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In the meantime, I'm going to load up my DVD of "Lawrence of Arabia"...
Posted on 05/09/2005 4:47:54 PM PDT by CHARLITE
good find!!
Now now...from just this review I can guess this is a film about tolerance and the validity of all ideas, not just those extreme western principals.
Orlando Bloom practices some kind of trendy Buddhism, which kind of tells you all you need to know.
Well hells bells, if Tom Cruise can become an extraordinary Samurai, then Orlando Bloom can become an extraordinary Knight. God wills it!
"Nichiren Shoshu" Buddhism
We agreed the actual history of any era one wants to discuss is so much more interesting than any Hollywoodized crap, why do they continue to do those things.
Can anyone who saw this movie tell me if this is an accuate portrayal? Would be much appreciated, since I don't "go to the movies"...I buy them for home entertainment.
TIA!
FMCDH(BITS)
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In the meantime, I'm going to load up my DVD of "Lawrence of Arabia"...
I was looking forward to this film.
Im glad I got a review before I wasted my money on it.
hollywood claptrap indeed :(
I told him he should try his hand at it.
He said "I don't have a history degree."
"All the better," I said.
LOA is a classic maybe I rewatch my DVD as well L0L
Have to agree, this Scott film didn't even get close to being another "Gladiator". Everything that was real to being human, which a viewer could relate to in Gladiator, (the evil emperor,the burning desire for just revenge, the passions of the man with his losses and his triumphs, his role as adopted son,friend and leader, etc.)was lost in "Kingdom".
Pondering on it, I first thought the cause was a bad screenplay. At times it was so formula. And the words coming out of the actors' mouths, how lofty and sometimes highbrow..."A king does not kill another king." It was as if everyone wanted to believed what they were espousing, but there was no tension, no sense of fear, no rousing inner spirit to gives way to moving speeches, those whichh touch the human emotions of the other characters, there wasn't even any fanatical passion (on either warring side, Christian or Muslim) before, during or after their bloody battles.
Wish it had been a better film, I went to see it wanting to be inspired as I was at Scott and Crowe's collaboration of Gladiator.
Is this a new take-out dish? Does it come with fortune cookies?
Char :)
Well I saw the movie this past saturday and I did like it. But then I do not go to movies to have them verify my world view.
The heros in the movie were courageous, the villians vile. The last stand by Baelin and his handful of knights at Jeruselem was inspiring.
As a historic document, the movie left a lot to be desired. As a sword and sandal flick, it was quite good. I was entertained, and that is what I spent my money for.
I sure hope it was better than Troy
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