@@YashamaruSensei I've never seen the directors cut of this, but now I have too. But, the same goes for the movie Abyss, if you've ever seen it. Directors Cut makes it a completely different movie, and 100 times better.
It's a damn shame this wasn't shown in theaters. "Kingdom of Heaven: Directors Cut" is one of the best directors cuts of all time; up there with the LOTR's directors cut compared to the original release.
@@stevencolatrella3257 extended and directors cuts or deleted scenes. They add extra details and things that makes good use for making movie reviews 👌
@@stevencolatrella3257 you think so? I thought they added just enough scenes to enhance the movies. Especially with gandalf actually doing something besides creating a giant flashlight in the screencut...
@@koreancowboy42 uhh I was agreeing with you saying extra scenes are better. I always prefer extended cuts over the screencuts. I don't think you understood my comment to the other guy properly..
Edward Norton didn’t want his name to be used bc he wanted to honor the great king but his performance was so good they deemed the need to share who played the character
35:20 - not just Saladin respecting the fight, but Saladin also potentially glad there is a difficult fight. If the battle was too easy, the people who had pushed for war would keep on pushing. From what I saw, there were basically two extremes in the army, one side favored by Saladin that was more practical, and one side that was more fanatical. Balian putting up a difficult fight and causing casualties steadily eroded the political power of the fanatical side, and at the end when the fanatical side's leader had motivated the army to attack and that attack failed, Saladin's side emerged triumphant in the power play.
HOLY S***! Uh... I'm speechless. This is definitely one of those gems I've just stopped suggesting... you may in fact be the first to check this one out, so BIG THANKS. Ironically, it's you and Just Trust Ash specifically that I have really wanted a reaction posting from, so again, THANKS for this one.
I was never a big Orlando Bloom fan until I saw this movie. He made me a fan here. The whole cast gave strong performances. You can check all the boxes on the list... cinematography, costumes, location, etc. I liked the story of a man true to his principles.
@@intello8953 He was good in LoTR because he didn't really have speaking lines. But the first few Pirates of the Caribbean were coming out around the same time and that's why people don't have the highest opinion of his acting. I'd say he's the weakest actor in Kingdom of Heaven, but not because his performance is bad, but because everyone else is just so exceptional.
Side note: The directors cut confirms something that was hinted at in the theater release. The hospitalier (black robe with white cross) was an angel. His disappearance into thin air when Bailien is talking next to a burning bush puts aside the doubt.
I like Jeremy Irons. His dual role as the twin brothers that are gynecologist is freaky & fascinating. His role in 'the house of spiris" is powerful. Excellent movie (&book) with Meryl Streep, Glen Close, Winona Ryder & Antonio Banderas.
Leprosy is contagious, not hereditary, but it's not easily or quickly contagious, so like, just meeting the king here and there you almost certainly wouldn't catch it, but the kid being around him for a long period of time it passed from one to the other. And "deus vult" ("god wills it") is legitimately a thing that they said back then to justify pretty much everything.
Leprosy is not inherited, but people can inherit an increased risk of contracting leprosy if they are exposed to the Mycobacterium leprae bacteria. Susceptibility tends to run in families, but the inheritance pattern is unknown
Oh! Thanks for that! I recognized her from Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (I loved that movie, too). She portrayed William Hurt's wife in it ie William Marshal. Such striking features, wow.
Thanks for this reaction. Two things that stick with most about this very underrated movies is when the Hospitalier Monk talks about "putting no stock in religion" and the way both sides sending their people off to kill the other side telling them "God wills it" as if God would will such a thing.
Also the Hospitalier is revealed to be an angel that only reveals himself to Bloom in the director's cut...in the theatrical version he's just Neeson's weird pal
Templars when captured by Salahadin would be automatically executed,while other knights were allowed to Live,The Saracens had disdain for them,though Great warriors they often committed atrocities..
So, fun actual history fact. Saladin kept his word. In real life, he escorted all the surrendered Christians back safely to Christian lands. At great financial expense to himself. A truely respectable act
Not quite. They had to pay a ransom to go free, and those who couldn't pay were sold into slavery. While that seems harsh or evil to us, that was the way it worked at the time, and both sides did it. But that is what terms Balian worked out, and Salah Hudin did keep his word.
This one ends with the king of England going off to the crusades, Ridley Scott's other flick, Robin Hood, starts with the king coming back from the crusades, lol. It would be cool if you viewed that one as well; great cast and is kinda fun actually, even if Oscar Isaacs's scenes steal the show. Considering we're about to see his Napoleon on screen, it would be interesting if we find out that when Scott passes away, it turns out his whole body of work was just the whole history of mankind... starting off with the dawn, Prometheus... going through the 'known' history, then onwards to a.i., replicants, and then life out there, albeit alien.
Its been almost 2 decades since I saw this movie...when Orlando was building his little town in the desert didnt he use Archimedes Screw to raise the water ?...it wasnt covered in the edited YT reaction... Definitely a movie to recommend to friends...and yes Orlando made up for his punk role as Paris...🌿🌿🌿
I'd prefer to think that Orlando's character could afford to stay in one location and build wells, while the herders had to keep moving. Otherwise the scene is saying that the local people who have lived there their entire lives don't know how to dig a well.
@@toddkes5890 hahaha..you are correct...there are many instances where the movie writers..as with the government..think they know better than the actual citizens living in those conditions...however...new inventions being used..that might have happened in a storyline...🌿🌿🌿
I remember when this movie came out, us Muslims were speechless. We had never been portrayed even slightly positively in media before. The fact they showed the honorable side of Salahudin and didn't make him out to be a blood thirsty Terrorist was unbelievable to us
26:38 - she didn't know better, but with leprosy - preventive suicide is not the best option. It's very slow progressing disease and people can live to old age (though losing body parts). Leprosy also has a tendency to attack the nerves, so there is not as much daily pain as you would expect. The boy could have lived a long life.
Freaken LOVE this movie. (DC only!) One of the best movies ever made. Very few modern movies can hold up to older epics. This one takes ball and runs for a TD. Fantastic from top to bottom Edward Norton did a Oscar worthy performance as the King of Jerusalem!
I built a Bretonnian Warhammer army based on this movie. Mostly infantry. I converted one of the models that was carried into battle to be carrying a giantass cross. It was a thing of beauty. And I third the comment that the directors cut is the best possibility only true way to watch this film.
The movie was made, originally as a 3 &1/2 hour epic, the Directors Cut, the STUDIO, decided to butcher it to a 110 min "sword n sandals" flick, which bombed miserably in cinemas. Eventually the full version did make it to a very very small number of cinemas, for about 2 weeks. Then *poof*, vanished until the release of the 4 disc Directors Cut boxed set. The studio's 110 min cut, removed virtually all the Sibella scenes "not part of the main plot etc." and trimmed enough stuff out of the remainder that one oaf watching the "good muslims punish evil christians" story called it "Osama bin Laden's version of history" which the movie was certainly not. And all so they could fit the movie into the 2 hour screening cycle at multiplexes.
As others have said, I randomly watched the DC after seeing the film in theaters and was blown away at how much better it was than the OG film. KOH DC is one of the best DCs of all time, its like a completely different movie.
Honor, duty, love. Good times... But violent ones. "Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong." - there is beauty in those words.
You should check out the theories that David Thewlis's character, the Hospitaller Knight, is actually an angel or even God himself. It's really fascinating, and I do think that was Ridley Scott's intent.
Good for you for watching the Directors Cut!! This is such an underrated movie and if the studio had released the directors version it would have probably received a whole bunch of academy awards. But they didn’t, so it didn’t.
This was the time of the Crusades, religious war between the Christians and Muslims, and the knights you see in white with the red cross are Templars, a religious order, warrior monks (those in black with the white cross are the Hospitalers, another religious warrior order) there were 3 other major orders fighting in the crusades, the Order of Saint James, the Order of Calatrava, and the Teutonic Knights, but they are mostly ignored in this film. That is why almost everything they say is about the will of god.
Although the look of the Templars for example is very inaccurate. They didn't have that big red cross on their breast as depicted in a lot of popular media, they only had a small red cross on the left side of their breast. And they also didn't have those white shields with big red crosses, their shields were based on their war banner which was black and white, so usually it was a mostly white shield with like the top 1/4 black or the other way around. A red cross on it is possibly in some cases, but at least not always the case. We don't really have great evidence for it, but we do have enough depictions of the design without the cross. By the way, there was also a Templar-related outfit that was black or brown with red cross. That was the outfit of the non-noble fighters of the order, the so-called sergeants. Professional fighters, but not descendants of knights and therefore unable to become actual templar knights.
Great final words from you at the end there as always and you're honestly one of my favourite reactors because of this. It's a shame the original release of this film was a theatrical cut and not the director's as it wasn't received in high regards due to this.
Named my cat Balian after the real person Bloom's character is based on. The movie isn't really all that true to history however, Balian was born in the kingdom of Jerusalem, as a 3rd son of a nobleman. He married the widowed mother of Baldwin IV (king of Jerusalem) and Sybilla. About the only things that are close to historically accurate is much of the seige of Jerusalem.
@@TheLaFleur Not at all lol Reynald was very much a lord of Jerusalem. And he was also very much working for the kingdom. In reality, there was no Kingdom of Heaven. They were all trying to hit each other and cause havoc in order to survive and struggle for power. Reynald was very much a man of his time. Was he an ingenious leader? Yes! It seems like he was pretty daring and ingenious. But he was very much operating under the Kingdom of Jerusalem and with full support. Reynald was Lord of Transjordan which was one of the best lands in the Kingdom. From that he had one of the strongest personal guard within the kingdom.
@@Ruimas28 they're accounts of him raiding caravans along the road closer to Kerak when he was lord of that castle and also making incursions on sarracen territory during the truce, I know about the customs of the time, but Reynald specially make himself a negative reputation between christians and muslins
@@TheLaFleur And? That was precisely why he was Lord of a powerful land and had a big knight force under him. King Baldwin had Reynald exactly where he wanted and with the necessary power / resources to do stuff. You need to understand that contrary to the movie, King Baldwin was pretty aggressive and never feared going into a fight. He got a bit shy of going in personally due to his disease but he was still very much into causing trouble around. Reynald, as I said, was very much a man of his time. He was given power and resources to act. And he was pretty daring and ingenious with his raids. Which is precisely why the king wanted him there. So...the problem is you want to see him as a bandit. He was very much a military leader for his faction and pretty good one at that. There were also some very aggressive military leaders on the other side. It was war you know.....
@@Ruimas28 oh I know all about that, but I'm calling him a bandit because historians and some of his contemporaries consider him like that, belonging to certain class of landless knights coming from France trying to seize every oportunity to gain land and loot and in that way he ended up pissing off Saladin and later being executed. We know that those types of knights where always trouble and they where eager to send them away to the mediterranean to pillage italy and the byzantine empire and later the holy land
i think this (very underrated and under...known) movie had a different approach to history than Troy. But it's not the actors who make these choices. Can't really blame them for taking on a massively well paid job. Unless it's something nefarious...
One of my favorite reactors, and kne of the most intelligent, watching one of my favorite and one of the most intelligent movies. Great. Tgat speech he gives about Jerusalem, and his knighting everybody might be the best speech in a movie I know. I've used it for years on the last day of class for my students having finished a course with me.
I bought the theatrical release years ago and always found it confusing. Seeing the director's cut if only on reactions was much more clarifying. No one directs a movie like Ridley Scott in my humble opinion and this has to be his crowning achievement - at least so far. I really enjoyed this reaction!
One of the greatest films ever made imo, great performances, great writing, great choreography...there aren't too many complaints to be made on kingdom of heaven aside from maybe a little bit of historical inaccuracy
The saying of “God wills it” was a reference to the Popes call for a crusade in the Holy land. God wills that Jerusalem be taken by the Catholic Christians Dues Vult in Latin.
I like this movie as a superb introduction to something in history. It was not all accurate, and there was definately alot more phlashemy than what would have been stomached in the era, and what I thought nessessary for the movie, but just bringing the story, and all these characters up inspires to look into the subject. History is full of mighty people - who, no matter how mighty and influental, are only people who just went and did some things. I think it is worthwhile to project them as example, and allowe the people of today to see what great stories can be made by human lives alone. History is full of such stories.
@@artbagley1406 oh, okay-never mind. LOL! There was a BBC TV movie in 2006 called "Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare". The main actor in that movie is in this movie as the man who met Balien at the oasis and brought him to Jerusalem. He also played Dr. Julian Bashir on Star Trek DS9
I think, its pretty clear of which one the bad side is. Even in this movie. Its pretty simple actually. Well, who had eliminated the civilian caravan here? Did the muslim do that?
Well Christians do have a higher body count numerical speaking throughout history in general so if you felt the Christians looked bad or worse in comparison than sorry buddy we can’t change history the holocaust wasn’t too long they we’re supposed Christians with the iron cross.
It's worth noting that the Latin phrase "Deus vult" (or "Deus lo vult") translates as "God wills it" and was a common rallying cry of Catholics dating back to the first crusade. This movie is set shortly before the third crusade, so the timeline fits for everyone involved in the conflict to be yelling "GOD WILLS IT!" every few minutes.
"Deus Vult! - God Wills It!" Yea, its easy to imagine this being a call to arms during the crusades, it comes from the declaration of Pope Urban II at the Council Of Clermont. It was there that the real push for the Crusade to retake the Holy Land began, this movie is set around the Third Crusade so by then "Deus Vult" would have no doubt been on the lips of every crusader looking to get his piece of the crusade pie.
Except there is no actual evidence that "Deus vult" was actually shouted at that council and there is a lot of debate about it recently between historians. It's very possible that the account of it was just made it up to make the Pope look better.
@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei it’s very possible, but there were multiple stories from supposed eyewitnesses but with all history going back that far.. they are just stories.
Historically it is not correct at all, most of the historical people were not enemy's or did not know each other at all. The best thing about this film is the music and off course so many good characters and acting off course. My personal favorite is the Hospitaler Knight played by our own Werewolf From Harry potter David Thewlis a great acteur. Why do i luv him so much, i always thought something was off about him, @25:42 he came to Balian out of no were when he was talking to the flaming bush. I always thought he had something Angelic and that is what he is, he is an Angel, and i got this conferment during the Directors commentary track with the writer. They only told him after the fact that his character was to be an angel on earth, making sure that things did not get out of hand. So many good moment when you watch it again. And i do one of those films i can never get enough from. Great Reaction btw, keep them coming.
Being decapitated back in those days meant that they couldn't go to heaven. Only hell awaits them. That's why you see that many decapitated people. Leprosy also mean a free ticket to hell. That's why the queen killed her son. So she go to hell instead of his child
Ridley Scotts First movie "The Duellists" Staring Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel in his first main role. Highly Recommended! This was great sir. loved your reaction.
Before defeating Saladin when he was just 16 years old, King Baldwin IV prayed before the Holy Cross (the cross The Christ Jesus was crucified on). That is the huge cross theyre carrying when they speak terms.
I'm surprised they knew about the original intention of Chivalry. When he said "I am afforded the privilege of ransom", back then, it was illegal to kill a knight due to the sheer monetary amount of money it took to train and raise them, plus their noble heritage, so even if they were your enemy, you weren't permitted to kill them. England broke this rule in the hundred years war.
Good review. Glad you decided on the Directors Cut, it fills in several otherwise unexplained holes in the Theatrical release. Of course, as is saldy common in Hollywood productions, they grossly altered the history for the movie. Balian wasn't a blacksmith in France, he was born and raised in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He would have been in his 40s at the time of the events of the movie. There was no "romance" between Balian and Sybella. He was at that time married to the widow of the former King of Jerusalem (Amalric IV, IIRC). He fought and was captured at Hattin (which occurred in large part due to Guy's habit of following the advice of the last person who talked to him). Balian was given permission to return to Jerusalem for one day to retrieve his wife, but was convinced to stay for the defense of the city. The final conversation between Balian and Saladin was almost the exact opposite of the movie. When asked how he would treat the city, Saladin responded that he would treat it exactly as the Crusaders had when they took in 100 years before (kill everyone, burn all Churches and holy places). At that point Balian said he would burn the city before it was taken. Saladin did not give safe passage to the Christian inhabitants. A ransom was set for each. Those who could pay it left. Those who could not pay it were enslaved.
In a better world, Saladin and Balian would have worked together to make the Middle East a better place for everyone. Politics, as always, made that impossible.
Its amazing How the Christians Together voluntered to Fight For the holy Land and To respond In the pope's call 🗿 And to seek Forgiveness for there sins 😮
probably best role for Orlando Bloom, but Edward Norton was top noth perfect.... never seen a woman as beatiful as Eva Green here the music, the photography, the writing... my favourite movie
Orlando bloom’s character was not historical. But they did show the battle of Hattin, the citizens of Jerusalem were allowed to leave. I wonder if this movie is based on the king of England I forget his name, he was given medicine by Saladin.
"Before I lose it, I will burn it to the ground. Your holy places, ours, every last thing in this city that drives men mad." "I wonder if it would not be better if you did. You would destroy it?" "Every stone. And every Christian knight you kill will take 10 Saracens with him. *You will destroy your army here, and never raise another. **_I swear to God that to take this city will be the end of you._* " I love that exchange so much.
Just an FYI, movie armor is not how weak real armor was. There came a point where the only weapon that could be used against it was things like a hammer, and that didn't really do much against the armor, it just did a lot to the man inside it. Real armor was expensive and extremely heavy, if it didn't help you, you wouldn't waste the money, or have to drag it with you in a war. Nothing against people who think that it wasn't worth much, I know most people think that because of Hollywood. This was only for educational purpose.
Director's cut is better than what we got in theaters
I concur
Agreed
it's two COMPLETELY different movies, i swear to god. DIrector's cut is one of my favorite movies, while theatrical is ABSOLUTE DOGWATER
@@YashamaruSensei I've never seen the directors cut of this, but now I have too. But, the same goes for the movie Abyss, if you've ever seen it. Directors Cut makes it a completely different movie, and 100 times better.
that ending fight with the king is wholesome, and there is Richard the lionheart cameo.
the director's cut is the true cut and is the only one that is definitely worth seeing.
My favorite movie of all time. "The value of a men is determined by what he does with the land he is given" That followed me till today.
God wills it!
here, here!
I won't watch the released version.
Honestly I didn’t even know there was a directors cut. I NEED to see that.
I agree
It's a damn shame this wasn't shown in theaters. "Kingdom of Heaven: Directors Cut" is one of the best directors cuts of all time; up there with the LOTR's directors cut compared to the original release.
Except the director's cut of LOTR actually make the movie worse. Sorry. This, on the other hand , is magnificent.
@@stevencolatrella3257 extended and directors cuts or deleted scenes. They add extra details and things that makes good use for making movie reviews 👌
@@stevencolatrella3257 you think so? I thought they added just enough scenes to enhance the movies. Especially with gandalf actually doing something besides creating a giant flashlight in the screencut...
@@Vendrix86 well extended and deleted scenes allows more insights when some people don't get some things. I've seen some plenty of bad movie reviews.
@@koreancowboy42 uhh I was agreeing with you saying extra scenes are better. I always prefer extended cuts over the screencuts. I don't think you understood my comment to the other guy properly..
Edward Norton as King Baldwin is the sleeper hit of this movie.
bro, I never knew who played King Baldwin. Homie knocked it out of the park.
@@snewsh I just that information too, wowzer.
Him and saladdin are the only hitters in this movie. It should of been about them two not bailin.
Edward Norton didn’t want his name to be used bc he wanted to honor the great king but his performance was so good they deemed the need to share who played the character
It will never be "day to you. righteousness was not convenient at the time".
35:20 - not just Saladin respecting the fight, but Saladin also potentially glad there is a difficult fight. If the battle was too easy, the people who had pushed for war would keep on pushing. From what I saw, there were basically two extremes in the army, one side favored by Saladin that was more practical, and one side that was more fanatical. Balian putting up a difficult fight and causing casualties steadily eroded the political power of the fanatical side, and at the end when the fanatical side's leader had motivated the army to attack and that attack failed, Saladin's side emerged triumphant in the power play.
superb breakdown
HOLY S***! Uh... I'm speechless.
This is definitely one of those gems I've just stopped suggesting... you may in fact be the first to check this one out, so BIG THANKS. Ironically, it's you and Just Trust Ash specifically that I have really wanted a reaction posting from, so again, THANKS for this one.
Cinema Rules reacted to it. Maybe some others.
@@maxducoudray Oh yeah, yer right. Even Shan. Guess I just kinda blocked it(?), lol...
Caped and Just Trust Ash are the best.
Exactly, like nobody wants to reaction to
@@Somecreature321there are a few females out there that's good,
I was never a big Orlando Bloom fan until I saw this movie. He made me a fan here. The whole cast gave strong performances. You can check all the boxes on the list... cinematography, costumes, location, etc. I liked the story of a man true to his principles.
Second that
Really? Even during his LOTR years?
@@intello8953 He was good in LoTR because he didn't really have speaking lines. But the first few Pirates of the Caribbean were coming out around the same time and that's why people don't have the highest opinion of his acting.
I'd say he's the weakest actor in Kingdom of Heaven, but not because his performance is bad, but because everyone else is just so exceptional.
Isn't this Legolas? You didn't like legolas?
@@920WASHBURN Hell no. He looked down on Gimli. 😉
Side note: The directors cut confirms something that was hinted at in the theater release. The hospitalier (black robe with white cross) was an angel. His disappearance into thin air when Bailien is talking next to a burning bush puts aside the doubt.
Didn't he die when Guy's army was massacred?
@xxlCortez yes, sooo... 🤷😅
His head was on a pile of heads. He died
I like Jeremy Irons. His dual role as the twin brothers that are gynecologist is freaky & fascinating. His role in 'the house of spiris" is powerful. Excellent movie (&book) with Meryl Streep, Glen Close, Winona Ryder & Antonio Banderas.
Leprosy is contagious, not hereditary, but it's not easily or quickly contagious, so like, just meeting the king here and there you almost certainly wouldn't catch it, but the kid being around him for a long period of time it passed from one to the other. And "deus vult" ("god wills it") is legitimately a thing that they said back then to justify pretty much everything.
Leprosy is not inherited, but people can inherit an increased risk of contracting leprosy if they are exposed to the Mycobacterium leprae bacteria. Susceptibility tends to run in families, but the inheritance pattern is unknown
You need to capitalize the words "Deus" and "God".
@@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges I'm not a xtian, so no, I don't
@@PheOfTheFae I wasn't giving you an option, you will capitalize it, end of story.
@@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges lmao i guess people like you are why we had religious wars in the past. The arrogance lol
The woman that played Saladin's sister is Ridley Scott's wife. She also had a brief role in 'the counsellor'
Oh! Thanks for that! I recognized her from Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (I loved that movie, too). She portrayed William Hurt's wife in it ie William Marshal. Such striking features, wow.
Thanks for this reaction. Two things that stick with most about this very underrated movies is when the Hospitalier Monk talks about "putting no stock in religion" and the way both sides sending their people off to kill the other side telling them "God wills it" as if God would will such a thing.
Gods will a lot of things, coincidentally it always lines up with the interests of their priests and political rulerclass.
Also the Hospitalier is revealed to be an angel that only reveals himself to Bloom in the director's cut...in the theatrical version he's just Neeson's weird pal
Everything is Willed by God.
@@noelmalik5018 I don't think God wills us to kill each other in his name. That is more of that free will thing we have and misuse.
@@carlanderson7618 Of course it’s free will. The point is that nothing can come about without the Permission of God.
You are the first reactor I ever seen to watch this masterpiece, it is a great movie: the true concept of faith, duty and honor
film is a masterpiece for me
The Hospitaller is the greatest character in this. He may have been an angel by how he talks and acts.
Director's cut is essential. Templars made out to be bad, Hospitalers made out to be good. Actually both were good but competed for popular support.
I would put it to you that both orders had both good and bad elements.
Templars when captured by Salahadin would be automatically executed,while other knights were allowed to Live,The Saracens had disdain for them,though Great warriors they often committed atrocities..
The Templars had bad records tho great warriors, they kinda don't have good reputation compared the Hospitalar knights or knights in general.
they're the ancestor of a group called illuminati
@@koreancowboy42Knights don't have good reputation. They're good reputation was created in Modern era by fantasies and movies.
The setting of terms scene gives me chills every time! Great movie with exceptional set pieces.
So, fun actual history fact. Saladin kept his word. In real life, he escorted all the surrendered Christians back safely to Christian lands. At great financial expense to himself. A truely respectable act
Not quite. They had to pay a ransom to go free, and those who couldn't pay were sold into slavery. While that seems harsh or evil to us, that was the way it worked at the time, and both sides did it. But that is what terms Balian worked out, and Salah Hudin did keep his word.
@@chrisdobbs9155 what you said. I believe Balian nearly bankrupted himself paying ransoms if I remember my reading correctly.
@@chrisdobbs9155 everything is about money pope puppy......
The cast of characters duking it out for Palastine never changes. Salah al-Din was a Kurd from present day Iraq.
This one ends with the king of England going off to the crusades, Ridley Scott's other flick, Robin Hood, starts with the king coming back from the crusades, lol. It would be cool if you viewed that one as well; great cast and is kinda fun actually, even if Oscar Isaacs's scenes steal the show. Considering we're about to see his Napoleon on screen, it would be interesting if we find out that when Scott passes away, it turns out his whole body of work was just the whole history of mankind... starting off with the dawn, Prometheus... going through the 'known' history, then onwards to a.i., replicants, and then life out there, albeit alien.
Damn you might be on to somthing
I respect saladin more than some
Its been almost 2 decades since I saw this movie...when Orlando was building his little town in the desert didnt he use Archimedes Screw to raise the water ?...it wasnt covered in the edited YT reaction...
Definitely a movie to recommend to friends...and yes Orlando made up for his punk role as Paris...🌿🌿🌿
I'd prefer to think that Orlando's character could afford to stay in one location and build wells, while the herders had to keep moving. Otherwise the scene is saying that the local people who have lived there their entire lives don't know how to dig a well.
@@toddkes5890 hahaha..you are correct...there are many instances where the movie writers..as with the government..think they know better than the actual citizens living in those conditions...however...new inventions being used..that might have happened in a storyline...🌿🌿🌿
I remember when this movie came out, us Muslims were speechless. We had never been portrayed even slightly positively in media before. The fact they showed the honorable side of Salahudin and didn't make him out to be a blood thirsty Terrorist was unbelievable to us
And yet so many bigots are mad that the movie did NOT villainize the Muslims!
US NO WE
26:38 - she didn't know better, but with leprosy - preventive suicide is not the best option. It's very slow progressing disease and people can live to old age (though losing body parts). Leprosy also has a tendency to attack the nerves, so there is not as much daily pain as you would expect. The boy could have lived a long life.
Imagine this was a one season tv show, fleshed out even more cos there''s tons of stuff to work with.
lets hope not, i just dont want this turn into an abomination like they did with queen cleopatra tv show
The King quote about the soul is honestly my favorite quote from the movie. Right after the putting no stock in religion quote.
A very under appreciated movie , saw both regular and directors cut and directors cut is what it should have always been. A very good movie.
"Why is that everyone's enswer to everthing" ,,,,, lmao .. brother I've been asking myself this question across 5 frontiers over 30 years heh.
If an actor can Illicit such emotions from the audience whether it's hatred or respect than they are a very good actor.
"Gui is a chump"
Best review ever😂
One of my favorite movies of all time. Thanks fir enjoying it as much as I did. I love you’re reactions.
Freaken LOVE this movie. (DC only!)
One of the best movies ever made. Very few modern movies can hold up to older epics. This one takes ball and runs for a TD.
Fantastic from top to bottom
Edward Norton did a Oscar worthy performance as the King of Jerusalem!
I built a Bretonnian Warhammer army based on this movie. Mostly infantry. I converted one of the models that was carried into battle to be carrying a giantass cross. It was a thing of beauty.
And I third the comment that the directors cut is the best possibility only true way to watch this film.
I love the Hospiliers reaction
Sir Godfrey: “I once fought two days with an arrow in my testical”
The hospilier: “oh.. yeah”
Would have loved to have seen the director's cut in theaters instead of the bastardized original release! This movie is just magnificent
The movie was made, originally as a 3 &1/2 hour epic, the Directors Cut, the STUDIO, decided to butcher it to a 110 min "sword n sandals" flick, which bombed miserably in cinemas.
Eventually the full version did make it to a very very small number of cinemas, for about 2 weeks. Then *poof*, vanished until the release of the 4 disc Directors Cut boxed set.
The studio's 110 min cut, removed virtually all the Sibella scenes "not part of the main plot etc." and trimmed enough stuff out of the remainder that one oaf watching the "good muslims punish evil christians" story called it "Osama bin Laden's version of history" which the movie was certainly not.
And all so they could fit the movie into the 2 hour screening cycle at multiplexes.
Sibylla: This isn't adultery.
Vincent Vega: I beg to differ.
btw did godfrey just say a yo mama joke?
Such an EPIC movie! Glad to see a reaction to it.
As others have said, I randomly watched the DC after seeing the film in theaters and was blown away at how much better it was than the OG film. KOH DC is one of the best DCs of all time, its like a completely different movie.
Just found your chanel for this reaction and I just wanted to say that you earned my subscription
Honor, duty, love. Good times... But violent ones.
"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong." - there is beauty in those words.
the soundtrack for this film is simply divine
Saladin is a great man and very honorable
You should check out the theories that David Thewlis's character, the Hospitaller Knight, is actually an angel or even God himself. It's really fascinating, and I do think that was Ridley Scott's intent.
You reacted to this movie because GOD WILLS IT!!
first time i didnt know the king under the mask is played by edward norton
This movie is far from historically accurate, but the amazing acting and writing make up for it, in spite of all the inaccuracies.
Good for you for watching the Directors Cut!! This is such an underrated movie and if the studio had released the directors version it would have probably received a whole bunch of academy awards. But they didn’t, so it didn’t.
This was the time of the Crusades, religious war between the Christians and Muslims, and the knights you see in white with the red cross are Templars, a religious order, warrior monks (those in black with the white cross are the Hospitalers, another religious warrior order) there were 3 other major orders fighting in the crusades, the Order of Saint James, the Order of Calatrava, and the Teutonic Knights, but they are mostly ignored in this film. That is why almost everything they say is about the will of god.
Although the look of the Templars for example is very inaccurate. They didn't have that big red cross on their breast as depicted in a lot of popular media, they only had a small red cross on the left side of their breast. And they also didn't have those white shields with big red crosses, their shields were based on their war banner which was black and white, so usually it was a mostly white shield with like the top 1/4 black or the other way around. A red cross on it is possibly in some cases, but at least not always the case. We don't really have great evidence for it, but we do have enough depictions of the design without the cross.
By the way, there was also a Templar-related outfit that was black or brown with red cross. That was the outfit of the non-noble fighters of the order, the so-called sergeants. Professional fighters, but not descendants of knights and therefore unable to become actual templar knights.
LOL, "I know that look, the I'm planning something really stupid look" LOL 21:51
Such a great reaction. Very glad you reacted to the director's cut!
Great final words from you at the end there as always and you're honestly one of my favourite reactors because of this. It's a shame the original release of this film was a theatrical cut and not the director's as it wasn't received in high regards due to this.
Named my cat Balian after the real person Bloom's character is based on. The movie isn't really all that true to history however, Balian was born in the kingdom of Jerusalem, as a 3rd son of a nobleman. He married the widowed mother of Baldwin IV (king of Jerusalem) and Sybilla. About the only things that are close to historically accurate is much of the seige of Jerusalem.
And Reynald of Chatillon, he was more of a bandit than a knight so his character is accurate
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Not at all lol
Reynald was very much a lord of Jerusalem.
And he was also very much working for the kingdom.
In reality, there was no Kingdom of Heaven. They were all trying to hit each other and cause havoc in order to survive and struggle for power.
Reynald was very much a man of his time. Was he an ingenious leader? Yes! It seems like he was pretty daring and ingenious. But he was very much operating under the Kingdom of Jerusalem and with full support.
Reynald was Lord of Transjordan which was one of the best lands in the Kingdom. From that he had one of the strongest personal guard within the kingdom.
@@Ruimas28 they're accounts of him raiding caravans along the road closer to Kerak when he was lord of that castle and also making incursions on sarracen territory during the truce, I know about the customs of the time, but Reynald specially make himself a negative reputation between christians and muslins
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And?
That was precisely why he was Lord of a powerful land and had a big knight force under him. King Baldwin had Reynald exactly where he wanted and with the necessary power / resources to do stuff.
You need to understand that contrary to the movie, King Baldwin was pretty aggressive and never feared going into a fight. He got a bit shy of going in personally due to his disease but he was still very much into causing trouble around.
Reynald, as I said, was very much a man of his time. He was given power and resources to act. And he was pretty daring and ingenious with his raids. Which is precisely why the king wanted him there.
So...the problem is you want to see him as a bandit. He was very much a military leader for his faction and pretty good one at that.
There were also some very aggressive military leaders on the other side.
It was war you know.....
@@Ruimas28 oh I know all about that, but I'm calling him a bandit because historians and some of his contemporaries consider him like that, belonging to certain class of landless knights coming from France trying to seize every oportunity to gain land and loot and in that way he ended up pissing off Saladin and later being executed. We know that those types of knights where always trouble and they where eager to send them away to the mediterranean to pillage italy and the byzantine empire and later the holy land
i think this (very underrated and under...known) movie had a different approach to history than Troy.
But it's not the actors who make these choices. Can't really blame them for taking on a massively well paid job. Unless it's something nefarious...
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One of my favorite reactors, and kne of the most intelligent, watching one of my favorite and one of the most intelligent movies. Great. Tgat speech he gives about Jerusalem, and his knighting everybody might be the best speech in a movie I know. I've used it for years on the last day of class for my students having finished a course with me.
"This god willa it thing is starting to get out of hand"
Thats pretty much this entire period in history in a nutshell.
I bought the theatrical release years ago and always found it confusing. Seeing the director's cut if only on reactions was much more clarifying. No one directs a movie like Ridley Scott in my humble opinion and this has to be his crowning achievement - at least so far. I really enjoyed this reaction!
One of the greatest films ever made imo, great performances, great writing, great choreography...there aren't too many complaints to be made on kingdom of heaven aside from maybe a little bit of historical inaccuracy
My older brothers and I used to joke with the "GOD WILLS IT" sentiment. Great movie.
24:32 - leprosy is a bacterial infection. It's hard to pass to another person even with daily contact, but it can happen. Boy got unlucky.
The saying of “God wills it” was a reference to the Popes call for a crusade in the Holy land. God wills that Jerusalem be taken by the Catholic Christians Dues Vult in Latin.
I like this movie as a superb introduction to something in history. It was not all accurate, and there was definately alot more phlashemy than what would have been stomached in the era, and what I thought nessessary for the movie, but just bringing the story, and all these characters up inspires to look into the subject. History is full of mighty people - who, no matter how mighty and influental, are only people who just went and did some things. I think it is worthwhile to project them as example, and allowe the people of today to see what great stories can be made by human lives alone. History is full of such stories.
Did u realize that one of the soldiers, when they got knighted and who Sybilla was aiding,was the gravedigger from the beginning of the movie?
Yeah, and I believe they recognized each other.
Orlando blooms character arc has to be 1 of the best.
The music playing as the leprous king dies is also used in the movie "Hannibal."
Which "Hannibal" movie?
@@nancyomalley6286 The movie title is "Hannibal" starring Sir Anthony Hopkins AND Ray Liotta plus Julieanne Moore.
@@artbagley1406 oh, okay-never mind. LOL! There was a BBC TV movie in 2006 called "Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare". The main actor in that movie is in this movie as the man who met Balien at the oasis and brought him to Jerusalem. He also played Dr. Julian Bashir on Star Trek DS9
I think, its pretty clear of which one the bad side is. Even in this movie. Its pretty simple actually.
Well, who had eliminated the civilian caravan here? Did the muslim do that?
Well Christians do have a higher body count numerical speaking throughout history in general so if you felt the Christians looked bad or worse in comparison than sorry buddy we can’t change history the holocaust wasn’t too long they we’re supposed Christians with the iron cross.
Yes, this is one of my all time favs ❤
"My lord! How can you ride you have no stick to beat the horse!"
It's worth noting that the Latin phrase "Deus vult" (or "Deus lo vult") translates as "God wills it" and was a common rallying cry of Catholics dating back to the first crusade. This movie is set shortly before the third crusade, so the timeline fits for everyone involved in the conflict to be yelling "GOD WILLS IT!" every few minutes.
"Deus Vult! - God Wills It!" Yea, its easy to imagine this being a call to arms during the crusades, it comes from the declaration of Pope Urban II at the Council Of Clermont. It was there that the real push for the Crusade to retake the Holy Land began, this movie is set around the Third Crusade so by then "Deus Vult" would have no doubt been on the lips of every crusader looking to get his piece of the crusade pie.
Except there is no actual evidence that "Deus vult" was actually shouted at that council and there is a lot of debate about it recently between historians. It's very possible that the account of it was just made it up to make the Pope look better.
@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei it’s very possible, but there were multiple stories from supposed eyewitnesses but with all history going back that far.. they are just stories.
OMG I have been waiting for somebody to react to this.
Historically it is not correct at all, most of the historical people were not enemy's or did not know each other at all. The best thing about this film is the music and off course so many good characters and acting off course.
My personal favorite is the Hospitaler Knight played by our own Werewolf From Harry potter David Thewlis a great acteur. Why do i luv him so much, i always thought something was off about him, @25:42 he came to Balian out of no were when he was talking to the flaming bush. I always thought he had something Angelic and that is what he is, he is an Angel, and i got this conferment during the Directors commentary track with the writer. They only told him after the fact that his character was to be an angel on earth, making sure that things did not get out of hand. So many good moment when you watch it again. And i do one of those films i can never get enough from.
Great Reaction btw, keep them coming.
And Reynauld De Chatillon was played by 'Mad-Eye Moody' aka Brendan Gleeson
Being decapitated back in those days meant that they couldn't go to heaven. Only hell awaits them. That's why you see that many decapitated people. Leprosy also mean a free ticket to hell. That's why the queen killed her son. So she go to hell instead of his child
Ridley Scotts First movie "The Duellists" Staring Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel in his first main role. Highly Recommended!
This was great sir. loved your reaction.
Edward Norton plays King Baldwin IV, the one wearing a metal mask and gloves and clothes covering his entire body because he is a leper.
Before defeating Saladin when he was just 16 years old, King Baldwin IV prayed before the Holy Cross (the cross The Christ Jesus was crucified on). That is the huge cross theyre carrying when they speak terms.
Working AMC when this came out. Seeing it on the big screen, amazing
This is the only version of this film that exists. What we got in theaters was a studio hackjob.
If you noticed that everyone has a name except the hospitaller, Ridley Scott said he is an angel. Hence why he knows things about god and heaven.
I watched this film multiple times and never realized there was a kid
I think this (The Directors Cut) is my favorite movie.
I'm surprised they knew about the original intention of Chivalry. When he said "I am afforded the privilege of ransom", back then, it was illegal to kill a knight due to the sheer monetary amount of money it took to train and raise them, plus their noble heritage, so even if they were your enemy, you weren't permitted to kill them. England broke this rule in the hundred years war.
one of THE best movies i have ever seen. Its just fantastic.
Good review. Glad you decided on the Directors Cut, it fills in several otherwise unexplained holes in the Theatrical release. Of course, as is saldy common in Hollywood productions, they grossly altered the history for the movie. Balian wasn't a blacksmith in France, he was born and raised in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He would have been in his 40s at the time of the events of the movie. There was no "romance" between Balian and Sybella. He was at that time married to the widow of the former King of Jerusalem (Amalric IV, IIRC). He fought and was captured at Hattin (which occurred in large part due to Guy's habit of following the advice of the last person who talked to him). Balian was given permission to return to Jerusalem for one day to retrieve his wife, but was convinced to stay for the defense of the city. The final conversation between Balian and Saladin was almost the exact opposite of the movie. When asked how he would treat the city, Saladin responded that he would treat it exactly as the Crusaders had when they took in 100 years before (kill everyone, burn all Churches and holy places). At that point Balian said he would burn the city before it was taken. Saladin did not give safe passage to the Christian inhabitants. A ransom was set for each. Those who could pay it left. Those who could not pay it were enslaved.
Director's cut is an absolute classic
Love this movie. Darn i need to get the directors cut now. Thanks.
Subbed.
And to think that the “Leper King” only lived to 24. He was wise beyond his years.
The priest was Balien's jealous half-brother. That's why he's trying to make Balien go away
In a better world, Saladin and Balian would have worked together to make the Middle East a better place for everyone. Politics, as always, made that impossible.
13:55 🥲 good reminder
Its amazing How the Christians Together voluntered to Fight For the holy Land and To respond In the pope's call 🗿 And to seek Forgiveness for there sins 😮
you gotta check out the theory that the hospitaller knight is not actually real, but orlando blooms guardian angel
The director’s cut! God wills it!
I knew your mother when she was making hers, thst was the dopest line
probably best role for Orlando Bloom, but Edward Norton was top noth perfect.... never seen a woman as beatiful as Eva Green here
the music, the photography, the writing... my favourite movie
Orlando bloom’s character was not historical. But they did show the battle of Hattin, the citizens of Jerusalem were allowed to leave. I wonder if this movie is based on the king of England I forget his name, he was given medicine by Saladin.
Great vid, great movie. Glad you incorporated a lot of best parts.
Yeeesss Finally Kingdom of Heaven!!!!! This Is a great movieeee
"Before I lose it, I will burn it to the ground. Your holy places, ours, every last thing in this city that drives men mad."
"I wonder if it would not be better if you did. You would destroy it?"
"Every stone. And every Christian knight you kill will take 10 Saracens with him. *You will destroy your army here, and never raise another. **_I swear to God that to take this city will be the end of you._* "
I love that exchange so much.
It seems that the only reactor who in these times does not shoot reactions to stupid films. Thank you for your work.
Just an FYI, movie armor is not how weak real armor was. There came a point where the only weapon that could be used against it was things like a hammer, and that didn't really do much against the armor, it just did a lot to the man inside it.
Real armor was expensive and extremely heavy, if it didn't help you, you wouldn't waste the money, or have to drag it with you in a war.
Nothing against people who think that it wasn't worth much, I know most people think that because of Hollywood.
This was only for educational purpose.