Review of The King (2019) by Theredsky — 09 Nov 2019

The King is a pretty bland and forgettable Netflix movie. Just because it is bland and forgettable does not mean I would call this a bad movie. There are elements that I did appreciate. I thought Robert Pattinson did a great job and I felt that his character was interesting even with the small amount of screentime.

Timothee Chalamet started giving a pretty good performance in the second half of the film and Joel Edgerton did good most of the time. The sets were pretty great and looked authentic to the time period.

This is the same for the makeup and costumes. The costume design is the only aspect of the film I felt was fantastic. There are a handful of good shots and a single good piece of music and I think the 3rd act battle scene is well done.

My biggest issue with the film is that it isn’t presented in a unique or interesting way. In short, the film doesn’t stand out. The cinematography is pretty bland and uninspired for the most part.

Besides one or two shots, I don’t remember most of the scenes. The music is pretty bland and sounds a lot like stock music for the most part. The acting from everyone else ranges from decent to bad.

None of the acting besides most of Chalamet’s performance and Pattinson’s performance was that great and was mostly passable. The script is pretty weak in most areas and the story generally isn’t that interesting.

I was bored for a majority of the film. I’m most likely going to forget about this film before the end of the year. Overall, The King is not a bad movie but it doesn’t do anything to make it stand out from anything else I’ve seen this year.