GOD EFFECTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR MOVIE, STORY Hm NOT AS MUCH, BEEN DONE WAY BETTER AND A HELLA OF A LOT MORE INTERESTING.
THE MOVIE DOE'S NOT TAKE IT'S SELF SERIOUSLY AT ALL WHICH IS NOT A TOTALLY BAD THING, WHEN THE JOKE'S AND LIGHTHEARTEDNESS ARE PLACED RIGHT. I WAS GIGGLING AND LAIGHING MOST OF THE TIME, NOT SURE IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO AT TIME'S BUT I DID. THE ACTING WAS er well LET'S SAY...
WELL WILL LEAVE THAT OUT THERE, DAVID BECKHAM
ENOUGH SAID, as I roll my eye's and put my head in my hands.
BUT APART FROM THAT
LOVED THE REST OF THE CAST I KNEW THE FACES, WHICH HELPED AND I THINK IT'S A FUN MOVIE, ALTHOUGH I WANTED MORE ACTION AND MORE AWESOMENESS WITH THAT BLOODY SWORD, GOD THEY MAKE YOU WAIT FOR IT PAST, WAY PAST THE HALF WAY MARK. FOR ME IT WOULD BE A MUCH HIGHER MARK IF THAT SWORD GOT USED MORE
SEEING OUR ARTHUR RIP THROUGH ARMIES WITH IT IS JUST AWESOME BUT IN THIS MOVIE IT'S ONE UP FROM BEING TEASED. OTHER THAN THAT A WORTH ONCE WATCH A YEAR ARE 2 APART, JUST TO REMIND YOU AFTER YOU'VE FORGOTTEN IT. WHICH IS NOT THAT HARD TO DO. NOT A WASTE OF TIME THOUGH FOR SOMETHING LIGHTHEARTED FOR A CHANGE TO GIVE YOU A SMILE WHILE BEING WOWED BY INTERESTING TIDY FX.
6/10
Vi kan börja med att fråga oss huruvida vi verkligen behövde en ny film om Arthulegenden? Svaret är ja, ifall den görs på ett nytt och aldrig förut skådat sätt. Men Guy Ritchies film är inte den filmen.
Visuellt har filmen klart inspirerats av Peter Jacksons Tolkien-filmer men den överivrigt skakande kameran, de jämt återkommande slow motion-segmenten samt de plastiga specialeffekterna med explosioner och hela rubbet får stora delar av filmen att kännas som ett kasst videospel i stil med God of War. Det hjälper inte att klippningen är alltför hektisk även i de stunder då det inte skulle behövas. Jag fann det faktiskt svårt att ibland se vad det är som egentligen händer. Ritchies film har dessutom en konstant drömsk känsla och ett sömnigt flöde så den känns aldrig realistisk eller speciellt trovärdig. Den hemska elektroniska musiken passar heller inte alls till denna typ av film.
Humorn fungerar ibland, men är oftast missplacerad. Ritchies karakteristiska montagesekvenser förekommer alldeles för ofta och gör den redan färsigt överkomplicerade och oinspirerande intrigen svår att följa. Skådespelarna gör ett helt okej jobb men ingen lyckas verkligen väcka sin karaktär till liv.
Visst finns det helt bra actionscener och spännande moment här och där men för det mesta är det här ett misslyckat och undermåligt försök till en nytänkande Arthurfilm.
These days have been a bit of a movie marathon with the kids being here since the 24th so we have made quite a dent in the to-watch shelf of my movie collection.
Yesterday it was time for some rehashing of the Pendragonian legends in the form of King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword. Usually I find it dangerous business to mess with classical and well proven stories. Do not fix what is not broken and all that. I did, however, find this rehash quite entertaining.
The base of the story is of course, and thankfully, the same: Uther is killed, Excalibur ends up in a stone, Arthur pulls Excalibur out of the stone, lots of swordfights, Arthur becomes king. The details of that story is rehashed quite a lot though.
The movie opens up with some fairly cool action where Uther combats Mordred (yes Mordred already in the opening scenes, as I said, rehash…) who attacks Camelot with black magic and king-sized (pun intended) combat elephants. I cannot say too much about what happens without spoiling a lot but the sword ends up in the stone and Arthur ends up…somewhere else.
So already from the start the movie asserted two things, that it is a different take on the Pendragon saga and that it is fairly heavy on action, black magic and special effects. I was a bit worried about the rehashing of the saga bit at this point but, as you have already deduced from the above, overall I quite enjoyed the movie.
The movie proceeds by showing us Arthur growing up in a bit more misery than the traditional stories do but it does so in more or less fast forward mode and we arrive rather quickly to the point were Arthur pulls out the sword from the stone.
This is were I have a bit of a gripe with the movie. This moment felt a bit anticlimactic and even disappointing. There was not big moment of awe just confusion. As the movie blurb hints at, Arthur is neither ready nor willing to become a king. So at this point everyone has to go through the hassle of convincing him. I rarely like this reluctant hero concept. Boring!
Luckily Arthur has a merry band of friends to help him chose the right path and this is were the movie spends quite a bit of time. With Arthur as a bit of a Robin Hood in the woods and him and his compadres nibbling at Vortigern’s heels. Of course every so often Arthur is nudged towards his destiny and the action when he decides, well is forced is perhaps more correct, to pick up Excalibur it becomes a bit of an FX feast.
In terms of acting and characters I would say that they all made a fairly good job of it. Arthur himself is stuck with the reluctant hero role, which I am not too found of as I wrote before, but he is doing a decent enough job of it. Vortigern is not bad as the chief bad guy. I did like the mage although most of the time she was looking into the distance and flapping her eyelids. That is when things were happening though. You do NOT want this gal to flip her eyelids at you!
Naturally everything was slowly building up towards the big bada boum between Arthur and Vortigern and, again, I think this was fairly well done. Lots of action, lots of magic and lots of FX. I really enjoyed how things played out at the end and all the visuals. One thing that I did like more with this version of the story, okay bit of a spoiler ahead, is that it did not end as tragically as the usual King Arthur story.
Bottom line, if you are set in stone as to what the Pendragon saga should be then watch another movie. If not and you’re up for some nice fantasy action adventure in the Pendragon universe you might like this movie. I did!
Review by ALAMLEDPVIP 5BlockedParent2023-01-19T09:08:32Z
The latest retelling of the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, is a Guy Ritchie film through and through. With Ritchie's signature humor and fast-paced dialogue present throughout, the film reimagines the classic story with a modern twist, depicting Arthur as a streetwise fighter and the good guys as underdogs. However, the film suffers from a lack of identity and an overreliance on CGI, resulting in a disjointed and numbing experience. The cast, led by Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law, give decent performances but fail to fully connect as hero and villain. Despite some enjoyable moments and a fun performance from Law, the film ultimately falls short of its potential.
El último recuento de la legendaria historia del Rey Arturo y los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, es una película de Guy Ritchie de principio a fin. Con el humor característico de Ritchie y el diálogo acelerado presente en todo momento, la película vuelve a imaginar la historia clásica con un toque moderno, mostrando a Arthur como un luchador callejero y a los buenos como perdedores. Sin embargo, la película adolece de una falta de identidad y una dependencia excesiva de CGI, lo que resulta en una experiencia inconexa y adormecedora. El elenco, encabezado por Charlie Hunnam y Jude Law, brinda actuaciones decentes pero no logra conectar completamente como héroe y villano. A pesar de algunos momentos agradables y una actuación divertida de Law, la película finalmente no alcanza su potencial.