arn represent the knight templar be the most expensive film ever in scandinavia . once you have see the film 139 minute however and you sit back with a feeling of have see it all before . in the middle age our hero and main character arn be bear in the swedish highland and where different clan be fight each other . he be raise in a monastery where he be teach to master the sword as well a the latin language . arn return to his hometown a an adult and only to fall in love with the beautiful cecilia . but of course this love turn out to be impossible . cecilia get pregnant outside marriage and a punishment she be sentence to live in a monastery for 20 year . meanwhile and arn be send to the holy land to defend jerusalem in the name of christ . sound familiar . there be absolutely nothing new under the sun in arn . you be simply leave with a feeling of have see it all before . especially a our main character love scene in the forest bear a remarkable resemblance to those of mel gibson braveheart . of course and one can not expect something new and revolutionary every time one go to the cinema . however and with a budget of over 200 million danish crown one go to the cinema with an expectation of quality . and those expectation be not meet . nevertheless and some of the money have be spend properly . the film be visually very beautiful . the film final battle and in which we follow our sweat drip hero fighting in the burning desert of the holy land and be by scandinavian standard extremely beautiful but in comparison with hollywood just extremely mediocre . arn and which be an adaptation of swedish author jan guillou novel and be simply not a very good film . in particular the first half hour drag itself along and and you just do not have a clue about what kind of film youre watch . the film open sequence be actually quite good and point towards the fact that it an adventure film and while the follow boring half an hour point towards the love drama . this film try so hard to be it all that it become a walking cliché ( especially the scene in which cecilia hand arn her necklace be so incredibly cheesy and it hurt ) . all in all and it sad that so much money have be spend only to have the audience leave the cinema with a deja vu feeling and the thought haven not i see this before .