the eagle

[The_Mariner]

Actually, I liked Centurion until the 'legion' with it's gung-ho legate was destroyed, moving without any scouts (but for that lady Pict-soon-to-turn-traitor-as-anybody-could-see-right-from-the-start) along a single road. By burning bushes no less! Come ON! Nah, for me it's still Gladiator with all it's historical quirks.

Not only did the Legion have no scouts (other than the Ninja Pict) they were acting like holiday tourists or Boy Scouts on a weekend outing, randomly setting up their tents among the trees. No Marching Camp? No "moat or stockade?" to quote Olivier as Crassus.

And speaking of Olivier ... I'll still take Spartacus, with all of its historical quirks. To my mind, no film has captured the might and the majesty of Roman Legions in the field quite like the final battle scene in Kubrick's film. Yes, that battle does finally devolve into standard Hollywood Ancient Battle Chaos, but the beginning, as the legions march onto the field, looks great. (And this scene done before the advent of CGI that allowed Lucas and Jackson to field armies with thousands of Clone Troopers or Orcs as the case may be.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgywD3XJaWU

:wink:

Narukami

spoiler alert


I too Love this scene, the eagle had some nice scenes again in the fort and at the wall and villa, but once over the wall why he was not killed out of hand is beyond me....