Odd thing I just now noticed about the King Arthur movie...

**rajpoot** · 05-31-2008, 17:45

I can never get over the fact how the boy accepts his father being killed without a word.......and even more weird is, the the father is not willing to budge from his place even though he knows that the Saxons are coming.

**Martok** · 05-31-2008, 18:39

Well as my dad would say, "That's Hollywood for ya!"

**Spartan198** · 05-31-2008, 22:12

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

Because the grass is always greener...?

And the Picts are oh so friendly?

Originally Posted by asj_india

the the father is not willing to budge from his place even though he knows that the Saxons are coming.

Could be possible he wasn't aware of the Romans withdrawling from the island. When told about the Saxons, he did say "Rome will send an army".

**cmacq** · 06-01-2008, 02:27

Please I'm not defending this movie, yet...

I believe at this stage, I assume around AD 410, the Romans had been using the Saxons to fight the Picts and Scots for at least several decades. I think the Saxons engaged the Picts as far north as the Orkneys. Again, because of the sever manpower shortages throughout the Empire, and the practise of Senatorial class that in effect further removed huge numbers of people from being used by the Imperial state, the Roman military was forced to use outsiders.

**Centurio Nixalsverdrus** · 06-01-2008, 02:46

King Arthur is unbelievable bad crap. The Germanic Saxons as Proto-Nazis with a strong desire to keep their race clean of any Pictic genes, in the deep wisdom that such act could only lead to a generated people like the English. LOL. Did the inventors of that story even knew what they were saying?

I'm quoting the movie here, not my own thoughts.

**Spartan198** · 06-01-2008, 03:00

I've seen this movie numerous times and I've never heard any proto-Nazi references.

**Kagemusha** · 06-01-2008, 07:30

Originally Posted by Spartan198

I've seen this movie numerous times and I've never heard any proto-Nazi references.

In the movie, the saxons are killing everyone they can,not sparing anyone. The Saxon leader even kills one of his own man because he has "dirtied" himself by thinking of raping a local woman. So the reference to "uber menschen " is very clear.

**Kamakazi** · 06-01-2008, 08:15

lol wuts funny is i just watched that movie like yesterday

**Spartan198** · 06-02-2008, 10:20

Originally Posted by Kagemusha

In the movie, the saxons are killing everyone they can,not sparing anyone. The Saxon leader even kills one of his own man because he has "dirtied" himself by thinking of raping a local woman. So the reference to "uber menschen " is very clear.

Might be worth considering that the guy also challenged Cerdic's authority, and that he was killed for speaking out against the king. Something that would naturally result in execution.

But the funny thing about me is that when I watch a movie, I single out the things I like about it, not the opposite. That's why I like King Arthur, Troy, 300, Alexander, The Last Legion, and so on.
I apologize for not singling out something that some people might label as proto-Nazi.

**cmacq** · 06-01-2008, 03:17

Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus

King Arthur is unbelievable bad crap. The Germanic Saxons as Proto-Nazis with a strong desire to keep their race clean of any Pictic genes, in the deep wisdom that such act could only lead to a generated people like the English. LOL. Did the inventors of that story even knew what they were saying?

I'm quoting the movie here, not my own thoughts.

Actually, I believe on closer inspection what the Saxon warriors wanted only the Hengest-like character denied?

**Centurio Nixalsverdrus** · 06-01-2008, 23:01

Originally Posted by cmacq

Actually, I believe on closer inspection what the Saxon warriors wanted only the Hengest-like character denied?

Uff, English is not my mother tongue, can you say that in other words please (with more words)?

**Husar** · 06-01-2008, 23:48

Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus

Uff, English is not my mother tongue, can you say that in other words please (with more words)?

I think he means that the saxons wanted to rape the women and the leader was the only one who did not want them to do that, there's a scene depicting that.