Movie: Ivanhoe

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8.5

Main characters: Ivanhoe, Rowena, Rebecca, Brian Du Bois-Guilbert

Genre: Adventure, historical fiction movie. :)

Primary actors: Steven Waddington, Ralph Brown, Susan Lynch, Victoria Smurfit (yes, that's really her last name)

Length: 4 1/2 hours!

Based on: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

Time period: 1100's

Exciting events: Many!

Year it came out: 1997

My overall opinion: I enjoyed this movie a lot! What I did was read the book (or at least attempt to), then watch the movie. I think that's a good way...the book is a hard one to read. The movie is helpful to understanding it. This version follows the book quite closely. I recommend it!

Rowena.

I know the above is a terrible picture...I'm sorry. But it's hard to find pictures.

Rebecca. Like I said...hard to find good ones. :(

Ivanhoe

Author: Sir Walter Scott

Genre: Adventure

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8

Type: Fiction

Number of pages: 435

Time period: 1200

Main characters: Ivanhoe, Black Knight, Rebecca, Rowena (hate that name!), John, Front-de-Boeuf, more

Exciting events: Battles between knights and so much more!

Passage from book: A fight between knights is as follows: The trumpets had no sooner given the signal, than the champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning, and closed in the center of the lists with the shcok of a thunderbolt. The lances burst into shivers up to the very grasp, and it seemed at the moment that both knights had fallen, for the shock made each horse recoil backwards upon its haunches. The address of the riders recovered their steeds by use of the bridle and spur; and having glared on each other for an instant with eyes which seemed to flash fire through the bars of their visors, each made a demi-volte, and, retiring to the extremity of the lists, received a fresh lance from the attendents.

My overall opinion: A good book. I had trouble getting into it at first...but by the time I was 2/3 through, I was interested. There is a good movie that corresponds with the book, you can find a bit more out about the movie on my Favorite Movies page.