I decided to give Kingdom of Heaven a go as a friend of mine told me that people who are interested in history might enjoy this epic flick. I cannot really say I did not enjoy Kingdom of Heaven since it entertained me most of the time (I watched the ~3 hours long directors cut), but it turned out a bit dull at times.
Orlando Bloom is a great actor indeed, yet I am not sure whether or not he is suitable to play such a hero as he is supposed to do here, since the flick is an epic after all and thus require a special type of character to take the lead. I read similar comments here about whether or not he is suitable, but I leave that for you to decide. At any rate, I think he is not.
To execute such an epic tale which is set in such a special environment is a very difficult task, I would say - but I think the director and the staff did a decent job here, especially when it comes down to the great battles. The amount of violence depicted is pretty well balanced. It is not too much nor an absence of it, and there were moments when I feared unnecessary amount of violence to be depicted, yet there was none at those times and the flick took a different turn than I had thought.
This flick is not among the top 10 flicks of 2005, yet was entertaining - and - at least it got me further interested in the Crusades so I decided to do some more reading on it.
6/10
Orlando Bloom is a great actor indeed, yet I am not sure whether or not he is suitable to play such a hero as he is supposed to do here, since the flick is an epic after all and thus require a special type of character to take the lead. I read similar comments here about whether or not he is suitable, but I leave that for you to decide. At any rate, I think he is not.
To execute such an epic tale which is set in such a special environment is a very difficult task, I would say - but I think the director and the staff did a decent job here, especially when it comes down to the great battles. The amount of violence depicted is pretty well balanced. It is not too much nor an absence of it, and there were moments when I feared unnecessary amount of violence to be depicted, yet there was none at those times and the flick took a different turn than I had thought.
This flick is not among the top 10 flicks of 2005, yet was entertaining - and - at least it got me further interested in the Crusades so I decided to do some more reading on it.
6/10