Any enjoyable movies set around or during EB's timeframe?

[Grade_A_Beef]

You can try Monty Python's Life of Brian....a comedy always throws people off.

*runs*

Edit: huh, if you're talking about anime/manga, you can always try this one

[Ca Putt]

Well there are a lot of enjoyable movies at least if one can surpress the inner hisrian or stratege who screems "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" on this matter I would like to ad that monty phytons Life of brian(and the holy grale) sometimes are much more close to history than most hollywood productions^^

as not THE CLiche movie I would suggest Attila the hun, most people may find it not violent enough but hey, for what do we have 300?
It's in the timeline of IB :>

[Chris1959]

What exactly is you're project?

Is it to discuss the accuracy of a movie re-history and does it have to be in the Ancient period?

If not then U627 is an exciting film but total bullshit when it comes to history, you could contrast it with the accuracy portrayed in "Das Boot", also an excellent film.

[Tartaros]

King Athur is entertaining too. It´s also near the eb timeframe (but still a movie).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grby3KIEwCw

[Dutchhoplite]

- Fall of the Roman empire

[geala]

I deal here only with some more modern movies. The most accurate (which unfortunately means not so much, but better than nothing) historical one in the EB timeframe is Stone's "Alexander". That some modern people have their preconceptions and don't like some content may be a fact as seen here, but it is a bit ridiculous to use this as an argument against the movie as a whole. If you think your class cannot stand it, try the special directors cut of "Alexander" where you have less homoerotic szenes but more bloody fighting - as violence seems often to be no problem for many.

"Gladiator" is of course nonsense, but if you like an even worse movie (in the historical sense) use "Braveheart". "Braveheart" solves the problem of time itself (costumes from centuries later, even if wrong, a child from a death man and some other miracles), so it can surely also be used as a movie for the EB timeframe. BTW, even "300" is much much better than "Braveheart" because it is at least honest in it's historical clownery. "King Arthur" is also a very good candidate, no wonder the Roman empire which -that was new to me- was ruled by the pope in the 5th AD (I wrote this immediately to Peter Heather and asked for a revision of his incomplete last book, togehter with the fact that the Romans didn't leave Britain in 410) crashed because they allowed their only true (Sarmatian) cavalry to retire, pfff.......

[Tartaros]

"King Arthur" is also a very good candidate, no wonder the Roman empire which -that was new to me- was ruled by the pope in the 5th AD (I wrote this immediately to Peter Heather and asked for a revision of his incomplete last book, togehter with the fact that the Romans didn't leave Britain in 410) crashed because they allowed their only true (Sarmatian) cavalry to retire, pfff.......

Yeah, so a bit back to topic - "King Arthur" has got great potential for a discussion. I most like the crossbows of the non-mixing saxon (that don´t fight with spears or seax) or the "mystical open gate", but anyway for a disneyfilm its enjoyable and when i first saw the movie i liked some accurate details like the reflexbows and the sarmatian leatherarmour and the fact that arthur was not late medieval like in so many other films.

[Teucer]

There's always 'The Last Legion'... Now there's a 'historically sound' film....