The Eagle Has Fallen

[Timianus]

Alan,
On a separate note what's everyone's thoughts about The Eagle v's Cenurion movies ?

Did people enjoy them ? What was the general feedback of history buffs?

Centurion: Decent "B" flick that could have been much better. Biggest problem with this movie is that it couldn't decide what it wanted to be: 1) battle flick 2) rescue flick 3) horror massacre flick; 4) cheesy HW film?

I liked the cinematography and score better in Centurion, but it was ruined by numerous plot holes, non-cohesive story line, and utterly silly ending. I think with better editing/directing the film could have been much, much better.

Silly plot holes:
1. Lets march an entire legion into enemy territory under the direction of an angry mute that we raped, without sending a scouting party.
2. Lets all stare at the big flaming fireballs coming to kill us instead of moving out of the way.
3. Lets go on a rescue mission without the tools needed to free the general!. Now that we found him, we might as well give up.
4. Maybe if we leave a bright shiny helmet on the top of a mountain, the expert tracker won't be able to find us!
5. Genius! Lets "hide" in the only man-made structure we have seen all week!
6. How about we kill the only survivor of a military disaster instead of debriefing him and figuring out what went wrong.

Eagle: Bad "B" flick that wanted desperately to be an A-list hit. About the only thing I liked about this movie was that it attempted to show a cohort fighting and maneuvering as a unit in battle, rather than the typical "walk in a straight, pretty line, then duke it out mano-e-mano." That said, the costuming was horrid. Acting was worse. Anachronisms galore ("no fight with a slave is a fair fight"--you tell them Donald...how very progressive and un-Roman of you!); and ridiculous depiction of "seal people." In short, I thought they ruined a perfectly good book. I also did not realize that you could melt gold in a wood fire in five minutes

I may watch Centurion again....I most certainly will not watch "The Eagle."