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Im excited about you watching this movie. I am a Catholic religiously, i enjoy your content as Muslims and your perspective. This movie is supposed to have one of the best acting performance for someone portraying Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub. The care and patience found within the acting of this person was astounding. The respect he showed his enemies was noble and gratious.

In later years Salah ad-Din was greatly admired in Europe, too. There are thirteenth-century and fourteenth-century poems from France and Italy showing his generosity and other qualities.

That king at the end looking for Balian of Ibelin is Richard the Lionheart, the Pope called for a third crusade to take back Jerusalem. Richard took some cities in the coast, but could not take Jerusalem, the third crusade ended with a treaty that christians could again travel to and worship in Jerusalem. Also the king Baldwin IV of Jerusalem had a severe skin disease called leprosy, which in ancient times was very mortal. Nice reaction guys! Thanks for watching this masterpiece.

Thank you both so much for watching this! It absolutely made my entire week. Salahuddin was legendary among the Christian nations as a truly honorable man, and was deeply respected by King Richard of England, and especially King Baldwin IV (the leper king of Jerusalem). The crusades were an incredibly violent and tragic time, and the issues which drove the various factions involved were complex. But overall, despite the war and tensions in the Holy Land even today, I truly believe that the Abrahamic faiths are closer to a lasting peace than at any other point in history. Much love from the U.S. God protect you. السلام عليكم

This film is not historically accurate, but it is historically illustrative, and really captures the gist of the events during the crusades, including the perspectives of the Christian and Muslim factions. This version of the film is an excellent movie and I’m glad you reacted to it.

This is in my top ten movies. The message it has about Godliness is profound. Some leaders are just and serve their fellow man. Others are wicked and only serve themselves. The movie also speaks to morality and Machiavellian principles. It is a kingdom of conscious or none at all.

Some historical notes: 1) Guy de Lusignan was indeed an idiot, but the circumstances of his marriage to the King's sister differs. In reality, Sibylla wanted to marry him, despite him being only the younger son of a lesser lord in France. Guy was reputedly a strikingly handsome man, and was known as a very brave knight. Indeed, in his youth he very nearly killed William Marshal, who is considered the greatest knight to have ever lived, and was a close advisor and councillor to five Kings of England, and Regent for a couple years during the minority of Henry III. Anyway, Sibylla and her mother pestered Baldwin until he yielded and allowed the marriage. He regretted it as did the whole Kingdom. Guy leading the army to disaster at the Horns of Hattin in 1187 did happen. However, after the fall of Jerusalem, he was still considered king by some, and he led a faction during the following 3rd Crusade, with Richard I's support. However, eventually a new king was chosen and Guy was compensated by Richard with Cyprus. Guy ruled as King of Cyprus, founding a dynasty that lasted for a three hundred years, until his death in 1194. 2) Raynald de Chatillion was an even worse brigand than depicted in the film. He entered the Middle East during the 2nd Crusade as a mercenary and through cunning and courage, married his way into becoming the Prince of Antioch, a sovereign ruler. But he was a brutal man despised by most. He was captured by the Emir of Aleppo and sat in a dungeon for 15 years because no one wanted to pay his ransom. However, he was eventually released and deprived of Antioch, he was given the important lordship of Oultrejourdain where, as in the film, he behaved like a robber baron, often in the company of Guy. He even once developed a scheme to build a fleet on the Red Sea and sail to Mecca to steal Mohammed's body for ransom. As in the film, his barbarity incited (though he did not kill Saladin's sister) Saladin's wrath who laid siege to Raynold's seat at Kerak Castle and pillaged his domains for a month. It was Raynald who suggested to Guy that he attack Saladin, and thus they were routed at Hattin. As in the film, Saladin' struck off Raynald's head with his sword after the brigand attempted to win Saladin's hospitality by taking Guy's drinking cup. Saladin said: "A king does not kill a king, but that man's perfidy and insolence went too far." 3) Saladin offering Guy his cup is a custom of the rules of hospitality. By offering Guy his cup, he was declaring that Guy could not be harmed and was under his protection. He pointedly did not offer Raynald his cup, and refused to acknowledge Raynald's use of the cup, thus making it clear Raynald had no protection. 4) Tiberias is a character based on Count Raymond III of Tripoli (County of Tripoli in current Lebanon, not Libya). Historically he was a bit less of an honorable person, but he did feud with Raynald and Guy. Unlike the film, he fought at Hattin and some historians believe he was as much to blame for the disaster as Guy. The Muslims thought highly of him: "Nobody more influential than him, none braver and none more excellent in counsel."

"Nearly a thousand years later,peace of " Kingdom of Heaven" remain elusive." ...Oh, how true this is

A+++ for watching the extended edition. I'm so glad you enjoyed one of my top historic epic movies of all time.

The king and Sybilla’s son both have leprosy, which is highly contagious, but almost everyone is immune. It destroys the peripheral nervous system over time and leads to flesh rot. It is easily treated with antibiotics today, though millions of people worldwide suffer from it in the developing world.

Baldwin IV was a true bad-ass. He did indeed win a celebrated victory over Saladin when he was 16 called the Battle of Montgisard. Baldwin, accompanied by only 500 knights, charged Saladin's army of 20,000, catching them off-guard and utterly routed them. Saladin barely escaped with his life and only 5% of his army made it back to Egypt. It was such a crushing victory that peace followed and was maintained.

The reason why Balian could return to his home, without getting prosecuted is that he went on a crusade. His crimes were forgiven.

I interpreted when Balian asks "what is Jerusalem worth", and Salah ad-Din replies "Nothing....Everything" as to mean Jerusalem was Priceless.

Sybilla killed her son as an act of mercy. Her son had leprosy and would have died an incredibly agonizing, prolonged death otherwise.

Love that you guys admit when you're not following the story and went back to understand

As Muslims you guys would like the movie “The 13th Warrior”. Loosely based on a Greek Byzantine manuscript of Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, emissary of Baghdad in the 900’s, to the Vikings [Rus]. He gets caught up in having to fight with the Vikings against a tribe of evil warriors. Good movie, but the armor is a little off for the period. Check it out! 👍🏻

It is speculated that the Hospitaler was an angel in the movie.

'God does not know me.' From a Christian perspective, it means your relationship with God is broken, you are not praying anymore, you have lost your faith. You may have been brought up a Christian but circumstances/life have made you lose your faith. In Baliol's case, his wife died. You believe God exists, but you are angry with him/alienated from the relationship you should have. Other films which shows this are Signs (M Night Shayamalan) and Dusk Till Dawn (Tarrantino).

The European soldiers are all called "crusaders" but the group in white with the red crosses are called "Templars". They were a Holy order of the crusades. However, they were not the only order, as there were other groups like the Teutonic Order and the Order of St. John A.K.A. Hospitallers (what the knight in the black and white was apart of). It should also be noted that while the Templars did wear the white robe with red cross, that was also a common garment for other crusader armies and groups as well (basically not all of the guys in red and white were Templars).

she's not evil.. she preferred to kill her son so he won't suffer the same faith as her brother did.. they're painting the stones white as range finders so the archers/catapults /trebuchets/ ballista would know their angle of release.. cool reaction guys 😊👍

I love you guys! I am jewish my father is from Algeria, may we have peaceful days together, one love.

Glad you guys watched the extended version, because the theatrical release left out too much and didn’t come out right. Enjoyed your reactions, and appreciated your historical knowledge and perspective. Please watch “Last of the Mohicans” or “Dances with wolves”. You’ll enjoy both I think

I've always wanted to see a Muslim perspective on this fantastic film!

in the siege of Jerusalem, the history is much darker than the depiction in the movie, first the muslim army said to kill every christian, then Balian threatened to kill every muslim in the city, then they agreed on the terms but every christian was required to pay ransom for themselves or be enslaved, many of the poorest were allowed to leave but about 10 000-20 000 people, depending on the source, were sold into slavery to pay for the war together with the ransom

Even way back then there was extremists. There was good and bad in every race as there is even today.

The reason why Salah ad-Din assaults the walls after they are breached is to seek a decisive end to the seige. Like any besieger, he has limited supplies of food and water. So do the defenders, but in this arid environment and with such a huge army, I think supplies are even more difficult for him to come by. Sieges were often contests of starvation and disease when they dragged on for weeks. So even though assaulting was very bloody especially for the attackers, sometimes it was the preferable option to sitting around for weeks while your army atrophies and starves.

Thank you for reacting to this film! I enjoyed hearing your perspective!!!

When the costume designer was granted access to a crusader museum in a castle in France, she discovered the actual livery (crest) that Balian of Ibelin wore in the 12th century. So what you see Balian wearing is actually what the real life man wore. Ridley Scott, what a great director. Also, the old box dvd set had special features that gave a lot of background on the actual history and the way it was filmed. This is a great movie.

Saladin was my fav character in this movie. He stole every scene and had great lines.

2:31 Your excitement when hearing Salah ad-Din's name is exactly what I clicked on this video for 😂😂

Thank you for an abstract impression and opinion. We need more.We Americans suck at history. This historian/ anthropologist appreciates it.

Awesome, exciting to see y'all's take on this. One of my favorite flicks.

I heard the guy who played Saladin it was his first and only acting in a movie and never acted again after Absolute gigachad

You two look young, which is a gift you should be proud of. It is important to recognize that when this movie was made the US was involved in the "Global War on Terrorism" which many radicals on both sides unfortunately viewed as "Christians vs Muslims". This movie that depicted the "2nd Crusades" as a more complex scenario with good guys and bad guys on both sides was a very important challenge to this thinking, at least from the American perspective. This movie really did mark a time where American's started to recognize both that their "enemies" were more complex than they had initially given credit and also that they themselves and their allies were prone to the same dangers of extremism that they had previously defined their enemies by. Likewise, it is very refreshing to see two young men like yourselves so open to these complexities but steadfast in your pursuit of peace, mutual prosperity, and spiritual "Hanafiyyah". Well done to you two for both opening yourself beyond the immediate world around you while also being true & authentic to yourselves. From the US as a non-muslim that more extreme Muslims would consider "kafir" because I have read the Quran and not taken Shahada, I hope that you can appreciate that I think you two seem two be high-quality young men despite that difference. And if I were a gambling man, I would bet that you two would be humble enough to take that as a genuine compliment. Well done, gentlemen. Keep up the great work!

Fun fact about the actor who plays Saladin: the director just saw this guy and heard him speak, and decided he was perfect for the role (the man was just at one of the locations by chance, he was not an actor, I think). I love it!!! Also, Sibylla was trying to spare her son pain. I don't condone it, but I can understand her motive. It's why she said she would go to hell instead.

One of my favourite movies . I'm glad you reacted to it .

Members of the Holy Roman Catholic Church use to go on pilgrimages to the Vatican, and Jerusalem until around Vatican two. I’ve been on one to the Vatican. In Istanbul in the early 1990’s they use to allow Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians to have Mass in Hagia Sophia in one of the restored area of the Mosque/Basilica. It was a truly amazing and beautiful thing! Two of the oldest Religions able to worship in the same place, even as an eight year old I saw it!

"You ride to certain death" "All death is certain"

Wow, this must be the director’s cut. All the scenes regarding the young son were not in the version I have. I bought the dvd when it first came out because I liked the movie so much. The context around the sister and her story arc are completely different. It puts her line about doing a smaller evil to prevent a greater one in a whole new light. I see her motivation to keep her son from having to suffer as her brother did, but wow this changes her character entirely. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I wish it hadn’t been cut out of the original movie. Thank you for watching this. I love the deeper message this movie tells while set in a crazy time in history. It’s insane to imagine the pope having more power than rulers back then, by simply saying God wills it, in order to justify atrocities. The unchecked power of human extremism is a real and terrifying thing.

I am soooo happy you guys found this hidden gem. this is one of my all time favorite movies! The story telling, the character interactions, the subtle hints. The there is a theory that the priest was actually an angel among men.

One of my all time favorite movies!

Great reaction guys!

It ain't over yet!-Richard The Lionheart

Orthodox Christian here loved the video guys 🙏

Glad to see you guys reacting to the extended edition, much better choice.

Intresting this uncutt versiom

"Why is it so dark?" It's medieval Europe. They hadn't invented sunshine and colors yet.

Well this is going to be interest. I'm not a religious man but I do like this film a lot.

When Saladin said nothing and everything I think meant to the rest of the world it was nothing but a city and land. To Saladin it was everything to him and to his people.

There's a lot of speculation that the Hospiliter, the crusader who wore black with the white cross, is actually an Angel. Just from the things he says and the grace that he shows.

King Baldwin and Saladin attack each other for years during peace 😂 they raided and took castles and caravans of each other . Both lead raids and skirmishes personally a truce was brokered when Baldwin was made unable to ride a horse because of leprosy . Both leaders I think had to much fun fighting and developed a love hate rivalry.

So the scene with the cup of ice is a little different then you're thinking, it was actually a shared custom between the Arabs and the Franks that you don't kill someone once you've accepted them as your guest (and in some cases you would also be obliged to offer your guests protection). There were several ways of signaling acceptance of someone as your guest but the simplest was the offering of refreshment, whether a simple cup of water from the Lord's own hand or a table of food (In England and France there was also particular symbology given to sharing bread and salt as a symbol you were a guest in someone's house). So by giving the cup of water to Guy, Saladin was making him his guest and sparing his life. Guy tried to manipulate the gesture by giving the cup to Raymond, essentially trying to say "this man is with me and is therefore also a guest" which is why Raymond immediately drank it and said "I drink water for what it is" trying to signal his status as a guest. Saladin of course, was having none of this since Raymond had repeatedly violated his word and attacked his people and pointedly says "I did not give the cup to you" by which he means he is NOT granting guest status to Raymond and is in fact treating him as a prisoner subject to justice for his crimes, justice Saladin subsequently dispenses.

I believe Orlando Bloom said “our prayers,” not “operas.”

Richard The Lionheart! Greatest warrior king of England, ever! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

He killed Reynaud because Reynaud killed his sister. Offering water was an extension of protection in a way - he was promising Guy he was not going to summarily execute him. By stating that he did not give the water to Reynaud, he was making clear that this did not extend to him, since Saladin had not given him the cup directly.

This was the second crusade. When Saladin took Jerusalem. 80 years prior to that 1st christian crusade took Jerusalem from muslim hands. When they took the city, all muslim inhabitants were brutally murdered. Here they put such a fierce resistance because they expected that the same will happen to them as a revenge. That's why they wanted to make Saladin to negotiate with them.

1:08:09 since you seem confused about it: the act of becoming a knight included being beaten, the so called accolade. It was the symbolic last hit the man would ever suffer in his life without taking the other's life as revenge. A hit to the face was in Germanic cultures, out of which the knights arose, an insult only answerable by death. The sons of knights lived up to their 7th birthday with their parents, then they were send as pages, servants, to serve in another knights household. After another 7 years of serfdom they became a squire to a knight and served him personal on campaign, taking care of the weapons, armour and horses, building the camp, cooking the food, bringing new lances and fresh horses in battle and partaking in fights. Then after another 7 years, or if he had proven himself with a great act of valour in battle, he finally could be anointed as a knight at 21. So up to becoming a knight they lived as servants receiving beatings and slaps as punishment, by becoming a knight they were free man responsible to uphold their own honour and hence would never suffer a slap without retaliation again. Hence the symbolic final slap by their lord/ the knight that trained them by which they attained knighthood

I hope its the directors cut. It is 100x better. I will be home in an hours and will enjoy this one.

Saracen is a European term that means not of "Sarah" Jews and Christians believe they are the descendants of Abraham and his wife Sarah through his son Isaac and Isaac's son Jacob(Yakub in Arabic) Jews and Christians believe that Arabs are the descendants of Abraham through Hagar, who was Sarahs servant and Hagars son Ishmael. Christians had several terms for Muslims in the middle ages that are no longer used beside Saracen, such as Mohhamedeans, and Hagarenes and in some Jewish writings Muslims are referee to as Ismaelites(descendants of Ishmael) they way Jews call themselves Israelite(Israel was a new name given to Jacob by a angel sent from God in the torah)

51:25 "Why would they lie about this?" Because Ridley Scott likes writing historical fan fiction. See also Gladiator and Napolean.

It makes sense because he hasn't felt the presence of God. Saying "God does not no me" meaning he's lost his faith.

Saladin's reputation is very good amongst Christian history fans, from what I have seen. I'd watch a movie from his perspective for sure.

Great Movie!!

27:18 European Christian women also covered their hair back then

Great film.

Saladin and Baldwin IV were both remarkable men.

One of my favorite movies

I JUST WATCHED THIS MOVIE THIS YEAR AND IT CAME OUT PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO. AWESOME!!!! ❤❤🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲✝️✝️ And as a Christian I love the respect that King Baldwin IV & Saladin had for one another. They got along excellently and King Baldwin was not going to put up with any wrongdoing...IF ANYONE HARMED A MUSLIM, EVEN A KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, KING BALDWIN HAD THEM HUNG.. the problems started when this naughty people from Western Europe like France came in and Baldwin married his sister to a French man and he was an ASS & A SNOB... WHAT SALADINS TROOPS DID TO HIM WAS ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS😂😂😂 they took off his clothes and they made him ride backwards tied to a donkey😂😂... That was before the war started.. it was Guy who was the new king after the leprosy King Baldwin died.. Sad. My favorite part of the movie was when the young Baron first came to Jerusalem.. haha!!! Who was having this conversation with a landowner "he says that's his horse!" It was not his horse but the horse had ran onto his land...haha😂 "he says that the horses on his land, so it's his".. "Well, just give him the horse!" 😂😂😂 That conversation was so funny

Come on y’all… I’m from Texas and understand Saladin actor . You two keep putting the subtitles up 😂 never saw this movie so I got to react too. I don’t think I could have watched this at the movies though, 3 hrs is crazy.

Please watch Idiocracy!

Religions were often used to charge others of hierarchy, not of the authority given under religious teachings, but of those wielding authority among the religions, of which carried great weight by interpreting their position was ordained by the Creator. Meaning because they held a higher rank of authority, they were exaulted above others who are were ordained of men being given a rank over others. There's a historical pattern of this being proven true, as the ranks expanded to quell the disatifaction of those who often bore the blunt of the sacrifices, whether it was useless battles of suffering, disease, famine, or basic inhuman living conditions. This further evolved into having a means of rising in rank merely by surving additional battles. Rome under Roman general Pompey captured Jerusalem, in 63BCE. Rome had been in control of Jerusalem, at that time peoples were allowed to practice their religion freely. monotheistic and polytheistic religious views caused clashes between Jews and Gentiles. Keep in mind by the very definition "Gentiles" are Christians, as well as Muslims, it's a separatism of religious design which basically means "non Jew". There are a lot of correlations between the three primary religions. And there's many things in which are interpreted differently. Of which is correct, or wrong, is none of my matters of concern, personally I prefer to follow the best aspects of all of the prophets. The first crusade took place about 635 (or 638) AD. Under the Islamic crusade, in which defeated Rome and took Jerusalem. Rome in it's endless wars, were debt stricken, and had just grown tired of seemingly endless wars, or at least the soldiers. She was embattled with a war in Syria, thus just could not sustain multiple battle fronts. Jerusalem was abandoned by Rome upon the Islamic defeat, as Christians were granted passage to the Holy sites in Jerusalem. The Ashtiname of Muhammad, also known as the Covenant or Testament (Testamentum) of Muhammad, is a charter or writ granting protection and other privileges to the followers of Jesus, given to the Christian monks of Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula. There is a lot of history in regards to Jerusalem, with Jews, Christians, and Muslims. When Christians were cut off access of the Holy sites this sparked a Christian crusade, (7/15/1099AD) after Constantinople had made a request from the Pope to help fund the raising of an army, in an attempt to take back Jerusalem. Which was successfull. Thus basically all three religions lay a claim of Jerusalem (and areas, that expand well into Africa, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria). It is of my opinion the area belongs to all, as the establishment of Christianity and Islam follows the same path of the 12 tribes. As I understand things in my limited intelligence, is that Jewish religion basically follow the precepts of Abrahamic law, while Christians believe under Abrahamic law the covenant of the Creator has been fullfileld via Jesus Christ, while also believing that Jesus was a prophet, the son of God, and the Creator incarnate, therefor is the Father, the son, and the Holy ghost. While Muslims also follow Abrahamic law, who believe that Jesus was a prophet, and Muhammad is the last prophet. There is so much commonality between the beliefs, we would think there would have been no need to wage wars against one another, especially Holy wars. It's interesting it was 422 years and ten days between Abraham and the crucifixion of Christ, and between 550 - 600 years between the crucifixion of Christ to the earthly death of Muhammad. Gentlemen if you please correct me if I was told wrong, but I was told that Muhammad spoke about Christ. "they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him". If so this is very important, because it indicates Muhammad's understanding that he understood principalities, as well as the ease of mankinds arrogance.

Our Allah blessed Habibi brothers, in this movie, the Crusaders and Sal ah Din's armies used - Siege towers: Moving Towers loaded with soldiers to attack Crusaders knights on walls. - Trebuchet: A French siege weapon but can attack longer distance. Imagine David's slinger as truck sized weapon to attack on Ancient cities. - Battering Ram: To attack and break the gate, soldiers have to go close enough to break the gate and enter the city, castle or fortress. From beloved a South Korean Catholic Andrew.

I would love it if you guys watched The Last Duel. It's one of the truest, most historically accurate movies you'll ever watch. We have the manuscripts directly from the time of the event, describing the court trial and duel, and case

This is one of my favorite movies. As both a Christian and an American the fundamental ideas of faith integrity and the wish for redemption through Jesus Christ is one of those things that we all seek. For many American Christians going to Jerusalem and standing upon the hill that Christ was crucified on is one of our bucket list items. It's something that we all want to do just so that we can say that we have done it and know that we have done it and to be standing in an area that we knew once had the presence of our Lord in this world. And where one day he may be again. May the Lord keep you and may you be brought into his presence on the day of judgment and be found worthy as we all hope to be even though none of us are but through Christ we are brought to the Father.

Guys, you understand few things wrong in this movie ❤... Templars was most Nobel and magnificent knights, not secta. She kill her own son because she save him from horrible lepra, and lepra is not genetical sickness, most of people have it at medieval time and long after. And also when he say: " - God don't know me..." It's not means literally, word by word, but he means: " I lost a God, I'm losted."... 👍😮

I love this film 🙂

captions are always the best, use them. i do all the time when he said "god does not know me" i think he meant that he believes he is not worthy enough for god to listen to his prayers the lady killing her son - she did it to preserve her son's soul. she believed that the disease is a curse, probably a common one at the time. her brother even believed that which is why he said he will confess his sins to god a handful of times. she believed that if she killed him before it starts, she will save his soul and was willing to even sacrifice her soul in hell for hi - again captions are important lol

A lot of Great Actors in this movie..

Love your reactions guys It was good to see your perspective on that movie

The princess guard where Arab Christians soldiers called Turcopoles. They fought as light cavalry the way the Muslim and Turkish forces did while the European Knight where the heavy cavalry riding larger horse and warring heavier armor

The bush part is somewhat realistic, also i believe they used it to trip too lol, so put the 2 together and you get a magic bush lolol

habibi come to Poland we will show you ;)

Wonderful film. Following Gods teachings and following religion are NOT the same thing.

While this movie is definitely a long way from "historically accurate" and takes a lot of liberties with real events, it definitely has earned its place in the years since it released as a very cool film. The locations and acting by the middle eastern actors are especially cool.

Best guys to watch this movie with.

I absolutely love this movie! My only 2 complaints are I wish they included a little bit more of Baldwin and Salah Ad-din’s prior history they fought against each other multiple times and Baldwin was the first person to defeat Salah Ad-Din at only 16 which earned him Salah Ad-Din’s respect, he also did offer to send Baldwin his doctors too. My second complaint is the way the director made the Christian’s look like the antagonists full of betrayal and schemes when in reality Baldwin’s family and cabinet relied on him so much that by the end of his life everyone’s incompetences and impatience shined as bright as the sun ☀️ lol.

Despite what hateful people will say, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are extremely similar with very minor differences...they are basically the same religion hence being called the Abrahamic religions as they all believe they are descended from Abraham...The best way to describe it to a Muslim is suni and shia but the split between these beliefs happening very very very long ago.

The only thing I dislike is how they portray the templars and religious orders, they were not bloodthirsty beasts.

This was going to be a movie I was going to recommend. If I might be able to ask and for you to add another movie title, to your list. The movie is called "Hidalgo" from 2004. It's a really good movie and I hope you enjoy it as well.

This is one of my all time favorite movies. The Director's Cut is the only way to a watch it. The attractive woman sith the eye-liner is Eva Green. She's type cast for roles like this. She's in the 300: Rise of the Empire film. She's also in the recent 2-part French adaptation of Three Musketeers. She does a lot of these period pieces.

Also, when Saladin says Jerusalem is worth nothing and everything what he means is the city itself has little to no intrinsic value to him in and of itself (at least no more than any other city) BUT as a *symbol* of the struggle between the two religions to the people of both communities it was beyond value.

these two have a weird disconnect between others religious extremism and their own

Not only one of the greatest historical epics in film history, (easily top 10), it's also one of the most historically accurate Medieval/middle-ages based films ever made, especially with regards to Saladin and how he was portrayed. The way in which they portrayed the Saladin was as tasteful as it was accurate, which was/is extremely commendable due to the time period in which this film was released, just a few years after 9/11 and smack-dab in the middle of the bloodiest time period of the US's illegal occupation of Iraq. At the time Muslims/Arabs were normally portrayed as backwards barbarians, or for films set in the present - they were the go-to bad-guys and were usually portrayed as psychotic terrorists. Which was why it's pretty impressive to accurately portray the fact that Saladin allowed all the Christian refugees in Jerusalem to leave - rather than committing mass murder of Jerusalem's inhabitants the same way the Christians had done when they took the city years earlier. To refuse the urge to make him and the soldiers of the Ayyubid Caliphate as nothing but bloodthirsty monsters and that in fact it was the Christians were the ones who committed the largest and most numerous amount of despicable atrocities during this period - that takes some balls. Great reaction guys!

so this is partially based on actual history. The characters where real people but some of the events happened differently. Balian,.The main character was not born in France in real-life but born in the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem. He also never had a affair with the princess, in fact he was married to the sick King's(and the Princesses) step mother. Balian married their step mother a few years after the sick Kings father died. Baldwin the King that was sick was a real King, who had a disease called Leprosy. Guy(the husband of the Prinxess) became King of Cyrpus later when his descendant ruled Cyprus to several centuries. One of Guys brothers married the widow of a English King an had children with her who where half brothers to another English King. These brothers became powerful Baeons in England who played major roles in wars against both Scotland and France. Balians descendants ruled Beirut til! The Muslims retook the city a few decades later.

A romance about a broken heart and girls ... plus a bit of history. The blacksmith has visions, the princess didn't go back to France with Balian, she stayed with her humiliated husband! Hope you watched the Director's Cut. That one friendly knight was an angel.

both sides have their extremists to this day, and the small minorities end up causing wars when given too much power... The story of Baldwin the 4th, a leper king as he was called, and Saladin is true, and after Baldwin's death war broke out again and Saladin ended up conquering Jerusalem. Guy of Lusignan, dude with long black hair, was also a real historical figure who married Baldwiw's sister.

I’m whiter than white and an atheist But I love your reactions. I love seeing the similarities between us. I think I could easily sit down and watch a movie with you both and have a great time. Thank you.

These reactors are especially good for this movie by understandings as with others but here was even more nice.-Ernie Moore Jr.

28:35 the man in the mask is Baldwin the 4th, also known as the Leper King of Jerusalem. He was the last successful Christian king of Jerusalem, and had debilitating leprosy for his entire reign. The mask was to cover up the scars, rashes, and deformities that leprosy had given him since childhood.