Tristan + Isolde

Finally, dapat gak aku tengok cite ni. Dah sekian lama nak tengok, akhirnye berkesempatan gak. Factor utama aku tengok movie ni, of course la sebab James Franco.... Cite ni ala-ala Romeo & Juliet, kisah cinta yang tragik. Cuma x bape puas hati ngan ending movie tu. Kisahnya lebih kurang camni lah....


Synopsis:
Tristan (James Franco) - orphan; both parents were killed by Irish. Raised by Lord Marke and also the most trusted and loyal knight to Lord Marke.
Isolde (Sophia Myles) - princess of King Donnchadh (King of Ireland) who eventually married to Lord Marke, though her heart belongs to Tristan.

Tristan & Isolde is set in Britain and Ireland, in the Early Middle Ages, after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. The scattered British settlements are in the process of becoming unified under Lord Marke, who wishes to fortify England against attacks by the Irish King Donnchadh.

The Cornish knight Tristan of Aerygone engages in combat with Morholt, leader of Donnchadh's army and to whom Princess Isolde has been promised in marriage. Though he kills Morholt and Donnchadh's army is overrun, Tristan is severely wounded in the fight and believed dead, though he is in fact only suffering the effects of having been sliced in the abdomen by Morholt's poisoned sword.

Tristan's body is put out to sea on a funeral boat which eventually washes up along the shores of Ireland. He is discovered by Isolde and her maid Bragnae, who administer an antidote that revives him and then secretly nurse him back to health. Tristan and Isolde fall in love; however, Isolde does not disclose her real name. After some time Tristan is forced to flee to Cornwall.

Plotting to defeat Britain, Donnchadh proposes a peace treaty, promising his daughter Isolde in marriage to the winner of a tournament. Tristan participates on behalf of his uncle King Marke of Cornwall, unaware that the "prize" Isolde is the woman he fell in love with in Ireland. He wins the tournament, only to discover the truth about Isolde and to see her betrothed to Marke.

Although Marke is kind to Isolde, her heart belongs to Tristan, who is torn between his love for Isolde and his loyalty to Marke, a man whom he has loved as a father. The couple eventually begin an affair behind Marke's back which is later discovered by rivals of the king, weakening his position and setting off a new war with Ireland (abetted by the treacherous Lord Wictred). They often consider ending their relationship for the sake of their duty to Marke.

In Tristan's final attempt to end the relationship, he and Isolde are caught in an awkward situation by all of the kings. The kings decide to part ways with Marke; the alliances are ruined and his wife and son-figure have betrayed him. Marke is at first angry but softens after hearing Isolde explain her history with Tristan and offers them the chance to run away together. Tristan chooses instead to stay in England and fight for his king.

Called away to battle against Donnchadh's forces, he is mortally wounded in combat by Wictred and eventually dies in Isolde's arms after uttering his last words of "You were right. I don't know if life is greater than death. But love was more than either". Isolde sees to his burial beneath the ashes of the Roman bridge, and plants two willows by the grave, which grow intertwined; she then vanishes and is never seen again.