KoH Director's Cut

[callistotoni]

Remember Kingdom of Heaven? I liked that movie, but I knew from following its history that it had been drastically edited--the theatrical release was *not* the movie Ridley Scott wanted. I also new that there was a director's cut around because it was shown , like once, in a small LA theater to fulfill a contractual obligation to RS. Well, they just released a 4-disk director's cut version on DVD. Amazon has it for $20, so I got it (couldn't resist).

Looking forward to see what KoH was *really* about. :-)

Comments

[semy-of-pearls.livejournal.com]

Woot! I hope they have some specials on the clothing. Loved some of those costumes. No idea if they're accurate but they were pretty!

Costumes

[leohtulf.livejournal.com]

Most of the male costuming was pretty spot on. The armour was really good too. I am not really sure about the female stuff, what little there was of it.

Re: Costumes

[semy-of-pearls.livejournal.com]

True, but the film can lie. What I want to see is the costumer expalining where they got the stuff from (this manuscript, that mosaic, y'know.) Yes, a lot of it looked pretty accurate, but Hollywood makes mistakes. ;)

[ermine-rat.livejournal.com]

I need to pick that up for myself, but I won't spoil the changes for you. The stuff left out radically changes what the story was.

[aastg.livejournal.com]

I'll be interested to know if the narrative made more sense in the director's cut, and if the characters are more developed. The film seemed rather choppy in the theatrical release.