Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2013)

Brilliant movie so many ways but I only mention about my very most favorite facts. You can watch and enjoy the rest of it by yourselves.
My favorite parts are Ahmad ibn Fadlan learning Viking language and Buliwyf learns writing the sentence "There is only one God..." at one glance - this is key sentence of Islamic teachings. And it's a fact that people in the past are actually learning other languages by observing and listening. Ottoman Emperor Mehmed the Conqueror speak, read and write in 4 languages fluently and are learned all of them by himself with just observing and listening other people.
Michael Crichton did a great job digging these facts through the history. Islam used to source of a great culture, Baghdad was a rich paradise in every sense of the word (from material to spiritual) There were poets, scientists, philosophers - peace and abundance. Now there is only oil & gun money and idiots who forgot about being human and killing people with screaming "Allah Akbar!" - meanwhile Allah never allows killing innocent people and this emphasized in Quran almost a thousand times. That movie puts a dim light to the glorious past where men live by honor and die by sword - and these men were actually highly intelligent, well educated people with strong leadership qualities. That's I think, I like the movie very very much.