just watched late night kingdom of heaven with MoJo. FunkMunk, Obenwan, DaliSpoon.
1) orlando bloom cannot carry a film as a leading man. too pretty to play the Everyman, too sweet-looking to be taken seriously, he suffers the Jude Law disease of being too good looking for his own acting career's good. except Jude Law bleeds even more talent and uppity posh accent than poor Legolas. Orly is gonna need a life changing role to break him out of the typecasting soon. i swear even though they gave Orly the scruffy beard, bloodied face, mud and all, his overly flawless skin just beamed right through, casting serious doubt on his credibility as blacksmith turned clever war strategist. ah the terrors of being to handsome.
2) Faux Saladin (the actor who plays him) and the real-life Saladin are quite impressive
3) interesting little one-liner "If God doesn't love you, how do you think you managed to do the things you did?" Muslim lord to Balen (Orlando Bloom) towards end of flick'
4) i loved the insider scoop on how sieges are carried out. like the nasty little trick of toppling the siege towers
5) the movie makes me wanna read more about the crusades.
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