07-14-2004, 07:41 PM
Something I noticed while watching the movie but forgot about afterwards...<br>
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When Arthur and his knights first set off to rescue the pope's favorite godson living off beyond the wall, we are treated to a 30 second long bit in which several men and a team of horses expend a great amount of energy in order to open the gates to Hadrian's Wall. The attention paid to the rather elaborate barring methods and the sheer weight of the doors must've been done to make the fortifications seem more impressive.<br>
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However, in the finale of the movie, after everyone but Arthur has abandoned the wall, the gates magically open and close on their own so that Arthur can go and talk to the Saxon leader and later so that the Saxon army can be admitted into the fort. How the heck did these doors, so heavy that they needed a pair of horses just to budge them, open by themselves?<br>
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Pretty sloppy bit of filmmaking, that. =p <p></p><i></i>
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When Arthur and his knights first set off to rescue the pope's favorite godson living off beyond the wall, we are treated to a 30 second long bit in which several men and a team of horses expend a great amount of energy in order to open the gates to Hadrian's Wall. The attention paid to the rather elaborate barring methods and the sheer weight of the doors must've been done to make the fortifications seem more impressive.<br>
<br>
However, in the finale of the movie, after everyone but Arthur has abandoned the wall, the gates magically open and close on their own so that Arthur can go and talk to the Saxon leader and later so that the Saxon army can be admitted into the fort. How the heck did these doors, so heavy that they needed a pair of horses just to budge them, open by themselves?<br>
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Pretty sloppy bit of filmmaking, that. =p <p></p><i></i>
