Monday, October 13, 2008

Movie Moments XII: You’re the what now?

Today's moment is brought to you by the movie Kingdom of Heaven and has nothing to do with religion.  (What can I say, I'm a sucker for siege machines, warfare, armor, and costumes.)  Now, there are several scenes that I like in this movie, but there is one in particular that I always want to catch, even if I only watch the movie for the few seconds that it's on screen.  This moment appears towards the end (or maybe the middle or the end of the middle.).  It occurs after the new king, Guy de Lusignan, decides that it's time to go to war, so he's gathered everyone together to give them their orders and get them all jazzed up and ready to go.  Just prior to this, we learned that our fearless leader sent a few knights to kill off the trouble making Balian.  (Of course, they fail to do this because if they had succeeded there wouldn't be much movie after that, what with the main character being dead and all.)  Now, Guy is getting everybody ready and dealing with a few dissenting voices, so he has to make it clear who he is and why they should listen to him, and it is at this moment that our hero returns just in time for Guy to see him as he says, "And I am...the king."  The look on his face at the end of that line, after he sees that Balian is still alive, clearly says, "Why aren't you dead?"  I probably I get too much joy from it, but will still always try to catch that moment whenever the movie is on.  It's all about the delivery and I think that Marton Csokas really nails it.

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