When I went to see this movie, I was under the impression that it was
going to be, yet ANOTHER rendition of this timeless classic (that, as far
as I'm concerned, has been done to perfection in Excalibur... holla!!!)
A few minutes into the movie, I was like, "hold on here... what the hell is this? Whoever is telling this story is telling it
wrong!!!". I just hate a wrong rendition, or when they remake a movie
and destroy the facts, just to make it "a little more interesting for the
general public" (use a "whiny" voice). Or even when they put a fake-ass
love story in it, when one doesn't really exist. Hey Hollywood, just tell
the effin' story... or change the name of the story, as to NOT have it
represent the true story. (Whew... sorry about that, I'm just venting...
good thing I didn't write the review for Troy or that bullsh*t X-Men).
Got side tracked, don't get me started!!! Now, where was I... oh yeah...
I was into the first minutes of the movie and I turned to my people and
I'm like... "Arthur was a Roman???" (I felt like an ass upon hearing his
response... I think I started to hate on the movie after that, but it's
all good... I'm much better now.)
Now before you see the movie, let's get it straight...
The movie King Arthur deals with the "true" story of Arthur, (or
"Artorius,” as was his proper Roman name) this is where they got the
legend of Camelot. But there's no Sword In The Stone, no Lancelot-
Guinevere love story, and no Merlin in the way that we know him.
This story, they claim, comes from Celtic Poems, which were recorded
written documentations of history. OK, now we're all on the same page...
This version of King Arthur was set in the time of the Roman Empire A.D., when their lands of conquest included Britian. Arthur (Clive Owen), half
Roman & half British, is the leader of this militia group of warriors, or
knights, sworn to the allegiance of the Roman Empire to defend their
territories.
Ya with me so far, well here's a spin... Arthur's "knights", are all the
sons of enslaven (is that a word???) British men who lost their freedom to
