[Snuffington]

This whole modern notion that the Crusaders were uncivilized barbarians while the Muslims were civilized, sohpisticated, and peaceful must REALLY stick in the craw of the decendents of the Byzantine Empire - which those Islamic paradigms of virtue brutally invaded, occupied, and STILL hold.

But Terry Jones was still pretty entertaining in the BBC series about the Crusades which was based on this modernist Crusade revisionism. That's probably more than we'll be able to say about this movie.

[Nubbin]

...."Mr. Scott's spokesman said that the film portrays the Arabs in a positive light. "It's trying to be fair, and we hope that the Muslim world sees the rectification of history."....

Lookie, lookie at the new PC buzzword.

Oh, no we aren't distorting history, we are RECTIFYING it. Revising history to suit ourselves? Heck no, we are not revising it, merely RECTIFYING it.