Yes, I saw it too. I was dragged along against my will to what I was sure was to be typical Hollywood rubbish - but a medievalist friend of mine assures me the battle scenes were actually quite well researched (they were genuinely stunning) and I quite enjoyed Jacob Heringman's lute playing.
I particularly enjoyed the inevitable Hollywood "moment of truth" speech of the main protagonist who, of course, plays the role of a politically correct Crusader who defeats the muslims for the good of all races, creeds, etc....hmmmm. (What else!) Best, Benjamin In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =?ISO-8859-1?b? Ik1hdGhpYXMgUvZzZWwi?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > saw Kindom of Heaven in the movies, yesterday. Knights, fluently > speaking Arabic with their attendants, Arabs speaking with an accent. > Music by and large tolerable (hardly any medieval pieces). > > Made me wonder what became of the medieval song project, and of medieval > lute players in general. > > Best, > > Mathias In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =?ISO-8859-1?b? Ik1hdGhpYXMgUvZzZWwi?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > saw Kindom of Heaven in the movies, yesterday. Knights, fluently > speaking Arabic with their attendants, Arabs speaking with an accent. > Music by and large tolerable (hardly any medieval pieces). > > Made me wonder what became of the medieval song project, and of medieval > lute players in general. > > Best, > > Mathias > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
