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Kingdom of Heaven, official acronym being KOH, comes out this Friday. Anyone here going to bother seeing it?

Let's see, Orlando Bloom has the LOTR films, a pirate film and a Greek film on his resume, all he needs now is a biblical epic, a cowboy pic, and a sci-fi CGI fest.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an Obi-Wan to go.

Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.

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I will probably check it out eventually.
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I'll be going to it friday afternoon. I'm not expecting it to be the best movie ever, but I'm interested in it nonetheless.
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i think its going to be a very good movie

i have high hopes for it.
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KOH has already opened over here under the name of "Crusades". When a movie opens here BEFORE opening in the US, it can only mean one thing: CRAP. (with a few exceptions)
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Orlando Bloom the sole lead?

Count. Me. Out.


Amen. And my wife seconds that motion. She can't stand Orlando Bloom.
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A woman who can't stand Orlando Bloom? Those are as rare as good games by 3DO!!

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Heeey, the 3do had some pretty neat games!
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A woman who can't stand Orlando Bloom? Those are as rare as good games by 3DO!!


She can't understand the fascination with him. She doesn't think he's good looking at all and thinks he's a terrible actor.
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Man, so far it's not doing too well at rottentomatoes.
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I think Hollywood needs to take a seriously long break from period pieces. We've been flooded with them.
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I think Hollywood needs to take a seriously long break from period pieces. We've been flooded with them.


I guess that's the Lord of the Rings syndrome.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an Obi-Wan to go.

Red heads ROCK. Blondes do not rock. Nuff said.

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Not LOTR so much. I'm thinking in terms of the rash of historical epics of late... Gladiator really started it. The Patriot, Cold Mountain, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, King Arthur, and sooooo many more. I'm just having a brain fart right now.
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I'm somewhat burned out on the historical epic too. But I don't think it's more of an issue of quantity as it is quality. If they were all at a Gladiator level, I would enjoy all of them regardless of the number. But the latest batch of crapola like Troy, Alexander, King Arthur has sort of watered down the genre as a whole for me. Sorta like the comic book genre of movies. I would enjoy them more if they were at the X-men and Spider-Man levels of quality, but the Catwomans and Daredevils sort of give the whole genre a black mark, IMO.
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Sooo true what you said about the superhero movies.
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It becomes a matter of everyone wanting to cash in on the next big thing. With the success of Gladiator and The Patriot, everyone wanted in. So much so that the quality was foregone in favor of getting a movie out quickly. Sad, but true.
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I dunno, I've always been a fan of this time period, I think I'll check it out for that alone.

(need to see Hitchhiker's Guide first though)
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sadly one of the biggest modos in hollywood is if it works go with it. why risk money on a new idea when you can make alot of movie one something that is sure fire.
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Thats what they thought with King Arthur, sure fire it was not.
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Ironically King Arthur probably made less money than worse movies...

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well guys so far KOH is being called great, they are saying it is the best one since gladiator. and some have said it isbetter.
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I have seen the movie it is good. I highly recommend it.
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Roger Ebert said it was better than Gladiator. One of my local newspapers gave Kingdom 4 stars out of 4, the local newspaper gave it 2.5 stars out of 4. The critics are in disagreement over this film.

I don't think thats it better than Gladiator, but I do think Kingdom was a good movie. Yahoo has averages of both the rating of critics and regular folks. Both groups gave Kingdom a "B". I agree with this.