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checkplease posted:Makes me want to play crusader kings 3 again. The Mount and Blade games are real good too.
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ruddiger posted:Best line of the movie That line cutting immediately to Damon pulping a dude's face after wrapping chainmail around his fist is amazing.
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Followed the advice of many and watched kingdom of heaven directors cut. Great stuff with a very epic feel. The only weakness is maybe bloom is unable to give the dramatic battle speeches near the end the needed gravitas. But he does look good doing it. My favorite lines might be near the end when his character, Balian, is knighting all the peasants and the bishop asks in shock, “does knighting men make them better fighters.” And everyone looks at the Bishop like this stupid idiot doesn’t know before Balian simply replies, “Yes.” And then turns and walks off.
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Last Duel owns, Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut only) owns, I hope we can get at least one more medieval epic out of Ridley before he retires or dies. Noticed that the dude who played Guy de Lusignan in KoH also showed up in Last Duel as Matt Damon's only friend, which was cool.
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ninjahedgehog posted:Last Duel owns, Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut only) owns, I hope we can get at least one more medieval epic out of Ridley before he retires or dies. Am I weird for kinda liking Robin Hood? That's medieval, right?
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Also Le Gris's little toady was the bad guy in The Terror and he's such a great little character actor. He exudes weaselly menace.
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Did some more reading about the IRL duel and something that was omitted from the movie is that at the actual trial, there was some testimony from Jacques' manservants and Margeurite's ladies-in-waiting, but as was customary at the time, testimony from commoners was only valid when verified through torture.  Goddamn, medieval times fuckin' sucked, y'all. Dog_Meat posted:Am I weird for kinda liking Robin Hood? That's medieval, right? Literally forgot that movie existed -- wasn't it originally supposed to be CSI: Nottingham starring the Sheriff as the main character trying to hunt down the dastardly bandit Robin Hood?
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I kind of stumbled on it on DVD after it bombed. Sure, the sheriff was a bit of a pantomime villain (probably trying to be Alan Rickman), but I think the biggest problem at the time was people were expecting the full green tights Robin Hood and got a "Robin Hood Begins" film instead. And it was at the height of Russel Crowe being a diva so that hurt it a bit. I don't remember it too well and I don't think it was a particularly gritty film, but it's Ridley Scott so you know it's a cinematic feast if nothing else
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Also Le Gris's little toady was the bad guy in The Terror and he's such a great little character actor. He exudes weaselly menace. oh right, that was the guy. seemed familiar.
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Just watched this on disneyplus, definitely a great movie. I just wish they had the directors cut of kingdom of heaven on there. Definitely Margueite's viewpoint is the most accurate, the truth part of the title card stayed a noticeable amount of time. The duel itself was pretty awesome, just two guys wailing on each other. Supposedly true to life, too, which makes it even better. It was a relief that it ended up being the truth that came out after the duel, once it was established what would happen to Marg if Carrouges died I was really hoping that wouldn't be the case.
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Dog_Meat posted:I kind of stumbled on it on DVD after it bombed. Sure, the sheriff was a bit of a pantomime villain (probably trying to be Alan Rickman), but I think the biggest problem at the time was people were expecting the full green tights Robin Hood and got a "Robin Hood Begins" film instead. And it was at the height of Russel Crowe being a diva so that hurt it a bit. I hate to pick nits but I'm not quite sure about your assertion here that in 2010, the absolute peak of the dark and gritty reboot era, very many people were expecting a green tights Robin Hood movie from the same guys who made Gladiator.
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Human Tornada posted:I hate to pick nits but I'm not quite sure about your assertion here that in 2010, the absolute peak of the dark and gritty reboot era, very many people were expecting a green tights Robin Hood movie from the same guys who made Gladiator. It may not have been a surprise or a disappointment, because I guess if you expect something you can't really be disappointed by it. I do think that's the reason the movie failed though. Especially because he cast Crowe again, it felt more like the standard Ridley Scott historical epic movie than anything resembling the classic idea of Robin Hood. And it's not like he was coming in after a run of previous Robin Hood films and people were ready for a new take, it had been 20 years since the Kevin Costner movie.
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This should have been nominated over Nightmare Alley. A disgrace, I demand Ridley and Guillermo duel
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The whole 'dark, gritty and grounded reboot' era was pretty lol because it turns out if King Arthur doesn't pull the sword from the stone and seek advisement from a wizard then he'd better drat be an interesting character in his own right.
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Basebf555 posted:It may not have been a surprise or a disappointment, because I guess if you expect something you can't really be disappointed by it. I do think that's the reason the movie failed though. Especially because he cast Crowe again, it felt more like the standard Ridley Scott historical epic movie than anything resembling the classic idea of Robin Hood. And it's not like he was coming in after a run of previous Robin Hood films and people were ready for a new take, it had been 20 years since the Kevin Costner movie. honestly i think robin hood probably has a kingdom of heaven esque director's cut in the footage. it's 140 minutes and feels cut to poo poo.
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Colonel Whitey posted:This should have been nominated over Nightmare Alley. A disgrace, I demand Ridley and Guillermo duel Nightmare Alley slaps rear end but yeah this was at the very least slightly better, and arguably quite a bit better. just an accomplished film.
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precision posted:Nightmare Alley slaps rear end I didn't like it much!
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The Last Duel being snubbed and even picking up a Razzie nom is a sign of its quality
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I didn't love Nightmare Alley but I probably would swap out a few other nominees for The Last Duel before I'd take Nightmare Alley out. I think I'm just happy that Del Toro is now on that level where he can make a movie that's just ok and it's still gonna end up getting major awards nominations. He deserves that status. Every time he wins a major award we inch closer and closer to that At the Mountains of Madness movie.
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Yeah, Nightmare Alley was fine, but it's definitely not the worst Oscar nomination. There are actually some solid choices this year, but Belfast and Don't Look Up at definitely worse than Nightmare Alley (all of the noms are worse than The Last Duel btw)
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I didn't see those but I just watched NA last night and thought it was pretty bleh, unlike The Last Duel ^that's not quite right, I think Drive My Car is a bit better than The Last Duel but it's close
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I actually forgot Drive My Car my car got nominated. You're right, it's better. But even the other ones I like (Dune, Licorice Pizza, West Side Story) are as good as The Last Duel at best.
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Belfast was some book club-rear end "ay que lindo" poo poo. gently caress that movie. Should've been The Last Duel's spot definitely. I liked Don't Look Up, but I'd rather seen The Green Knight, Card Counter, or Red Rocket in there.
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Enjoyed the movie, but felt that the dividing it with POVs was more a way to pad the runtime and didn't bring much to the story.
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Nobody does historical fight movies like Ridley Scott. They’re pretty much a dying breed, but he’s one of the genre goats.Monglo posted:Enjoyed the movie, but felt that the dividing it with POVs was more a way to pad the runtime and didn't bring much to the story. It did stretch on a bit too long.
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Nightmare Cinema posted:Belfast was some book club-rear end "ay que lindo" poo poo. gently caress that movie. Should've been The Last Duel's spot definitely. The increased quality in cgi and the move away from traditional actors means we are incredibly close to seeing a red rocket in a movie. R rated star wars when?
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precision posted:i don't even know what the Oscars are even pretending to do at this point because this movie was about as much of a capital-G capital-M Good Movie as it's possible to make Suck up to rich Hollywood people.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Suck up to rich Hollywood people. Also grandstanding
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Blue Raider posted:Also grandstanding Was there not enough of that in this movie? (I thought it was great and totally should have been nominated)
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DeimosRising posted:honestly i think robin hood probably has a kingdom of heaven esque director's cut in the footage. it's 140 minutes and feels cut to poo poo. It really does. It's extremely episodic and whiplashes even within individual scenes.
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Monglo posted:Enjoyed the movie, but felt that the dividing it with POVs was more a way to pad the runtime and didn't bring much to the story. that's like...the entire story. the whole conceit of a trial and how what events each of them elide or include in their testimony is the story. what you are suggesting is a completely different story, about the same plot.
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That smug rear end in a top hat at the trial going "You can't get pregnant from rape. That's just science!" was so loving ridiculous, anachronistic, and perfect. What a great combination of detail focused storytelling and blazing polemic.
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This is Ben Affleck’s best performance, right? He is such a delight in every scene of this movie. It’s like he knows he’s been straddled with the worst haircut of his life and he wants to draw attention away from it as much as possible.
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Monglo posted:Enjoyed the movie, but felt that the dividing it with POVs was more a way to pad the runtime and didn't bring much to the story. The divided pov IS the story! 
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BigglesSWE posted:This is Ben Affleck’s best performance, right? He is such a delight in every scene of this movie. It’s like he knows he’s been straddled with the worst haircut of his life and he wants to draw attention away from it as much as possible. It's just hard to compare lead roles to supporting roles. Like, in The Town he probably could've cast himself in the Jeremy Renner role if he'd wanted to and a lot of times that's a part that ends up being more memorable but the lead is still the tougher assignment overall. And he's drat good in The Town.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Suck up to rich Hollywood people. This explains why they went with the movie starring the actress from Outlander over Matt and Ben?
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Monglo posted:Enjoyed the movie, but felt that the dividing it with POVs was more a way to pad the runtime and didn't bring much to the story. just lmao
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Reminds me of someone who said Inception had the dream layer thing added to the end to make it deeper.
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