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Kingdom Of Heaven (2005) 

MPEG-2 Video 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / Advanced Profile 3

DTS-HD

Subtitles: Dutch

TAlso Known As:El reino de los cielos (Spain) 
Königreich der Himmel (Germany) 
The Crusades (USA) (working title) 

A Nutshell Review: Kingdom of Heaven, 4 May 2005 


What struck me first about this movie was the visual style. Ridley Scott is just one of the best directors right now when it comes to this. Every shot feels thought-through, every color balanced. Most of the time though he still manages to avoid the clinical style of many other directors focused on visuals. "Gladiator" felt somewhat artificial to me when i watched it the first time around, and even more so when watching it on DVD. Many of the special effects-shots are simply not that well-made. "Kingdom of Heaven" though takes full opportunity of the advancements made in technology. The movie looks awesome to say the least.

The script is no revolution of coherence or cohesion, yet it works rather well for this type of movie. Because this is more pure entertainment than anything else. In the press material Ridley Scott stated himself that this should be seen more as entertainment than historical facts. Which is absolutely fine by me i might add, at least as long as he states this beforehand. Perhaps the most disturbing things is for instance the way that Orlando Bloom goes from clueless blacksmith to full-fledged sword-wielding knight in 15 minutes movie-time.

Technical Specs:


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Titel: Kingdom Of Heaven (2005) 
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Container: M2ts (Plays excellent with most media players, PC's and Playstation 3)
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Video: Untouched (no encoding)
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Aspect Ratio: 1920:1080p Frame rate: 23.976
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Audio Codecs: DTS-HD / AC3 640Kbps 48KHz Channels: 6 /DTS 1536Kbps 48KHz Channels: 5.1 
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Subtitles: Dutch (Separate *.srt file)
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File Size: 42.1Gb
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Source: Blu-Ray
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DXVA compliant: Yes
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Stripped: Unnecessary audio / subs and other crap
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Files: 393 x 100Mb
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Remuxed containing all original English (or other native) (High-Def) audio tracks 
including encoded audio tracks without HD for those who cannot play HD audio tracks. 
Video is always untouched in order to obtain the highest possible quality. Dutch subs 
are always included through a sepparate *.srt file and checked on sync and other errors.
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