I was pleasantly surprised after watching the new King Arthur movie that it was not as bad as I was expecting it to be. It was an adequate movie version. Normally I am very judgmental and don't like movie versions that mess with the original or accepted stories but this one was close enough for me. There were components that were good, some parts that could have been a lot better, but overall it was an okay movie. There was nothing special or amazing out it but kept my interest thoughout.
King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword is the story of King Arthur this time as a boy, his uncle Vortigern, played by Jude Law decides that he wants to be king and kills his brother Uther Pendragon, played by Eric Bana. Arthur, played by Charlie Hunnam, ends up being taken in a raised in a brother where he grows up learning about being a leader on the streets. When Arthur becomes a man he ends up drawing the Sword Excalibur out of the stone, identifying himself as the true born kind. Arthur gets drawn into the battle of his uncle who wants to stay King and the people who want him destroyed. Also stating: Astrid Berges-Frisbey as The Mage; Dijimon Hounsou as Bedivere; Aiden Gillen as Bill; Freddie Fox as Rubio; Craig McGinlay as Percivel; and Tom Wu as George.
I ended up watching the movie in 3D because I didn't want to wait several hours to see the 2D version and I am really starting to think that watching movies in 3D makes the CGI look more fake and obvious. A lot of the CGI was obvious and distracting but they did have the one of the few things that I like in 3D thing floating in the air, in this movie is was the ash. There was lots of this affect.
The action blocking and editing was very chopping and I didn't like the amount of cuts that they made. There were many moments where I found myself thinking "quick, quick, slow" during these moments as this is how the film put these sequences together. There was lots of shaking cam but the only thinking really horrible were the times where things went into a GoPro shot. It really didn't go with the rest of how everything was filmed.
This movie is basically one action scene after another action scene and many of them are very similar so there is not at lot of variety in the whole movie. The plot is very simplistic and just enough to keep it going. There were moments where I think that the overall affect would have been better if the movie was rated R because if the gore was pumped up a bit it would have been better. It also had a strong magic component but as this was consistent thought-out the movie and the Arthur legend usually has magic in it worked.
I like the cast and cast interactions. Everyone did a good job with what they were given. There wasn't much plot development or a lot of time spend on the characters getting to the changes or places they end up. Some of the moments that should have been emotional choices didn't really matter because the choice was very obvious or the other people affected didn't matter. The only exception was with Blue, played by Bleu Landau and this was because his motivation was fleshed out and very understandable.
I liked this movie, but it was only average. Something that it is fine to wait until it is on demand or television to see.
My Rating: 2-
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