Put the mild controversy on historical content aside, Ridley Scott gives us an important lesson: how to make a satisfying epic?
Simply by making the epic as something to enrich the mind, without forgetting to create a crisp cinematography look that will enthrall us to our seats. And by enriching the mind, the epic needs to tackle something as sensitive as religious matters and handle the subject in such a way that it tries to please a wide range of people.
The result will inescapably be something considered as 'politically-correct', but for once, in the midst of big-bang epic that dwells on glorifying gory scenes, Kingdom of Heaven leaves us believing, once again, that peace is as sacred as religion itself. An overrated theme as it may be, but peacefulness, according to Scott, goes beyond understandings of religions.
And this is what the film manages to capture.
Yet, perhaps Orlando Bloom's blundered performance that fails to carry the film on his shoulder may disrupt the intensity of the film, and we choose to rely on the strong ensemble of supporting cast. Set aside this unfortunate fact, then Scott's bait for Oscar next year may be considered as one of his under-appreciated works, following the trail of Matchstick Men and others.
For once, being polite seems to be a distance in the increasingly brainless crowd.
5 comments:
How can you be so detail, I didn't notice the Bloom's blunder :p
Anyway, have a nice weekend!
aku manut karo sang empu film aja deh ;-)
Wira,
unless you're a big fan of Orlando, then you'll forgive him :)
Dody,
bagus .. bagus .. :P
Actually, I wasn't really interested to see this movie. Movie with strongly religious issue like this is too risky for me. But some reviews I've read, including yours, seems convincing and worthy trying. So maybe I'll try to catch it this week.
A,
chances are either you like it or loathe it, there'll be no grey area for this film. but like what you said, i guess every time we watch a film is like a little adventure worth taking :)
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