Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the deaths of his wife and baby when his estranged nobleman father (Liam Neeson) arrives and asks him to join the Crusades in Jerusalem. Mindful that conducting the Lord's work will help him atone for his sins, Balian agrees, and embarks on the perilous journey. Along the way, he reveals his gifts of inherent... goodness and fair treatment of all human beings. Upon reaching Jerusalem, a city where his meagre beginnings no longer matter, Balian earns respect and fealty, while the evil Guy de Lusignan (Marton Csokas) looks down his aristocratic nose at the former labourer. As he did in GLADIATOR, Scott explores the theme of a man who chooses his fate, instead of accepting the fate given to him at birth. Balian comes to life in Jerusalem, protecting the weak and defenceless as his father told him he must, and catching the eye of the beautiful Princess Sibylla (Eva Green), unhappily married to de Lusignan. Scott paints a stirring portrait of the struggle over Jerusalem among Christians, Jews, and Muslims. In doing so, he also shows the passionate fight for religious freedom. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ably handles these delicate issues, effectively treating characters from all factions as individuals and not as stereotypes. By placing a virtuous man at the centre of this conflict, Scott creates a powerful, universal story.
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It's the paradox of this city sacred to three great religions that there are those who would kill to defend its holiness. That's as true today as it was nearly a thousand years ago, when Pope Urban II's cry of "God wills it!" sent Europe's knights to the Middle East in a series of bloody expeditions against Islam that we know as the Crusades.
Director Ridley Scott, long fascinated by knights, those heroic Boy Scouts of yore, has made a film about not the entire two-century span of those invasions but rather a brief and pointed moment between the Second and Third Crusades when the fate of Jerusalem and th...
Wholly unconvincing holy nonsense
Its no surprise that this film was made by a successful director of advertisements: everything and everyone is improbably glossy a medieval blacksmith with Orlando Blooms skin and hair and articulacy, honestly! and it bears about as much connection to reality as the average shampoo commercial does; indeed the multiplicity of candles in more than one scene is reminiscent of nothing more than a naff music video or an ad for chocolates.
In keeping with a certain current earnestness it tries very hard to be even-handed towards Muslims and consequently has Christian characters spouting forth all manner of anachronistically tolerant views. The clumsy introduction o...
Kingdom of Heaven navigates through the minefield of the Crusades and, by extension, the contentious background of Christian-Muslim relations in ways both shrewd and calculated. Genuinely spectacular and historically quite respectable, Ridley Scott's latest epic is at its strongest in conveying the savagery spawned by fanaticism, as well as in creating a convincing view of a late 12th century when East and West co-existed, then came to blows for neither the first nor last time. Dramatically, however, there is a vaguely programmatic feel to the drastic upward mobility of a simple French blacksmith to the ruling echelon of the Latin Kingdom. Domestic B.O. prospects loo...
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hey if ridley scott makes it, then im there. this film does not disappoint. very good. eva green is hot as usual. o.k. acting. great action,music and battles. i recommend. 3 of 4 stars very good.
This is a masterpiece. The movie lasts about 3h10m so if you wanna watch make sure you got the time , the drinks and the food because you are really gonna delight urself. The acting is perfect, Orlando bloom does a great job so as the rest, storyline very good and the effects are awesome you can see this is a massive production when you see thousands of soldiers fighting ..My advice, don't watch the normal version, watch the "director's cut version" , it's all over the internet and trust me in this movie it's absolutely crucial! My first 10/10 rating.
Superb epic film, impressive cinema and very well acted throughout, a thoroughly enjoyable experience, take the time to watch this and you will not be dissapointed.
It's a good movie,the best part was the music .I don't know how the phothographing was,tudou version has ragged quality.Orlando could have done better.