If you look really close at the picture you can almost see him thinking, "fear my rubbery might!" ;)

New guy here... Hi everybody :D Did you notice Arthur's horse had nicely fluted steel chamfron??? My two favorite scenes: 1. guinevere taking a bath in a snow storm with space aged insulated gauze sheets for curtains.
2. Before the last battle when Arthur is talking to the head Saxon... Arthur's head and upper body are off screen so the dialogue between them seems to be between the horse and the Saxon :wtf: :lol:

I got around to seeing it finally. I have to say the plot and all the historical inaccuracies disappointed me greatly. But after sitting on it for about a week and a half I think I have decided that I do like this movie. I found Lancelot's swords to be very interesting, I liked them, except for the grips, I found them kind of weird. Just me though. I will say that disappointment in the story has caused me, as an amateur author, to strongly consider writing my version of the "true story of king Arthur" :D

Sorry to bring this year old topic back from the dead but I just watched the Directors Cut version of the DVD and its much better than what I saw in the theater. It much darker and more violent...just has more umph to it. I actually apprectiated the differences in the armor that the knights wore (based on where they were from) in the final battle. The dialog is still cheesy at times but its still an improvement over what Disney originally put out.

And " Hollywood " wonders why fewer people go out to movie when only waiting for the directors cuts will show you what the director intended. ( Or a better version of the story. )

Also stupid to not stick to the actual history with these kind of films especially if there are abundant original sources: When they don't stick to history they usually put into the script all the tired clichés we have seen so many times that usually just seeing the trailer for the film will give the whole story away. (Example of bad decisions: The stupid and impossible bedding of the princess in Brave Heart leading us to think that a future king of England would be the bastard child of William Wallace :wtf: )

And the real history would just make better films.

Marcos;

Thanks for the tip will now consider buying the Arthur DVD.

The alternate ending is also much better than the fluffy, feel good ending of the theatrical version.

The 'making of' documentary is also quite good. It explains the research and design decisions that went into the arms, armor and story. It gave me a whole new appreciation for what the director was trying to do.

I've only seen the Director's Edition, however this movie really did not impresse me.

I was hoping, after everything I heard and read that it would be atleast entertaining as a fantasy film a la Conan. And although the movie has some moments, terrible dialoge and bad acting really didn't do the movie any good. The Saksen Commander (sorry, forgot his name) really had no dimensions what so ever. The entire Saksen force was portraided as this evil force.

I can't comment to much on Saksen and Roman military strategy, however I agree with David Stokes' earlier comments that all the big battle scenes in historic movies these days are generally the same.

The Making Off... that was on the Director's Edition disc didn't really explain anything to me. According to the crew, they were trying to make this movies gritty and realistic, and although they may have succeeded to some extend in the gritty part, I couldn't really say that things were realistic. The CGI-crew themselves commented that they had to create matte-paintings and CGI envirements to create the scenery for over 300 shots, because they couldn't find the kind of scenery they wanted anywere.

I will say that the idea of creating such a big part of Hadrians (spelling??) Wall was a great idea, better then a complete CGI wall.

I was thinking about what the Historical and Weapon Consulants said. Training the extras to use tactics that the Saxons would have; the design considerations for Arthurs sword and the fighting styles used by the knights.

I would love to see a movie where there were non-penetrating hits to the armor. With the way Hollywood portrays armor, you'd think it was just for decoration. I'm still trying to figure out how Maximus got his shoulder slashed under his armor in Gladiator.

:mad: Hey now, lets not drag Conan into this ;)

I think the fact is that this was a fantasy movie anyways... Gladiator and alexander were attempts at historical accuracy, but sometimes a movie is just a movie.

No problem, I was really just kidding. Interesting though, tghey did try to mix a lot of historicaly acurate stuff into the designs of the conan designs. I've been meaning to look up more stuff that Ron Cobb designed. The conglomeration really appeals to me.