king arthur legend of the sword

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to go and see the one film in 3D that no one wanted to go see. I wish I were kidding in contrast to the headlines but…yeah. I was the first and only one inside the theater room showing King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword with actor Charlie Hunnam before maybe ten others showed up – including four kids, so it wasn’t a total solo outing. The film comes years after its share of stops and starts prior to nabbing Guy Ritchie to direct the script from Joby Harold and with Hunnam in a stylish, enriched take on the character for its central narrative pitted in an ancient world of kings, warriors and mages, and the compelling existence of Excalibur – the sword passed unto Arthur after pulling it out of a razed stone. Its affects on young Arthur aren’t known until around […]

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Whether or not anyone finds Guy Ritchie’s latest choice of subject matter worthy of continuation will be an interesting development to eye this summer. Not that King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword doesn’t feel the least bit dull – it certainly does – at least for me, but Warner Bros. Pictures is selling it hard this weekend with a final trailer that goes ham on the rock and roll with Charlie Hunnam front and center of this latest big screen foray into the Excalibur mythology. SYNOPSIS: When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy…whether […]

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I don’t really have much to add about the latest trailer for Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. It looks epic but I can’t say I’m hugely impressed by it so far and to establish this as the first of a whole franchise of titles may be stretching it. We’ll see how this goes. SYNOPSIS: Acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to the epic fantasy action adventure “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.” Starring Charlie Hunnam in the title role, the film is an iconoclastic take on the classic Excalibur myth, tracing Arthur’s journey from the streets to the throne.  When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword […]

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