The Eagle (2011)

**Dale Seago** · 14th February 11, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by skauwt

is it anything like the recent film Centurion
http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LI.../vi1334445593/

I'm wondering the same thing, as I haven't seen this new one yet. Saw Centurion and, despite some improbable elements, I liked it; but I won't get to see The Eagle for a while because my girlfriend wouldn't want to (and we'll be spending this weekend together at her place), and a week from tomorrow I'm going to Borg up and get a structural upgrade on one hip. I'll only be in the shop for a couple of days, then home with my g/f at her place for a couple of weeks while the new components integrate with the original frame. But it will likely be a week or two before I can drive, so easily as much as 3 weeks after I'm Assimilated before I can see the flick.

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

The image of the Picts as primitive, dark little Neolithic chaps is apparently derived from Robert E. Howard's "Conan" and "Bran mak Morn" stories!

That's the first portrayal of them as being that way that I can recall from my own adolescence. Loved Howard's stories though!!

As I mentioned earlier, the Romans seem to have thought of the Picts as "some sort of Germans" because they were big, fair-haired folk.

**Burly Brute** · 14th February 11, 09:02 PM

At first I thought it was going to be a movie that portrayed any non-Romans as savage sub-human beasts, mostly with the first invasion. However, as it progressed and there was more interaction with Esca and the Highlanders, it seemed as though it gave them a more decent point of view. I will say that Esca seemed to tie the Romans and the Picts together, both leaders were big on bloodshed and sacrifice, whereas Esca seemed to be the more "human" element in which he wanted life to continue on and stop the domination. Although, the Picts had good cause, as well as the rest of britons, being that the Romans were just trying to conquer e'erything.