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Roger, Ebert, I read you: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

I really liked this movie. The political themes were pretty thoughtful, the acting wasn't as bad as I'd heard (though Orlando Bloom doesn't get as much mileage out of his sole facial expression as he thinks he does), and the military tactics on display actually made sense (though when will a Hollywood swordsman keep his doggone shield in front of his body while he fights?).

Other than taking one sentence to spell out unnecessarily every plot point of the movie, I only have this bit from Ebert:

There is also exhilarating footage of young Balian makes his way to Jerusalem, using the 12th-century equivalent of GPS: "Go to where they speak Italian, and then keep going." The line that I recall is "Go to where the men speak Italian, then keep going until they speak something else."