ISAPPOINTMENT TO RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN FILM (2005) : READER RESPONSE ANALYSIS

This research has three objectives: (1)To portray the profile of the reviewers the Kingdom of Heaven Film (2005) (2) To describe the issues ofdisappointment of The Kingdom of Heaven Film (2005) (3) To reveal the reason of disappointment. Qualitative approach is employed because the researcher wants to focus on describing how the audience reviews of the Kingdom of Heaven Film through Reader-Response theory .The data using two data source. They are primary and secondary data. The primary data were taken from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) and the secondary data were taken from such as other source article,book, journal, also website related to reader respons e theory. Till may 2005 Up to September 30 2014 there were 923 reviewers consisting of 657 data analyzed and 266 spoilers. The dominant issue which is response by the reviewers is applying the reader response theory by beach dealing with the cultural response. The total 533 reviewers stated that they disappointed to the film. The finding concluded that they were 21 issues disappointment.Based on the reader response analysis, this researvh also connected with the culture context. Pro Contra portrayed the ch aracter was influenced by their background nationality and culture. The reviewer who feel advantages will assume the Kingdom of Heaven film is Good while the reviewer who feel disadvantages will assume this film is worst