http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:26:24 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/29/093635.php#comment-160977 Thanks Christine. Take care, RICHARD 160977@blogcritics.org Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:26:24 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/29/093635.php#comment-160776 I liked your review of KOH - I am both a Scott fan and a Bloom fan and I enjoyed the film very much - thank you for seeing the film for what it was! 160776@blogcritics.org Tue, 31 May 2005 23:14:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/29/093635.php#comment-160433 As far as those who don't really buy Orlando as a leading role you have to remember the guy he was playing. Balian was just a guy who went to Jerusalem to save his wife and kids before the city fell. He wasn't a leading guy in the kingdom, he's just a guy who stepped up when he needed to. So in that respect I think Orlando did a good job. 160433@blogcritics.org Tue, 31 May 2005 11:30:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/29/093635.php#comment-160171 Josh, Thanks for your kind words. I try to be fair. If you like my reviews, stay tuned. I'll be posting more, including Cinderella Man this week. Take care. 160171@blogcritics.org Mon, 30 May 2005 20:37:12 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/29/093635.php#comment-160070 I am happy that you have crafted one of the few reviews that examined this movie from a rational standpoint. The negative reviews I have read fall into 4 camps: 1. it was bad because it was anti-Christian (it was not), 2. it was bad because it was anti-Muslim (it was not), 3. it was bad because it was too long (I actually felt it was too short--only someone with the attention span of a scottish terrier would find this movie hard to sit through), and 4. it was bad because Orlando Bloom was bad (while he was not great, he held his own). So thank you for your review, albeit a short one, it was one of the more insightful reviews of Kingdom of Heaven out there. 160070@blogcritics.org Mon, 30 May 2005 15:28:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/29/093635.php#comment-159870 After 4 viewings of KOH; after reading some pointless but mean spirited reviews; after listening to purported trade movie experts...I am so pleased in fact justified in having seen KOH four times. The story was well acted out. It was a story of a time long, long past. But, still a part of today's circumstances. Most important of all, and this is the bottom line, there was a beautiful reason of hope. I will, like LOTR series not only watch it as often as possible before theaters remove KOH, I will be eagerly awaiting the complete, special edition of KOH-DVD. Critics are oblivious to viewers who are not impressed with heavy handed judgemental scathing reports...Maybe I favor Mr Bloom as an actor. I don't know how to describe why. At 75 years of age, he just seems to be an interesting person who does films; films that I happen to enjoy. Very much. His countenance pleases me, as they say back then. Aloha 159870@blogcritics.org Mon, 30 May 2005 00:04:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/29/093635.php#comment-159845 I didn't buy Orlondo Bloom as the blacksmith turned warrior-military strategist-leader. Not enough rite of passage to make the jump credible. His screen prescence was decidedly "supporting actor" rather than leading man. 159845@blogcritics.org Sun, 29 May 2005 11:58:56 EDT