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You have a point benzinha...
and you raise an interesting historical perspective. Of course what intrigues me is that the producers of the film claim that their recreation is based on new archaeological findings. Hmmm.... the phrase "new archaeological findings" can also be misleading no?
posted by
Friar__Tuck
on July 27, 2004 at 9:49 PM
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Friar, I just finished reading ENEMY OF GOD by Bernard Cornwell, the 2nd
in his Warlord Chronicle Trilogy. The first book is named The Winter King. He says that he studied all of the ancient legends of Arthur, and there are hundreds, many conflicting and controversial and most are probably just fantasies based upon other ancient tales and legends.
He claims that Arthur was probably an ancient and undefined Pagan, surrounded by Druids and Christians and being pulled in different directions by all of his friends. He claims that Guenivere worshipped Isis and Osiris. The author doesn't have Arthur spitting on the ground or grabbing at metal objects to avert evil as his other characters do, leaving him ambiguous, with shadowy spirituality.
This movie sounds like Conan and Red Whatshername fighting perceived evil. I shall not ever go see it as I cannot stomach the lack of story and the overabundance of fight scenes in today's films.
I am glad that you added your Christian POV to the review. Christians were also quite Pagan still and Druidical still in their manifesting Christianity back then in that area of the world. Things were pretty 'nebulous' then, with Romans mostly gone and Christians still growing and Druids still conjuring and Pagans still spitting on the ground and in their enemies' faces. A spiritual vaccuum of sorts. All is mere speculation. No??
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benzinha
on July 27, 2004 at 9:15 PM
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