Of course if you watch it with a Templar's enthusiast, you can guarantee you'll get a running commentary on the historical inaccuracies of their representation within the film. :/
Indeed pointing out that the three assassins who attack Balian were referred to as Templars and yet were dressed as Teutonic knights, also the fact the Guy and Raynald were both wearing Templar colours was slightly innaccurate as Templars were celibate and forbidden to marry, just off the top of my head.
The movie isn't historically accurate, (for instance Balian was Sybilla's stepfather rather than lover and the Jeremy Irons character has the wrong name and was anything but loyal to the throne) but it is a good movie with a lot of worthwhile things to say none the less.
Don't worry, someday someone will make a Templar movie that you will be proud of. ;P
I have yet to see any version of Kingdom of Heaven. I skipped it after George Green used it as a "How Not To" example in a writing class, which is pretty much the definitive 'Bad Review', as far I'm concerned.
I was, however, definitely surprised to hear such bad things about a film helmed by Ridley Scott, who normally gets the absolute best out of even bad actors or scriptwriting. It doesn't entirely surprise me to hear that the version of the film that fared so poorly was heavily compromised.
After all, it wouldn't be the first time one of Ridley's films was only worth buying as a director's cut.
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Indeed pointing out that the three assassins who attack Balian were referred to as Templars and yet were dressed as Teutonic knights, also the fact the Guy and Raynald were both wearing Templar colours was slightly innaccurate as Templars were celibate and forbidden to marry, just off the top of my head.
The movie isn't historically accurate, (for instance Balian was Sybilla's stepfather rather than lover and the Jeremy Irons character has the wrong name and was anything but loyal to the throne) but it is a good movie with a lot of worthwhile things to say none the less.
Don't worry, someday someone will make a Templar movie that you will be proud of. ;P
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Apparently the guy who played Saladin is a big name in Middle Eastern cinema (he's Egyptian, I think?)
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Thought Orlando Bloom was a little baby-faced to carry off a character with such an angsty backstory, but it didn't really matter in the end.
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I was, however, definitely surprised to hear such bad things about a film helmed by Ridley Scott, who normally gets the absolute best out of even bad actors or scriptwriting. It doesn't entirely surprise me to hear that the version of the film that fared so poorly was heavily compromised.
After all, it wouldn't be the first time one of Ridley's films was only worth buying as a director's cut.
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