King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017

Directed by Guy Ritchie

From nothing comes a King

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

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cinéfila... 🕯️
Review by cinéfila... 🕯️ ★★★ 7

i read a negative review of this that described it as "a movie for people who love charlie hunnam and leather pants" and i was like woah buddy quit pitching you've already made the sale

Jacob Martin (formally known as The Movie King)
Review by Jacob Martin (formally known as The Movie King) ★★★★★ Liked 33

I will never understand the mentality of modern filmgoers. They'll say they want something original and different, but when an original and different film comes out, they'll complain that it is weird, silly, and bonkers, even though the sequel or remake they just watched has the same elements and the love the living crap out of it (like Guardians 2, for instance).

That's why I'm bummed that films like King Arthur: Legend of the Sword flopped, because in my eyes, it's a visually creative, utterly bonkers, stylishly filmed fantasy film that I hope becomes a cult classic at least.

Directed by Guy Ritchie (a director I'm mixed towards because of how up-and-down the two Sherlock Holmes films were), King Arthur…

davidehrlich
Review by davidehrlich ★★ 7

Part “Game of Thrones,” part “Snatch,” and almost all bad, Guy Ritchie’s “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” is one of those generic blockbusters that has nothing to say and no idea how to say it. It’s not the worst film of 2017 — after all, Jude Law plays an evil wizard who sacrifices his wife to a three-headed sex kraken in the first 10 minutes — but it might just be the most unnecessary.

Things start intriguingly enough, as Ritchie opens with a prologue that promises to push this very familiar epic even further towards hard fantasy than any of its previous tellings — such is the dark magic of CGI. Launching us into a medieval world of men…

Tasha Robinson
Review by Tasha Robinson ★★ 5

If you had a really bad migraine during Return Of The King and passed out, and then went home and watched 10 random minutes of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, this is EXACTLY what it would look like. Okay, it would help if you were a little bit high, and you were watching Lock, Stock in your man-cave filled with furs draped over leather couches, and plastered in Frank Frazetta paintings, while the scent of Axe Body Spray hangs heavy in the air. Who did your decor, bro?

Full (and less Axe-inflected) review for The Verge here.

roby
Review by roby ★★★½ Liked

Whoa, did you know that Guy Ritchie directed this???? Couldn’t tell from the... everything

fran hoepfner
Review by fran hoepfner ★★★ Liked

can't believe it literally ends on a "what is this supposed to be, some type of... round... table?"

sophie
Review by sophie ½ Liked 4

this is probably worth more than half a star, but I can’t watch it without thinking of when me and my friends first saw this. the screen goes black for a few seconds at the beginning, and my friend leans over and whispers “the end” which wasn’t even that funny, but I couldn’t stop laughing for some reason. long story short, we had a great time but the other people in the theatre did not like us. not one bit.

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