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The
Legendary King Arthur Photo
Galleries Michael Atkinson: However anthropologically accurate King Arthur may or may not be, it turns out to be as much of a swoony valentine to a social ideal that never existed as any other Arthurian text. But at least it takes the conversation with history somewhat seriously. Kirk Honeycutt: In most epics, we barely meet characters before they are off and running. Here, carefully written dialogue scenes, all wonderfully played by the excellent cast, establish characters and situations before battles rage. Mark
Peyser: It's thrilling to see the bad guys go crashing
to their icy doom, but a little dreary in retrospect: that's as
good as the film's going to get.
Historians
have thought for centuries that King Arthur was only a myth, but
the legend was based on a real hero, torn between his private
ambitions and his public sense of duty. A reluctant leader, Arthur
wishes only to leave Britain and return to the peace and stability
of Rome. Before he can, one final mission leads him and his Knights
of the Round Table -- Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Tristan, and Gawain
-- to the conclusion that when Rome is gone, Britain will need
a leader to fill the vacuum. Britain needs a king -- someone not
only to defend against the current threat of invading Saxons,
but to lead the isle into a new age. Under the guidance of Merlin,
a former enemy, and the beautiful, courageous Guinevere by his
side, Arthur will have to find the strength within himself to
change the
Clive Owen
.... King Arthur Screenplay:
David Franzoni
The
Real Arthur Merlin ___________
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