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    Posted: 12-Jun-2006 at 23:18
I'm sure this topic has been made a lot,  but what are some good movies about the medieval period?  I don't care too much if it's fictional or slightly fantasy. 
 
 
Sorry if there is another topic like this,  but I have been searching the forum for a while.  I never knew this place existed.  I'm glad I stumbled upon it. 
 
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I would have to say: Braveheart, maybe Kingdom of Heaven, Robin Hood Prince of thieves, El Cid, umm that's all i can think of atm
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The name of the Rose, The Pit and the Pendelum and my favorite Flesh and Blood.
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A couple more for the Middle Ages:
 
The Warlord, starring Charlton Heston
 
The 13th Warrior, starring Antonio Banderas
 
Some for late Middle Ages, Early Modern Period:
 
1492: The Conquest of Paradise, starring Gerard Depardieu
 
The New World, starring Colin Farrell
 
The Three Musketeers, the original one starring Michael York and Charlton Heston
 
 
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Henry V Kenneth Brannagh version, the battle of Agincourt.
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The 1982 miniseries about Marco Polo. Hard to find, but surprisingly good.
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The many movies of Robin Hood.

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The name of the Rose, The Pit and the Pendelum and my favorite Flesh and Blood.
 
 
Those are some I haven't seen.  I have seen all the rest,  but I don't own them. 
 
 
What do you guys think of Timeline?  I know it's not really medieval,  but the book was really good.
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the courtjester...1956....

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Joan of arc is an alright movie.
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Originally posted by Giannis

The name of the Rose, The Pit and the Pendelum and my favorite Flesh and Blood.
 
Ive never heard of these movies.
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Timeline isnt a bad movie, i quite liked it.
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Originally posted by Giannis

The name of the Rose, The Pit and the Pendelum and my favorite Flesh and Blood.
 
Ive never heard of these movies.
 
You haven't heard of ''The Name of the Rose''! That's pretty strange I thought it was a very well-known movie. Soc Connery was starring.
As for Flesh&Blood it was directed by Paul Verhofen, not quite known film but for me is the best medieval movie that was ever made.
Pit and the Pendelum, well I saw it only once by luck, it's an ok movie about the Inquisition.
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"A Knights Tale"- Nonsense but highly enjoyable.
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"- What? It's Medieval!Smile
"Alexander Nevsky"- Beautiful film.
"Ivanhoe"
"First Knight"- Richard Gere...god this is awful, I rooted for Sean Connery and the villans only....
"Prince of Thieves"- Oh no...please God no.....
"Les Visiteurs"- Awesome, go Jean Reno! And his nose...!Wink
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Ive probably seen them but i cant remember their names.

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heres a whole list of them :
 
 
most of which I've seen many not worth seeing
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Well, I can advise you to see two old Bulgarian movies-

1. "Khan Asparuh"- amazing movie, definately a must-see, even only for the scene where 60 000 bulgarian soldiers are dressed and armored as byzantines and march on the field! There is a export version for the USA, "681st- Greatness of Khan", though it only resembles the original movie, which if I'm not wrong was in 2 three-hour parts.

2. "Ivailo"- again, pretty old movie (1964) but it's very nice, in colour, with massive and well done battles. Ivailo defeated the mongols, a rather obscured fact in history.
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Kingdom of Heaven is okay and I haven't heard any bad things about Joan of Arc and Braveheart is a decent movie...
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Originally posted by Henry JW

Kingdom of Heaven is okay and I haven't heard any bad things about Joan of Arc and Braveheart is a decent movie...
 
Aside from Kingdom of Heavens "equality" teachings (working with the peasents- yeah right!). It's OK and the battles are good though I wish they had shown Hattin.
 
Joan of Arc is awful. All Brits are evil (and ugly too...). Boring really.
 
Braveheart is nonsense. Enjoyable but for the fact that so many Americans believe it as truth....
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