8 of 10 on the Spiff-O-Meter
Beautiful cinematography, gorgeous fight choreography,
what more could you want from an eye candy movie? The
plot is pretty solid too. What I really liked was the
fact that the peasants actually looked dirty. I’m so
sick of seeing period pieces with pristine, clean
peasants. They were DIRTY! They took a bath maybe
once a year! Come on people! The nobles weren’t all
that much more clean.
The costuming was great. I think Zack (Roman, of Consoletations)
was about to kill me for identifying half of the fabrics in the
movie. I’m sorry . . . work in a fabric store long enough
you notice these things. Overall the acting was
good; I still dislike Mena Suvari as a sex symbol.
She looks like she’s thirteen. *shakes head*
But like I said, good movie. You all should go see
it. It’s a nice, pretty piece of escapism. If you
like Mena Suvari, you’ll like it.
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