"the story of the Crusades from a point of view that favors the Muslim version instead of the Christian version."
GOOD GRIEF!
Did they really believe that people would flock to see this crap?
I could see a good movie that portrays both sides in heroic and unheroic lights. But how stupid is it to favor the moslems when we are at war with Islamic terrorists and people's kids, dads, husbands are dying in the Middle East? Liberals are very sick people and many times they don't care if the movie bombs, they would never want to make anything but left wing crap.
Yes. Ridley Scott is a very talented and extremely successful director. The filmmakers, living inside the Hollywood bubble, probably thought they were being even-handed. "It's fair, isn't it?" said Leftist to Super Leftist. "Oh yes!"
OTOH, maybe they just said F**k the Christians.
I guess they figured Michael Moore had cornered the market on revisionism, and ran after the cash cow (pun intended). Too bad for Hollywood the election got in the way, eh?
I would go if it showed both sides with their good and bad side, but I am reluctant to see this due to all the bad press.