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[Mortimer Brewster]

The appeal of the Arthur legend is the character interactions and the themes of destiny. The action was never the point. Half the time they either talk through shit or it's just a curbstomp battle (Arthur & Co may or may not have superpowers, depending on the tale). Most of the noteworthy takes on the tale do something new and interesting with the characters and their relationships and their outlooks, and not anything particularly interesting with the battles. Some of them just gloss over them and are better for it. Thinking dragons, swordplay, and magic are the foundation or even the structure of a good Arthur tale is a trap. They're window dressing, and they always have been. This trailer makes it seem like it's the bedrock, and it's going to fail accordingly.

Could not words that better myself. I do believe there is room for a modern film based on the Arthurian legend but it needs to trend more towards the art house and not the blockbuster. Any take should be looking to Boorman's take with Excalibur as the gold standard and work from there. Someone would be wise to pair Michael Hirst with a visually inventive director with a reasonable budget and see what they could do with an Arthur film.

 

[Slayven]

Give me 150 mill. I have a script about the original King Arthur and his knights get cursed by Morgana and turned to stone. To stop the world from falling into darkness Merlin summons "Knights", the spell gone wrong summons a High School Football team called the "Knights". And they use grindiron tactics to counter Morgana's army of demons.

 

[Schlorgan]

Give me 150 mill. I have a script about the original King Arthur and his knights get cursed by Morgana and turned to stone. To stop the world from falling into darkness Merlin summons "Knights", the spell gone wrong summons a High School Football team called the "Knights". And they use grindiron tactics to counter Morgana's army of demons.

Sold.

 

[Redd]

Give me 150 mill. I have a script about the original King Arthur and his knights get cursed by Morgana and turned to stone. To stop the world from falling into darkness Merlin summons "Knights", the spell gone wrong summons a High School Football team called the "Knights". And they use grindiron tactics to counter Morgana's army of demons.

Lol. That cartoon was something I watched before school way back. Good stuff.

 

[Slayven]

Lol. That cartoon was something I watched before school way back. Good stuff.

I like some guys got shields that could summon dragons, griffins, lions, etc. And one guy got a shield that could summon bricks

 

[Curufinwe]

Good, stop making bad movies. I love that the internet exists now so studios can't put out trash anymore without it getting shredded in readily available reviews.

Plenty of trash films still make huge amounts of money, though. Like Transformers.

 

[Redd]

I like some guys got shields that could summon dragons, griffins, lions, etc. And one guy got a shield that could summon bricks

The intro song got me so amped for the school day. When the guitar riff starts going, watch out. WE ARE THE KNIGHTS.

 

[ronaldthump]

Not surprised. The trailers looked like ass.

this

when I saw the trailer, I was like this look like hot garbage

 

[Curufinwe]

He isn't. He is the British Snyder. The trailer for this movie is one of the most baffling bad ive seen in a long time.

Snyder wishes he could make a blockbuster as good as the Sherlock Holmes movies.

 

[WoolyNinja]

Up there with Pan and Gods of Egypt for me under the category of "Films where I don't understand how the hell they got greenlit with such an excessive budget in the first place".

Exactly - as soon as I saw the first trailer I knew it would be a box office disaster.

 

[KonradLaw]

I would have thought by now struggling studios would have adapted to the strategy of just making comedies and horror movies. Both those types of movies can be done for low budgets and make their money back at the very least. Hollywood execs must be incompetent.

WB isn't struggling. They even somehow turned Tarzan into non-flop. Arthur is their first big bomb in a long time.

 

[KonradLaw]

Could not words that better myself. I do believe there is room for a modern film based on the Arthurian legend but it needs to trend more towards the art house and not the blockbuster. Any take should be looking to Boorman's take with Excalibur as the gold standard and work from there. Someone would be wise to pair Michael Hirst with a visually inventive director with a reasonable budget and see what they could do with an Arthur film.

Fantasy Snatch sounds like a very fun idea, just not when you couple it with King Arthur.

 

[Poona]

From the very first trailer this has been a movie that just screams bomb.

Trailers seem good to me. I'll be going to see the movie this week or next in Australia, based off the trailers.

For those who say the movie is bad it would be good for you to have actually seen the movie that you think is bad so you can have an informed opinion.

 

[Schlorgan]

Trailers seem good to me. I'll be going to see the movie this week or next in Australia, based off the trailers.

For those who say the movie is bad it would be good for you to have actually seen the movie that you think is bad so you can have an informed opinion.

If everyone went to see bad movies to have an informed opinion, bad movies would be making way more money.

 

[Poona]

If everyone went to see bad movies to have an informed opinion, bad movies would be making way more money.

Well how do you know it's bad if you haven't seen it?

I don't get why people hate and complain on things they haven't even seen.

 

[ronaldthump]

Up there with Pan and Gods of Egypt for me under the category of "Films where I don't understand how the hell they got greenlit with such an excessive budget in the first place".

I really liked Pan. Fuck did I cringe when it got savage. Good movie.

Gods of egypt could have been good if not for the shit casting which wrecked it.

 

[Wanda/Wander]

Well how do you know it's bad if you haven't seen it?

I don't get why people hate and complain on things they haven't even seen.

Movie reviews?

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

King Arthur can totally be successful. You just gotta turn him into a cute girl and launch a massive series that's been going for 15 years despite being bad

And you get a mobile game making 1m a day

 

[KonradLaw]

King Arthur can totally be successful. You just gotta turn him into a cute girl and launch a massive series that's been going for 15 years despite being bad

And you get a mobile game making 1m a day

Wut? Fate is awesome At least the VN and Ufotable stuff

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Just booked my tix for tomorrow night.

 

[Rei_Toei]

I am completely baffled by the fact that the studio felt it necessary to go full retard on the fantasy. Sure, the King Arthur legend is filled with supernatural elements, but seems to me there's more of a market for something a bit more grounded than this CG-drenched shit.

 

[firehawk12]

So you are saying the movie needed a female King Arthur?

Well, at that point you just remake Joan of Arc I guess. lol

 

[DeathyBoy]

Movie reviews?

The worse the review more I want to see it.

 

[andythinkpad]

The worse the review more I want to see it.

Well go see monster truck first.