Žižka is a foil to the Catholic church at the time, which oppressed its people and whose Kings used the name of God to justify horrific acts. MEDIEVAL has a strong Christian, moral worldview that stresses the importance of freedom, true Christian faith and family. Žižka agrees to exchange Katherine for his brother, but vows to save Katherine from the mire of political war that wages between her future husband and the other monarchs.Īt great sacrifice to his own wellbeing, Žižka must overcome enemies from all sides as he fights to save Katherine, the peasants under the oppressive rulers and stand for a true faith in God. Torak hunts down and murders Žižka’s nephew and captures his brother. However, as Žižka transports Katherine to their destination, he learns that the enemy, a ruthless leader named Torak, has been hired to get Katherine back. Žižka and his men are hired to kidnap Lady Katherine, to use as a bargaining chip for another monarch. Žižka is a fearless warrior and a genius strategist who commands the respect of those around him. Jan Žižka and his men, hired mercenaries, protect Lord Boresh (Michael Caine) as rival rulers battle for the throne. Meanwhile, greed and corruption spreads like wildfire among the monarchs of the land. The movie begins as Europe is in a state of turmoil, with opposing political and religious views. MEDIEVAL is based on the true story of 15th Century Czech icon, warlord and religious reformer Jan Žižka, played by Ben Foster. Despite the Christian symbolism throughout MEDIEVAL, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution for excessive, gory violence and brief explicit nudity. The grizzly, realistic costumes and sets help MEDIEVAL live up to its name. The acting from Michael Caine and Ben Foster is wonderful. Žižka is a foil to the Catholic church at the time, which oppressed its people and whose kings used God’s name to justify horrific acts. So, Žižka and his men fight to save Katherine. They discover Katherine is caught in a battle between European monarchs. Žižka and his men are paid to kidnap Lady Katherine, the fiancée of a powerful lord. A strategic genius, Žižka stands up for Christian faith in God and freedom as the Catholic Church justifies horrific oppression and violence. Žižka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire, often entering battle outnumbered but never losing a battle he led. list can go way too long.įOr me it all turns movie into complete fantasy add some elves instead of Northumbria and dwarves instead of Francia, and nothing will change.MEDIEVAL is based on the true story of 15th Century Czech warlord and religious reformer, Jan Žižka. what England guys, it will only become a cause of Alfred the Great much later. in just about 200 years before crossbows appear in Europe) overall fully uniformed armies of kingdoms like Francia "For England!" shout the soldiers of Wessex king. Frankish army - totally wrong (widespread crossbowmen who act like modern soldiers, even killing wounded on the ground with a crossbow point-blank shot. While in reality since the Roman times their ancestors were raiding as far as Portugal, and knew well about lands like Carolingian empire (Viking Demnark bordered it).Īrmors and weapons. Nothing against OP or his interest in historical accuracy, but reading your comment just reminded me of this out of the blue.Įven the beginning, the whole plot is based on the facts that before vikings couldn't sail far, and didn't know there are lands in the east. Dude just kinda mumbled something along the lines of "uh yeah, sure whatever" and kept his mouth shut for the rest of the movie. I've never felt secondhand embarrassment as strongly as I did when someone eventually interrupted him and asked if we could just watch the movie. People were just awkwardly looking at each other and audibly groaning whenever he spoke up. "Actually, a real samurai would never wear that for this occasion because blah blah, man I really thought this movie would be better", and so on.Įvery time he did it, he would look around the room with a grin to see if anyone would go along with it or would be impressed by his comments, but the dude couldn't read the room to save his life. This one guy (didn't know who he was) kept interrupting the movie every 10 minutes with a loud "akshually" before trying to explain why X or Y was not historically accurate and ruined the movie in his eyes. One night, we ended up watching The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise. Oof, this just reminded me of one of the most cringe things I've ever seen.īack in college, a group of my friends and people from my classes frequently got together to watch movies. This post just reeks of "I know a lot about history and lots of people don't let me talk about how smart I am".
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