Historical fiction, Erroneous events, bad editing, weak script; this movie garnered all it's points from the fact I like the legend of Ned Kelly. Heath Ledger is a major disappointment here. I thought for sure he would have killed this job and been perfect for the part. His role in "The Patriot" was very decent, and I felt he had shown major improvements with his lead in "A Knights Tale". Here, he makes a massive backward step, or maybe a side-step, but fudges the role up in the end. It feels like he is trying to blend John Wayne from "The Quiet Man" with Mel Gibson in "The Patriot" or "Braveheart" with the result being a very stiff and wooden performance. It was disappointing for me because I know Ledger can bring more life into a character
Orlando Bloom, trash. He has to be the one of the top arguments of why Hollywood is going down the drain quality-wise. First of all, it's hard to look at him because he's just a gross mix of that "Punch & Judy" chin and that 'Juan Epstein' curly, greasy "wetlook" crap he calls hair. And Worst of all, he wishes he had the acting depth of Hulk Hogan. He is a HORRIBLE actor. He does 3 emotions- happy, sad(witch turns into fear when he raises his eyebrows), and introspective, which he also uses for concern. His best role ever was Legolas, and why? Because the elves didn't have tremendous emotional range, so he could pretty much make one face the whole movie. And, because we didn't have to see his disgusting greasy mop. Even then, he was in every other characters shadow, except for Gimli, who was turned into a clown by Peter Jackson. For further proof, just go see the movie "TROY", where he is easily the most forgettable character.
Goeffrey Rush, total totem-pole. Maybe taking too much from his performance in "The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers", he churns out a character which is a cross between inspector Clouseau and the chief-inspector/of-police from "Young Frankenstein", albeit without any humor and endearing qualities whatsoever.
This movie could have been so much more, but as it is, it's just a mediocre product with unsatisfying results.
Orlando Bloom, trash. He has to be the one of the top arguments of why Hollywood is going down the drain quality-wise. First of all, it's hard to look at him because he's just a gross mix of that "Punch & Judy" chin and that 'Juan Epstein' curly, greasy "wetlook" crap he calls hair. And Worst of all, he wishes he had the acting depth of Hulk Hogan. He is a HORRIBLE actor. He does 3 emotions- happy, sad(witch turns into fear when he raises his eyebrows), and introspective, which he also uses for concern. His best role ever was Legolas, and why? Because the elves didn't have tremendous emotional range, so he could pretty much make one face the whole movie. And, because we didn't have to see his disgusting greasy mop. Even then, he was in every other characters shadow, except for Gimli, who was turned into a clown by Peter Jackson. For further proof, just go see the movie "TROY", where he is easily the most forgettable character.
Goeffrey Rush, total totem-pole. Maybe taking too much from his performance in "The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers", he churns out a character which is a cross between inspector Clouseau and the chief-inspector/of-police from "Young Frankenstein", albeit without any humor and endearing qualities whatsoever.
This movie could have been so much more, but as it is, it's just a mediocre product with unsatisfying results.