Arthur DVD

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Disadvantages: Average Film at Best

...This is a 1995 film starring Sean Connery and Richard Gere, directed by Jerry Zucker. ABOUT FILM: This is another story about King Arthur and Guinevere and Lancelot. Although it does not stick to all the historical King Arthur facts, it is OK at best. This is very much a Love Story with the usual ending for Arthur, who loses out for everything. There are a number of good medieval fight scenes but overall the film is not particularly good. It is very much a film where nothing really happens, but Lancelot and Guinevere end up together at the end, with Arthur dying. Sean Connery plays King Arthur, Richard Gere Lancelot and Julia Ormond Guinevere. Sean Connery plays his role OK, but Richard Gere is not exactly inspiring. VERDICT: I would not recommend this film, it is hardly a classic and is not really that good at all.... Read review

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Advantages: Cast full of stars
Disadvantages: Terrible Script, Poor Battle Scenes, NoTension

...King Arthur is an unmemorable, dull film. It takes a well-known story within British culture and hashes it up. I have no problem with changing the story but when it is changed to something as poor as this I really do dispair. What am I talking about? Why is King Arthur so bad? Well for a start, the script is one of the worst I have ever heard. It is full of dreadful cliched lines that will make you grimace. I really felt for the actors while watching it as they have some of the worst lines ever commited to film. The battle scenes are tedious, repetitive and uninteresting. We are presented with unbelievable characters who behave in unrealistic ways. One minute we are made to like the bad guys and deplore the behaviour of the 'goodies'. Then the whole thing changes leaving you feel 'assaulted' and 'confused'. I cannot... Read review

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...The comic banter between William Powell and Jean Arthur is the highlight of this murder mystery, which has one of the most bizarre and unlikely plots ever. Powell is probably the most suave detective of the 30's, and Arthur has a unique voice which often sounds like a succession of tiny tinkly bells. They are extremely fun to watch, so take the brashness of the plot with a grain of salt and just enjoy seeing it unfold. Eric Blore also has some comic turns as Powell's butler. Powell's contract with MGM included a clause which allowed him to reject being loaned out to another studio, but he wanted to work again with Arthur and he liked the script, so he eagerly accepted the assignment. They had worked together in two 1929 Paramount films, The Canary Murder Case and The Greene Murder Case, both in the Philo Vance series.... Read review

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