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Why you should see King Arthur

I normally don’t make many random text-posts here but ehh it’s a blog and this is important to me so I wanted to use the opportunity for outreach.

For the love of god, please go see King Arthur: Legend of the Sword in theatres. This movie is too good to flop, it would be INCREDIBLY unfair if it flopped. I don’t say this for any movie--even some of my personal faves like Jupiter Ascending are worthy of some due criticism. Not the case with King Arthur, this movie is legitimately A TREAT to watch. DO IT FOR ME. You can yell at me if you don’t like it.

Guy Ritchie made a hilarious, diverse, beautifully shot film with an AMAZING soundtrack, which features NO ROMANCE plot for the powerful female lead, multiple POC in significant roles, beautiful, well-directed fight scenes,costume work and CGI. People need to stop comparing it to other King Arthur films and enjoy it for what it is---It’s an uplifting reflection on friendship and the people we love. It’s a movie about 2 types of people: those who will give up the ones they love to have everything, and those who give up everything they have for the ones they love. 

I’ve been waiting for this movie for a long time, and I was anxious about the critical reviews during opening weekend, but after seeing it for myself I can’t believe it’s got such low box office numbers. IT’S A GREAT MOVIE. I mean, if you want more reasons to see it, read this great post by @catielynnelove. But please, please spread the word. Hollywood keeps putting out trash that flops and this movie does NOT belong in that pile--it’s a gem. 

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ost of the ...week.

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went to watch King Arthur yesterday.

what a rock song of a film. i really liked it, even if it’s been getting bad reviews.

it has an edge that most period films don’t have and punches you in the face (in a good way) from the beginning and the adrenaline never stops. i liked that it never stopped, though i think critics didn’t. but who cares, right? i guess i needed a bit of catharsis, and this was very refreshing.

the edginess reminded me of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for some reason, and the imagery and pace and cheeky dialogue was like Sherlock, which was another Guy Ritchie film. really liked how the dialogue was edited -- very clever. the editing overall was well done -- Ritchie really took out everything extraneous and fluffy and packed as much power into the film as he could with just the right touches of softness and vulnerability. 

[watching a film like this makes me wonder if i could write like this. i think it’s a great example of ‘less is more’, something that i have always struggled with.]

i’m also not going to complain about the eye candy. who’s going to complain about eye-shadowed jude law being lanky and lazy on his throne with his shirt half open? i’ll stop there.

another thing i appreciated was his portrayal of the mage. reminded me a bit of a previous King Arthur film by Antoine Fuqua in the way that the female character opposite to Arthur wasn’t a damsel in distress. i also appreciated Ritchie’s lack of gratuitous romance. the mage was a character all on her own with or without Arthur. thumbs up. (was she supposed to be guinevere though?) 

and Daniel Pemberton’s soundtrack made it even more bad-ass. the sounds are very visceral and get you pumping to write furiously or go to the gym and run or train furiously or get on a horse and go whilst listening to it. it’s been on repeat since yesterday, except when my mum’s in the car. 

click here for a clip of him talking about the process of making it. (i can watch process videos all day. they fascinate me to no end. who’s with me?)

also, who wants to watch it again with me? 

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so King Arthur LotS was interesting.. the concept was a little unconventional but hell. also Charlie Hunnam's cheeky! Arty was delightful as was his abs i mean damn *cough*

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All these promotions Charlie hunnam is doing for King Arthur just reminds me how much I've always wanted to be Charlie hunnam since seeing Pacific rim thee first time. *sings Pacific rim song *