Foreword (can be seen before watching the movie, relevant background history)
The white cloud is like a long coat and the whiskers turn into a grey dog
From the Old Testament "Exodus", at the end of the fourteenth century BC, the Jews were slaves in Egypt, and God led the Jewish prophet Moses to lead the Jews to the land of Canaan that God promised them, roughly equivalent to today's Israel, the West Bank and Gaza; and built the city of Jerusalem;
In the tenth century BC, King Solomon, the legendary Jewish monarch, built the famous Jewish temple in the capital, Jerusalem, and welcomed back the "Golden Ark of the Covenant" where God stored the oracles. It is the testimony of the close believers of God; (Note: The golden ark was used to hold the steles that God gave to Moses at Mount Sinai. Therefore, the steles and the ark in which they were housed became the testimony between God and Israel. In " In Exodus chapter 25 verse 22, God said to Moses, "I will let you know that I am there, speaking to you between the two little angels that cover the ark, above the ark of testimony. "For this reason, the Ark of the Covenant is sometimes seen as God's stepping-stool. It is said that this Ark of the Covenant led the Israelites into Canaan. It was later brought to Jerusalem by King David, and then taken by Solomon. The king was placed in the "Supreme Hall" of the newly built temple) In the following 400 years, the Jews experienced division, Babylon invaded, Solomon's Temple was destroyed, and the king and nobles were imprisoned; after 70 years of Babylon's imprisonment, the Persian Empire Cyrus After the destruction of Babylon by the Great, the Jews were able to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple, which opened the period of the Second Temple;
In 51 BC, Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt, ascended the throne. She first seduced Caesar. After Caesar was assassinated, she returned to Egypt and became friendly with the Roman commander Mark Antony, almost splitting Rome. , and finally Octavian committed suicide after the capture of Alexandria; from then on, Rome controlled the entire European Forte and Egypt, and the territory surrounded the Mediterranean Sea, and the era of the Roman Empire began; there was a powerful Roman Empire in the west, and the Han Dynasty in the east. On the central node of the Silk Road, Jerusalem slowly became the center of the world. At that time, it was not only the place of faith for Jews, but also the intersection of commerce and trade between the East and the West, where faith and money shone brightly;
Fifty years later, in the first year of AD, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, and at the age of thirty began to preach and preach the gospel. After being accused by the Jewish priest Caiaphas, he was judged by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of the Jewish province, and was crucified on the cross outside the Old City of Jerusalem, which was later the Empress Dowager Helena, the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine In 335 AD, he built the "Holy Sepulchre Church" on the cemetery of Jesus when he toured the city of Yemen, which has become a holy place for Christians around the world;
After a failed uprising against Rome in AD 70, the Roman army demolished the temple (only part of the base, the Wailing Wall) remained. The Jews revolted again, and finally, in 135, the Roman Emperor Hadrian sent troops to besiege and seize the city; as punishment, ordered the 9th of the Hebrew month of Epoch, the anniversary of the two captures of Jerusalem by Babylonian and Roman armies On the same day (which happens to be the same day), Jerusalem will be completely leveled, the Roman city of Aelia Kapitolina will be built on the original site, and another Roman temple will be built on the Temple Mount; at the same time, all Jews will be driven out of Palestine, and Jews will be banned. Live in Jerusalem. The wall on the west side of the courtyard of the original Second Temple became the "Wailing Wall", a Jewish holy site;
In the fourth century AD, Emperor Constantine I of the Eastern Roman Empire began to believe in Christianity, claiming to fight for God, Jerusalem was controlled by Christianity, and Christianity spread to Western Europe until the arrival of the Huns, destroying the Eastern Roman Empire, and bringing the plague, the world Order collapsed; in the 5th and 6th centuries AD, Muhammad "revealed" the text of the Koran, preached the religion of MS Lin, and ascended to the sky in 620 on Muhammad's Night Walk (MS Lin believed that Muhammad miraculously traveled from Mecca to Jerusalem in one night After the Temple Mount, ascension to heaven, meeting the earlier prophets), Jerusalem was controlled by MS Lin for a long time. The Qur'an 17:1 records the deeds of Muhammad's nocturnal journey to Jerusalem. Today, two mosques on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem commemorate this event - the Al-Aqsa Mosque is mentioned in the Qur'an, and MS Lin believes that Mohammed's night climbing stone is in the "Dome of the Rock"; at the same time , On the remains of the First Temple on the Temple Mount by the original Jews, the "Aqsa Mosque" was built. Jerusalem has become one of the three holy places of the MS Lin religion;
So far, the holy sites of the three major religions have gathered in Jerusalem, and Jerusalem has also become an important place for the three major religions to accept God's favor and worship. Whoever owns him will have the support of almost all believers of their respective religions. The political significance of religions is evident;
In 1099, the Pope of Rome called on Christians to conquer Jerusalem, and allowed money to be provided for the Eastern crusade, the believers could be forgiven if they fought, and the occupied land would be allowed to establish a Christian kingdom, so the first crusade surrounded Jerusalem, Just over a month later, on July 15, Jerusalem was captured by the Crusaders. After the Crusaders entered the city, they slaughtered most of the MS Lin and the Jews in the city. From then to 1291, the Crusaders established the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and MS Lin was not allowed to enter the city.
British director Ridley Scott, based on such a historical fact, shot this story about medieval knights and the Crusades; since the theatrical version is 2 hours and 25 minutes, the content of this film is too large, and the theatrical version is not very To show the narrative content of the film, the box office of the film was bleak that year; the later director's cut version took 3 hours and 14 minutes to effectively make up for this problem. This film is a rare treasure;
The following involves a lot of plot, it is recommended to watch after watching the film:
The film begins on a cold and snowy morning, jackdaws cry in the distance, and there are two gravediggers at an intersection with a cross, one of them is named Graftiger, please remember this name, this scene is a metaphor for The dark rule of medieval Europe, people's lives are hard and numb; the camera cuts to a priest, he is the elder brother of the male master blacksmith, we call him the bad priest, he glances back at the castle in the distance, and breaks open the rotten apple in his hand to remove A maggot, the wife of the male master blacksmith committed suicide due to the loss of her son. This was taboo in Christianity at the time. Because the bad priest was the male master's elder brother, he was worried that this incident would affect his future as a bishop. Bury the male protagonist's wife at the crossroads, behead and humiliate, accept the trampling of thousands of people, the castle in the distance represents his coveted rights, the corrupt apple is the rule of the fallen Christ, the maggot is the corpse to him , to the director, it's actually him; then the bad priest has a debate with Grafertiger about logic and fairness, the bad priest has just cursed Grafertiger for his love of stealing, and in a blink of an eye, he stole the body of the blacksmith's wife's body golden cross;
The bishop asked the bad priest to release the blacksmith and told the bad priest that a blacksmith was needed to complete the church; the blacksmith avoided further persecution by the bad priest; the blacksmith stumbled home, and the picture turned to the castle. After fighting, he injured his testicles and was unable to give birth. He returned to France to find his heir. The baron was also the younger brother of the castle owner. The castle owner was also coveting the blacksmith's father's title and money, trying to prevent the baron from recognizing the blacksmith;
The next day, the baron came to the blacksmith's shop to meet the blacksmith; here the baron introduced himself, his name was Baron Godfrey Ibelin, who led 100 troops in Jerusalem, but the blacksmith refused him, and the baron left a message before leaving. If it's clear, you can come to Moses' place to see you again, but the bad priest heard it. At night, the bad priest continued to instigate the blacksmith to leave the place, until the bad priest said that her wife was a headless wild ghost. Zhongyao kills the bad priest and is forced to ride away in pursuit of the baron;
After the blacksmith found the baron, during the camping period, the baron trained swordsmanship, the baron taught the blacksmith never to lower the sword and raise the sword high, this trick is called "thunderbolt from the blue" in Italian, chop from above; remember this trick, in the future The blacksmith relies on him to be invincible; another trick is that it is not only the blade that hurts people; at this time, the baron's castle brother sent his son to kill him, on the pretext of taking the blacksmith back, preventing the blacksmith from returning to Jerusalem to inherit the baron, the baron saw all this, so the two sides The slaughter began, and the baron was mortally wounded;
When they came to Moses, they met the baron's political opponent, Guy Russin. Here, I want to talk about the two factions of the kingdom of Jerusalem. One is headed by the king of Jerusalem. They allowed MS Lin and the Jews to enter Jerusalem to worship in exchange for the two factions in Syria. The peace promised by King Saladin of the MS Lin; the other faction is the husband of the king's sister, Guy Rusin, who believes that Jerusalem belongs only to Christianity and that pagans are not allowed to encroach on Jerusalem; The new Baron Ibelin; and left a legacy: "Defend the king, and protect the people if the king dies", remember this sentence; hereafter the blacksmith is called Baron Ibelin!
The new Baron Ibelin crossed the sea and encountered the storm ship sinking. Baron Ibelin found a horse and continued to Jerusalem. On the way, he encountered two Syrians, one was Saladin's trusted general, and the other was his entourage. Also known as a knight in Syria; the general pretended to be a servant of his entourage and (very tongue-in-cheek) asked for the dark horse of Baron Ibelin, so Baron Ibelin fought the knight and won, and Baron Ibelin took prisoner the general, and asked the general to take him to Jerusalem;
When they came to Jerusalem, Baron Ibelin released Saladin's general and gave him his dark horse, leaving a sentence: "Before you see the enemy, your virtue will be between them. spread"; henceforth, the new Baron Ibelin became famous in the Arab world;
Baron Ibelin went straight to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre along the "Way of the Doomsday", where he confessed all night and buried his wife's cross there, praying to Jesus to save his wife's soul; "You live in my heart, how to go to hell"
Baron Ibelin wandered in the city, was recognized by the servants of the old Baron Ibelin, and brought back to the baron's mansion, a life of fine clothes and food, an Arab housekeeper, a beautiful maid; Princess Sibella, the sister of the king of Jerusalem, heard the news. The deeds of Baron Ibelin were also visited by Borden House with great interest, and he fell in love with the new Baron Ibelin at first sight;
The head of the Knights Hospitaller was ordered to lead Baron Ibelin to meet Tiberias, the consul of Jerusalem, where the consul was dealing with Reynard Chation leading the Knights Templar to slaughter MS Lin merchants; here Renard Châtien and the king's sister's husband Guy Russin were both radicals who rejected the infidels and broke the peace treaty between the King of Jerusalem and Saladin; his fief was in Kale Fort; Tiberius was a friend of the old Baron Ibelin; here is a message that the new Baron Ibelin beheaded the famous Syrian warrior has spread all over the streets, and also confirmed the princess Sibella I came to the door curiously to see the plot of this legendary character before, and then when I attended the banquet, the King of Jerusalem received Baron Ibelin;
Edward Norton, who plays the King of Jerusalem in the film, has to wear a mask, so the actor can only use his eyes and body language to interpret the legendary King of Jerusalem. The person looks very kind and compassionate; coupled with the actor's body language, the king's nobility and coldness and the torture of illness are vividly interpreted; at this meeting, the king explained to the young Baron Ibelin how to become a lord, among which There is a detail that they exchanged about the construction of the fortifications of the city wall. In the future, the king of Jerusalem also remodeled the city wall defense of Jerusalem according to the suggestion of Baron Ibelin, which paved the way for Saladin to be unable to attack for a long time; then the king asked Baron Ibelin to return. A fief to protect the pilgrimage route to Jerusalem;
Baron Ibelin returned to the fief, dug wells and built fields, and Princess Sibella also ran to meet him, secretly fell in love and fell in love; at this time, Guy Roussin or together with Renard Chation led the Knights Templar Another attack on the Arab caravan, Saladin could not bear to lead his army to fight, but he did not think that this was the right time to start a war, because the wise King of Sallem was still alive, and the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers were still maintained in the kingdom. The unity of the regiment, the religious tolerance is still held, and the contradictions with the majority of the people have not intensified, but the hatred of the state of Jerusalem has begun to spread within the Arab world;
The King of Jerusalem decided to go on a personal expedition and fight Saladin in the name of a decisive battle. In fact, he wanted to meet Saladin and negotiate to eliminate the war before Saladin's army of 200,000 troops attacked Reynard's fief Kale Fort. The Knights, to ease the contradictions within the kingdom; at the same time, the King of Jerusalem ordered Baron Ibelin to lead his 100 men to Kale Fort to support, delay the Saladin army, and protect the villagers;
In front of Kale Fort, Baron Ibelin led his hundred cavalry to confront the overwhelming Arabian cavalry, fighting to the death; this is just a small test of the war scene in this film, the war scene of ancient European heavy armored knights, in our ring in the ring Wang has also seen that for ancient military enthusiasts, it is a rare movie scene. The heavy armored knights are well defended, and slight arrows and sword cuts are almost difficult to hurt, but the movie scenes are still bloody, obviously In the real ancient war, both the spear and the shield are excavating the most desperate potential of human beings in the ultimate confrontation;
Baron Ibelin was outnumbered and was eventually captured, but it was obvious that the king of Jerusalem had arranged for Baron Ibelin to delay. Baron Ibelin, when the army of Saladin came, and the army of the king of Jerusalem;
The King of Jerusalem assured Saladin that he would punish Reynard, or die together; Saladin was still afraid of the King of Jerusalem and chose to retreat;
The King of Jerusalem imprisoned Reynard and condemned him according to his promise, but he was also physically exhausted by the expedition and reached the end of his life. The King of Jerusalem praised Baron Ibelin for his bravery and promised to entrust him with a heavy responsibility; at this moment, the King of Jerusalem secretly decided, He wants to re-marry his sister, Princess Sibella, to Baron Ibelin. At the same time, he intends to kill the princess' current husband and the leader of the radical Knights Templar - Guy Russan. After his own death in the future, Baron Ibelin will Will become the regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, actually control Jerusalem, and can continue to maintain the existence of the Kingdom of Jerusalem;
Because of the retreat of the troops on Saladin's side, the radicals had a huge resistance. They urgently needed Saladin to retake their holy city, Jerusalem. Saladin felt great pressure. He was also waiting for the death of the king of Jerusalem. Unbalanced, the casus belli he desires will appear;
Guy Rusin also heard the praise from the King of Jerusalem to Baron Ibelin, he felt the great hostility of the King of Jerusalem to him, and a coup was brewing in his heart;
The King of Jerusalem told Baron Ibelin and Pan about his plan. Baron Ibelin knew that if he agreed to this plan, the King of Jerusalem would kill Guy Russan and his followers. He thought that he should avoid killing and refused the appointment. The king of Jerusalem was reluctant to accept this ending;
When the King of Jerusalem was dying, he received his sister, Princess Sibella, and recalled his defeat of Saladin at the age of 16. To the son of Princess Sibella; when Princess Sibella lifted the mask of the dead king of Jerusalem, what she saw was the face of corruption, in fact, it also implied the decline of the kingdom of Jerusalem under the appearance of prosperity, and the kingdom would go to ruin;
Various signs of the little king have shown that he also has leprosy inherited from the family; Guy Rusin threatened, Princess Sibella was forced to poison her own child, and Sibella passed the throne to the king of Jerusalem to Guy Russan;
At this time, on the way back to his fief, Baron Ibelin also encountered the killer sent by Guy Rusin. Baron Ibelin escaped in a thrilling manner. When he returned to the fief, his fief had been blood-washed by Reynard; came to Jerusalem to worship the passing sister of Saladin;
Saladin sent messengers to Jerusalem to ask for the body of Saladin's sister, and at the same time asked the new king Gai Ruxinan to sacrifice Jerusalem, the new king Gai Ruxinan killed Saladin's messenger, and the messenger's body was brought back to Damascus. Saladin declares war!
Baron Inbelin returned to Jerusalem to prevent the new king's expedition, which was mobilizing before the war, and stated the root cause of the problem. The labor expedition army would leave the Jordan River Basin, the water source near Jerusalem, and the army would be disintegrated due to the loss of water sources; at the same time, the Knights Hospitaller The regiment leader also refused to participate in the expedition;
Sure enough, the crusaders were far away from the water source, their combat effectiveness declined, and they were surrounded and killed by Saladin in the valley. Saladin killed Reynard to avenge his sister and compatriots, and captured the new king Guy Rusinan;
The Knights Hospitaller learned that the Knights Templar had been wiped out and retreated to Cyprus. The head of the Knights, Tiberius, invited Baron Ibelin to go with him, but was rejected by Baron Ibelin. He still remembered the old Baron Ibelin's Last words: "Defend the king, and if the king dies, protect the people!" He wants to go back and surround the Christians who remained in Jerusalem and the Queen Princess Sibella, because when the Crusaders occupied Jerusalem a hundred years ago, they slaughtered a large number of MS Lin believers; Sa The Latins will surely avenge their occupation of Jerusalem;
Baron Yinbelin returned to Jerusalem to mobilize the people in the city to defend the city, seeking a chance of survival; he gave all those who could fight as knights before the war, including Graftiger, who buried his wife at the crossroads at the beginning of the film. The echo here is actually It is a kind of atonement-style liberation. When people get out of the shackles of religion, everyone will become a hero;
Next is the climax of the film, the vast siege battle, the catapult, the siege elevated vehicle, you come and go; there is no need to repeat it, I hope everyone can experience it with their own senses; the day of the war reaches the night, the night reaches the day, Saladin The army finished the pilgrimage at a regular time every day, and then the siege did not stop for a moment; because the king of Jerusalem had previously accepted the transformation of the fortifications of the city wall by Baron Ibelin, it played a miraculous effect in this defensive battle. Saladin's siege equipment all failed, and finally After that, they bombarded the wall near the old city gate, opened the gap, and put the two in this small slit to start a hand-to-hand fight;
A sea of corpses, Jerusalem was still not captured, Saladin had to negotiate with Baron Ibelin, Saladin promised not to slaughter the city, Baron Ibelin sacrificed Jerusalem, the war ended, and the Christians in the city saved their lives; Latin is charged a poll fee;
Jerusalem returned to the hands of MS Lin, and the failed king of Jerusalem, Guy Rusinan, was also released. He found Baron Yinbelin in a duel, and finally failed, completely lost the kingship, and could not be canonized since then;
At the end of the film, Sibella gave up her fief and title and went abroad with Ibelin. On the way, she met the British Lionheart King. He led the Crusaders to launch the second crusade, and the battle with Saladin in Jerusalem finally failed. He led his army to Constantinople, another holy city of Christ, and looted it; from then on, Jerusalem was always in the hands of MS Lin until the rise of modern Israel, and Jerusalem was returned to the hands of the Jews; for more than 3,000 years, Jerusalem has gone On tour, he used to be the center of the world, linking the trade between East China and the West, until the Age of Navigation opened and the American continent was discovered, and the center of the world was transferred to Europe, until now the United States; Eastern and Western cultures have activated the urban economy on the Italian coastline and paved the way for the European Renaissance. Although it is no longer an economic and trade center today, it is still the religious center of the world due to its rich religious and historical relics. God is extremely favored. Here, it has turned into hell, which is what the director of this film really wants to express;
Due to the director's objective perspective on religion, in fact, this film did not resonate in the world of Christ; for us on the other side of the world, we should actually have a more objective perspective to evaluate this epic masterpiece;
It took more than 20 hours to write this article, and it took several weeks of scattered time. During this period, Mr. Wu Mengda passed away. He once again expressed his remembrance and admiration for his craftsmanship as an actor; I also hope that Chinese filmmakers can use the craftsmanship spirit to bring good-looking movies to the audience. Movie!
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