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• Meanwhile, in Kingdom of Heaven...

Balian: What is Jerusalem worth? Salahadin: Nothing. (turns to walk away, looks back, and smiles in triumph) Everything.

• Making the scene even more awesome is the conversation before that, when Salahadin promised that he would give safe passage to every Christian citizen of Jerusalem.

Balian: When the Christians took this city, they butchered every Muslim living within these walls. Salahadin: I am not those men. I am Salahadin. Salahadin.

• The king, Baldwin IV: "I am Jerusalem. And you, Reynald, will give me the kiss of peace."
  • Context makes this more of a brutal rebuke and thus more awesome: Baldwin is a leper since his youth; the hand he demands the villain kisses is covered with bleeding sores.
    • Made even more awesome that he beats the snot out of Reynald afterwards, even though it pushes his body too far.
• His successor, Guy de Lusignan, gets one too: "I am Jerusalem. Assemble the army!!"
• Also, when Balian knights all the men at arms.
• The final sequence with Salahadin, as he walks through the city for which he has united a people, fought a war, annihilated an army and humiliated a king. He walks on rose-petals into the Dome of the Rock as Crusader banners fall from the ceiling. And then his servants and soldiers all leave, the doors close behind him - and he marks his victory by bowing in silent prayer.
  • According to some news reports, movie audiences in the Middle East gave this scene a standing ovation when Salahadin stops to pick up a Christian cross, and respectfully places it back on its altar.
• From the extended edition - the Balian vs Guy duel ends with a classic Sword Over Head. Guy, injured and on his knees, demands a finishing blow. Instead...

Balian: When you rise again - if you rise - rise a knight.

• "SIIILLLEEEEEEENNNNCE!" Because Tiberius can be a badass without ever pulling out his sword.
• Saladin slashing Jerkass Reynald's throat after taking a cup of water meant for Guy.
• The entire siege of Jerusalem at the end. The city's badly outnumbered defenders hold off the Saracens for three days thanks to Balian's strategy and the morale boost given by knighting every soldier within the walls.

Awesome Music

• Ibelin and its reprise, Light of Life.