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[ Ron Pemberton - Personal Perspective Music Films Books Products WordPress Palm OS] Not a good year for Balian ” the French blacksmith played by Brit sensation Orlando Bloom, minus the blond locks that goosed his ride to stardom as Legolas (Elf) in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Balian gets a visit from Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), the famed knight who announces, "I am your father," and invites him along to Jerusalem in the service of the leper King Baldwin IV (Edward Norton), who wants to keep the city open to Christians, Jews and Muslims.
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[Walloworld.com] Wallo World » Blog Archive » The Failing of the Kingdom: The ...: Orlando Bloom plays Balian, a young French blacksmith who suddenly learns he is the heir of a noble (although he only discovers this after his wife’s unfortunate death). Young Balian travels from France to Jerusalem to take his father’s place in the Christian kingdom carved from Muslim rule as a result of the First Crusade some eighty years previously.
[Endofmedia.com] End of Media » Blog Archive » Kingdom of Heaven: Hollywood and ...: The storytelling in its desire to be bigger and bolder, to blow the audiences minds if you will with huge battles and set pieces, doesnt really tell us much about Balian, or what makes him tick. For example, throughout the film he makes allusions to freedom and justice, metaphysical and worldly, but would a 12th century blacksmith even understand these concepts?
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[Futuremovies.co.uk] Kingdom of Heaven Review (DVD Movie/Film): Luckily at this point, a stranger who we soon come to know as Godrey of Ibelin, Baron and all-round good egg (Neeson) rides into town in search of horseshoes and his long-lost son, who happens to be Balian (whod have thunk it!)
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[Rollingstone.com] Rolling Stone : Kingdom of Heaven : Review: But there's still time for Godfrey to knight Balian and charge him to protect the holy city from the Saracen army, led by the Muslim legend Saladin (the superb Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud gives a performance that should be remembered at awards time), and the greedy, militant Knights Templars, led by Guy de Lusignan (Martin Csokas, a walking sneer), who both see war as an IPO and faith as an excuse to launch it.
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