this was a great movie, despite what others may say

Rating: Null/10 (24 May 2004)

The 13th Warrior was a great movie no matter what anyone says. I am sick and tired of hearing other people say that this movie sucked, when in reality, they can't tell a toilet from a whale. I have also read many reviews that even blame michael crichton on why they think the movie stunk; come on, seriously how could he make it suck when he wrote the freakin book? That leads to another thing, all these people say " there was no story, or character development." Ahmed was the main focus character, all the other characters were their to develop his character; as some non-idiots may have noticed, in the beginning he was a whiny sissy who complained about tiny little scratches, while in the end he wouldn't even run from a suicidal stand. Others say that he was always clean shaven and non-viking like; to answer why, he was a freakin arab who was used to being pampered! Of course he would keep himself clean! It was the true viking warriors who didn't care if they stunk, got dirty, heck they could have crapped in their pants and cared less. Also, the whole thing behind why he was the 13th warrior, is obviously seen.(SPOILER WARNING) When the tribal prophet is brought in to read the fates, and she says their needs to be a 13th, non-viking warrior, then their will be one, the freakin fates don't need to explain themselves!
As for the situation with the story, if those complainers would actually go out and read the book, then maybe their brains would come out of the closet to realize their was a dang good story in that movie.
so before you whine about Antonio Banderas, Michael Crichton, the storyline, and the freakin character development, watch the movie, or otherwise read the book, and make your own judgement.