time to realize movie maker and you can not film book satisfactorily . ( lord of the ring be the exception that confirm the law ) there be just too much depth and too much . but no . you need to squeeze out a movie of minimal standard with ten ( or less ) dialog line per character mix in with a ludicrous pretty boy model that make sad face that will be ensure to make all the teenage girl faint . meanwhile and a i saw these meaningless scene unfold and i try not to fall asleep from movie love story . ( i do not need to spoil it and you already know how it go . what do you expect . originality . please . ) it be just a movie without idea and which be fine if you want first blood or transformer and but this be jan guillou work of art for christ sake . the novel be all about religion . about the conflict between different religion and view of life and most importantly represent when do religion lose it wisdom and become fanaticism and why do men use religion a a cover for their own goal . none of those fact be bring up in the movie and so this review be technically no spoiler . that be the level of lousiness in this movie . the only thing they pull off be the friendship between the two cecilias and and that just a side story in the book . that it . well and it only excuse be that it a swedsih movie and which be a terrible excuse . bad acting and bad directing and bad writing and idiotic battle sequence . avoid this thing ( i refuse to call it a movie any longer ) like the character in it would have avoid the black plague . i recommend kingdom of heaven if you need a good crusade movie . action and idea . what about that . to finish now and this be the most pointless feature in the history of historical and epic ( not . ) and adventure cinema and and i have see alexander .