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* [[Anvilicious]]: "Nearly a thousand years later, peace in the Kingdom of Heaven remains elusive", the final title card. |
* [[Anvilicious]]: "Nearly a thousand years later, peace in the Kingdom of Heaven remains elusive", the final title card. |
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** [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]]: |
** [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]]: |
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{{quote|'''Balian''': What is Jerusalem worth? |
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'''Saladin''': Nothing. (He walks away then turns around) [[No Except Yes|Everything!]] }} |
'''Saladin''': Nothing. (He walks away then turns around) [[No Except Yes|Everything!]] }} |
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* [[Canon Sue]]: The main character, mostly by making everyone else [[Too Dumb to Live]], <ref> The director's cut [[Hand Wave|explains]] that he fought in several battles in the past and used to build siege engines.</ref> |
* [[Canon Sue]]: The main character, mostly by making everyone else [[Too Dumb to Live]], <ref> The director's cut [[Hand Wave|explains]] that he fought in several battles in the past and used to build siege engines.</ref> |
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* [[Mary Tzu]]: Balian is often accused of being this by people who haven't seen the [[Directors Cut]] because in the theatrical version he is presented as a humble blacksmith who seems to inexplicably have a lot of knowledge about war. The better-received Director's Cut restores deleted scenes in which he explains that he was an engineer who worked with the army and built war machines before retiring to a simpler life as a blacksmith. |
* [[Mary Tzu]]: Balian is often accused of being this by people who haven't seen the [[Directors Cut]] because in the theatrical version he is presented as a humble blacksmith who seems to inexplicably have a lot of knowledge about war. The better-received Director's Cut restores deleted scenes in which he explains that he was an engineer who worked with the army and built war machines before retiring to a simpler life as a blacksmith. |
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* [[Memetic Badass]]: Saladin. |
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Saladin. |
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** He has a [[Egopolis|province named after him]] in [[ |
** He has a [[Egopolis|province named after him]] in [[Iraq]]. |
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* [[Purity Sue]]: King Baldwin IV, based on his historical reputation. |
* [[Purity Sue]]: King Baldwin IV, based on his historical reputation. |
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[[Category:Kingdom |
[[Category:Kingdom of Heaven]] |
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[[Category:YMMV]] |
[[Category:YMMV]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:09, 8 August 2014
- Anvilicious: "Nearly a thousand years later, peace in the Kingdom of Heaven remains elusive", the final title card.
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Balian: What is Jerusalem worth? |
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- Canon Sue: The main character, mostly by making everyone else Too Dumb to Live, [1]
- A brief scene in the directors cut has him designing a fortification centuries ahead of it's time in style.
- Complete Monster: Raynald de Chatillon, who leads attacks on innocent Arab villages in orgies of rape and head-chopping, just to provoke Saladin. It doesn't work until he cruelly and personally murders Saladin's sister.
- And drinking water meant for King Guy gets his throat slit.
- Saladin was going to kill him anyway, but offering water invokes Sacred Hospitality. "I did not give the cup to you."
- And drinking water meant for King Guy gets his throat slit.
- Ending Fatigue: The epilogue was especially prominent in the shorter theatrical release.
- Ensemble Darkhorse: Even (or maybe especially) in the poorly-received theatrical cut, Edward Norton's King Baldwin impressed critics and audiences.
- Europeans Love Saladin
- Iron Woobie: King Baldwin.
- Marty Stu: Balian, to some extent.
- Mary Tzu: Balian is often accused of being this by people who haven't seen the Directors Cut because in the theatrical version he is presented as a humble blacksmith who seems to inexplicably have a lot of knowledge about war. The better-received Director's Cut restores deleted scenes in which he explains that he was an engineer who worked with the army and built war machines before retiring to a simpler life as a blacksmith.
- Memetic Badass: Saladin.
- He has a province named after him in Iraq.
- Purity Sue: King Baldwin IV, based on his historical reputation.