Freedom

A Kingdom of Conscious

If you missed Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven when it was released late last spring, or were dissuaded from seeing it because of a bad review, then by all means buy it or rent it. It did not do well at the box office, and the critical reviews were often hostile or tepid. Salon’s review was typical of many, deriding it as yet "another boy’s-book adventure movie." That was really unjust. There are plenty of films that deserve that put-down, but not this one. Many reviewers seem to have a knee-jerk hostility to any films about the European past in which heroism and honor play some part. Full story...

Posted by Editor at January 13, 2006 05:04 AM