Romance always gets to me.

It's Heath Ledger do I need to say anymore.

Gloriously anachronistic.

"You can change your stars" that is God's message to us, even at Christmas to say, you can be saved, you can change, you are more than the sum of your works or the words of others. Valor, honor, friendship, love these are more true and valuable than ... (read more) "You can change your stars" that is God's message to us, even at Christmas to say, you can be saved, you can change, you are more than the sum of your works or the words of others. Valor, honor, friendship, love these are more true and valuable than title or merits can afford. For these themes and reasons this is my all time favorite movie.

this movie gets rave reviews from my friends. I think it sucks.

If Shannyn Sossamon hadn't been in it, I might have given it 5 stars. Her performance is mediocre and her accent is terrible to the point of being distracting. She seems like she's in a different movie to everyone else. I get that Will is "chasing st... (read more) If Shannyn Sossamon hadn't been in it, I might have given it 5 stars. Her performance is mediocre and her accent is terrible to the point of being distracting. She seems like she's in a different movie to everyone else. I get that Will is "chasing stars" by going after the "lady" (who at one point appears to be wearing a lampshade on her head -- huh?), but given the choice of Sossamon's lady or Laura Fraser's farting blacksmith -- I know who I'd pick. Everyone else is great, but Paul Bettany is a stand-out, particularly in herald mode. The soundtrack could have misfired badly, but actually works really well. I like medieval stuff anyway, but I also like the point this movie posits -- that people then were essentially the same as people today. Plus it's just great fun. My favourite sport movie. Huzzah!