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First Knight : King Arthur Demystified

September 24th 2011 16:34

First Knight is one of several King Arthur movies but the storytelling is very

different from the more conventional and popular versions such as Excalibur. In fact director Jerry Zucker has totally done away with all magic, Merlins and sense of mystique that is so associated with King Arthur. And evidently the gallant Knights of the Round Table think it a better use of their time to look after their King and Queen and keep an eye out for the wicked Malagant than go in futile searches for the Holy Grail.

Putting it bluntly, First Knight simply a medieval romance with the usual political intrigue, the cruel lord, the gallant knights and of course a lovely damsel distress.

But, that being said, I think First Knight is a very good film of the historical romance genre and will be an absolute treat for people love this kind of films. The screenplay is fantastic with quite a large number of twists and well thought out action sequences for this specific genre. Richard Gere is pretty good as the First Knight, Lancelot and Sean Connery (one of my favorite actors) is as poised, charming and charismatic as ever, but the real star of the show is Julia Ormond as Guinevere who comes up with a really stand out performance .

So, in a nutshell, First Knight is NOT a King Arthur movie but worth the watch nonetheless.

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