First Leaves Of Autumn, The - Fureys & Davey Arthur (The)

Advantages: some good battle scenes
Disadvantages: poor story, poor charaters

...Gruffudd (Black Hawk Down) is Arthur?s right-hand man. He is dedicated and loyal to Arthur although he doesn?t share Arthur?s idealistic view of the world. Lancelot is more arrogant than Arthur and more grounded in terms of how the world really works. Guinevere ? played by Keira Knightly (Love Actually) is an important woman for the Woads who has recognised the importance of using the Romans to defeat the Saxons. She realises that Arthur is a good man and hopes that he will be able to help lead her people. Merlin ? played by Stephen Dillane (The Hours) is the leader of the Woads. He is a mysterious man who favours guerrilla warfare. He is convinced that Arthur is the man to lead and inspire his people to fight for their homeland. Cerdic ? played by Stellan Skarsgard (Good Will Hunting, Ronin) is the leader of the Saxons. He is... Read review

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Advantages: a brave attempt at history
Disadvantages: dont expect the medieval tale

...are granted freedom to leave the wall and go home, the mission seems suicidal but is the only way they can be released from duty. The mission involves rescuing a familly from north of the wall and returning them to safety knowing that a Saxon warband is headed the same way. If you want to know how that all works out then you will have to watch the film. The first thing about the look of the film that appealed to me is the attention to detail. Arthurs men, who would be called knights in a later age, are accurate to the times, a mix of late Roman equipment and weapons and the look and feel of men who live in the saddle. The buildings both Roman and native are also spot on and Hadrians Wall is fantastic, the film is almost justified on giving us a depiction of that structure alone. The film does tend to be a bit slow in places but is... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting and very readable
Disadvantages: See review

...At work we have a lounge. It?s a very nice lounge with comfy chairs and a view over the atrium. It?s a place where you can have a break-out meeting or a little quiet time, it is also popular with non smokers looking to take advantage of the hourly ten minute breaks their puffing buddies appear to be entitled to. In this lounge is a selection of books, left by community minded colleagues. As you can imagine there is an awful lot of jumble sale tat fodder here but the odd interesting book has been known to turn up. Alongside the usual crime/historical pot boilers this little number stood out. I mean, Arthur Schnitzler? Who ever heard of him. Well, not me anyway but the back cover blurb was intriguing. Regarding the man it went as follows: ?Like his Viennese contemporary Sigmund Freud, the doctor and dramatist Arthur Schnitzler (1862... Read review

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