Kingdom of Heaven

[Hypersmurf]

It was David Thewliss not Ed Norton, though I do think Ed Norton would have pulled that role off beautifully.

Um? Thewlis played a hospitaler - Godfrey's friend.

Norton played the masked king.

-Hyp.

 

[ssampier]

I enjoyed the movie alot, but I was hoping Liam Nielsen would have a bigger role in this movie. I find I don't like Orland Bloom as a lead in a movie, but he's a fine as a side-kick (possibly why I didn't care for in Pirates, but enjoyed him LoTR).

Regardless I enjoyed the movie. The middle portion before the king's death was a bit boring to me as I didn't really care who was bickering over what. I felt that portion was missing something that tied everything together and might make me care why they were bickering.

I give it an 8.5, good, but could be better. I would have enjoyed if Bloom's character had another strong character to give him more depth. As such he was fairly flat

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the murder of the priest and the subsequent denial of faith seemed tacked, since he wanted everyone, Christian, Jews, and Muslims to "get along". Did I miss something?

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[Jeremy]

the medieval blacksmith who could

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read, learned massive fighting skills very quickly, knew how to use survey equipment, knew how to defend a walled city against seige,

and many other amazing things that seemed unlikely

Yup. That was my major problem with it too. The things they teach them french peasants in the Dark Ages... Amazing.

But I'm happy, I got to see Liam with a sword again. Always enjoy that for some reason. He must be a helluva teacher though. How many guys do you know that can hold the line when the wall is breached until the bodies pile so high as to halt the battle? I mean, I saw plenty of defenders dead behind him, and plenty attackers dead in front of him... But how long can a guy fight with an injured arm and not even take another scrape? That's skillz! Good to be the main character.

I think there's a template for that. +200 HP and +20 AC.

 

[Dr. Talos]

Um? Thewlis played a hospitaler - Godfrey's friend.

Norton played the masked king.

-Hyp.

I stand corrected

 

[Hypersmurf]

I find I don't like Orland Bloom as a lead in a movie, but he's a fine as a side-kick (possibly why I didn't care for in Pirates, but enjoyed him LoTR).

Bah. Bloom was a sidekick in Pirates

-Hyp.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Finally saw it yesterday. I have the image of Orlando brandishing his throbbing sword high above his head burned into my memory. It was okay, but I look forward to actually hearing every word said when it comes out on DVD. I thought the the final battle in the movie was the best, especially when the mobile invasion towers went crashing down!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Bah. Bloom was a sidekick in Pirates

-Hyp.

Johnny Depp is to play Willy Wonka in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Tehehe!

 

[Joker]

Does anyone know if the Saracenes had those kind of siege towers?

Also, do Trebuchets really have that kind of range on them? Or is another one of Ridley's examples of ammunition going 678 times further than it should?

I wasn't expecting much so I wasn't too dissapointed when I saw it. Gave it a 6/10.

Like others have said, the movie felt rushed, like they wanted to get it over with. It was entertaining though so I won't whine too much about it.

 

[WayneLigon]

I saw it last night. Pretty darn good movie. I was very pleased with it.

 

[WayneLigon]

Does anyone know if the Saracenes had those kind of siege towers?

Also, do Trebuchets really have that kind of range on them? Or is another one of Ridley's examples of ammunition going 678 times further than it should?

NOVA's special on them had their test machine smashing a wall at 200 yards with 250-pound ball travelling over 100mph, but a machine with a larger arm would probably have a longer range. Only recently were modern scientists able to figure out how the things worked at all, so Scott's perfectly within his rights to have them toss things however far he wants