This week’s edition of Eric’s Bad Movies at Film.com comes from a time when they were trying to make Antonio Banderas a big-time movie star. It’s called “The 13th Warrior,” and it features many foreigners speaking in heavy accents.
Speaking of foreigners with heavy accents, did I mention I’m in New York City? Well, I am. I’m covering the Tribeca Film Festival for the first time, for Cinematical, mostly because I happened to be coming here anyway for vacation and we thought it would be smart for me to be on vacation AND do some work. Surely you see the logic. If you’re in NYC, and you see me wandering around, be sure to say hi.
Eric- Why don’t you ever come someplace awesome like Tucson? I would totally say hi if I saw you here.
You know, I have never bothered to see this movie. So it seems, after reading this, I never will.
Eric – PLEASE review National Lampoon’s Last Resort next – PLEASE! I mean, if you can make it through it. It’s mind numbingly BAD. Go the Coreys! hehe
The ONE weekend I’m in Portland, and Eric takes off. Why do you hate me, Eric?
shame that you can’t see beyond your own cleverness. This is a good romp and quirky, but now I know your tastes I may have to watch all your write-offs. (ok, maybe not SHowgirls)
I kind of liked this movie.
shame that you can’t see beyond your own cleverness.
If you had as much cleverness as I do you wouldn’t be able to see beyond it, either.
I gotta disagree with you this time, Eric. 13th Warrior is definitely a Bad Movie, but unlike most, it is also well intentioned, fascinating to look at, and extremely enjoyable with the right group of friends. It is also a highly creative re-telling of Beowulf (and one that is frankly far superior to that rotoscoped mess that came out last year). I have always harbored a soft spot for it (not that that’s too hard to tell), and I implore you to pick on a more worthy target next time, (like “The Way We Were” with the Babster. No one should ever have to be subjected to that. Twice. In the course of the same afternoon while sick in bed at grandma’s…).
Scandilazians! You truly are a wordsmith.
The movie is also based on the actual accounts of an Arabic man who went to live with the Vikings for a period, and is the only place we have a first-hand account of a Viking funeral, so it is actual a kind-of-interesting movie when you know the history it is based on. Great review, and you shouldn’t have to do background research on a movie to like it, but it is definately better if you know that background…
Just for point of clarity, the movie is actually an adaptation of the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crighton, which is loosely based on the actual writings of Ahmad Ibn Fadlan and his dealings with Rus people, and on Beowulf.
I have never seen the movie, but I enjoyed the novel quite a bit.