King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Rating 6 out of 10
Looking at the reviews I knew I was in for a long haul with this movie. It currently stands at 27% on www.rottentomatoes.com. But I had a standing date for this movie. While Jim is not as attractive as my usual date he was definitely entertaining. Went into the theater with expectations very low and was pleasantly surprised. It was better than I thought it would be even tho some dummy (ME) picked the time that was only showing 3D.
One thing the movie showed me was how little I knew on the legend of King Arthur. Everyone has heard of him pulling the sword out of the stone when no one else could, but I had no idea how it got in the stone got there to start with. I thought about going to wikipedia to double-check the accuracy of the movie then figured I'd just post it here and someone will correct if it's wrong.
Here Arthur's dad is the king loved by everyone. Everyone except his evil brother who ends up killing him and Arthurs mom. Arthur escapes in a boat and is found and raised by a group of prostitutes. He has no idea who he is. When the now evil brother king several years later is trying to flush out his nephew by making everyone the right age try to pull the sword from the stone. Once he does his removal things start kicking.
The movie is just over two hours and seems a little longer It does benefit from a great cast. Pretty boy Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy), Jude Law, Eric Bana, Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) and you can't make a movie like this without Djimon Hounsou. It has some good action scenes. I was entertained.
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