History Buffs: Kingdom of Heaven

This is what happens if Liam Neeson trains you: In 60 seconds you become a Knight. In a couple of months you become Batman. And, in a couple of years you become a Jedi.

It’s unfortunate that the protagonist was so terrible because King Baldwin and salahudin were absolutely phenomenal.

This movie was written like an rpg, where the protagonist rarely says anything and the npcs do all the talking and keep sending him in quests…

I would love to see a film about Baldwin IV. In my opinion he and Saladin were the best parts of this movie.

Orlando Bloom has had plenty of battle experience: orcs, pirates, The East India Trading Co....

A beautiful woman, who never saw you before, comes to you and says 'i loved your father, and i shall love you'. That is just beyond creepy.

Ah the nostalgia. The director's cut was amazing compared to the original. The characters I loved in the movie were Saladin and Baldwin IV. Their presentations were epic.

I need this redone with the Directors Cut.

"Medieval society would never accept a bastard as king." William 'The Bastard' of Normandy: "Hold my beer."

The movie may not get an A for historical accuracy, but sure as death he gets an A for badass statements. And the actor who plays Saladin is great.

“When I look at history, I see it as a testament to humanity’s triumphs and worst crimes. We cannot celebrate one half and ignore the other, or worse, change details about that half for the sake of appearing politically correct, today. These things happened and there is nothing we can do about that. The only, responsible thing we can do is learn from our past mistakes. Otherwise, they will fade into obscurity and pose of us having to repeat them again.” Great quotation from you, Nick! 👍🏻

Practically every description of Saladin Ive ever heard was a honourable intelligent man even the crusaders had enough respect not be bias when describing him.u gotta respect that.

They say in the movie (possibly only the director's cut) that he was a military engineer in the French army. Which explains how he'd know how to build things like irrigation systems and conduct siege warfare. Not saying that this completely redeems the movie, it still has tons of problems, that's just one piece of quick dialogue that pays off later in the film.

The main character wears a helmet throughout the entire final battle. Hollywood hates covering the stars face. It gets an A plus just for that.

"Medieval society would never accept bastard as their king" - Yes they would lol

Catholic here, some corrections: Firstly: he granted a plenary indulgence, which is not an ultimate guarantee of Heaven. It is a remission of all past sins, and an elimination of time due in Purgatory up to the point. If you sin mortally or otherwise after that, it begins to add up. Secondly: for the 5th commandment, the Hebrew verb רצח‎ (ratsakh) is the word in the original text actually translates as "murder". Not 'kill' as is contemporarily circulated in our Protestantised humanistic readings of the Bible. Very different consequences.

I would highly recommend the Director's Cut if you haven't seen it. It adds about an hour to the movie, giving the characters much more depth and even adding an element to Balian's backstory that explains why he has the skills he does.

Just one theological correction, the crusades were known as an indulgence. This doesn't mean all their sins are forgiven, it means temporal punishment can be lessened for guilt of sin that is already forgiven. Think of it as a form of penance. I say this, as the video tries to undo common misconceptions, well this is one of them and a major one. The crusaders were not saved once and forever, that is a modern prostestant idea. The crusaders were Orthodox/Catholics Christians, faith was lived day by day.

Thou shall not kill is actually a mistranslation. The 6th commandment is specifically “Thou shall not murder.” Hebrew has always had 2 separate words for kill and murder like English. The commandment has always referred to murder which is obviously a huge difference

This movie came out in 2005. The point wasn't to be historically accurate, but to use the backdrop of the crusades to discuss the big questions raised by the Iraq war. So much of this movie explores the topics on everyone's minds during the occupation.