Review of The Green Knight (2021) by Saucyninja007 — 30 Jul 2021

This movie will be divisive and its misleading marketing will do it no favors. I did not love it or hate it but I still think you should see it because it is unique. This is a spoiler free review. Starting with the positives.

This movie captures the grit of the medieval period but is at the same time very mysterious and otherworldly. The storytelling is predominately visual and creative in its approach. Believable acting throughout and nothing is spoon-fed to the audience.

The dialogue is delivered perfectly and authentically and I loved the color palette that was used. There is an incredible sequence near the end of the movie that I will not spoil. Now the negatives. At times I felt the film was too abstract or too moody for its own good.

The pace of the film is slow and stays that way throughout. People expecting a lot of action will be disappointed (the trailer shows basically all of the "action" highlights). There are some fairly significant changes from the source material that I feel undermine the core message of the film and lead to a somewhat unsatisying ending.

If you are unfamiliar with the source material you may be confused at times.