**Kingdom of Heaven**

[Pericles]

When I go to the movies to watch a history-based film, I usually look for:

* a good story

* does the film evoke time and place

* does the film provide us with a sense of history

I think KoH achieves these.

Yes, there are inaccuracies...

But I don't think Scott set out to give us a history lesson; I think his theme was much bigger than that - he used the setting for the Crusades to tell us something about the on-going conflict in the Middle East over Jerusalem...

I tend to be a bit more forgiving about history and the movies, and consequently, I have a much better time...

If the movie gets me reading more about that time period then it has done its job...