Tristan and Isolde
Last Saturday, I watched the movie Tristan and Isolde. They say that the story of Tristan and Isolde is like the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. For me it's more like the story of King Arthur. The story goes like this (spoiler alert). After the Romans moved out of Britain, the tribes of Britain were in shambles. Ireland, being untouched by the Romans, decided to conquer Britain. The remaining tribes of Britain tried to unify themselves in order to save Britain from Ireland.
Tristan was a son of a baron whose parents were killed when a group of Irish soldiers raided their town. He was then adopted by Mark (who will later be crowned King of Britain) and grew up to be a cunning and powerful warrior. He was made second hand man to Mark. He championed Mark in every battle. One day, upon defending their people from the Irish invaders, Tristan was but by a sword filled with poison. Thinking that he was dead, he was put on a "death" boat and floated into the sea. Unfortuntely, his boat landed on Ireland. Fortunately, he was still alive. He was found by Isolde, who happened to be an Irish princess, and saved his life. The two fell in love while Isolde (who changed her name fearing that Tristan would fear her) was still caring for the wounds of Tristan. Then reports of a Briton in the Irish shores came to the Kings ears and held a hunting party for the said Brit (Tristan). Isolde, upon hearing this, alerted Tristan and sent him back home to Britain.
A few years later, the King of Ireland decided to make his daughter Isolde as a prize in a tournament to be fought by the champions of the tribes of Britain in order to create disorder among the ranks. Tristan, being the champion of Mark, won the tournament. Tristan didn't know who Isolde was because Isolde gave him a different name. Unfortunately, Isolde can't be his for he only represented his master Mark. His master is set to marry Isolde. There began the dilema. They love each other. Tristan, being loyal to his master and now king, was torn apart. He couldn't stand seeing Isolde with another man. He tried his best to part with them as much as possible. Isolde, who is also torn apart, decided to make the first move. She told Tristan that she couldn't bear not seeing him, thus forcing them to do the bad deed of seeing each other late at nights and make love. In the end, they were caught and was sentenced to death. Mark, who both loved Tristan (as a son) and Isolde (as wife), found himself confused and decided to let them go instead. But because of an Irish invasion, Tristan was killed and Isolde being heart broken, disappeared and was never found again.
It's a touching movie. I do love period films especially during the Dark Ages in Britain. But because of the missing appropriate accents of the actors, it sort of spoiled the movie for me. I remember watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Kevin Costner playing the role of Robin Hood, never even tried using a Britishc accent. So it was kind of awkward in a sense, knowing that the characters are supposed to be English but has a (more like) Texan accent. The ending is also weird. But then again, it is a tragic story after all.
Bounce!
Tristan was a son of a baron whose parents were killed when a group of Irish soldiers raided their town. He was then adopted by Mark (who will later be crowned King of Britain) and grew up to be a cunning and powerful warrior. He was made second hand man to Mark. He championed Mark in every battle. One day, upon defending their people from the Irish invaders, Tristan was but by a sword filled with poison. Thinking that he was dead, he was put on a "death" boat and floated into the sea. Unfortuntely, his boat landed on Ireland. Fortunately, he was still alive. He was found by Isolde, who happened to be an Irish princess, and saved his life. The two fell in love while Isolde (who changed her name fearing that Tristan would fear her) was still caring for the wounds of Tristan. Then reports of a Briton in the Irish shores came to the Kings ears and held a hunting party for the said Brit (Tristan). Isolde, upon hearing this, alerted Tristan and sent him back home to Britain.
A few years later, the King of Ireland decided to make his daughter Isolde as a prize in a tournament to be fought by the champions of the tribes of Britain in order to create disorder among the ranks. Tristan, being the champion of Mark, won the tournament. Tristan didn't know who Isolde was because Isolde gave him a different name. Unfortunately, Isolde can't be his for he only represented his master Mark. His master is set to marry Isolde. There began the dilema. They love each other. Tristan, being loyal to his master and now king, was torn apart. He couldn't stand seeing Isolde with another man. He tried his best to part with them as much as possible. Isolde, who is also torn apart, decided to make the first move. She told Tristan that she couldn't bear not seeing him, thus forcing them to do the bad deed of seeing each other late at nights and make love. In the end, they were caught and was sentenced to death. Mark, who both loved Tristan (as a son) and Isolde (as wife), found himself confused and decided to let them go instead. But because of an Irish invasion, Tristan was killed and Isolde being heart broken, disappeared and was never found again.
It's a touching movie. I do love period films especially during the Dark Ages in Britain. But because of the missing appropriate accents of the actors, it sort of spoiled the movie for me. I remember watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Kevin Costner playing the role of Robin Hood, never even tried using a Britishc accent. So it was kind of awkward in a sense, knowing that the characters are supposed to be English but has a (more like) Texan accent. The ending is also weird. But then again, it is a tragic story after all.
Bounce!
posted by INGGO! @ 4/17/2006 12:38:00 PM
1 Comments:
yes. kuya ko siya. ^_^
and the story is no that bad. I guess what disappointed me is the fact that they seemed to lose the accents. ^_^
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