tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post1047165691033761846..comments2024-03-28T17:48:19.196-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: Sword & Sorcery & Cinema: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)Timothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-60433290471786423802021-07-11T05:31:01.269-05:002021-07-11T05:31:01.269-05:00I am easily displeased with deviations from lore, ...I am easily displeased with deviations from lore, but if there are deviations, then I want them to be stark deviations. For example, I liked Baz Luhrmans Romeo & Juliet in the Streets of Verona Beach, as it is so obviously its own thing and not some sly faking of the original.<br />In that same way, I am rather allergic to all the usual "Arthur is actually a Roman and that is totally realistic" mumbo jumbo, but I liked this King Arthur movie here very much.<br /><br />You are right about the actors and their relatively half-assed performance, but the film has a lot of the distinct Guy Ritchie-vibe (which also puts the presence of Giant elephants, African King's Hands, powerful Vikings, and Chinese martial artists neatly within the realm of the possible), it has the really inspiring style and fascinating performance of the mage, who managed to convey a good deal of "other-worldliness" by posture and facial expressions, and it has this epic motto of Arthur's that struck a chord with me: "Why have enemies when you can have friends."<br />I also liked the elegance of having Merlin himself not present, thus respecting the character's epic status by leaving him unchallenged.PapierundSpiele.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583254832663722163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-64489943624035353902021-07-11T04:59:30.611-05:002021-07-11T04:59:30.611-05:00I'm a big fan of Arthurian movies as well, so ...I'm a big fan of Arthurian movies as well, so I've been meaning to watch this film since it came out. I did watch the first five minutes when it was originally available on Sky, but it failed to hook me. Your honest write-up has <i>not</i> encouraged me to return to it ;)Tim Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845783872464372488noreply@blogger.com