Legolas converts to Chritianity. Like in the case of the Popes theres a change in his nomenclature. He calls himslef Balion. To repent for his pagan non christian past and our hero deserts King Aragorn and decides to become a servant of the kingdom of God. Unlike Legolas he decides that woman can be decent company.But for most of movie he does what Legolas did, kill a lot of guys in imaginative ways.
Ok I have used my bloggers license to modify the truth about the movie.But heck the movie distorts history as well badly. I googled around a little and found a few interesting things.
1. Sybilla(Eva Green) doesnt fall for any Balion. She remains the Queen and her son becomes King of Jerusalem.She dies in some epidemic.
2. Guy de Lusignan(Sybilla's husband) later teams up with Richard(the Lionheart guy) in the next crusade and as a reward finds himslef as the King of Cyprus.
3.There was no Balion.
The best thing about the movie is the battle scenes. Ridley Scott dishes out awesome bloodbaths. The siege of Jerusalem is fundoo. I was drooling over the trebuchets, siege towers, and ballistas. The scene where balion brings down Saladdins siege towers with his ballista is the moment when Western Christian technology triumphs over the infidels, ok i am exagerrating.
The movie is worth watching just for the battles. (ps and Eva Green.)
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