I watched two King Arthur films in succession, one was "King Auther" in 2004, directed by Anthony Fuqua. The other is "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" directed by Guy Ritchie in 2017.
Let's talk about "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" in 2017. The plot is summed up in one sentence: "My uncle is Jude Law. The sword in the stone defeated him." The story is simple, but the movie is really good. No matter how bad everyone is about Guy Ritchie, in all fairness this film is still worth recommending. No-nonsense circular narrative, sharp and fast editing, especially the final dark style interspersed with slow-motion fighting action, burning and exploding, as a girl who is usually completely indifferent to male hormone movies, I can't help but put it. Pull back the progress bar and read the Armageddon part a second time. If you use a roller coaster to describe the look and feel, it is that the first scream has not been shouted, and the next free fall will follow. The lane designer is really sincere.
This film focuses on visual impact, and the characters and plot are slightly weaker in comparison. For example, going back to the fundamental question, why Uther (Arthur's father) and Arthur can draw the sword of the 'Excalibur' king, but Arthur's uncle can't, in my opinion, it can actually be read in depth.
The story of King Arthur comes from the 15th century novel "The Death of King Arthur". European etiquette and morality originated from chivalry, and chivalry is passed down from this "The Death of King Arthur". The author Thomas Mallory compiled this literary work to mourn the knighthood and cherish the feudal aristocratic ritual system. It can be said that King Arthur is the perfect representative of ancient European knights. The spirit of chivalry is also spoken through the mouth of King Arthur from this literary work: never be arrogant, never kill innocent people, never betray your faith; be cruel, and forgive those who beg for forgiveness; for ladies, girls, and All women with status should do their best to help, otherwise they will be punished by capital punishment; no one must ignore the law, and must not fight with others for the wealth of the world. Respect loyalty, honor promises, act bravely, be generous, suppress evil and promote good, hate evil as enmity, be courteous
Back to Excalibur, it is described in the movie that Merlin took the staff and handed it over to the Banshee in the lake to guard the king's sword. Only the Pendragon bloodline can use it. But taking away the legend itself, what this sword represents is the chivalry of the ruler at that time - not killing innocents indiscriminately, not treachery, forgiveness, and respect for righteousness. The scene where Arthur's father Uther knelt before his death was repeated many times throughout the film. The sword of the king is inserted into his back, the metaphor is that he uses death to protect himself as a king - the leader of knights, to protect the country and family.
Arthur went from being a gangster to taking responsibility, daring to face his inner fears, and singled out his evil uncle, he really had power, which means that he inherited the sword of kings from his father. --knightship
And Arthur's uncle, Vortigern, who usurped the throne, slaughtered wizards, killed his wife and daughter and sacrificed himself. It can be said that he gave up his soul to gain power and became a skeleton devil. How could it be possible to pull out the representative chivalry spirit? The King's Sword? What's more interesting is Arthur's accusation against his uncle during the Armageddon.
You put me in the brothel
You cut me in the streets
I am here now because of you I am here now because of you
"The tyrant made his rebels" is an unbreakable truth in the theme of The one.
It is said that there will be 5 films in the future, so I guess this one only focuses on Arthur drawing his sword and becoming king. The story of the Knights of the Round Table is to be interpreted in detail later, but the moral outlook that supports this story is basically like this , there will be no big difference. For an ancient Greek tragic tale of love, friendship, betrayal and uncontrollable fate, I am personally looking forward to the King Arthur series. Then you must go to the theater to support.
split line------------------------------------------------ - Finally, I want to complain, the Chinese name of this film is really bad. Although it borrows the game-style pictures from the film, it doesn't need to be called Beast Fighting for Hegemony. Last year, I saw this film being released, and I thought it was the second Warcraft, so I just chose to ignore it. It is conceivable that there are not a few viewers who have the same misunderstanding.
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