[OT] A KNIGHT'S TALE: Um, what's up with that?

[Valicor]

I think the music was put in there to give it a more modern attitude. it is alot easier to relate to characters if there is a similarity or comparison that can be drawn from present day.

 

[Agamon]

Heaven forbid anyone do anything different. Sure, it'd suck if all new fantasy movies had pop music incorperated into them, but I thought it made A Knight's Tale unique in a quirky and enjoyable way.

 

[hong]

The best part was "talin' care of buisness" when he was fighting in the solo one on one tournament, and kicking ass... best. part. ever.

That, and Chaucer's intro speech at the tourney, ending with "Thank you! I'll be here all week!"

This was one of the best swashbuckling movies I've seen since _The Princess Bride_. No other movie comes to mind that has such an enormously gleeful sense of fun about it. In fact, I think it's the perfect sort of movie to act as inspiration for a D&D campaign.

 

[Desdichado]

Geez, Kantrip, like anything in the movie wasn't anachronistic? It's not like it was supposed to be a documentary about tourneys in the middle-ages. Get over it! It was done that way intentionally, and it made the movie a lot more interesting than it would have been otherwise!

 

[Aaron L]

A Knights Tale was an excellent move! To put it in the best way I can, I'll say it rocked. Now, some people may not want their medieval movies to rock, but in this case, rocking was a good choice.

 

[reapersaurus]

hmm.. fascinating turn of opinions on this board about this movie...

I distinctly remember getting a metric boatload of crap about a year ago for simply saying to the hordes of people on this board that only watched the trailer to simply keep an open mind and that there's no way they could KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that the "movie will suck as no movie has ever sucked before" as they said.

Mind you, the majority of people on this very board went out of their way to slam, criticise, demonize, and conclude that the movie would suck before the film ever even saw a movie theater (simply on their intimate knowledge of a 90-minute movie from watching a 60 second trailer).

Interesting how when people actually see a film their ignorance and pre-judging tends to melt away...
funny how that works, huh?

P.S. vindication DOES feel good, don't let anybody fool you...

 

[Ulrick]

I saw the movie...still didn't like it.

Although I thought it was cool watching the lances shatter upon impact.

Ulrick

 

[Corinth]

I saw better stuff at my local Renaissance festival.

Few things are so dire that I would prefer to spend a like amount of time playing The World of Synnibarr instead, but that film was one of them.

 

[Marion Poliquin]

I simply loved that movie. What is anachronistic is very anachronistic and what is historical is very historical. Kinda like Astérix. I don't remember seeing a church without benches in a medieval movie before this film.

Also, there is deep stuff there for those who know how to look for it. Chaucer ends up meeting many of the characters of The Canterbury Tales during the movie, which was a very nice touch.

 

[Breakstone]

I thought it was a fun film.

It wasn't the deepest of movies, but at least it wasn't a "leave your brain at the door" movie.

And the music choice was awesome.