Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) by Compi24 — 15 May 2017

Guy Ritchie tries his best to grip and tug on the hilt of Arthurian legend in "King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword," an undeniably flashy, semi-entertaining cgi-fest that, unfortunately, didn't make a lick of sense to me.

True, the more general aspects of the story came across pretty clear. Jude Law is evil and needs to die. Charlie Hunnam is the one, true king and also in pretty good shape. Magic is complicated. Snakes are cool.

But it's the intricacies of this narrative that really, truly, and tragically escaped me. A lot of the "how's" and "why's" are either completely disregarded or swept up in the fracas of a traditional Guy Ritchie montage sequence.

Yes, the "Excalibur" sword fight sequences (all one-and-a-half of them) are super incredible from a visual standpoint, but without any of the emotional weight or stakes needed to make them more engaging, this film ultimately ends up wandering into the "mindless" end of the action film spectrum.