Tristan & Isolde: Review By Summit10

A story of two kingdoms at conflict, two lords and two souls destined to be.

After Rome left, the walls of Britannia and Ireland had grown stronger with fortification. Their hatred for one another has no bounds, one ruler wants to unite their scattered lands and the other wants to rule them all.

From the aftermath, comes healing and rebuilding. Along this line comes two losses one from a mother to a daughter, a natural death and father to a son who was robbed of his youth from war mongerers from the West coast.

The King of Ireland wants more and he sent his best warriors to claim him more slaves while Cornwall was making a new life from grave losses. A fearless and noble Knight stood up for this atrocities, his name was Tristan for it meant sorrow, since the death of his mother when he was born.

After another attack, the Council of leaders agreed that they should regroup and counter attack while the enemy are still in their lands. Tristan led the charge and fought bravely, but unfortunately was struck by a blade with poison. Upon the return of the survivors, his news of death brought great sorrow to their ruler.

As he was given his last rites by friends, his boat comes to shore of Ireland where the young Princess was at the beach looking for a way out of her wedlock. Upon seeing him, she knew and felt that he was still alive and hurriedly secured and gave him shelter and medication.

As days and months passed, their fateful meeting has become more consummate with feelings of affection and intimacy. A day came, when one of the King's men found the sword of their fallen comrade at the shore. Tristan and Isolde made way to depart knowing that they are not meant to be, feeling lost both separated with a broken heart.

The film was greatly influenced by the Scott brothers, respected and honoured in their own rights in doing great films with great storytelling. I commended Rufus Sewell for his gallantness and Mark Strong's continuous stride for villainy and oppression!

In time, the new built Kingdom befell treachery and was almost stolen from them from what was thought to have originated from the star crossed lovers, but in the end, their life was neither of grief nor shame for they have reattributed their names as one of the most sought after stories to be told time and again. Legend may have given word or two about their lives, but their love was the thing that brought them into our hearts and in our minds!