King Arthur: this movie is about Arthur, right?
06-05-04, 05:36 PM
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King Arthur: this movie is about Arthur, right?
Looking at that posters and many of the teasers, it seems as though they are more or less advertising a Guinevere movie.
I meant to have the poster on here, but the site wouldn't link the image.
I meant to have the poster on here, but the site wouldn't link the image.
06-05-04, 09:22 PM
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A few months ago I was asked to watch a trailer for this at the mall using those TV goggles. They were scratched to hell, and the trailer was kinda rough looking. Then they asked me a bunch of questions. I pretty much told them it looks like they're trying to rip off Pirates of the Caribbean and I probably wouldn't see it the first week at the theater.
06-06-04, 05:29 PM
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The movies about King Aurther, but Keira Knightly is the face the masses are most likely to recognize. I love Clive Owen, but I don't think the couple to the right of me in the theater has ever seen, much less heard of Croupier....and even novice marketeers know you can't advertise a movie "starring that guy with the small role in The Bourne Identity and a leading role in an Angelina Jolie movie no one saw."
06-06-04, 07:28 PM
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Originally posted by clemente
....and even novice marketeers know you can't advertise a movie "starring that guy with the small role in The Bourne Identity and a leading role in an Angelina Jolie movie no one saw."
....and even novice marketeers know you can't advertise a movie "starring that guy with the small role in The Bourne Identity and a leading role in an Angelina Jolie movie no one saw."
I could care less what this movie is about. Keira Knightly is in it, I'm there. I could watch her read a phone book for 3 hours & be happy.
06-06-04, 09:53 PM
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Originally posted by greenknight
This movie will be about the true history of Arthur in his fight against the Saxon invaders.
This movie will be about the true history of Arthur in his fight against the Saxon invaders.
I see one person has bought into the studio hype. "True story."
06-06-04, 10:23 PM
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Originally posted by JasonF
Let's see if this works:
Let's see if this works:
Hopefully not another swashbuckling adventure a la Knights Tale...
06-06-04, 10:25 PM
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No way, I'm hoping it's exactly like Knights Tale. Medevil flicks don't nearly have enough WAR in their soundtrack as they should have.
06-06-04, 10:43 PM
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Originally posted by Sessa17
Keira Knightly is in it, I'm there. I could watch her read a phone book for 3 hours & be happy.
Keira Knightly is in it, I'm there. I could watch her read a phone book for 3 hours & be happy.
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06-07-04, 12:09 AM
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Hopefully not another swashbuckling adventure a la Knights Tale...
Nevertheless, based on my personal interest and the presence of Kira Knightly, I will probably see this one in the theater rather than waiting for the DVD (which I should have done for TROY).
06-07-04, 12:20 AM
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It doesn't say much when they keep hammering that it's a movie from "The Director of Training Day."
I still believe Fuqua's out of his league for this one.
I still believe Fuqua's out of his league for this one.
06-07-04, 12:46 AM
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Are modern moviemakers afraid to have a major female character be nonaggressive? Here's the proof that the answer is YES, no matter how much it flies in the face of the time period being portrayed.
No way in hades I'm going to see this movie.
No way in hades I'm going to see this movie.
06-07-04, 12:48 AM
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No way, I'm hoping it's exactly like Knights Tale. Medevil flicks don't nearly have enough WAR in their soundtrack as they should have.
06-07-04, 01:44 AM
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Kinghts tale did that. I never laughed harder at any scene in movie history. Oh man, that was comedy. Suffice to say, WAR needs to be on Medevil soundtracks a whole lot more. 
06-07-04, 10:36 AM
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Depending on what they're drawing on for sources, a warrior Guinevere isn't totally off the mark. The origins of the Arthur legend are in Welsh myth (waaay back, in 6th century oral tradition, when Arthur was "just" a warlord, pre-Lancelot, pre-Grail, pre-Camelot, etc.), and in Welsh and (closely related) Irish myth, warrior queens and war goddesses are very prominent.
Incidentally, Arthur is very likely a historical figure - from the 5th century, when the Romans had just abandoned Britain and the Saxons were flooding in. He may not have been called "Arthur" at that point (although it's reasonably likely), but in any case, a warlord who fought against the Saxons and preserved Britain for a while, winning some major battles in the process, was almost certainly a real figure. He may have been combined with some existing legends, and thus got a little more mythic "bulk", so to speak, but the core of the legend is based in historical fact.
Incidentally, Arthur is very likely a historical figure - from the 5th century, when the Romans had just abandoned Britain and the Saxons were flooding in. He may not have been called "Arthur" at that point (although it's reasonably likely), but in any case, a warlord who fought against the Saxons and preserved Britain for a while, winning some major battles in the process, was almost certainly a real figure. He may have been combined with some existing legends, and thus got a little more mythic "bulk", so to speak, but the core of the legend is based in historical fact.
06-07-04, 10:40 AM
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Oh, I don't disagree that Arthur, Guinevere, et al are rooted in historical fact. I disagree with the marketing campaign that is presenting this film as being "historical." Records from that time period are sketchy at best, and from the previews it looks like this film is going the usual route in a lot of places (Sword in the Stone, Guinevere/Lancelot affair, etc).
06-07-04, 11:32 AM
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Originally posted by Groucho
... from the previews it looks like this film is going the usual route in a lot of places (Sword in the Stone, Guinevere/Lancelot affair, etc).
... from the previews it looks like this film is going the usual route in a lot of places (Sword in the Stone, Guinevere/Lancelot affair, etc).
Instead of the well-known mythology, this movie explores a possible reality behind what may have inspired the stories. So, many standard plot points are missing. There is not Uther Pendragon, no Morgan La Fay, no sword in the stone, no quest for the Holy Grail, and no fatal love triangle.