10-14-2009, 03:16 PM
[size=150:u2hknuvc]Druids (2001)[/size]
Starring Christopher Lambert as Vercingetorix, Claus Maria Brandauer as C. Julius Caesar, and also Max von Sydow, this movie's about, obviously, the Gallic Wars and ultimately the battle of Alesia. It's really a very fantasy version of it all, following the Gauls' end of things mostly with some really fabricated Druidic mysticism, but it also goes into the intertribal conflict of the Gauls, the barbarity of the Romans and despite it being pretty weird, with nasty costumes, and historical 'liberties', overall I found this one strangely entertaining and I'm not sure why LOL I've actually seen it a couple of times and now thinking of it again, I'll probably do so once more before long. I guess I liked it because it's a different story- how many movies are there from the Gallic perspective?- it's entertaining, and it's not a big-budged Hollywood movie, so it's easier to accept the costumes, etc. (not the usual could have been done well but wasn't).
Ratings- 4 bracers (====), 4 plastic spears (^^^^), but 3 stars (***)
Starring Christopher Lambert as Vercingetorix, Claus Maria Brandauer as C. Julius Caesar, and also Max von Sydow, this movie's about, obviously, the Gallic Wars and ultimately the battle of Alesia. It's really a very fantasy version of it all, following the Gauls' end of things mostly with some really fabricated Druidic mysticism, but it also goes into the intertribal conflict of the Gauls, the barbarity of the Romans and despite it being pretty weird, with nasty costumes, and historical 'liberties', overall I found this one strangely entertaining and I'm not sure why LOL I've actually seen it a couple of times and now thinking of it again, I'll probably do so once more before long. I guess I liked it because it's a different story- how many movies are there from the Gallic perspective?- it's entertaining, and it's not a big-budged Hollywood movie, so it's easier to accept the costumes, etc. (not the usual could have been done well but wasn't).
Ratings- 4 bracers (====), 4 plastic spears (^^^^), but 3 stars (***)
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