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Monday, May 09, 2005

I'm so tired now... but guess i shall blog about the movie i watched.

Kingdom of Heaven.

Besides that yummy guy, i have to say that the scenes were truly spectacular. especially the part where the Saracens are trying to break down the walls of Jerusalem. (is that correct?) reminds me of my stronghold game lol.

In a nutshell the movie started with a french blacksmith Balian (Bloom), searching to redeem his wife's sins when she committed suicide, which, under the law of christianity, she should be condemned to hell and decapitated. he thus followed his long-lost father, the celebrated Godfrey of Ibelin to the holy land of Jerusalem, where he was also knighted. and where he also promised to serve it's king and defend the land. where the bad guys tried to ruin the fragile peace ongoing between the christians and the arabs and finally succeeded in starting a war. where the heart-throb curiously earned the king's favour and rose to lead his people and have an affair with his sister.

Brandon says it's kind of a anti-religion show. haha.. true yeah... anti-the-way-people-worship-god. quotes from the characters could be highly thought-provoking. although i can't really remember what exactly they said haha, but i get the gist ok. for more chim explanation, refer to his blog. but i like the way the movie tried to portray the irony of people fighting against each other, making themselves suffer terribly... to show their love for God? because that's what God wants them to do? because killing an infidel is not murder? Balian burnt the bodies of the casualties so that an epidemic will not happen, despite the protests that under the law of christianity, they would then not be able to recarnate until dunno-when. but he says God will understand. if not, he's not God.

You love and worship God within your hearts and minds.

I liked the scene where Balian and co noticed the muslims praying by the sea.(they had to pay taxes to do that?? :S) and someone noticed that 'it's actually the same thing'.

Although up till now peace is still not restored in the holy land. the Kingdom of Heaven will always exist in their hearts. or Balian's heart.

And so, i actually thought the movie was quite exhausting to watch. haha... firstly it's long. secondly because of the fact that i'm a reasonably ignorant person who has little knowledge of the history of Jerusalem or crusades or whatever. thus i had to fight to try to understand the logics behind. and it didn't help that some of the scenes were choppy and weird and made me feel stupid and huh?? i don't really know who is who because they come in and disappear n come in randomly. and i don't feel for the characters. i just felt that Balian was yummy and his princess not so chio. i thought at some angles she actually looked like angelina jolie though. bah.

Anyway where are the Jews in the movie ah? wah i think i really don't quite understand. haha maybe i should watch again.

dara lost in [[fairytale]]-land
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