hford713 Wrote:I, too, saw this film this wknd and was a tad disappointed.
I went in expecting classic Ridley Scott - and I came out wondering if he was involved in it in even the slightest capacity.
Some of my complaints were that it was too long, for one. Another was that many of the scenes ended without any impact. Generally, Ridley ties up individual scenes with a wallop courtesy of biting dialogue. Many scenes in this film simply ended and had me wondering, "Is that it?" Also, the dialogue was not as scathing and less punctual than Ridley generally works with. In the end, I actually questioned whether or not he had any involvement in the screenplay - and moreso, if he was actually the director or merely a producer of the film. (And the fact that he didn't use Hans Zimmer to score it had me baffled - as I thought a better score might have lifted this film to a different/higher level.)
Me? I like movies that keep my butt planted in my seat long after the credits begin their roll. With this, I couldn't wait for it to end.
(Maybe something's wrong with me, considering last weekend I actually left "Hitchiker's Guide" before it ended. It was brutally bad. IMHO, of course.)
KIngdom of Heaven is by far one of the worst films I have seen in this or any other year. Not even Neeson or Irons could save it.
Bloom has no presence and while the film is politically correct, it seemed to just lie there on the screen.
I didn't care about Bloom's character or his struggle (what struggle ?!). The guy looked as if he wouldn't know hwat to do if a real battle was taking place.
The problem with Arthur wasn't Owen but that the studio rendered Arthur a secondary figure in his own film! Their emphasis was on the scantily clad Kiera Knightley's Guinvere. Which didn't even entice the all too coveted 10 to 25 year old boys much.
Troy was ludicrous at best and Alexander was mind numbingly bad.
If Gladiator had never been made, my eyes never would to see these inferior historical films.
In the end for me, I'll always have a place in my cinematic heart for Maximus.
As he said aptly observed "What we do in life echoes in eternity"