Kingdom of Heaven, the theatrical version, I agree its a complete pile of crap. I saw this after I saw the Directors Cut, avoiding it because I knew before it came out that it had been totally butchered, and I was so awed at the Directors Cut that I thought I'd view the theatrical cut out of curiosity--its hard to believe its the same film. Theres no detail or characterisation, things just happen for no reason, theres none of the subtlety, all of the violence is gone, and its all action-oriented. It felt like I was watching a bad trailer for the real film. Watch the Director's Cut, its hard to sort of wipe your mind of the theatrical version I would think since you've seen some of the film already, but it'll be worth it because as I said, it really is the best epic since LOA, certainly better than all the Bravehearts and Lord of the Rings combined.

1492--theres no legitimate R1 release, unless one came out sometime earlier this year and I missed it somehow. Davy, where did you get yours from? A lot of online retailers will sell copies to North America, but they are either from other regions or bootlegs.