K I N G A R T H U R
L E G E N D O F T H E S W O R D
The film begins with a background of the relationship between humans and mages. At first, they lived in harmony. In fact, the king of England (King Uther) had extremely good relations with the mages. But a dark mage by the name of Mordred wanted to assert mages' dominance over
normal men, so he launched a war against men. And England was his target.
The king defeats Mordred single-handed, thanks to his sword called Excalibur, given him by Merlin. After that, there's a celebration and the kingdom rejoices. But the Uther's brother, Vortigern (played by Jude Law), is not as happy as the rest of the kingdom. He takes his wife to a secret cave, and there, he kills her as a sacrifice of sorts.
Uther awakes his wife and tells her that they have to leave the castle immediately. They pick up their son and run down to the harbor to flee in a rowboat. But along comes a demonic looking thing that kills Uther's wife and Uther himself. But his sacrifice allows his son to escape.
And yeah, you guessed it, Uther's son is Arthur. WOW! So Arthur grows up, learning to fight and survive in a brothel outside of the kingdom. And he does fairly well. He's a strong fighter and he knows how to save cash. By the time he's an adult, he's got coffers stored up full of cash.
He also knows how to get into trouble. He gets into a quarrel with a few vikings which actually sparks a royal raid of the bar and club that he lives in. So because of that, he gets shipped off
to the kingdom hub. At this time, the infamous "sword in the stone" that everybody knows of appears and is actually a threat to Vortigern. And he wants to know why it's shown up.
But anyway, Arthur goes to the stone and pulls it out. He grips it with two hands and it actually burns him, then he passes out. He's then taken before Vortigern and is about to be executed, but there's a mage that helps him out. He and a band of rebels escape to a secret hideout, where they decide that Vortigern has to be overthrown. They plan an assassination and they proceed to carry it out. One of the people that's in on it is actually working for Vortigern. She's the spokesperson for the people of the kingdom.
When the assassination is supposed to take place, Vortigern suspects that there's a threat to his life, so he sends out a decoy. The assassination fails and the band of rebels and Arthur have to book it. They almost get overrun, but Arthur takes out Excalibur and wreaks havoc on the oncoming soldiers. It looks pretty sweet, but the only thing is that Arthur can't control the sword's power yet. There's something holding him back, and it has to do with the night that his parents were murdered in front of him.
Not gonna go any farther, because he finds out something that's actually pretty wild that has to do with the night that Arthur's parents were murdered.
Uther awakes his wife and tells her that they have to leave the castle immediately. They pick up their son and run down to the harbor to flee in a rowboat. But along comes a demonic looking thing that kills Uther's wife and Uther himself. But his sacrifice allows his son to escape.
And yeah, you guessed it, Uther's son is Arthur. WOW! So Arthur grows up, learning to fight and survive in a brothel outside of the kingdom. And he does fairly well. He's a strong fighter and he knows how to save cash. By the time he's an adult, he's got coffers stored up full of cash.
He also knows how to get into trouble. He gets into a quarrel with a few vikings which actually sparks a royal raid of the bar and club that he lives in. So because of that, he gets shipped off
But anyway, Arthur goes to the stone and pulls it out. He grips it with two hands and it actually burns him, then he passes out. He's then taken before Vortigern and is about to be executed, but there's a mage that helps him out. He and a band of rebels escape to a secret hideout, where they decide that Vortigern has to be overthrown. They plan an assassination and they proceed to carry it out. One of the people that's in on it is actually working for Vortigern. She's the spokesperson for the people of the kingdom.
When the assassination is supposed to take place, Vortigern suspects that there's a threat to his life, so he sends out a decoy. The assassination fails and the band of rebels and Arthur have to book it. They almost get overrun, but Arthur takes out Excalibur and wreaks havoc on the oncoming soldiers. It looks pretty sweet, but the only thing is that Arthur can't control the sword's power yet. There's something holding him back, and it has to do with the night that his parents were murdered in front of him.
Not gonna go any farther, because he finds out something that's actually pretty wild that has to do with the night that Arthur's parents were murdered.
K I N G A R T H U R
L E G E N D O F T H E S W O R D
Ratings:
Family Friendliness - 7/10 Coffers I guess it's safe to assume that most medieval times movies aren't too family friendly, what with all the violence in it. There's some scenes where you see people get impaled or you see their throats slit. The blood content is low, so you don't see much gore. I think it's a PG-13 movie, so honestly parents, it's up to you. If you have younger kids, please see the movie before showing the little ones.
Story Action Balance - 8/10 Stones The film is definitely story driven, and the action that comes along with it is very much justified. Only a few scenes where there's violence is it like "yeah they threw that in for filler". For the most part, the fighting drives the story forward and adds danger for the characters to escape from. I think it was very well done.
Acting - 9/10 Swords The movie has an all-star cast, so you can expect excellent acting from everyone. Can't really complain, except for the mage. I didn't fancy her too much, so she was the only one I had a problem with.
Story-line - 9/10 Soldiers I actually knew nothing of Arthurian legend prior to seeing the film, so to me, it was a classic story formula that stayed true, but definitely set up a whole trilogy (at least) of films. I really hope it goes on, and I can't wait to see what Guy Ritchie has in store for us!
Overall - 8.5/10 Stars I stuck with the math on this one and added .2 cuz it was a good one.
Bibliography:
"King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Trailer" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rbPTQIdjmY>
"King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Demonic Creature" <http://www.thelandofshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/King-Arthur-Legend-of-the-Sword-Demon.jpg>
"King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Vortigern" <https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/46/7c/3d/467c3d43de286cade5f07ecd78d9829e.jpg>
Overall - 8.5/10 Stars I stuck with the math on this one and added .2 cuz it was a good one.
Bibliography:
"King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Trailer" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rbPTQIdjmY>
"King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Demonic Creature" <http://www.thelandofshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/King-Arthur-Legend-of-the-Sword-Demon.jpg>
"King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Vortigern" <https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/46/7c/3d/467c3d43de286cade5f07ecd78d9829e.jpg>
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