Kingdom of Heaven
alright. so i went to watch a movie with the ELF in it. and i realised that i have been suckered before i.e. watching movies which the ELF acted in, even before he was the ELF. you know...like Black Hawk Down...anyways, i digress. Kingdom of Heaven is a good show. really enjoyed it, from the battle scenes to the thought processes behind those scenes, to the little bits of irony that the director left throughout the show e.g. towards the end of the show, salahuddin picking up the cross and placing it back on the table. of cos, if that was real, he would be hung by his own fanatical zealots.
sounds pretty much like today still eh?
this paragraph from http://www.reelingreviews.com kinda sums up very succinctly what Kingdom says - ...have found a time in history when a religious hot spot was ruled by men who understood that religious fanaticism was good for no man, a lesson that should reverberate today not only in the exact same location, but globally as well. Moral teachings permeate the film, from the inscription carved in Balian's smithy declaring that a man's goal should be to leave the world a better place, to the merits of humane treatment of one's enemy...
and just a bit to think about - the Knight's Oath - “Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong."
now if only today's society can learn that, maybe tomorrow's world won't be the cess pit it is becoming.
posted by inspirethereal @ 9:16 PM
2 straight, not straightened:
The battle of Crusades is really crazy... But the Knight's Oath is really cool! It really makes me want to be one. Call me Sir Raffy.
good afternoon Sir Raffy!
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