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Re: Movie & DVD Review
Cross-posted in Orlando Bloom - thread.
Okay gals, I saw KOH last night ... what to say? My sister and I were surprised 
... because a) we liked the movie and b) it's Legolas best role since he played himself in LotR  - it's true! Orlandolas is more convincing as Balian than as Will Turner + Paris together! 
Okay, let's have a look at my short review - but beware, there are some spoilers!
      
Some facts:
- camera shots and cuts are great --> looks very "artistic" => the star of "Kingdom of Heaven" is not the script or any of the actors, it is the director's unmatched gift for the visual (quote)
- beautiful and detailed costumes
- brilliant score! especially the chorus parts (->'typical sacred music') -> Harry Gregson-Williams did a great job! 
- speed of the film is good, no (or less) lengthy & boring scenes
- the actor of Saladin (Ghassan Massoud) shows that he's a great performer, because of his 'humanity of performance'! I was very impressed by him!!
- OB was better than expected, especially at the beginning, when he worries about his faith; OB shows the development of his character convincingly and imho, you believe him in his role as defender of Jerusalem
- the play of Jeremy Irons & Liam Neeson was great - as always; and you notice, how much OB must still learn when you see the performance of them both
- message of the movie has a huge importance nowadays: each religion has the right to have its place in Jerusalem - in many points, the 3 main religions are familiar - and violence is no solution!
- the script could have been better in my opinion, but it stands as close as it could to reality, and the dialogues are largely intelligent
- sometimes I was a bit shocked by the violent scenes (battle) --> much blood is shown
- and I think, there could have been more scenes focussing the Muslims, because they're the most honorable, the most gentlemanly characters in the film -> they show, what humanity IS, and not the Christians
=> Good movie!
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