The first thing to be said for Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven" is that Scott knows how to direct a historical epic. Kingdom of Heaven (KOH) is an amazing film. Story: A well written script, KOH is about a blacksmith whose wife has committed suicide and he seeks out to redeem her in the.
An exuberant war movie that is also a laughably ahistorical anti-war polemic. Violent movie about the Crusades not for kids. Read Common Sense Media's Kingdom of Heaven review, age rating, and parents guide.
Even though the facts in Kingdom of Heaven are more or less correct, Scott's vision has his characters doing preposterous things. But this is his first viewing of the Director's Cut. Movie Insider tracks future Hollywood films through all stages of production. Watching Kingdom of Heaven, the Crusades are merely about nothing. The Holy Land is at stake, and thousands of Christians and Muslims have taken up arms, but without a clear reason why. After being slammed for his "spectacularly empty" Crusades epic Kingdom Of Heaven, Ridley Scott hits back with The Director's Cut.
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And it's not just a patch-up job. Review : Staggeringly good period epic, with Orlando Bloom in fine form, and Ridley Scott working at his peak. MPA Rating: for strong violence and epic warfare. "The Kingdom of Heaven" is not as anti-Christian as I feared and not as good an action move as I had hoped.
The criticisms it has received—the miscasting of Orlando Bloom, the blatant anti-clericalism. Kingdom of Heaven is a Crusades epic bolstering the richest of historical context and purposefully situational appositeness. What I can certainly say is that this movie features one of the best casts I've ever seen. These are only the actors I recognized and knew by name without looking them up.