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 Kingdom Of Heaven (2005) 

 
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Monday, October 03, 2005

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An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, Kingdom Of Heaven 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 secretly courting the capricious wife of the ruthless Guy de Lusignan (Marton Csokas) who seeks a way to destabilise the uneasy Christian-Muslim truce brokered by King Baldwin (Edward Norton) and wage war against his religious enemy...
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35 out of 100 Grim and good
Donal from Cork, 09 Aug 2007
This film didn't seem to get a lot of good press when it hit the cinema.........it's actually not a bad film at all though........it shows the crusades for the chaotic, propoganda-driven, misunderstood effort that it was.........people going to the other side of the continent believing that they are doing some good.......only to become disillusioned by the grim, greedy, corrupt reality that meets them..............Torres Crouch/Voronin/Kuyt Kewell/Babel Gerrard/Alonso Pennant/Benayoun Mascherano
2 people out of 5 found this review helpful
30 out of 100 Kingdom Of Heaven
declan from Galway, 15 Jul 2007
Enjoyable enough. A bit dragged out though.
2 people out of 7 found this review helpful
35 out of 100 Kingdom of Heaven
Mark from Dublin, 25 Jan 2008
It has been slated by everyone and his dog and a few people on this site bbut again everyone is a critic as with most of these hostoric yarns there will be errors but overall I enjoyed this movie and would recommend .
1 people out of 1 found this review helpful
30 out of 100 Not Quiet Heaven
Shane from Galway, 15 Jul 2007
A film that I was told wasnt up to much but I enjoyed it if not the best film ever made. Worth the watch.
1 people out of 1 found this review helpful
5 out of 100 Kingdom of Heaven
Jean from Dublin, 25 Aug 2007
Not at all what expected
1 people out of 2 found this review helpful
45 out of 100 Excellent
Edward from Dublin, 23 May 2012
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Don't bother with the standard cut though, get hold of the director's extended version. It makes a lot more sense. There's about 45-60 mins cut out in the standard release. So, basically, you see a lot more Eva Green in the director's cut, which is no bad thing. If you're at all familiar with the history, this will probably irritate you a little, as Scott does play fast and loose with the facts and events, but it's still worth the watch.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
20 out of 100 Lord of the Rings (dumbed down)
Seamus from Monaghan, 25 Sep 2010
Although this film won't change your life. It's not a bad hour and a half's entertainment. The problem is Orlando Bloom. I don't know how often during the fight scenes one of us commented that "he learned that from Aragon". And some of the dialogue seems to come straight out of the Lord of the Rings. "we'll make our stand here at Helm's deep...... I mean Jerusalem." It's not a bad film but I wouldn't go out in the rain to get it.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
35 out of 100 Good period piece
Tracy from Dublin, 04 Mar 2009
I was watching this movie for the second time, and I enjoyed it more this time around. Picked up on a few things I didn't notice the first time. I think it is a pretty fair depiction of a micro-cosm in the grand sweep of the Crusades. Small wonder the Arab world has a bit of bias towards Europe. It's totally unbelievable that this simple blacksmith can be such a superb tactician but one just has to be 'willingly deceived'.
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
5 out of 100 Kingdom Of Heaven
James from Limerick, 31 Dec 2008
Another anti-war epic from Scott, this time set during the Crusades. Doing alright out of them, isnt he? Panders to the "all Muslims are good, all Christian Imperialists are evil" crowd. PC / revisionist balony. Dont bother. Oh, and Orlando Bloom could not act his way out of a room made of doors.
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