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Adulcettone t1_ixqxof5 wrote

Reply to comment by BTS_1 in “Kingdom of Heaven: Director’s Cut” (2005) by thedarkknight16_

He still struggles with line delivery. It's all monotone growling because he thinks it adds weight.

You don't feel any real emotional connection to Balion compared to say Baldwin or Sybilla. Things just happen to him and he's just there.

There were a dozen young actors at that time who would have elevated that part. He was just cast because of Lord of the Rings giving him box office appeal.

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The_Stank__ t1_ixrmdu7 wrote

He plays his character exactly how he was written. Dudes jaded, lost his wife and child, being told somehow it’s his or his wife’s fault and he isn’t in God’s Grace and he spends the entire movie truly wondering if this city is worth the lives of so many women and children in the name of a God he’s not entirely sure he believes in.

As far as being a jaded knight goes, I believe him. Especially in the end when he absolutely spanks Guy and walks away.

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BTS_1 t1_ixst150 wrote

> Especially in the end when he absolutely spanks Guy and walks away.

Its surreal this scene isn’t in Theatrical Cut — it’s like the Fox execs intentionally butchered the movie lol

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BTS_1 t1_ixss5yq wrote

> You don’t feel any real emotional connection to Bailon compared to say Baldwin or Sybilla. Things just happen to him and he’s just there.

So you either didn’t watch the Director’s Cut or didn’t pay attention to it because they explain all of your “complaints.”

The Theatrical Cut is problematic because it does feel like “things just happen” to Bailon in that version but the Director’s Cut addresses all of these things.

His performance works in the films benefit due to how reserved it is.

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Adulcettone t1_ixu91nr wrote

I've watched the director's cut multiple times. You've completely misunderstood what I've said.

Balion is there for events but Bloom as an actor isn't capable of any emotional resonance when things happen. He delivers a stilted and wooden performance regardless of the impact of the scene.

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