King Arthur director's cut-anyone seen it? -- myArmoury.com

Roger Hooper · Posted: Wed 30 Nov, 2005 7:28 am Post subject:

Lest we forget..............

David V. · Posted: Wed 30 Nov, 2005 9:36 am Post subject:

Hey, that's not fair, my link pointed at the holy grail film... Cry

Mike H · Posted: Wed 30 Nov, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject:

And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high,
saying, 'Oh, Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that with it thou
mayest blow thy enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord
did grin, and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and
carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and
fruit bats, and large --" Big Grin

Jonathon Janusz · Posted: Wed 30 Nov, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject:

I'm telling you guys, her and Kirsten Dunst. . . you'd think that with a couple million dollars laying around, they could get some dental work done. . . just totally ruins the image for me.

Back on topic. Yes, it may have had some rough spots, but I thought there were some worthwhile nuggets. I remember a scene in which the Saxon leader was seeing the work of Arthur first-hand for the first time and growled in a matter-of-fact, confident bordering on arrogant, raspy gruff voice, "Finally, a man worth killing." For a few brief shining moments in the movie, that guy was my hero.

I respect very much, especially in today's Hollywood, a writer making a villain that is a villain, has no reservations about being a villain, and that the writer isn't going to somehow spin by the end of the movie into someone you can kind of relate to on a personal level, somehow feel for, start thinking is an "anti-hero", or otherwise make an otherwise perfectly good absolute diabolical monster into anything but. Clear example: Darth Vader from Episodes 4 and 5, versus Anakin Skywalker as he becomes Darth Vader in Episodes 2 and 3. You can't tell me there was a moment of resigning defeatest internal moral struggle going on behind the black helmet the first couple times you saw the voice of James Earl Jones crush a man's throat with the Force and in the next breath promote the next closest minion to admiral, setting an example for the price of failure.

Marcos Cantu · Posted: Wed 30 Nov, 2005 6:18 pm Post subject:

I'm watching it again right now and her teeth are actually pretty straight...

Bob Burns · Posted: Wed 30 Nov, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject:

My wife and I own the directors cut and we both love this movie. Though we both watch it for the entertainment aspect of the movie and the battle scenes, which are much more illustrated in the directors cut as opposed to the regular version.
My wife and I never expect Hollywood to get too much right in a movie anyway.

Happy Collecting,

Bob

John Cooksey · Posted: Wed 30 Nov, 2005 8:31 pm Post subject:

Jonathon Janusz · Posted: Thu 01 Dec, 2005 6:46 pm Post subject:

I know this seems to be the odd ball thread that just won't die, but I was thinking and have a question about the movie I think the folks here might be able to answer.

The song that Sir Boars' wife is singing, cradling her child, just before the knights are given their last mission - is it a real song? title/artist? or is it just a few bars made up to convey a mood/scene in the movie? I currently do not have the DVD to reference. From what I heard of it, I liked it a lot.

C. Stackhouse · Posted: Mon 05 Dec, 2005 6:06 am Post subject:

Marcos Cantu · Posted: Mon 05 Dec, 2005 9:38 am Post subject:

Does anyone know what happened to the Beowulf movie that was supossed to be being made? Neil Gaiman was doing the screenplay

C. Stackhouse · Posted: Mon 05 Dec, 2005 9:44 am Post subject:

The Beowulf movie is coming out in 2007

Cast List Courtesy of www.imdb.com

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anonymous epic poem "Beowulf"
Roger Avary
Neil Gaiman

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Chris Coppola .... Olaf
Shay Duffin
Greg Ellis .... Garmund
Brendan Gleeson
Crispin Glover .... Grendel
Leslie Harter Zemeckis .... Yrsa
Anthony Hopkins
Angelina Jolie .... Queen of Darkness (voice)
Alison Lohman .... (voice)
John Malkovich
Sebastian Roché .... Wulfgar
Charlotte Salt .... Estrith
Woody Schultz .... Hengest
Randy Shelly .... Boy
Tyler Steelman .... Young Cain
Ray Winstone .... Beowulf
Robin Wright Penn
Rik Young .... Eofor

Chuck Russell · Posted: Mon 05 Dec, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject:

Hisham Gaballa · Posted: Tue 06 Dec, 2005 2:48 am Post subject:

Chuck Russell · Posted: Tue 06 Dec, 2005 4:35 am Post subject:

C. Stackhouse · Posted: Tue 06 Dec, 2005 5:36 am Post subject:

No that is a future hollywood made film, if you want me to get you any info on the icelandic one just ask

Chuck Russell · Posted: Tue 06 Dec, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject:

Marcos Cantu · Posted: Tue 06 Dec, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject:

What would love to see in a movie are non-penetrating hits to the armor. The way Hollywood shows it, every slashing blow to the breastplate causes one to fall over dead.