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King Arthur (2004)
Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Clive Owen, Stellan Skarsgard, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Hugh Dancy
Screenwriter: David H. Franzoni
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Composer: Hans Zimmer
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 8, 2005
Reviews
Bruckheimer’s King Arthur is little more than spectacle, and not very interesting spectacle at that.
Attaches itself to the Arthurian legend like some parasitic worm
Great fun to watch even though it's completely preposterous.
Guinevere, no dainty princess she, is a kind of hardened medieval feminist, and the aggressor to Arthur's bashful but equally driven warrior, in both bed and on the battlefield.
In many ways this movie tells us far more about the values and age in which we are living, than the one it pretends to be returning us to.
A brash departure from the legend that retains the round table, but that's about it. Still, the contemporary echoes make the Dark Ages relevant again and the movie, while longwinded in parts, overcomes its shortcomings.
It nods in the direction of tons of potentially interesting developments of plot, theme and character, but doesn't bother to follow through on any of them enough to pay off.
Underrated, revisionist version of the Camelot legend; one of the year's 10 best
In seeking to demythify the Arthur legends, the filmmakers wind up creating a new mythology, one that is probably just as fanciful as those it attempts to replace.
Existential action yarn with solid performances and interesting characters.
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