In honor of discounted movies on Tuesdays my boyfriend and I decided to go and see King Arthur today. The movie was neither of our first choices. I was leaning towards the new chick flick with Nick Robinson and he wanted to watch the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy. So, we compromised and decided on King Arthur and it was a lot better than I had thought it would be.
To start off I had really low expectations for this movie. I vaguely knew the stories of King Arthur from learning about them in junior high. I expected the movie to be a boring tale of knights sitting around a circular table discussing war strategies. However, the movie started out at a quick pace and barely slowed down throughout the duration of the film. In the beginning King Arthur goes into an adventurous background story about Excalibur (the infamous sword in the stone) Unlike the original tales of King Arthur that don’t fully explain why Arthur was picked to pull the sword, the movie draws a direct line between the sword and Arthur’s father. The movie also had an enchanted feel to it with the sword’s power coming from the all-powerful sorcerer, Merlin and a mage that could control animals.
The only negative aspect I picked up on throughout the movie was the use of time lapses. Time lapses help show how the character progresses throughout a long time period but are shown through a few minutes or less, usually accompanied by some type of song or background music. While I think time lapses are a cool idea using 3 different ones in the same movie is a little excessive. If anything I wondered why they couldn’t make a few of the time lapses movies of their own.
Overall, King Arthur is a heroic tale about an ordinary boy who becomes King. if you like the world of kings and knights dueling to take over kingdoms this movie is something you’ll want to see. Also from a girl’s perspective, the main character isn’t bad to look at.
ACCORDING TO NATALIE 