― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Monday, 20 March 2006 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Laugh? Cry? Pretty much a toss-up.
― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Monday, 20 March 2006 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Oh Yes) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Monday, 20 March 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
this is the first i'm hearing about this, sounds like the worst idea on the planet tbh
http://www.avclub.com/article/warner-bros-may-bequeath-guy-ritchie-six-king-arth-107315
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/idris-elba-might-play-merlin-esque-figure-guy-ritc-207229
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fox-updating-king-arthur-as-924730
The drama, which landed at Fox in a competitive situation with a script plus penalty commitment, reimagines the legendary stories of King Arthur in a police procedural. When an ancient magic reawakens in modern-day Manhattan, a graffiti artist named Art must team with his best friend Lance and his ex, Gwen — an idealistic cop — in order to realize his destiny and fight back against the evil forces that threaten the city.
― nomar, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
so this Guy Ritchie film is DOA at the box office.
I saw James Gray last month at a Q&A, and he said he asked Charlie Hunnam if he was happy with Gray's direction of him during the Lost City of Z shoot. Hunnam replied, "My last movie was King Arthur, and after every take the director just said, 'Again, but less cunty.'"
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 May 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
I saw a preview a couple of weeks ago (hasten to add i did not pay money to see this) and yes it is entirely terrible, I was delighted
Ritchie fans will be relieved to learn that his trademark "diablo cody gets fall-down drunk & takes a first pass at a sequel to the sweeney remake" dialogue is intact and witty as ever, the lead is so bad that I genuinely thought it was harking back to the Conan days of esl actors learning to speak on the job (but apparently he's a geordie?) and - yes - so much slo-mo
This weekend I saw Z and was amazed to see this hunnam guy turn in a dece performance
― in a soylent whey (wins), Thursday, 18 May 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
turns out faith is the peakiest blinder of all
― in a soylent whey (wins), Thursday, 18 May 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
would there even be space for a *good* king arthur blockbuster movie? seems so anachronistic. like do people in china or teenagers give a shit about camelot?
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 18 May 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot...
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
This King Arthur is a wideboy from the streets tho
Also I think the thinking was that ppl like dumbshit bullet time dragon movies, they just hitched it to a character they don't have to pay for - on that score this will prob be better than that dark tower movie, Ritchie is a worse writer than Akiva Goldman but also more distinctively bad
― in a soylent whey (wins), Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
every 10 years or so someone makes a king arthur movie and it's always shit, glad to see the pattern remains unbroken
― Drive Your Lover Wild In Bed By Cosplaying As Jeff Lynne (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
the sword in the stone is the only good one
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:09 (seven years ago) link
Boorman and Bresson did ace King Arthur movies.
I think GR is practically from landed gentry, so the cockney barrow boy act is a very good look for a 50 yr old posh bloke.
― calzino, Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:09 (seven years ago) link
Uh I'll have you know that he was expelled from boarding school for being a bad boy which makes him an honorary commoner in anyone's book
(iirc he always claimed in interviews that it was due to smoking spliff but his stepfather revealed it was just poor attendance lol)
― in a soylent whey (wins), Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
yeah Excalibur and Lancelot du Lac are both totally excellent.
i think the problem w/King Arthur movies is that Arthur as a character has never been particularly compelling imo. i don't know why that is, bc it's all there. in most adaptations i've seen he's a cipher to an extent, or a bore. The knights get all the good lines and scenes.
― nomar, Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
Monty python & the holy grail is a good film imho
― in a soylent whey (wins), Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
xpand yeah monty python's entry is a classic.
I heard GR was such a rebel he never even won a Duke of Edinburgh's Award in the scouts.
― calzino, Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link