Kingdom of Heaven

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CanadianNoOB

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So in 2005 Ridley Scott released the film Kingdom of Heaven and it was for the most part quite the disappointment. However I was doing some reading online and discovered that he released a Director's Cut edition on DvD. This includes 45 minutes of film that was not included in the theatrical version. I must say it was a vast improvement on the film.

Apparently Ridley Scott intended it to be the entire three hour and five minute film but Fox wanted him to cut it down. What viewers were left with was an action thriller with little to no depth and character development. The Director's Cut still has down points, the main being that Orlando Bloom is still the lead and his lackluster preformance is does not improve.

However, if you saw this movie and felt that you were left out of something I recommend giving this film a rent.
 
It always seems like there's a Directors Cut that's a vast improvement on movies that seemed to have potential, but failed.
 
A studio butchering a Ridley Scott film to the point where he needs to release a Directors Cut of the film?

Naw, that's hard to believe.

In a related topic, how many cuts of Blade Runner are there?
 
This issue of the studios cutting his films raises questions about his up and coming film Robin Hood.

Which I'm sure will be just as historically inaccurate as Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven. But also be a good time.
 
CanadianNoOB said:
This issue of the studios cutting his films raises questions about his up and coming film Robin Hood.

Which I'm sure will be just as historically inaccurate as Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven. But also be a good time.
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hmmm do you mean as in the historical time period sense because i dont think robin hood was an actual person per se but a hero of english folklore.
 
I think what he's saying is that Ridley has the capabilities to make a historical fiction inaccurate. So, I guess he's going to make Robin Hood an American (in the before its discovery) who will shoot lazers and drink blood. Likely portrayed by Russel Crow
 
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I think what he's saying is that Ridley has the capabilities to make a historical fiction inaccurate. So, I guess he's going to make Robin Hood an American (in the before its discovery) who will shoot lazers and drink blood. Likely portrayed by Russel Crow
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not to that extent but yes, he fails to apply the historical context in his films.
 
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