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Aiden of Oreland:

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--- Quote from: Sir James A on 2015-04-23, 00:12:34 ---I have no problem taking it at face value for entertainment. :)

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Only if it's the director's cut ;)

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Agreed; the movie makes a lot more sense from the DC.

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Yep

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I too agree. But I also think the costume department did an excellent job with the Teutonic Knights :)

Sir Dimitry:
Remember tho' that Scott and his Design Dept did not use contemporary art or extant examples of costume and armour for the basis of the look of the movie. Like Gladiator, he used Victorian paintings as their jump point for nearly all of their designs. (the extra 2 discs of the DC are very informative)

Sir Michael:
I personally love watching the directors cut, the costumes, swords and the action really sucks me in.  Now I know that with anything coming out of hollyweird you have to take a lot of historical accuracy with a huge grain of salt, but it does fuel my love for that era.

Sir_Edward_ReBrook:
It's amazing to me how much better the director's cut is than the theatrical release. It's almost a completely different movie. For instance, Orlando Bloom's character is a bastard blacksmith and nothing more before becoming Baron of Ibilin (sp?) in the theatrical release, yet somehow he leads a defense in depth of a city and is, in general, an outstanding knight. Makes no sense at all. But in the director's cut, we learn that he had been in numerous wars "fighting for one war against another." All in all, the DC was just a far more coherent film. The only thing that irks me is the negative treatment of Templars and the giant crosses on the center of their chests as opposed to over their hearts, but maybe I'm wrong about that.

Sir Dimitry:
Remember historically the Templars were eventually excommunicated and hunted down and executed for crimes against Holy Mother Church and God...

The Templars here are the "bad Christians" while the Hospitallers (sp) are the "good Christians". That is much better told in the DC..

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