King Arthur (DIRECTORS CUT) (DVD)

This is a King Arthur you have probably never before contemplated - taken by the Romans to serve a 15 year term as a soldier when he was a mere lad. After this opening the action and story starts with Arthur ( Clive Owen) and his band of Knights ( taken to serve as he was) returning home on the last day of their 15 years service. They are all battle weary and looking forward to their ongoing lives. Arthur himseld intends returning to live in Rome ...
...world, and where his mentor lives. He believes that all men are born free and none are born into serfdom, teachings handed down to him by his mentor and which are to be at the heart of the major action of the film. On their returning day they are forced into one last task before their freedom will be given which necessitates them travelling North into invading Saxon territoy to rescue a Roman family who have strong political links to Rome. This ...

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...story you normally hear of King Arthur and put a more believable story about who the real King Arthur was and what he did even thought some parts of the events taking place aren't correct with the History books. I highly suggest watching this film to understand what I mean. Only Thing that was bad about this DVD is the lack of extras and bonus features on the DVD --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...
...Blood on the land: Forging King Arthur (Behind-the scene making of) 3. Producer's photo gallery 4. DTS 5. National Treasure Trailer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DVD Specification Rated / 15 Colour / PAL Run Time / 136 Mins Lauguages / Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Surround 2.0 English Widescreen format / 2:35:1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

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King Arthur is a old legend told many times but this film has a different spin on the classic tale. The legend is told of king Arthur as a commander of Knights born to a roman farther and English mother, the Knights are selected by an ancient pact to the romans and are taken as children to serve the roman empire. Arthur, Lancelot and the other Knights are bound by this and have won many battles on behalf of the roman empire as to rise to legendary ...
...to the end of their 15 year service to the Romans and are commanded to complete one more task before their freedom is granted. The film is much of a journey of self discovery for Arthur who has renounced the Pagan religion of his ancestors and strives for a peaceful Christian world. as he takes this final quest for freedom he discovers many things about his ideals and himself before he discovers his true destiny. The cast is excellent with Kiera ...

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...caught up in the movie. King Arthur is one of the best movies I've seen. I believe that this movie does an excellent job of providing that view point. The costumes, landscape and visuals are exceptional. The guy died fighting the long-beard guy. But it was kind of sad and really sweet when the little boy took the dead guy's ring and wore it around his neck. But I wonder where all the wounds go, as in they all have huge fight and next day all the ...

alrmingking 05.11.2005 (06.11.2005) · Read full review
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...up holding the image of King Arthur as the fearless and courageous character of history. Kiera Knightley performed beyond any of her other roles in this movie giving Guinevere both a chic, attractive and beautiful edge and at the same time being an unkempt warrior who's physical appearance should not deceive the senses. The atmosphere that was created throughout the movie was well on par with Gladiator with the immense soundtrack captivating the ...

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...a bad film. Besides, did King Arthur ever exist? This is a totally different telling of the story, but if you enjoyed Troy, then you will probably love this. The scenery is stunning and the fight scenes are brutal, but not too much so when compared with many other recent 'historic' epics. The main story is about Arthur and his nights battling against a Saxon army. They are aided in this by Merlin and his pagan hordes. Keira Knightly looks stunning ...
...would have been ideal for fighting in, if all the enemy were too busy drooling to fight and Clive owen portrays Arthur as a strong and well respected leader amongst friends and foe alike. Overall, it may not be the story you would expect, but it is still very enjoyable. ...

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i really enjoyed this film, but it was nothing like what i expected. i was waiting for the old story as we've heard of so many times before. This version i feel was very good, it reminded me of a film called "13th warrior" with Antonio bandarers which happens to be in my top ten. The film is set many years ago with the saxonnes and romans at war. I felt it had a bit of a robin hood feel to it, which i like, and was followed up with a good story of ...

angey25 16.09.2005 · Read full review
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...selfs my making it about king auther then they would have had a bit more scope to develop teh story a bit more. The Story as is is strong enough to stand without attaching it to King Auther. I would have liked it to have had a slightly less predictable disney ending. The supporting actors were excelent, essecially Ray Winston. He had one of the best lines, where he described his Manhood as "like a Babys Arm Holding an Apple". Not as good as Gladiator, ...

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