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Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The Good: Some nice visuals of Saladin's siege of Jerusalem. A likeable hero-figure. Some attempt (for a typical Hollywood Product) at period authenticity. In the end, if you understand, the message of the film is correct.The Bad: Makes the Crusades into a soap opera. They were much more complex than that. Most of the Crusaders who were nobles were in it for riches and lands to conquer. They were far tougher and better warriors than is shown in the film. The poor were in it for salvation. The whole area had changed hands every 500 years previously, so anyone claiming to be the 'rightful owner' was in jeopardy. The Muslims were just the latest tide that had come in. Now the Crusaders wanted some of the action. Kingdom of Heaven is an action movie at the beginning and the end, with the large middle section a lot of talking in dark rooms. The inevitable story of a commoner who becomes a prince and of course gets the girl who is a princess is shallow. The plot seems borrowed from Gladiator, and a few other classics.

The cinematography and production design are the best thing about this film. It brings you into that world and compells you to stay there. Eva Greene and Jeremy Irons stands out among the actors giving more than those characters offer. But there is a whole lot that seems to be missing something to be making it really good. The director's cut is supposed to be the best version but the mise-en-scene is so off at times and the music felt mudplaced. Bloom was kind if disappointing yet overall it was ok.

Wanna see a movie about the Crusades cuz I'm feeling extra Deus Vult latelyFind that there is literally only one Hollywood film that depicts the Crusades called Kingdom Of HeavenBuy it & watch about an hour.. start to see that all the Templars are ultra evil villains & the Muslims are oppressed victimsWTF...look up online the historical accuracy of the filmEveryone saying it is not at all historically accurate but its fantastic because all the Christians are portrayed as villains & Saladin instead of being a savage tyrant, aka real life, is depicted as a compassionate, wise ruler0 Deus Vults out of 10

This film is based on real historical characters and addresses, fictionally, the loss of Jerusalem to Muslims in 1187, after the defeat of the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin, against the forces of Saladin. Directed by Ridley Scott, the film has a screenplay by William Monahan and the cast is headed by Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson and Jeremy Irons.The film deals with the crusades from a new point of view. In other movies we see Christian expeditions. In this film, we see a precise moment in history, where Jerusalem, captured in 1099, is lost again. Many of the characters is based, slightly, in real historical characters, as part of the script as well. Although I'm not an expert, it seems a film that seeks to portray things with some historical accuracy. Thus, costumes and scenery seem to have been designed with some care, in order to meet these standards. The script is interesting. Of course, the story is romanticized and not entirely correspond to the facts, but its quite entertaining and holds the audience until the end. The action scenes are excellent, particularly the battles and the final siege, where the fertile imagination of Hollywood left its mark in the original way the siege engines are being put out of action by the besieged. The scenarios are good, representing well what may have been Jerusalem during that historic period.The actors fulfilled their role on a regular basis. Orlando Bloom is equal to himself and Eva Green made some effort to look more oriental, surprising at the end by purposely overshadowing her character in maternal grief. One of the most emotive and memorable characters is King Baldwin IV, played by Edward Norton (who never shows his face in the film). He's the author of some of the most deep, philosophical and meaningful quotes. The soundtrack, written by Harry Gregson- Williams, is very good and merges harmonically sounds of medieval and Muslim inspiration with the traditional film music.