Sadly Over-hyped

Excellent, smart action film.

Disappointment for a huge fan!

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

I started watching this movie thinking it wasn't going to interest me. I didn't care for early centuries stories. After watching some it was like a good book I was hooked. Would watch it again and again.

I worked in Hollywood as a screenplay writer, and acting teacher. Nee, I know something about da biz, having worked in media for 50 years. This movie, probably costing millions, well, I'll be kind... I felt sorry to Ben Kingsley, who once played Ghandiji! And all the other actors, I'd love to get their stories... A cast of thousands, exotic locations, sex and violence, an epic saga, without heart, rambling from trauma to trauma, Jews against Arabs, warlords against warlords, camels against camels, the desert against all! I don't know how something like this get's produced, ah, maybe the de riguer sex scene, arrows flying hither and yon. I can picture the pitch meeting, with the creators going for the money, IT'S THE STORY OF THE FIRST MEDICAL OPERATION, AND THIS HAS HISTORIC VALUE Wouldn't the millions spent on this mopic have been better used to feed the hungry? F.A. Hutchison Granada, Spain

I did not read the book so after i saw the movie i read the summary of the book at Wiki. The story line is almost the same . If u value history and facts u have to bare the ignorance of novelist and the director ! Their ignorance may be intentional. Before the year 1938 there were a lot of intentional pieces about Jews in Nazi Germany. In the year 2013 when the movie was on screen there is Islamophobia around the world and this movie may intensify the ignorance of the ignorant people. I can understand the need of a fictional character from the view of novelist but at least he could stick with the historical facts if he was not meant to serve Islamophobia. I don't believe the novelist meant that but the German makers of the movie definitely thought about it ! Ps: Am not Muslim or believe in any other religion.

We really enjoyed this movie. It is long, but did not seem it at all. The movie had a great pace to it (never slow), and it covered a lot of ground (literally). The entire movie could have been drawn out over 3 or 4 movies when you think about the timeline of what was covered, but they did not do that - so it is jam packed with intrigue, mystery, romance, some action, and romance.The costumes and setting were great, elaborate, and I am sure a lot of CGI, but you really felt like you were there in the year 1,000.The Director did a great job, and told the story very, very well. He made it very, very interesting, and did not seem like a 2+hour movie at all ! Acting from Tom, Ben, and Stellan was great. They are all really good actors, and I love their work (Tom is currently in Walking Dead). Definitely recommend this movie. I totally missed this movie when it came out in the USA, so I am glad to have found it now !