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Muslims and critics weigh in on 'Kingdom of Heaven'

Despite initial controversy surrounding "The Kingdom of Heaven," Ridley Scott's new film ... "It was really nice to go into a movie and feel so ...

Movie Reviews - Merrill Foto News

It is a story of honor, love, deep religious conviction, murder, and glory, and few films have managed to do what Kingdom of Heaven does – to ...

Parent reviews for Kingdom of Heaven | Common Sense Media

This film is brutal in its depiction of medieval warfare. There are great big battles, lots of blood, and some pretty stark, depressing depictions of life ...

Kingdom of Heaven - Hollywood's Crusade Against History

The film depicts some monk standing by the roadside repeating: "To kill an infidel is not murder it is the path to heaven!" As any student of the Bible would be ...

Retro Review: Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - Geeks Under Grace

Violence/Scary Images: Extreme violence and gore throughout. Characters are stabbed, crushed, and maimed throughout the film. Numerous ...

Kingdom of Heaven user reviews - Metacritic

It is not totally historically accurate (let's say 50%) but is one of the most impressive movies about the crusade with all the desert, sun and bloody scenes ...

Don't bother with hellishly bad 'Kingdom of Heaven'

If you're looking for “Kingdom of Heaven” to be an allegory of our current situation in the Middle East, you'll find that they do in fact ...

The Last Duel - by Jason Herbert - Historians At The Movies

But if you love historical epics, this may be the film for you. It's a window to the medival era. It, like many Ridley Scott films, is simply ...

Evergreen: “Kingdom of Heaven” | Furtive Little Feelings - Sandcat

Balian is so morally upright that he doesn't even give in when he's offered the kingdom and the hand of the woman he loves. As king, he would be ...

Kingdom of Heaven - bethinking.org

It is in exploring these new 'holy sites' that the film generates its own moral heart. A parallel is drawn between an old Jerusalem, worth nothing, and a new ...

Movie analysis: Kingdom of God | ICN - Independent Catholic News

Kingdom of Heaven challenges Christian and western audiences to re-examine their traditions on war. The Jewish scriptures are full of battles.

The Rise and Fall of "Kingdom of Heaven" - Peliplat

It is not exaggerating to say that "Kingdom of Heaven" is the most controversial film in Ridley Scott's career. When it was first released, it ...

Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven is an overwhelming spectacle

But the movie actually makes quite a pivot once the main character reaches Jerusalem and it suddenly switches off the kind of swashbuckling ...

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN - History distorted in Crusade epic

Working uphill against leaden dialogue, too much of the wrong sort of historical detail and too many variants of Henry V's Crispin's Day speech, ...

The Crusades with Christopher Tyerman - From the Desk

What does historian Christopher Tyerman think about Hollywood portrayals of the first crusades? Not much a movie buff. Kingdom of Heaven was ...

Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - The War Movie Buff

No studio would have green-lit a movie sympathetic toward the Muslim side in the Crusades. I imagine Muslim groups were concerned when they ...

Movie Review: Kingdom of Heaven – Ridley Scott Knew What He ...

The cinematography is stunning. The scenes from France to the deserts of the Middle East are beautiful. The battle scenes are handled well and ...

Take 3: Kingdom of Heaven Review - 18 Cinema Lane

One of the few things I knew about this movie was that it had something to do with the Crusades. This is a time period I know very little about.

An Historian Goes to the Movies | Exploring history on the screen

... film three times. Off the top of my head, I can't think of another medieval battle depicted on screen three times, but I'm betting there ...