Best movie with the setting in the Dark ages ever.

[Thurston Howell III]

Discuss.

[MorningGlow]

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail. End of discussion.

[Thurston Howell III]

3. That movie was funny.

[DS1]

2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[BulletproofLandshark]

4. What, no votes for Timeline?

:sarcasm:

[quip]

37. The book was a great read

[Orrex]

44. You're dead to me

:mad:

[quip]

47. Pfft. Wretched Elitist. I enjoy Dan Brown, too. So there.

:P

[Orrex]

55. You used to be so cool

It's like I don't even know you anymore. :cry:

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. MP and the Holy Grail or Army of Darkness. Or The Seventh Seal.

[stuntcat]

26. Seventh Seal, seconded

:headbang:

[ceile]

6. I can think of a couple

"The Name of the Rose"
"Ladyhawke"

[MrCoffee]

9. The Name of the Rose

I've seen it about a half-dozen times, and I still don't know if it's one of the best movies ever made or if it's complete crap.

[ceile]

12. I know exactly what you mean! n/t

[applegrove]

42. I loved the Name of the Rose.

[Glorfindel]

60. It's a great movie

with an actual plot and good acting. Not to mention Christian Slater's ass. :9

[noonwitch]

7. Excalibur

I like Monty Python, too, but Excalibur was one of those movies that blew away my teenaged mind when I saw it for the first time.

It's funny to watch now-acclaimed actors in bit parts, too-Liam Neeson as Gawaine, Patrick Stewart at Leodagranz (Guinivere's father), Helen Mirren as Morgan Le Faye, and so on. I also love Nicol Williamson's Merlin and Nigel what-his-name as Arthur (he played John in "The Lion In Winter").

It was well-filmed, with beautiful natural scenery and a really hot Lancelot/Guinivere scene-the guy who played Lancelot also was the lover in a campy movie version of Lady Chatterly's Lover.

[Thurston Howell III]

16. Nigel Terry played Arthur. Let's not forget Gabriel Byrne as Uther and

the late Robert Addie as Mordred.

On Edit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uucj5xLRHQc

[CBHagman]

61. I certainly haven't forgotten the armor.

If you know what I mean...

[GCP]

17. Excalibur is an awesome film

I love the soundtrack - is it Wagner?

[Thurston Howell III]

18. Most of it.

[southerncrone]

59. Nigel Terry. I named my son after him, after seeing this movie!

[MrCoffee]

8. The Lion in Winter, jackass

[Thurston Howell III]

21. Excalibur freeper.

[MrCoffee]

24. Excalibur over The Lion in Winter?

:rofl:

oh, sorry, were you being serious????

[NashVegas]

27. Technically, That's Middle Ages

Some places give the Dark Ages up to 1,000. I'd go to 1066.

But it was a great, great movie.

[terrya]

46. This is the only valid answer

[MrCoffee]

10. Highlander has to be on this list somewhere

[DS1]

11. Highlander?

All copies of Highlander need burning.

[ceile]

13. Blasphemer!

:spank:

[DS1]

20. what the fuck?

It's HORRIBLE!

[ceile]

30. You sir, obviously do not understand

the nuanced performance of Christopher Lambert. Truly a genius of our time.

[MrCoffee]

15. wow. just wow.

I'll pray for you.

[Dr. Strange]

53. You should probably give him a hug too.

[jobycom]

43. Didn't that win an Oscar for Best Movie Ever?

[Taverner]

14. In the Name of the Rose

Yeah Yeah Yeah I know Eco's book is better. I loved the book too.

It gives a very realistic account of what life would be like if we were in a Theocracy.

Haggee must jack off to that movie every night.

[NashVegas]

28. Again, Middle Ages

Too late.

[bmbmd]

19. Lord of the G-Strings

http://imdb.com/title/tt0323108/

[CJCRANE]

22. BEOWULF! nt

[Thurston Howell III]

23. Yeah that too.

[Orsino]

25. The 13th Warrior was pretty damned good, too.

Are we talking pre-Norman Conquest Dark Ages, or generic medieval = Dark Ages?

[Thurston Howell III]

31. Early Middle ages, i.e. Dark Ages. But the whole middle ages is fine.

[Swede]

35. That one gets my vote.

"Give an Arab a sword,and he turns it into a knife."

[PassingFair]

29. The VIKINGS

I LOVED this movie when I was a kid.

I based my wedding dress on Janet Leigh's costumes.

[NashVegas]

32. There Really Weren't Very Many

There's a reason they're called "Dark ages," and it's because there's so little recording of it that survived.

[Deep13]

33. You mean 400-600 c.e?

That's when the European dark ages were. The Greek dark age was between the fall of Minoan civilization and before the rise of Hellenistic civilization.

The Middle Ages in Europe began when the dark age ended.

[Thurston Howell III]

36. The early Middle ages - Dark Ages - in Europe were from the time

of the fall of the Roman Empire - figure around 6th cent. CE. to 1066. The Middle ages were from 1066 to the discovery of the new world. Now that's just by definition. But much mentality of the middle ages went even until the late 19th century in some parts of Europe. Again, let's say from th efall of the Roman Empire to 1492.

[Deep13]

41. 1066 was the "high" middle ages.

Most historians put the beginning of the early M.A. around 800 or the time of Charlemagne. The late M.A. started around 1200.

As you say the real beginning of the dark ages was the fall of classical civilization locally and ended when writings and other artifacts became available to historians again. So the beginning time is different depending on the region. Some places might not have a dark age at all.

[jobycom]

49. Often debated topic

The term Dark Ages originally meant everything from the fall of Rome in the West, around the 5th century, until the Renaissance, when enlightened man believed they had returned to the light. The term Middle Ages was developed for that same period, meaning they were the ages between the two periods of light--Rome and the Renaissance.

Historians have long since discovered that Renaissance folk had a grim impression of the entire Middle Ages because they were coming off the Long Fourteenth Century, of Black Death and Hundred Years War fame (not to mention famine, drought, global cooling, glaciers, and lots of other really bad things). Before that period there was the Eleventh to Twelfth Century "Renaissance," and before that the Carolingian period, neither of which were all that "Dark."

So, many medieval historians tend to not like the term "Dark Ages" much, and many of those who do use the term consider it the period between the fall of Rome (which only fell in Europe, and slowly, so that the term isn't completely appropriate even then) and the Carolingian period, or some stretch it to the Millenium, with the emergence of Pope Sylvester II (Gerbert), who began to introduce Arabic and Islamic learning to "Christian" Europe (quotations because it was not yet fully "Christianized, but I digress).

There are some historians who say "What the heck, they are only labels anyway," and use the terms indiscriminately.

And there are careful historian who point out that it depends on where you were. For instance, parts of southern France and Italy never had much of a "Dark Ages" period, whereas Germany never had much of a Roman period to fall into Darkness from.

Sorry for the lecture. That's what happens when one spends too much time in grad school for medieval history then becomes a bookkeeper instead. :)

[Thurston Howell III]

52. I had history in college and know that the academics don't like it.

That's why I used it. :rofl: But the dates given are a reference point and do not indicate anything other than, well the reference points. The early Middle ages are referenced as the Dark Ages.

[IndianaJones]

34. Flesh+Blood. Not really dark ages, but good middle ages movie. nt.

[Lautremont]

62. That's the one I was going to pick.

Whatever time it was, it was a pretty horrific period.

[Javaman]

38. The Black Rose. nt

[quip]

39. No discussion necessary: Grail wins, hands down, but props for "LadyHawke"

[Lydia Leftcoast]

40. People here seem to be confusing the Dark Ages with the Middle Ages

The Dark Ages were the time between the fall of Rome and the rise of Charlemagne.

ALL the movies you guys have listed are from the MIDDLE AGES.

[DS1]

48. wiki says Holy Grail was during Dark Ages

and that's good enough for me :P

[Thurston Howell III]

45. Post them if you got them. YouTube clips of your favorites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uucj5xLRHQc

Ecalibur Montage.

[AngryAmish]

50. Disorderlies

[Orrex]

56. Any film with the line "would you boys quit illin'!" gets props from me

Cinematic gold, I tell ya!

[jobycom]

51. Roger and Me.

Those dark ages?

[muriel_volestrangler]

54. "Who's that then?"

"I dunno, must be a king."

"Why?"

"He hasn't got shit all over him. "

And thus the historical superiority of Monty Python and the Holy Grail over all over Dark Ages films, past and future, was proven.

[petronius]

57. A Knight's Tale

Maybe not "best," but deserving of a mention...

[southerncrone]

58. Excalibur

Was it in the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages? I can never tell them apart. Not much of a history person.

[GreenPartyVoter]

63. Not sure if it qualifies as best, but I have always loved "LadyHawke"