If you haven’t figured out the movie by the end of the wedding dance (20 minutes of 2.5 hours), just keep watching. LOL

We watched it last night. I liked it but they could have trimmed it down a bit.

Rashomon like where they show the same story told from different viewpoints. Some subtle some large differences in the story depending on viewpoint. Could have moved just a bit faster.

Watched it this past weekend.

Long and slow-paced, but well done.

Kingdom of Heaven is one of my all-time favorite movies. Those of you that have seen both, how do they compare? I know the subject matter is different; I mean how do they compare in terms of being a Ridley Scott medieval epic, in overall vibe and quality?

If you liked Kingdom of Heaven, you'll probably like this.

Kingdom of Heaven has a bit more action, and The Last Duel is more focused on dialogue.

It does feel a little overly long in places, but it's good overall.

I've been interested in seeing this movie since first hearing the historical story behind it.

Just tried to reserve it at the library but, as a new release we can't put holds on it. Luckily, one copy is showing as in their inventory so I'm going to try to slip by and snag it. I'm guessing that this story won't appeal to many of the library patrons, so maybe not much demand for checking it out.

It was good overall. Wish there had been a bit more action, but the actual duel was well done.

I really appreciated that armor in this movie actually worked.

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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
Watched it this past weekend.

Long and slow-paced, but well done.

My shooting pal watched it in dubbed Turkish last week - said it was about the funniest thing he'd seen in years.

When they started the third POV story both my wife and I groaned. They didn’t pay their editors enough because that movie was waaaaay too long.

I’m also not sure what you mean by figuring it out. You have 3 versions of the truth depending on the viewpoint. I have no idea who was telling the truth and honestly by the end I didn’t care.

The three perspectives makes the movie lengthy but, for such a highly-charged topic, especially in that period of time, editing it down for expediency will only leave important parts missing.

I throughly enjoy Ridley Scott movies because of their detail to attention and world shaping. One of Scott's talents is creating the world, showing the details of it and how the actors are 'apart of this world. He's arguably one of the finest big epic, period-theme'd, producers ever in cinema history.

As for Kingdom of Heaven, quite a bit of literary license compared to the actual historical events, and ONLY watch the Director's Cut version, as the theater release version is full of gaps and plot holes.

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Originally posted by corsair:
As for Kingdom of Heaven... ONLY watch the Director's Cut version, as the theater release version is full of gaps and plot holes.

Definitely.