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This is Ridley Scott's finest hour. Made only a couple of years after 'Gladiator', 'Kingdom of Heaven' (directors cut) expands his vision, bringing the ultimate epic of the crusades.

The movie centers on the third crusade and the battle of Jerusalem, but it is much more than your typical sword and sandal movie with cool scenes of fighting and war.

Where this movie succeeds especially is in its characters. The young protagonist Balian, played by Orlando Bloom in the peak of his career, was in fact a real character, charged with the defense of Jerusalem in 1187. Of course he is heavily fictionalized here, but his quest of finding true faith, and challenging faith, no matter if you are a christian or a muslim, is the foundation for the whole movie.

Also worth mentioning is Edward Norton's uncredited role as the masked king of Jerusalem, trying to keep the peace between him and the muslim leader, Saladin. He gets some of the best lines of dialogue in the movie. A very memorable performance.

Many have pointed out that 'Kingdom of Heaven', is the best example there is of "see the director's cut'. However, Sergio Leones 'Once upon a Time in America' still holds that crown. But there really shouldn't be any reason to watch any other version than the director's cut of 'Kingdom of Heaven'. Unless you are 14 and just want to skip to the 'cool stuff'. For me, the whole movie felt sort of flat and rushed, when I saw in the theatre back in 2005. The director's cut turned it into an epic, because character motivation becomes much more clear, which is needed when dealing with a complicated topic and story. It is needed if you want to feel some thing as an audience.

"I want to make the perfect new action adventure mystery movie, in the likes of Indiana Jones, Da Vinci Code, National Treasure and Uncharted."

Yes, there's the globehopping and setpieces. There are tombs and villains. Shootouts and fights. But it all feels so flat and generic. And that is mainly because the humor is over the top, like every piece of dialogue needs to have a pun or end in a one-liner.

The Indiana Jones movies and the first National Treasure-movie were fun, too. But the humor inserted was subtle and not in your face like in 'Fountain of Youth.'

Also, John Krasinski in the lead isn't very likeable. He mostly comes off as obnoxious.

Back to ChatGPT.... the answer given begins with "Hello, Guy. You have come to the right place. If you want to make a straight-to-streaming movie, here are some ideas:"