I saw "The Green Knight", starring Dev Patel-Chappie, The Last Airbender; Alicia Vikander-Tomb Raider_2018, Jason Bourne; Joel Edgerton-Red Sparrow, The Thing_2011 and Sean Harris-the Mission:Impossible movies, Prometheus.
This is a medieval Knights of the Round Table type story that is good & strange. It's good, as far as the costumes and visuals go, but some elements of the story are a little strange. Dev plays Sir Gawain, a want_to_be Knight but he drinks and parties too much. Sean plays his uncle, King Arthur, and wants to groom him to be the next King. Alicia plays Dev's girlfriend. The Green Knight is part man and part plant-hence the name-and he shows up at the Round Table with a challenge: Any Knight can strike him with the fiercest blow that they can muster, but one year later, the Knight must travel to the Green Knight's castle where he will return the same blow to that Knight. Well, Dev wants to show his fortitude & ingenuity and jumps to the challenge, cutting off the Green Knight's head-thinking that should settle things with no second part to the test to worry about. The Green Knight picks up his head and rides off, laughing. One year later, Dev has to keep his part of the bargain-or loose respect to his uncle and everyone in the village-and embarks on his journey. Along the way he meets ghosts, thieves, nude giants and talking animals-remember, I said strange-and Joel, who acts strange as well. And don't get me started on Dev's mother.
It's rated "R" for violence and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 10 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD but if you are interested in medieval tales, it would be a good rental.
This is a medieval Knights of the Round Table type story that is good & strange. It's good, as far as the costumes and visuals go, but some elements of the story are a little strange. Dev plays Sir Gawain, a want_to_be Knight but he drinks and parties too much. Sean plays his uncle, King Arthur, and wants to groom him to be the next King. Alicia plays Dev's girlfriend. The Green Knight is part man and part plant-hence the name-and he shows up at the Round Table with a challenge: Any Knight can strike him with the fiercest blow that they can muster, but one year later, the Knight must travel to the Green Knight's castle where he will return the same blow to that Knight. Well, Dev wants to show his fortitude & ingenuity and jumps to the challenge, cutting off the Green Knight's head-thinking that should settle things with no second part to the test to worry about. The Green Knight picks up his head and rides off, laughing. One year later, Dev has to keep his part of the bargain-or loose respect to his uncle and everyone in the village-and embarks on his journey. Along the way he meets ghosts, thieves, nude giants and talking animals-remember, I said strange-and Joel, who acts strange as well. And don't get me started on Dev's mother.
It's rated "R" for violence and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 10 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD but if you are interested in medieval tales, it would be a good rental.