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

[Jon]

Ironically enough, I thought the soundtrack was perfect....  no, it wasn't
period, but the first 5 minutes of the film certainly set the tone, and ANY
movie that features Queen gets big time bonus points in my book (yes, I LOVE
Highlander)  :^)

Iain

Jeannette Hill wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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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/
> > >
> > >
> >
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