Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) by Charlie H — 19 Jul 2017

At the cinema this week I also saw mindless, meaningless, video game-esque action for 2 hours, in the form of King Arthur Legend Of The Sword. I went in to King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword open-minded, but was disappointed.

I can understand why critics are up in arms over this movie. King Arthur is a style over substance film; these films can be great if combined with some story-telling - but this film had very little. Lack of any meaningful character development in King Arthur meant that despite decent acting, I wasn't invested in the scraps of story.

King Arthur's problems don't stop there: over-the-top, unrealistic violence undermines any sincerity this film had. It's a hot mess. As I said, King Arthur has decent acting and there's some clever film-making from Guy Ritchie in the transitions between time periods, but King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword had little else to offer.

For a classic tale to be given this treatment is sad.