Visually beautiful and Stylistically New

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2006)

I personally am offended by how many bad reviews i have read of this film.
First of all, it's one of the first historical epics I've seen that didn't feature an overabundance of British accents, as if since people weren't going to speak their native tongues, they'd decide to speak British?
Second of all, i thought it was an excellent portrayal of how ridiculous court life really was. It was stunning and awkward at the same time.
But what really bothered me about many of the critiques of this movie is the fact that they bashed it's lack of dialog. Guess what critics, dialog is NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY!!! I thought not using dialog as a crutch was an excellent choice for this film, and it made the small amount of dialog that did occur so much more insightful and delicious. The dialog was only used when it needed to be and I loved that.
But just to warn anyone going to see it, you will crave desserts after the movie.