Please people! Stop making movies with epic ambitions, but are really thinly disguised historical metaphors for your current dissatisfaction within political and religious spheres. When I started watching Kingdom of Heaven, I didn’t realize that it was loosely based on an actual historical event. I don’t mind messing with history, but if you’re going to do it, it should make sense, and the story should be better. I also didn’t realize that Kingdom of Heaven was directed by Ridley Scott. Looks like he started stinking up the theater long before Prometheus. I miss the man who did Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, Alien and my personal favorite, BLADE RUNNER! Now he is just a disillusioned old man transmitting his fear of death and anger at institutional religion onto celluloid while not fully letting loose his rage. He always pulls back a bit which probably explains the mediocrity of this venture. The cast is amazing: Liam Neeson, Edward Norton, Eva Green and Jeremy Irons, but Scott gives Orlando Bloom the responsibility of holding the disparate parts of the movie together without the benefit of a blond wig, elf ears or a bow and infinite arrows. The battle scenes towards the end are the best. I’m always happy when Alexander Siddig gets work after Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and he isn’t cast as a terrorist. Jaimie Lannister, I mean Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Kevin McKidd from Rome briefly appear. Literally anyone would be better in the central role than Orlando Bloom, and I like him, but he is not a focal point. He is a supporting actor. Also the story is just absurd. Skip Kingdom of Heaven. If you want anachronistic enjoyment, watch Xena.