern times, in "Army of Darkness" Ash is sucked through a portal to Medieval times where he has to help the people living in a walled castle to fight evil demons. So, to relive the good old glory days, (or bad, depending on which movie you watch) here's five Medieval themed movies you just have to catch!īruce Campbell plays Ash, the main character of the "Evil Dead" series as well as in its third sequel "Army of Darkness". If you're clueless as to when the actual timeframe for Medieval period is, it's about that point between the fall of Rome and the death of Queen Elizabeth I, or the years 500AD to 1600AD. You certainly won't find King Arthur or Camelot in any of these movies, but these films will definitely provide you a glimpse into the life of the Middle Ages. Medieval movies the sub genre of action movies dedicated to all things Middle Aged leads you to think of the Crusades, King Arthur, knights in armour and fierce battles. Dev Patel is wonderful though.The latest Medieval movie "Your Highness", stars James Franco and Natalie Portman, which is expected to be due out this year. Aesthetically I had a very mixed reaction, and in any event, the lighthearted tone of the poem was completely lost here. The cinematography certainly had its moments, but I prefer less CGI, less darkness, and a more realistic look even to fantasy stories, at least as much as possible. It started feeling like ambiguity for ambiguity's sake, which was irritating by the time the film ended. ![]() You certainly don't get the impression from the film that the story is about virtue or honor, and that's a shame. Too many of the embellishments David Lowery made to the story - subplots, characters, hallucinations, etc - detracted from it, feeling at best inelegant and at worst pretentious. Facing the prospect of death with honor, resisting temptation - the basis for the original story may sound rather old-fashioned, but it's from the 14th century after all. What is the green knight? Death, the green of the earth that will cover us all, the moss that will grow over our edifices when we're gone - I loved this interpretation. Some of the wild ideas that got included to pad the film out to 130 long minutes should have been excised. Winifred whose fate echoes Gawain's, but in other cases, went too far off the rails. The alterations to the original story were in some ways intriguing, like including the story of St. Liked the first half, disliked the second half. ![]()
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