Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) by Rebecca31 — 13 May 2017

Can we all give Guy Ritchie a round of applause for making one of the worst movies of 2017. The King Arthur story has been massacred, instead you get a CGI monster infested movie, a badly written script, badly edited fight scenes and the worst celebrity cameo you’ll ever see.

That’s right I’m talking about David Beckham. Yeah you heard me, David Beckham. The dialogue has to be some of the worst I’ve heard in a movie. Charlie Hunnam is doing his best with what he is given but honestly there’s simply too much of “cor blimey mate I’ve gone and pulled this sword from the stone I ‘ave.

” Meanwhile you have Jude Law skulking around the castle with a satanic presence. He really is born to play the villain, completely owning the role and without a doubt carries the movie. There’s only so much cringe I can take in one sitting and King Arthur is so full of it I was exhausted when it finally ended.

However, for all its faults of which there are many it does at times manage to redeem itself in entertainment value. In two hours I was both bored and entertained at the same time. As over the top and bad as it is I wasn’t bored all the time and I’m sure I laughed at least once.

It’s not just bad it’s brilliantly bad, so in order for you to enjoy this at all, best to switch your brain off as it most definitely will not be needed. A lower budget and a more focused story could have made this a great movie or at the very least a better than average movie.

Alas is not the case, recommended if you enjoy swords, sorcery and supersized monsters.