6.23.2005
Kingdom of Heaven
R
Offical Website
Overall Grade: C+
This movie has almost no plot, or no driving storyline anyway. Sure some of the fight scenes and historical recreations of the locations are cool, but it is not pulled off nearly as well as it was in Gladiator. There are very few likable characters, and it certainly picks every misguided cleric, clergy and religious person it can to make Christianity look bad (or should I say Catholicism? because they were one and the same). Honestly, I wouldn't waste your money on this one. There's plenty of other good movies that are coming out this summer. Oh, and the historical accuracy of the characters sucks...big time. Plot: Just after Bloom's blacksmith character's wife commits suicide, an earl comes to tell him of his bastardy and offers to take him along with him on the Crusade. He of course goes eventually and is named complete heir of the earl and made a knight to boot. From there on he is involved in a lot of Near East politics that are disgusting and boring. And there is some fighting and dying and falling in love stuff.
Offical Website
Overall Grade: C+
This movie has almost no plot, or no driving storyline anyway. Sure some of the fight scenes and historical recreations of the locations are cool, but it is not pulled off nearly as well as it was in Gladiator. There are very few likable characters, and it certainly picks every misguided cleric, clergy and religious person it can to make Christianity look bad (or should I say Catholicism? because they were one and the same). Honestly, I wouldn't waste your money on this one. There's plenty of other good movies that are coming out this summer. Oh, and the historical accuracy of the characters sucks...big time. Plot: Just after Bloom's blacksmith character's wife commits suicide, an earl comes to tell him of his bastardy and offers to take him along with him on the Crusade. He of course goes eventually and is named complete heir of the earl and made a knight to boot. From there on he is involved in a lot of Near East politics that are disgusting and boring. And there is some fighting and dying and falling in love stuff.
Labels: genre: historical, media: movie
