elkhadem
Joined Aug 2004
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Another example of Eurocentric prejudice belittling anything great that came from outside Europe.
Ancient Aliens is a show featuring a few uncredible psydoscientists telling the audience ridiculous unproven myths on the "History" Channel.
The show is not unharmful entertainment. It is quite sinister for stripping the people whose ancestors built great ancient civilizations from their achievements Claiming that Egyptians, Mayans, Indians and Incans could not have possibly built anything by themselves and that more superior beings descended on Earth to do the work for them is very offensive.
Does the show ever attribute European achievements to aliens? Of course not.
Ancient Aliens is a show featuring a few uncredible psydoscientists telling the audience ridiculous unproven myths on the "History" Channel.
The show is not unharmful entertainment. It is quite sinister for stripping the people whose ancestors built great ancient civilizations from their achievements Claiming that Egyptians, Mayans, Indians and Incans could not have possibly built anything by themselves and that more superior beings descended on Earth to do the work for them is very offensive.
Does the show ever attribute European achievements to aliens? Of course not.
The movie accurately demonstrates the true story behind the crusades and their attacks on the middle east. Salah El-Din leads the Egyptian armies to face the 3rd Crusade and recapture Palestine for the Arabs.
The good thing about this movie is its decent fighting sequences and special effects bearing in mind that it was produced in 1963. It also gives a good insight about Salah El Din who is known to the west as one of history's most noble kings. In the movie, the plot shows that Salah El Din too had a great deal of respect for Richard Lionheart of England.
One more interesting point is that the movie shows that Arab Christians were in fact suffering from the crusades and some of them fought side-by-side with the Muslims to defeat the crusaders; this is actually historically documented.
The good thing about this movie is its decent fighting sequences and special effects bearing in mind that it was produced in 1963. It also gives a good insight about Salah El Din who is known to the west as one of history's most noble kings. In the movie, the plot shows that Salah El Din too had a great deal of respect for Richard Lionheart of England.
One more interesting point is that the movie shows that Arab Christians were in fact suffering from the crusades and some of them fought side-by-side with the Muslims to defeat the crusaders; this is actually historically documented.
Although not promoted enough, this movie is excellent. If you like old-style thrillers such as Sleepy Hollow, you will love this one. The films also has a comedic side to it, which makes it more amusing. Antonio Banderas is very convincing in this role and so is the rest of the cast. Omar Al-Sharif also guest stars at the beginning of the movie for a few scenes, but as always, he adds more weight to the movie.
The most brilliant part in the film is how the director showed Ahmad Ibn Fadlan picking up the nordic language of the vikings, gradually. This is definitely original and very smart. In a nutshell, you either like this movie or you don't, I do and so do most of the people who told me they've seen it.
The most brilliant part in the film is how the director showed Ahmad Ibn Fadlan picking up the nordic language of the vikings, gradually. This is definitely original and very smart. In a nutshell, you either like this movie or you don't, I do and so do most of the people who told me they've seen it.