Last Friday I chose to see this film over I Robot because the lineup for Will's new movie was just too long. I shoulda waited.
When Bruckheimer messes up things, he does it royally. King Arthur, this version anyway, is supposed to be closer to fact than legend. Who knows ? (t was definitely a different take on how Arthur came to be a king). But to me the whole thing was an utter mess. For one thing the photography had a weird turquoise cast to it,particularly during the winter scenes, and for another there were too many characters with very little attempt to make you really care about them. As for the battle scenes, well they were impressive at times, but the long hesitation between one character levelling the final lethal blow to another character was a bit too much. This was done much better, and more beliveably by Michael Mann in Last Of The Mohicans.
I wouldn't say don't go see this one ( it does have that cutie from Pirates Of The Carribbean) and Ebert seemed to give it a thumbs up, but this just wasn't what I expected and would probably have been done better by someone else.
Sheesh, I hardly ever go to the movies and I had to pick this one. :cry:
When Bruckheimer messes up things, he does it royally. King Arthur, this version anyway, is supposed to be closer to fact than legend. Who knows ? (t was definitely a different take on how Arthur came to be a king). But to me the whole thing was an utter mess. For one thing the photography had a weird turquoise cast to it,particularly during the winter scenes, and for another there were too many characters with very little attempt to make you really care about them. As for the battle scenes, well they were impressive at times, but the long hesitation between one character levelling the final lethal blow to another character was a bit too much. This was done much better, and more beliveably by Michael Mann in Last Of The Mohicans.
I wouldn't say don't go see this one ( it does have that cutie from Pirates Of The Carribbean) and Ebert seemed to give it a thumbs up, but this just wasn't what I expected and would probably have been done better by someone else.
Sheesh, I hardly ever go to the movies and I had to pick this one. :cry:
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