Originally posted by: BrikHaus81

Originally posted by: meedermow

I'm thinking U-571 and Pearl Harbor for starters

I can only hope you are joking

When was the last time Hollywood actually made a historically accurate movie anyway?

The writer of Kingdom of Heaven self-proclaimed the magnificent directors cut to be the most historically accurate movie ever made. I think i might agree with him.

As for Gabriel Yard's rejected score, I haven't come across it and surprisingly James Horner's rather cartoonish score now works better than ever, though I am still trying to tone down the synthesizers in a few spots; do synthesizers ever work in period films?? If anyone knows where to find Yard's score though i would love to hear it, as it is supposedly his best work.

I've cut out a few more bits, notably Hector's funeral, which i felt was not necessary after watching a rough cut. And i have to say, i was surprisingly moved by certain parts of the film, much more than the original cut and even when i am attempting to downplay all the other characters--just goes to show you what the elimination of boring exposition and lame dialog will do for you.

As for Sean Bean--i didn't even notice him in the original cut except for one or two scenes but now with my new cut he becomes elevated to a secondary character.

After viewing my first pass i did notice one thing that may be hard to overcome--Achilles dissapears from the story at two key points, the first being between his recruitment in Greece and appearance on the shores of Troy and the second and most major one being the attempted seige of Troy, where the film completely leaves him behind for almost twenty minutes. I have included him as a spectator but the drama is really on Paris and Hector and it really is the best scene in the entire film and a major plot point--i could trim it back to just the necessary exposition required but i fear that it might rob the scene of all its drama and hence not serve any purpose. I may experiment with this a bit. As it stands the scene is a few minutes shorter but it is a bit odd that just as Achilles becomes the focus he dissapears for fifteen minutes.