So, hoping for an Arthurian tale with chivalry and maybe some action I decided to give this a shot on streaming. All I can say is, thank Christ I did not watch this in a cinema... there's no fast-forward there.
The trailer is one of those misleading types that promise one thing that the film does not then deliver upon. In this case, it promised (as I mentioned above) and Arthurian tale of knights and chivalry. What I got was a dreary, boring slog with little to recommend it.
After the first ten minutes, I came here, to IMDb, to see if I was being sold a pup. A rating of 6.9 greeted me. Suspicious, I delved into the comments and discovered the truth of the matter. It was indeed dull and boring.
Curious as to whether the whole movie was like that, I decided to skip ahead incrementally until I found something interesting. I stopped once, upon seeing the fox character and tarried for a few moments. But even that was done in such a dull and lifeless manner that I quickly gave up.
Needless to say, upon resuming the skipping, I soon reached the end of the film.
Now, of course, I went back and watched sections of the film, curious to see if, at any point, it rose above the heavily-sedated mediocrity it seemed to have set for itself. It did not.
Instead, what we have is an overly pretentious take on a classic arthurian legend that could not have been less engaging if it tried to be. There is almost no character development. There is very little attempt to pace the movie in anything like a normal manner. Places, people and story are sacrificed in this (and I'll use the term reluctantly...) art piece.
David Lowery has written and directed this movie in such a way as to appeal to only those think an unmade bed is artistic. Sure, the cinematography is interesting in places, but the over-reliance on dully lit or foggy scenes often makes it hard to see what is going on. But that last is okay ,really, because there is nothing going on.
All in all, an effort that has failed to do justice to the source material. Destined to be forgotten. Another of those movies you'll come across late at night, watch for a few minutes until you remember what it is and then go "Oh! That rubbish!" and swiftly change the channel.
SUMMARY: Dull, boring and tedious. What did the fox say? It said "You have got to be f*****g kidding me, right?" Avoid this.
The trailer is one of those misleading types that promise one thing that the film does not then deliver upon. In this case, it promised (as I mentioned above) and Arthurian tale of knights and chivalry. What I got was a dreary, boring slog with little to recommend it.
After the first ten minutes, I came here, to IMDb, to see if I was being sold a pup. A rating of 6.9 greeted me. Suspicious, I delved into the comments and discovered the truth of the matter. It was indeed dull and boring.
Curious as to whether the whole movie was like that, I decided to skip ahead incrementally until I found something interesting. I stopped once, upon seeing the fox character and tarried for a few moments. But even that was done in such a dull and lifeless manner that I quickly gave up.
Needless to say, upon resuming the skipping, I soon reached the end of the film.
Now, of course, I went back and watched sections of the film, curious to see if, at any point, it rose above the heavily-sedated mediocrity it seemed to have set for itself. It did not.
Instead, what we have is an overly pretentious take on a classic arthurian legend that could not have been less engaging if it tried to be. There is almost no character development. There is very little attempt to pace the movie in anything like a normal manner. Places, people and story are sacrificed in this (and I'll use the term reluctantly...) art piece.
David Lowery has written and directed this movie in such a way as to appeal to only those think an unmade bed is artistic. Sure, the cinematography is interesting in places, but the over-reliance on dully lit or foggy scenes often makes it hard to see what is going on. But that last is okay ,really, because there is nothing going on.
All in all, an effort that has failed to do justice to the source material. Destined to be forgotten. Another of those movies you'll come across late at night, watch for a few minutes until you remember what it is and then go "Oh! That rubbish!" and swiftly change the channel.
SUMMARY: Dull, boring and tedious. What did the fox say? It said "You have got to be f*****g kidding me, right?" Avoid this.