Decrum King Arthur: Legend of the Sword [DVD + Digital Download] [2017]

Love this movie.

Good delivery but unable to play. It was the wrong geographical code. Returns were easy.

As a long-time lover of the King Arthur legend I put off watching this film due to how it was panned by all the critics. Now I've watched it, I love it. O.k. it veers away from the traditional legend as we know it but Camelot, the Lady of the Lake, Excalibur are all there. I'm sure the other elements would have come in, in the planned sequels. I thought Arthur was a strong character and the Sword Excalibur was a character in itself, the battle scenes with it in action were amazing. I also liked the depiction of the Lady in the Lake and the Mage who helped Arthur. Overall a very entertaining mythical, medieval, action packed film, the sort to make You feel good after You've watched it. I would have loved to have seen the sequels and where Guy Ritchie would have gone with the tale.

Brilliant film

So outrageously underrated .

Nice movie... very entertaining

The problem with anyone's "take" on a legend story, be it Arthur or Robin Hood, is they often drift from the "legendary" facts and this can jar with anyone who is watching the film to see an "accurate" telling of the well known tale. Immediately the film starts with Mordred attacking Arthur's father and this, as many Arthur buffs will know, is well off kilter as Mordred is today known as the illegitimate son of Arthur himself and the same person whom Arthur kills, and who mortally wounds Arthur in the final battle. So straight off his threw me. Merlin is mentioned but never appears. That was a missed chance. I like most of Ritchie's films but we then get a growing up montage of Arthur that appears to be set in 1960s/70s East End of London. All you can say is that it jars you away from getting interested in the story. I don't want every one running around saying "Forsooth, sir" but it has to be a better idea than this. There are some clever ideas: Initially it is annoying Arthur passes out whenever he holds the sword two handed. Later he seems to get Matrix-style powers as he masters it.. The Arthur "gang" has some promise but it never really gets developed. I read Guy Ritchie planned six films about Arthur, but in truth he needed to plan this one much better. Yet again Excalibur, the John Boorman from 1981 carries the Arthur mantle better - although it has always been a bit hokey and slightly over acted.