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Photo
by Jonathan Hession/Buena Vista Pictures
Keira
Knightley stars as Guinevere in Antoine
Fuqua's "King Arthur," a unique
take on the classic tale.
Modern
take on classic legend
By
Jamie Rowe
Daily Forty-Niner
Battle
scenes with awesome weaponry galore and
a scantily clad, hot chick frolicking around
make for a testosterone filled movie-going
experience at King Arthur.
Gentlemen,
this is a perfect movie to take your girlfriend
to see. While she's drooling over Arthur
and his knights, you can stare at Guinevere's
(Kiera Knightley) taped up chest all you
want. Clive Owen (Arthur), Ioan Gruffudd
(Lancelot), Mads Mikkelsen (Tristan), Joel
Edgerton (Gawain), Hugh Dancy (Galahad),
Ray Winstone (Bors), and Ray Stevenson (Dagonet)
all play hunky knights fighting for their
freedom and the freedom of Britiannia.
The
battle scenes are somewhat fake looking,
much like what one would see on WWE; however,
the warrior skills of the Knights, Guinevere,
and the English are very impressive. The
injuries may look fake, but the overall
strategies and skills of the fighters well
make up for the lack of good stunt acting.
The
movie leaves behind the traditional tale
of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round
Table. It attempts to paint a historically
accurate portrait of the legend's origins,
but makes more historical mistakes in the
process. The knights are actually slaves
of the Roman Empire, Guinevere is a tortured
prisoner of a favored Roman family and the
Lady of the Lake is nonexistent.
Yet
this makes the movie stronger and more interesting.
The characters have more internal conflict
and speak their minds about religion and
freedom.
The
end is a miserable and major disappointment.
It seems the director, Antoine Fuqua, just
wanted to end it all. There are some unexplained
parts, which may leave the viewer feeling
frustrated and baffled. Aside from these
flaws this movie is a great way to escape
into the past and enter the fantasyland
of ancient Britain. I give this movie three
licks out of four for its level of deliciousness.
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