I fucking love the Director's Cut of this movie. What does the /r/truefilm community think of this film? You’d have to try very hard to screw up a movie with a cast like this one has.
Its entirely possible that I’m just a Ridley Scott fanboy, but I don’t think so. I’m curious to know if anyone else finds this movie to be as perfect as I do. If there was a better way to end the climax of the movie, I’d challenge someone to find it. (takes a couple steps, turns again fists clenched together) “Everything”. Balian: “What is Jerusalem worth?” Saladine: (turns head while walking away) “Nothing”…. The final lines that Saladine has are really the cherry on the top of this film for me. For some reason the quotes have lodged themselves in my brain ever since I saw it in the theater. I read up on it, and apparently the studio was not interested in the scathing anti-religion themes, so they cut it drastically. The DC blew my mind with how much additional plot was cut from the theatrical release.
The entire time, I find myself rooting for Saladine (which I believe was the idea). Maybe I haven’t seen enough period pieces dealing with the Middle East, but I can’t think of another major Hollywood film (with the exception of Lawrence of Arabia) where Muslim traditions and history were shown in a protaganistic light. I really believe this movie belongs in the upper pantheon of epic period pieces. I just recently bought the director’s cut, and I have to say, it is a much better film than the theatrical cut.
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