Corrections concerning the 13 warrior

Rating: Null/10 (13 September 1999)

Alright. First of all I haven't seen the movie, but going through the comments here I found it necessary to straighten one or two things out. Crichton's Eaters of the Dead is based and mixed on two sources, one being the Risala of Ibn Fadlan where he describes a norse chieftain's burial on the shores on the Volga in 922. But that was NOT the purpose of his travel ( read it and you will understand). The second source is the wonderful poem of Beowulf, the oldest poem in print in the English language. Crichton mixes these two in really weird manner. Now I have seen one or two cuts from the moviem where the 'vikings' speak. It really made me laugh, because it was modern Norwegian with a strong American accent ( in most cases). But I can hardly wait until it opens here.