[HF] Re: [MR] A Knight's Tale - Non-Spoiler Review

[Jeannette Hill]

All,

     Paul and I went to see this before we left, and
we agreed-- If it wasn't for the soundtrack and that
one character's costume, it would have been 99%
perfect.  Sigh... 

Juliana, a "waiting to see what sort of Gladiator
rip-off they come up with for the next historical era"
Juliana

> > Hey all.  Francesca (My Lady) and I were lucky
> enough last night to go to
> a
> > prescreening of a Knight's Tale.
> >
> > Here are the thoughts from a SCAdian's point of
> view.
> >
> > The armor: 99% Perfect ... Great stuff (Or at
> least had the look of: Yeah,
> > that look's about right)
> > The garb: As far as I could tell, all pretty much
> right on track EXCEPT
> for
> > one character, who constantly had 'wrong' stuff
> on.
> > The fighting: Good stuff, looked right, felt
> right, fun to watch.
> > The plot: Predictible, but fun!
> >
> > The problem:  Now, this problem is only from MY
> point of view, and of the
> > point of view of a 'purist'.  And that is that
> they 'had fun with
> > it'.  While they obviously went to GREAT lengths
> to make this movie look
> > period, be period, etc.  There were about 3 or 4
> times (including the garb
> > for the one above mentioned character), when they
> 'had fun with it', and
> > pulled in big anachronisms ... mostly to attempt
> to make parallels with
> > 'modern life'.  Things, for example, to show to
> the modern audience how
> the
> > Jousting filled the 'hole' that modern sports have
> for us now.
> >
> > On this note.  They did it well, it made you
> chuckle, and it was a fun
> > movie to watch, I do reccomend that all go and see
> it.
> >
> > However; for myself, it is these 'fun things' that
> took it from the status
> > of: "OMG, I love this movie, they did everything
> perfect, I MUST OWN THIS
> > ON DVD" ... Down to the status of: "Hey, It's a
> fun movie to watch, go do
> so!"
> >
> > Siegfried
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
_________________________________________________________________________
> > Lord Siegfried Sebastian Faust    Baronial Web
> Minister & Archery Marshal
> > Barony of Highland Foorde       
> http://highland-foorde.atlantia.sca.org/
> >
> >
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> > Hey all.  Francesca (My Lady) and I were lucky
> enough last night to go to
> a
> > prescreening of a Knight's Tale.
> >
> > Here are the thoughts from a SCAdian's point of
> view.
> >
> > The armor: 99% Perfect ... Great stuff (Or at
> least had the look of: Yeah,
> > that look's about right)
> > The garb: As far as I could tell, all pretty much
> right on track EXCEPT
> for
> > one character, who constantly had 'wrong' stuff
> on.
> > The fighting: Good stuff, looked right, felt
> right, fun to watch.
> > The plot: Predictible, but fun!
> >
> > The problem:  Now, this problem is only from MY
> point of view, and of the
> > point of view of a 'purist'.  And that is that
> they 'had fun with
> > it'.  While they obviously went to GREAT lengths
> to make this movie look
> > period, be period, etc.  There were about 3 or 4
> times (including the garb
> > for the one above mentioned character), when they
> 'had fun with it', and
> > pulled in big anachronisms ... mostly to attempt
> to make parallels with
> > 'modern life'.  Things, for example, to show to
> the modern audience how
> the
> > Jousting filled the 'hole' that modern sports have
> for us now.
> >
> > On this note.  They did it well, it made you
> chuckle, and it was a fun
> > movie to watch, I do reccomend that all go and see
> it.
> >
> > However; for myself, it is these 'fun things' that
> took it from the status
> > of: "OMG, I love this movie, they did everything
> perfect, I MUST OWN THIS
> > ON DVD" ... Down to the status of: "Hey, It's a
> fun movie to watch, go do
> so!"
> >
> > Siegfried
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
_________________________________________________________________________
> > Lord Siegfried Sebastian Faust    Baronial Web
> Minister & Archery Marshal
> > Barony of Highland Foorde       
> http://highland-foorde.atlantia.sca.org/
> >
> >
>
========================================================================
> >                    The Merry Rose Tavern at
> Cheapside
> >     List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/
> >   Submissions: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> > Subscriptions:
>
http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia
> >
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