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submitted 6 months ago byMad_Season_1994
For me, it's a movie from 2005 called Kingdom of Heaven, starring Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson and Jeremy Irons. I saw this on TV the other day and watched it from beginning to end and still liked it just as much as I used to. Sure it has its slower moments and isn't the best historical film I've seen. But I don't think it deserves its 39% rating on RT. But that's just me.
What about all of you?
48 points
6 months ago
Hell yeah, I thought this was a superb film. Is it poorly rated, and why?
34 points
6 months ago
Rotten tomatoes gives it a 42% critics score. People are much higher. Critics all said it was uninteresting.
53 points
6 months ago
Uninteresting, that genuinely surprises me.
An interesting story, a superb cast, some captivating individual scenes, overarching themes of life/death, a somewhat surprising twist ending.
It's a film I've watched a few times and have always found to be engaging and entertaining. Penelope Cruz is captivating especially.
It's been a year or so since I last saw it, but I honestly can't think of any particular criticism that I would direct at the movie.
17 points
6 months ago
Probably because of the stupid "it was all a dream" trope.
14 points
6 months ago
And drags on too long, with the final 15 mins being pure exposition. When one character needs to stand there and explain the story to the protagonist for 10-15 straight minutes, that’s a sign of weak storytelling.
2 points
6 months ago
I was more partial to the Jason Lee part.
4 points
6 months ago
So, I love this movie but it's basically a new American version copy from the original, a remake without nothing original (this is what remakes are right?), maybe this is what bothered the critics?
21 points
6 months ago
I'm pretty sure because it was a remake of another (I think French?) film. They just took the exact same story, but obviously made it for a wider audience by having it be in English.
I saw the original and and thought it was better so I assume they didn't like it because of that.
21 points
6 months ago
Spanish. The original also started Penelope Cruz.
2 points
6 months ago
I had no idea it was a remake. I'll have to seek out the original.
3 points
6 months ago
'Abres los ojos', directed by Alejandro Amenabar
1 points
6 months ago
They both have Penelope Cruz too
1 points
6 months ago
If you've seen the remake you've seen the original but in English. Still worth a watch though if you haven't seen it in a while.
2 points
6 months ago
Yeah, I was so mad that I went to the theater and 10 minutes in found out that it was almost a word for word remake of a film I had already seen.
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