tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545661733980837263.post7141306431238429416..comments2023-03-30T16:56:53.692-07:00Comments on Icebox Movies: Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut (2005)Adam Zanziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14524618281515322239noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545661733980837263.post-31334479362736476592011-01-24T17:58:52.597-08:002011-01-24T17:58:52.597-08:00Ahh, you must be one of those people contributing ...Ahh, you must be one of those people contributing to this film's Director's Cut legacy. I never saw the original cut, and only just recently caught up with the Director's Cut. Soon afterward I watched Agora, which is a historical epic centering on the exact same themes. Odd coincidence, deliberate copy, inevitable result of humanist historical epics? I don't quite know. I love your enthusiasm for the film, though. The film's equal handed treatment of Muslim characters is a welcome change from the villainization they face in other films, although I can't say that the film avoids archetypical villains. Maybe the method of the film is to speak through these archetypes, holding up the white knight as the ideal of tolerance and casting him against the nefarious forces who are opposed not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, but the skeletal nature of an archetype doesn't lend itself to human drama, in my experience. For me, the film comes down to that distinction - there is a skeletal construction of archetypes and themes which I found agreeable and progressive in Hollywood cinema, but the elements from moment to moment provided little insight into human behavior. I had no problem with Bloom, perhaps because I felt the human subtleties weren't present to begin with, but I don't know. Perhaps it's simply one of those cases where what you see and what I see are not the same thing. Don't let my feelings take away from your piece, though - you're clearly great at sharing your own way of seeing things, and I admire your comprehensiveness - I just wish I felt the same!JeanRZEJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530242176130470336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545661733980837263.post-35994186102502988112010-10-13T10:41:45.504-07:002010-10-13T10:41:45.504-07:00It's an incredible film. Every Scott detractor...It's an incredible film. Every Scott detractor I've met hasn't seen the Director's Cut--and many of his fans still haven't, either. Whenever I meet Scott fans who prefer <i>Gladiator</i> to KOH it's usually because they haven't seen the KOH director's cut yet. Some people still dislike the new cut because of Orlando Bloom, but he's an actor who I think will be accepted in time.Adam Zanziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524618281515322239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545661733980837263.post-20048367801235314482010-10-12T08:38:22.005-07:002010-10-12T08:38:22.005-07:00One of the few "Director's Cuts" I p...One of the few "Director's Cuts" I prefer over the theatrical release - this was an excellent look at what makes the film so special. When Scott fires on all cylinders, as he does, here, he's almost unmatchable.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13600990166210022027noreply@blogger.com