[Artemisia] 1. Re: OT? Kindom of Heaven movie (Chuck Heisler Jr.)

[Alex B.]

The costuming, armor and weaponry were all pretty good, especially compared 
against many of the other horrors Hollywood has inflicted on us when it comes 
to "historical" movies.  I thought the romance was flat out dumb, as was the 
character of Sabella.  They were working way too hard to make her "exotic" and 
"spunky and independent."  I would have been much more impressed with a 
dignified princess/queen who was more historically accurate.  But hey, that's 
usually just me. ;) I did like Balin though, and not just because he's played 
by the painfully pretty Orlando Bloom.  I'd definitely tell people to go see 
this movie.  It's one of the better ones.
Regards,
Lucia the Exile
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> Greetings,
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> I truly enjoyed it.  It was a lot of fun.  It took about fifteen years of 
>the crusades and mishmashed them altogether and sort of fudged the main 
>players around a little.  But it was fun nonetheless.
> 
> Overall, I give it high marks for authenticity, for 'moral lessons' 
>(applicable even today).
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> I was less than impressed by some of the character development (of course, 
>they were pushing a lot of timeline into two hours, so you have to fudge 
>where you can.
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> I think the choppy battle scenes are so you don't have to actually have a 
>cast of thousands swinging swords at each other.  Makes movie insurers 
>nervous is my bet.
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> But I don't like them as much either. 
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> I enjoyed it enough to recommend it.  I thought the view of Knighthood was 
>more 'pure' than 'perfect'.  At least in my opinion.  It really struck a 
>chord with me.  Very Arthurian.
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> CvZ
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