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jkf296 said:
Kingdom of Heaven
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swd1974 said:
LOL!
Anyone else roll their eyes at the movies symbolism at the end of the movie regarding the "Queen of Jerusalem." The concentration camp haircut was over the top on the imagery scale.
Mulli808 said:
yeah - this had stupid parts all around:
The dude who got shot through the throat in the beginning and still fought for several minutes, blooms charater shows up to his fathers land who has been without water for decades and happens to find water within 5 minutes, why was the next king dude in messina when his wife and army was in jerusalem, the new kings army marching across the desert without any water and soldiers falling off horses, etc.
I went in expecting a movie along the lines of Battleship Earth, so this was better than that at least.
Chaplin
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jkf296 said:
LOL, it's called passage of time. 5 minutes...
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Chaplin said:LOL, it's called passage of time. 5 minutes...
Why is this 'biglaugh'?
Chaplin
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************* said:
Because it was 5 minutes of screen time. Just a funny way of putting it.
Stout
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jkf296 said:
You think the whole marching across the desert without any water with soldiers falling off horses is stupid? Well, it was stupid as well when it actually happened. No joke! They didn't have enough water for the march, and Saladin had drained all the water holes. Instead of retreating back to their stronghold, the idiotic Christians pressed on, with men dying as they went, and were slaughtered.
Chaplin said:
I am glad I did not have to watch him struggle finding water for 20 more minutes.
Stout said:
I thought this was just Hollywood-ization to show the stupidty of the new king.
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Mulli808 said:
LOL - so it may have been a couple of days. His father toiled for years to find water, but he just happens to get it - seemed kinda hokey to me.
Also, the passgae of time in the movie was done badly. Like when they sailed from Messina and got shipwrecked and then had to travel over land to Jerusalem, it would have helped to do one of those cartoon maps which shows the boat / land route which they took. It would have showed that probaly several months had passed rather than the time it takes to go to 7-11 and back.
As far as the water issue - it showed Bloom coming to his fathers' land and looking out upon the acres and then the next scene it shows the water. How long passed, 2 hours, 2 days, 2 months, 2 years? It was poor time explaining.
Oh yeah, now I remember. I got the impression that, before Bloom came, no one had thought, "What we need is a well or two." Good point.
I like the idea of the map like in Indiana Jones.
I like the idea of the map like in Indiana Jones.
Chaplin
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I don't like the map idea. It makes the movie too "light-hearted". Not that they are comparable, but Lawrence of Arabia did a great job of showing, over only a few minutes, a couple VERY long journeys.
I suppose a map might have taken away from the catchy line about "keep going until they speak Italian and then keep going until they speak something else." Hahaha, I laughed for seconds on that one.
Chaplin
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Mulli808 said:
Actually, that was a pretty good line. The best line in a script full of bad ones.
Chaplin said:
Pretty good line when Liam used it. Using it again was questionable. But I liked the movie so I am just nitpicking to pass the time at work.
Stout
Hold onto the ball, Murray!
Chaplin said:
Stout
Hold onto the ball, Murray!
jkf296 said:
Nope. The stupidity is actually part of the real story
Stout said:Nope. The stupidity is actually part of the real story
Like I said, I enjoyed the movie because I was expecting a total flop and was pleasantly surprised it wasn't.
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swd1974 said:
Holy Crap!
Coffee all over keyboard!
I dunno, that chick has bedroom eyes, maybe that's why I was smitten for her.
boisesuns
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Just went to see it at the cheap thater. Didn't want to pay 9 bucks for a movie
A few things overdone in the move were:
1.The staring/glaring:
The lead girl had hardly any lines she just had stank face half the movie
the funniest part of the movie was when he bad king did his little stare at Orlando. It reminded me of some fights in high school.
2. The Slow Motion:
Did anyone else notice this? It seemed live every few seconds was in slow motion. I guess i've watched too many Mystery Science Theater 3000's becuase every time they se a movie in slow mo, they make the words slow too and make fun of it
Also the leper kings face was sick, and the vultures flying over the bodies after the people died of thirst was pretty nasty. I can't imagine how bad it must have been to walk up to that.
A few things overdone in the move were:
1.The staring/glaring:
The lead girl had hardly any lines she just had stank face half the movie
the funniest part of the movie was when he bad king did his little stare at Orlando. It reminded me of some fights in high school.
2. The Slow Motion:
Did anyone else notice this? It seemed live every few seconds was in slow motion. I guess i've watched too many Mystery Science Theater 3000's becuase every time they se a movie in slow mo, they make the words slow too and make fun of it
Also the leper kings face was sick, and the vultures flying over the bodies after the people died of thirst was pretty nasty. I can't imagine how bad it must have been to walk up to that.
Just bought this.. Bout to watch it...
Chaplin
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Do yourself a favor, stay away from the theatrical cut, the director's cut is MUCH better, and actually makes it a very good film.
