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Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Comments (0)

King Arthur

This past weekend the fiance, his mother, and I went to the movies to see King Arthur. I admit that I have wanted to see this movie for quite some time, but the soon-to-be-mother-in-law was also interested in seeing it.

We arrive late, but the previews hadn't even started. The theater was emptier than I expected, and we had no trouble finding decent seats.

I had heard pretty good things about this movie - mostly from some of my online pals, so I didn't really bother checking out the review of this movie elsewhere - like Yahoo! If you're expecting it to be somewhat like the older, but better, version of this tale, First Knight, you're going to be disappointed.

Plainly put, this movie was a snooze. I had hoped that it would be a pretty interesting flick, but it was fairly predictable and somewhat confusing. I don't mean that the story line was hard to follow, no, but some things in the movie simply did not make sense to me (to name just a few - was Guinevere truly a "Woad?" What does that little talisman Lancelot shows twice have to do with anything, and why is it made such a big deal? Where does Guinevere get her nice clothes after being imprisoned?). Not to mention, while some of the jokes in the movie were comical, they all centered around the same thing - Lancelot sleeping with one of the other knight's "girlfriend" and fathering her children! There's only so many renditions of one joke I can take.

King Arthur doesn't really become a "King" until the very end of the movie. He starts out as some sort of Commander for the Roman Empire, in charge of a small outpost in Britain. His "men" were somewhat slaves to the Roman Empire, and were supposed to be released after a certain amount of years (I forget how many - something like 15). When the time comes for the men to be released from their service, a Bishop arrives with one last duty - save the Pope's favorite godson from a large threat of Saxons, who are en route to hold the godson and family hostage. Arthur arrives to save Guinevere, who has been an imprisoned slave to the godson's family, and sentenced to death.

Together, with the other knights and a British faction called the "Woads," Arthur and Guinevere battle Saxons. There are a few big battle scenes - no where near as exciting as battle scenes from Lord of the Rings, The Last Samurai, or Braveheart, though. Eventually, and very unrealistically, they conquer the Saxons and claim the outpost for themselves, and Guinevere and Arthur marry amidst their friends from the outpost and new allies but once enemies, the "Woads."

I give this movie a big, "who cares."

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