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[Trailer] Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott)
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Looks good, as long as the finished version doesn't overdo the moralizing.
I have to say I find it amusing that the bad guys in a movie about the Crusades these days have to be other Westerners... Reminds me of a story about a guy trying to pitch a war movie, and getting asked by one of the film execs "So, who are the bad guys?" He replied "The Germans", and the exec smiled indulgently and said "No, who are the real enemies?"
Anyway, I like that they put them all in realistic (well, for all I know) chainmail, rather than in anachronistic or entirely made-up plate armor.
BTW, is that David Wenham (aka Faramir) in one of the last scenes, saying something about "strength for what is to come"?
I have to say I find it amusing that the bad guys in a movie about the Crusades these days have to be other Westerners... Reminds me of a story about a guy trying to pitch a war movie, and getting asked by one of the film execs "So, who are the bad guys?" He replied "The Germans", and the exec smiled indulgently and said "No, who are the real enemies?"
Anyway, I like that they put them all in realistic (well, for all I know) chainmail, rather than in anachronistic or entirely made-up plate armor.
BTW, is that David Wenham (aka Faramir) in one of the last scenes, saying something about "strength for what is to come"?
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Mark
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I just heard this was coming in early/mid 2005...
Kingdom of Heaven
During the Crusades of the 12th Century, Balian of Ibelin (Bloom), a young blacksmith in Jerusalem, rises to protect his people from foreign invaders.
Looks like a solid cast.
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808529406&intl=us
Set during the 12th century in the holy city of Jerusalem, a young peasant blacksmith (Bloom) becomes a knight so that he may help repel the Crusaders who took control of the city in 1099. Meanwhile, the young knight also falls in love with the city's beautiful princess (Green)... (Neeson plays the blacksmith's father; Thewlis plays a priest.)
Some pics on Bloom's site here -
http://www.orlandomultimedia.net/kingdom/kingdomupdate.html
I just heard this was coming in early/mid 2005...
Kingdom of Heaven
During the Crusades of the 12th Century, Balian of Ibelin (Bloom), a young blacksmith in Jerusalem, rises to protect his people from foreign invaders.
Looks like a solid cast.
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808529406&intl=us
Set during the 12th century in the holy city of Jerusalem, a young peasant blacksmith (Bloom) becomes a knight so that he may help repel the Crusaders who took control of the city in 1099. Meanwhile, the young knight also falls in love with the city's beautiful princess (Green)... (Neeson plays the blacksmith's father; Thewlis plays a priest.)
Some pics on Bloom's site here -
http://www.orlandomultimedia.net/kingdom/kingdomupdate.html
CCamfield
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Banshee16 said:
I take it you don't know the history of the Crusades, then. The objective was to take and hold Jerusalem and the "Holy Land" from the Muslims.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
Banshee16 said:
I'm sure they'll spend plenty of time fighting the Saracens, but judging from the preview, it looks like the main bad guy is going to be the "eeevil" leader of some monastic knight order, who does a lot of scowling at the camera and has lines like "Give me war!", with Brendan Gleeson as his henchman.
FCWesel
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The guy talking about strength is David Thewlis.
Anyone bored of Bloom yet?
[sarcasm] I am glad he's stretching his acting chops with this roll...a blacksmith (Pirates)...and he's wielding a sword (6th of 13 movies)...and "historical/fantastical" (8 or 10 of 13)...[/sarcasm]
Anyone bored of Bloom yet?
[sarcasm] I am glad he's stretching his acting chops with this roll...a blacksmith (Pirates)...and he's wielding a sword (6th of 13 movies)...and "historical/fantastical" (8 or 10 of 13)...[/sarcasm]
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