Empires - Holy Warriors: Richard the Lionheart & Saladin

Empires - Holy Warriors: Richard the Lionheart & Saladin

Empires - Holy Warriors: Richard the Lionheart & Saladin
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Actor: Holy Warriors
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS Paramount

DVD Reviews of Empires - Holy Warriors: Richard the Lionheart & Saladin

DVD Review: Disappointed!
Summary: 3 Stars

I read the reviews on this DVD before purchasing it and they were stellar. However, I was enthralled with it until it reached the end; which in point of fact should have been the beginning. It ended... period... leaving me hanging. I went as far as to check out the rest of the cover to see if there wasn't yet another disc I forgot to play. I thought... man it can't have just ended now!

How pathetic.

DVD Review: Entertaining and Educational!
Summary: 5 Stars

Empires: Richard the Lionheart & Saladin (Holy Warriors) is an excellent documentary which brings to the screen one of the most exciting periods in History: the era of the Crusades.
The amount of effort and research put into this project is evident and as a result the documentary helps transport the viewer to another time allowing one to lay eyes on knights and castles.
The acting is great as the cast have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows!
Very well written and very well presented, this (surprisingly) unbiased documentary is guaranteed to provide the viewer with important historical knowledge as well as a good dose of adrenaline.
In short, Empires: Richard the Lionheart & Saladin (Holy Warriors) is strongly recommended to all those with a soft spot for the Crusades. 5 Stars

DVD Review: Rather Shallow
Summary: 2 Stars

I've seen some superb productions in the Empires "series". Holy Warriors, however, is not one of them. To keep this short, I will just say that much of the film consists of slow-motion scenes of Richard, Saladin, or battles, while the voice over narrator gravely and dramatically intones his explanations of what we are seeing. Even the scholary comments by the academics don't seem to be able to contribute much to the story line. This documentary is a disappointing and rather superficial treatment of a great historical story.

DVD Review: Empires - Holy Warriors: Richard the Lionheart & Saladin
Summary: 3 Stars

A sobering documentary in light of the current state of world politics.

DVD Review: Well crafted with small amounts of bias
Summary: 3 Stars

I appreciated the style of the movie and thought it engaging, entertaining, and visually excellent. However, I disagree with the other reviewers that claim the movie is biased in favor of Richard the Lionheart. The cover of the dvd case states that Richard earned the name Lionheart "as much for his murderous brutality as for his chivalry." Saladin is contrasted from the outset for his "mercy towards the crusaders in contrast to the demonized caricature of popular modern-day Western myth." It seems that the intention of the DVD was to show Richard as more cruel than chivalrous and Saladin as more compassionate than cruel. The intent is therefore obvious and is carried throughout the movie that casts most blame for the crusades/bloodshed on westerners and the intolerance of Christianity. Richard, and westerners in general, compared far less favorably to the enlightened, more tolerant Muslims and Saladin. It was the Christian crusaders that intolerantly slaughtered the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the first crusade. It was Richard that slaughtered 6000 prisoners of war at Acre (as if over a delay in the negotiations for the true cross). Saladin is pictured as much more honourable and thoughtful. It was Saladin that showed the "moral superiority" of his religion by not slaughtering the inhabitants of Jerusalem. This was a not so veiled jab at the West's current political situation. It is quite possibe that Saladin only fairs less favorably to his own idealized reputation as a reluctant peaceful warrior. Both men sought power politically and both men coveted Jerusalem for religious and political reasons. It is quite obvious that the film did not set out to portray Richard as a brave chilvalrous man only wishing to please God. I think the DVD comes under fire more for its attempt at showing both men as political, religious products of their time than the men that we wish them to be--morally superior extentions of our own traditions.

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/11/2005

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