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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:13 PM Original message |
Two Sights: 1) Anyone see KINGDOM OF HEAVEN? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, all I can say is that Kingdom of Heaven |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Didn't like the movie. |
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brentblack (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Did not like Kingdom of Heaven.... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "...and our sheep." |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. I weep for a country that likes Braveheart and dislikes Kingdom of Heaven. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Well, I loathe the way your sheep used to ... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 06:17 PM Original message |
I'm here for two reasons -- to paint sheep and to kick some ass. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Braveheart made they Scots look like a bunch of "noble savages" |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 07:46 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Recent historians, though, claim that "redneck culture" came from lowland Scots. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Too long and rather boring if IRCC |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Applies to both, IMO. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. At least Braveheart had a darn good soundtrack! |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Treacly soundtrack, y'mean |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. ya think?? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. One thing about Braveheart I like -- |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. then why aren't you Bruces Ghost? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Hmm, good point. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Gee, your highness, I didn't know you were decended from royalty!!! |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Approach me and KNEEL! |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. I enjoyed it |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. I liked it |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. You mean there were people other than Orlando Bloom? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. K of H could have been a lot worse |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I wouldn't call it a brainless action movie. The historical background is quite impressive |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. yes -- Albion Swords ... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. My problem with the movie |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Orlando BLOOM |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Regarding Bloom |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Fabio? I thought only Fabio went ga-ga over Fabio. eom |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Interesting, Bloom I don't get -- too pretty/delicate or something. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. That faint didn't come from me, it's courtesy of my 25 y/o daughter |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. You take Pierce; I'll take Sean. ;-) |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Oh no, I'd be happy to take Sean too, they were the best Bonds |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You girls are all going to have to get in line after my buddy Suzy. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. (sigh) Ridley Scott was trying to edumacate people about the background of current ME conflict |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yeah... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I liked Braveheat, though |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Oh, I think Braveheart had the same problem. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Bornagainhooligan, I urge you to read the historical commentary track on the DVD before you say that |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Thanks - I never knew there was a footnoted version of the film. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Cool, a book for me to check out, thanks! |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. The footnotes included an interesting, gruesome description of how Damascus steel was made. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. If I recall properly, the character that Bloom played wasn't |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. No, it's mostly true, except for the fling with the princess and the parentage. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. There's this old turkey from a bygone era. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I think I saw that when I was a kid. |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
61. I love that old movie. How disappointing to learn that Saladin was much older than portrayed. |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. One more disappointment about King Richard and the Crusaders |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Balian of Ibelin is NOT a fictional character. There is more about the "REAL crusades" |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. rent the DVD and watch it with the historical portion of the DVD on |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. That's odd |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Well, it seems to have been based on that Balian -- and not the other ones. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. In the real battle of Jerusalem, things were much more involved and dramatic. |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. Try to rent the director's cut of KOH -- it fleshes out the material considerably... |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. Thought Kingdom of Heaven was great!! |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
39. Spectacular movie. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. Great movie - very honest about both sides -- |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Are you Draped over a barbed-wire fence about it? |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
55. Your #2 - help |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. It was a big photo on the front page w/caption about a week ago. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
57. One more time folks |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:03 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I Liked Apocalypto, but it was very simplistic |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
60. I found it watchable. The movie to rent about the ME is Lawrence of Arabia. Then people will |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Well, I dunno if KOH is about the ME so much as about the seeds of Arab-Christian conflict |
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