Kingdom of Heaven

• fett

  24 Apr 05, 02:42

  to all the masters here, what's this movie about?
• Tuatau

  24 Apr 05, 09:31

  http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=102066&page=5
• Gordonator

  24 Apr 05, 11:08

  
  
  Set in 12th century Europe and the exotic East, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is an epic romantic action film about a young peasant (Orlando Bloom) who becomes a renowned knight, saves a kingdom, and falls in a love with a princess. From Ridley Scott, the master of the modern epic.
  
• Gordonator

  24 Apr 05, 11:09

  officail web here.
  
  http://www.kingdomofheavenmovie.com/
• progene

  24 Apr 05, 11:33

  Tis look lik a beri nice mobie to watch!
• Tuatau

  25 Apr 05, 01:23

  Originally posted by progene:
  Tis look lik a beri nice mobie to watch!

  It ought to be. The director Ridley Scott helmed classics like "Alien", "Blade Runner" and "Gladiator" -- one just hopes "Kingdom of Heaven" wouldn't do for him what "Alexander" did for Oliver Stone.
• fett

  25 Apr 05, 21:46

  thanks to everyone
• ditzy

  25 Apr 05, 21:47

  Looks like another Troy/Gladiator/The scorpion king/Alexander kind of movie. Not my cup of tea.
• RSP

  26 Apr 05, 20:08

  Great..interesting....
  
  When's it gonna premiere?
• Gordonator

  26 Apr 05, 20:10

  Originally posted by RSP:

  Great..interesting....
  
  When's it gonna premiere?

  5th may.
• OrneryBoy

  1 May 05, 15:53

  is it worth to catch it?
  
  coz i've been watching lesser movies these days..
• RSP

  1 May 05, 16:30

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  5th may.

  argh...okay..looks like i gotta catch it on DVD.
• Gordonator

  2 May 05, 13:51

  first major leading man role for Orlando Bloom btw.
• XciteZ

  2 May 05, 14:20

  
• I-like-flings(m)

  2 May 05, 14:52

  Originally posted by RSP:

  argh...okay..looks like i gotta catch it on DVD.

  I have been asking those pirated dvd seller around my area since last week... not out yet leh.. knn.. i will try again tomolo
• Tuatau

  4 May 05, 22:45

  Coming out from the cinema after watching this movie, I had only one thought:
  "Maximus, Maximus, Maximus..."
• daface

  4 May 05, 23:55

  here's my review of it
  
  Kingdom of Heaven in 2005 will be what Gladiator was in 2000. Ridley Scott has delivered a worthy follow up to his Oscar winner, which is also based on medieval times, with a central heroic character, and supporting casts of characters based on history.
  
  The sets are as spectacular, instead of just Rome and the Collesuem, we have the Middle East and Jerusalem. The costumes are beautiful, from intricately remade Knights armour, to the desert garb of the Muslim warriors. The soundtrack is a mixture of sounds with middle eastern influences, but somehow pales in comparison with Gladiator and lacks a central theme.
  
  Much is said about how the film portrays religion, given the sensitive subject of the Crusades, but I feel that Ridley has achieved a wonderful balance between how Christianity and Islam are portrayed. Both are given fair airtime on their ideologies, and the film tries to preach (pardon the pun) about tolerance, yet highlights the dangers of fanatical followers of both religions, of misguidance from men in search of worldly power.
  
  Which Christianity took a beating - where senseless battles are waged in the name of Christ, where insensitivity breed contempt. Preists are cast in negative light and given lines like "convert to Islam, repent later" when all around seems lost. It is emphasized in the show that what matters is in your head and in your heart - that noble actions speak louder than mere empty and repetitive "praise the Lord" chants, as if that will protect you during Judgement Day.
  
  Orlando Bloom plays Balian, a blacksmith who became a fugitive, but inherited land and army from his father, Godfrey, played by Liam Neeson. The film can be broadly categorized into 3 acts - the first in which Balian searches for his identity and new life in Jerusalem, the second in which the focus is on religion and politics of the time, and the last, the spectacular seige and war.
  
  Bloom puts up a commendable performance, so to his detractors out there, you're in for a big surprise. Edward Norton had the difficult task of acting through a mask as leper King Baldwin, and I applaud Ridley's decision of casting real Muslim actors to learn from them.
  
  Fans of Eva Green might be disappointed that the relationship between Balian and Queen Sibylla was played down to focus on the battles, but I feel it's a fair trade off.
  
  Firstly, some of you might not like the quick-cut-MTV style editing in Gladiator's fight scenes, especially the close ups. This is repeated here though, in a blood splattering manner. The pan-out and general landscape sweeps are mindblowing, and will leave you wanting more. Think about the battles that you see Lord of The Rings Two Towers and Return of the King - the seige on Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith - Kingdom of Heaven delivers the equivalent, probably even better (without the fantasy elements). This is one medieval war movie whose battles will stick in your mind for some time.
  
  The audience were the only disappointing experience for me - they were laughing at a dialogue near the end, where a "knight" asked who Balian was, and he answered "I'm the blacksmith", in which the "knight" answered "I'm the King". Laughter was abound in the theatre. I was like, HELL-O people! See that lion motif on his armour? That's Richard the Lionheart! D'uh! The Crusades didn't end there, it waged on...
  
  What is Jerusalem worth? Nothing, everything. Watch this, and in my opinion, it has Oscar written all over it. Now to hit the library and research more on the subject!
• Parka

  7 May 05, 02:29

  Originally posted by Tuatau:

  Coming out from the cinema after watching this movie, I had only one thought:
  "Maximus, Maximus, Maximus..."

  Same.
• Parka

  7 May 05, 02:34

  My review...
  
  First of all, there's not story for you to take back home. It's all about senseless fighting. They don't even know what they are fighting about. Yeah yeah, religion, for your people, bla bla bla and the reasons. The fight would have had more impact is there was a build up from somewhere. In this case, there was none.
  
  As for the plot, I can't remember any, seriously.
  
  I regretted playing $9.50 for this movie.
  And due to the price hike in tickets, this regret will stay just a bit longer.
• lwflee

  8 May 05, 04:24

  This is an epic for the MTV-generation. Beautifully shot, and dazzling to watch. But that's all there is to the film. It doesn't move the heart and 1 week after the movie closes, no one will remember it.
  
  6/10.
  
  I hope the reviewer above doesn't take offence but i gotta say this: Oscar my arse.
• HENG@

  8 May 05, 04:30

  my guess is that its a movie which casts the crusades in good light and casts Crusaders as "good guys" while the moslem defending their homeland are the "bad guys"
• lwflee

  8 May 05, 04:33

  Originally posted by HENG@:

  my guess is that its a movie which casts the crusades in good light and casts Crusaders as "good guys" while the moslem defending their homeland are the "bad guys"

  Not really. I would say it shows how absurd religion is. The villian of the movie actually belongs to the crusades.
• HENG@

  8 May 05, 04:37

  Originally posted by lwflee:

  Not really. I would say it shows how absurd religion is. The villian of the movie actually belongs to the crusades.

  so it shows how absurd it is to try to force yr own religion on others?
  
  religion itself is never absurd. its only when twisted by human whims that it becomes absurd.
• HENG@

  8 May 05, 04:40

  Originally posted by fett:

  to all the masters here, what's this movie about?

  save yr money to watch SW EPIII. if u've already saved $ to watch EPIII, then save then $ from this movie n watch EPIII a 2nd, 3rd n even 4th time.
• AngGuKuay

  8 May 05, 19:21

  Abit better than "Alexander" but definately cannot beat "Troy". Dun waste your $$ if u are looking for alot of battle scenes...