King Arthur: Excalibur Rising (2017)
A re-imagining of the Arthurian legend centered around Arthur's illegitimate son Owain who must learn to take up his father's mantle as king.
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Very Cool!!!
Did you people see the same film I saw?
Absolutely Fantastic
A Masterpiece!
The idea behind this movie was good: carry the Arthurian legend to the next generation. I'm hoping this was a low-budget movie, maybe a student project (undergraduate). The special effects, other than the now trite slow-/stop-mo scenes and a wolf projected onto the image, were basically non-existent. The actual plot followed every convention; not much originality. The acting was mediocre at best. I wouldn't say it's the worst or even one of the 10 worst movies I've ever seen, but great cinema it isn't. If you go in with low enough expectations, the movie's watchable, especially if it's part of a rent one, get one free deal, like the one I had. (This was the get one free.)
I read all of the user reviews and thought "Nah, this film cannot be as bad as they all make out", so I watched 15 minutes of it. I wasn't trapped in a room or tied to a chair so was able to exercise my option to turn it off, and I did after 15 minutes of disbelief and boredom. Just before turning off my mind said to me "Angel of Mercy, take me now!".What a waste of everyone's time. Even "The Sound of Mucus" is better.
do not waste your time, I wish i had read the reviews before viewing. this is a plain awful film, and unfortunately, not even one of those films that is so bad you can enjoy how awful it is. first, this was not a King Arthur film, it was a film about his sons. second, the story was slow moving which in turn just made the film flat out boring. I didn't find the acting as bad as some reviewers, just that the writing was so poor. to the reviewers who enjoyed this awful film, to each his/her own, but i'm not sure we viewed the same film. I have no problem with "re-imaginings", but this was not a re-imagining, this was more of a continuation of the Excalibur story, post Arthur. it was a good idea, but poorly executed.
From the beginning it was so confusing and had no substantial plot. From there the script was just awful. Sure it had some action but it was just amateur choreography. Many bad movies still entertained me but this just made me want it to be over from the beginning. So please never watch this. It is such a terrible movie