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The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and epic.
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- r96skon TMDB · Oct 20238/10
I had a lot of fun with <em>'King Arthur'</em>! It has all of the ingredients of an entertaining film for me. I'm a sucker for a great score and this 2004 flick has just that, from the very first scene in fact - great way to open the movie! Absolutely no surprise whatsoever to see that Hans Zimmer was on music for this - legend! There are also a number of actors that I like from other productions. Keira Knightley is the standout in my opinion, followed by Ioan Gruffudd - who has a great voice for narration, which kept bringing back fond memories of his showing as Henry Morgan in severely underrated television show <em>'Forever'</em>. Those two I enjoyed most, though Ray Winstone, Stephen Dillane (if underused) and Stellan Skarsgård (if a tad underwhelming) are positives as well. The one obvious omission from that previous paragraph is Clive Owen, who of course plays the titular character. I'm mixed on his performance. He nailed (most of) the speeches, though I wasn't convinced with his overall acting level. I feel like the filmmakers should've chosen someone more commanding to lead this, Owen is a little bit too meh in my eyes. No idea, nor interest in truth, in how supposedly accu
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Sep 20235/10
Clive Owen is the eponymous leader of a cohort of the Sarmatian cavalry - on their last mission after a 15 year attachment to the now retreating Roman army. This mission requires them to head to the northern reaches of Britain - beyond Hadrian's wall - to rescue a family whose teenage son is a favoured godson of the Pope. The Saxons are menacingly poised above the wall, heading south and Merlin's Woads are all around, seemingly quite content to let the Romans and the Saxons sort it out between themselves and then take the prize from the weakened victors. This is an ok adventure yarn with a decent cast of British stalwarts - Ioan Gruffudd, Ray Winstone, Joel Edgerton and Hugh Dancy amongst his comrades, as well as Mads Mikkelsen and his hawk all trekking the country fighting as they go. The photography is good, and the battle scenes - especially on the frozen lake is also quite effective. Sadly, though the lead acting is really lacklustre. Clive Owen, Ray Winstone (with his baby's arm holding an apple) and Saxon chief Stellan Skarsgård are all really poor - with very little by way of decent dialogue to help them out either. Keira Knightley turns out to be quite proficient with an ar
Read the whole review on TMDB - Gimlyon TMDB · Jun 20188/10
Do yourself a favour and grab the **extended **edition of this movie, It's like a whole new film and it is way way better. _Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._
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Cast
- Clive OwenArthur
- Ioan GruffuddLancelot
- Keira KnightleyGuinevere
- Mads MikkelsenTristan
- Joel EdgertonGawain
- Hugh DancyGalahad
- Ray WinstoneBors
- Stephen DillaneMerlin
- Ray StevensonDagonet
- Til SchweigerCynric
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- Antoine FuquaDirector
- David FranzoniWriter
- Sławomir IdziakDirector of Photography
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Conrad Buff IVEditor
- Jamie PearsonEditor
- Jerry BruckheimerProducer
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