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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a blacksmith who has lost his family and nearly lost his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. (read more)
| Release Date: | May 6th, 2005 |
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Kingdom of Heaven Movie Review by Seth  (5/14/2005) |
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I was expecting the worst with this movie and came out pleasantly surprised. It took an angle I was not expecting and one that I greatly appreciated. It actually raised some thoughts and led to a brief discussion afterwards about some of the concepts it brought up.
Quite surprising.
Sure, it is full of amusingly...
(complete Kingdom of Heaven review by Seth)
| Kingdom of Heaven Movie Review by Elizabeth (5/11/2005) |
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Orlando Bloom has been a tantalizing presence in his films to date, in the background while other guys got the glory: preternatural Legolas in the THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy while Viggo Mortensen glowered, wimpy Paris in TROY while Brad Pitt flexed, earnest Will Turner in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN while Johnny Depp Keith...
(complete Kingdom of Heaven review by Elizabeth)
| Kingdom of Heaven Movie Review by Matthew (5/9/2005) |
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There are two things wrong with Ridley Scott’s “Kingdom of Heaven”. Orlando Bloom and… Orlando Bloom. Okay, that’s not exactly fair. The two things wrong with “Kingdom” are…Orlando Bloom and… Orlando Bloom. Okay, really. The two things wrong with “Kingdom” are Bloom and the story. I may seem fixated on Bloom. The reason...
(complete Kingdom of Heaven review by Matthew)
| Kingdom of Heaven Movie Review by Thom (11/2/2007) |
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This is a movie that I skipped when it hit the theaters due to the presence of Orlando Bloom; his lack of ability to engage me with his on-screen persona is matched only by his increased (and unwanted) presence in movies I would otherwise drool over. Where Ridley Scott's Gladiator hinges its simplistic story on the...
(complete Kingdom of Heaven review by Thom)
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17:21
Leo Tolstoy used words from this passage to title his book on nonresistance: The Kingdom of God is Within You.
Mahatma Gandhi wrote in his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth that this book...
(complete Kingdom of Heaven review by Movie Addict)
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