[Artemisia] OT? Kindom of Heaven movie

[Jeff Webster]

Hello,
 I saw it a few weeks ago on opening Knight...er, night.
  I liked the costuming and the armor as well. I saw visions of Sir Ralph Bigod standing there. As a matter of fact my beautiful lady wife said, "Hey that looks like Sir Ronan"  I gently corrected her as I felt for the popcorn, "That would be Sir Ralph" I said, to which she gave me a startled gaze, not because of the statement, but because of my wandering hands and the consuming of stolen popcorn. I explained later.

  I rather liked the movie but I must admit that I know little of the era that the movie portrayed. I am now on a quest to learn evermore of the crusades and the "costuming" (garb, armor, etc.) of the day. It was a wonderful escape and I rather liked it.
  I must agree on the plot. I think it rather fragmented too.  It was hard to follow at times and jumped to empty scenes and less than adequate portrayal. Padraigin said she was lost through most of the movie, admittedly not knowing anything about the area or the Hospitallers or the Templars of the time. I liked the weapons. I thought the scabbards and "period" suspension of the weapons was spot on. Of course again I do not know much about the time or customs.

  Over all, I liked it. Probably better than "Timeline" I was rather disappointed at that one. I read the book and the movie failed miserably.

Just my opinion,

Ulric
(not that Ulrich, the other one)
  
  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Olan Mikkelsen<mailto:pan_landolf at hotmail.com> 
  To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org<mailto:artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org> 
  Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 8:40 PM
  Subject: [Artemisia] OT? Kindom of Heaven movie 


  Has any one seen "The Kingdom of Heaven" movie?  What are your thoughts 
  about it?
  I thought the costuming and armor were very credible.  While the battle 
  scenes were very intense, I felt they were too fragmented.  The storyline 
  was pretty vague, with no real character development.  I think the director 
  concentrated too much on trying to create an "epic" feel.  It seems to me 
  that Balian would have been more believable in his portrayal of the perfect 
  knight if he had not succumbed to Sibylla's seduction.
  Overall it was an entertaining film.  I'd give it three stars out of five.
  Landolf


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