I watched King Arthur last night after work. I picked this movie up for Clive Owen and Clive Owen alone, but along with that gorgeous hunk, you get a quite a few gorgeous knights as well and one epic soundtrack for Hans Zimmer! Holy smokes, the soundtrack is haunting!

But back to the knights! You have Ioan Gruffudd (as Lancelot) and Mads Mikkelsen (as Tristan). Now where in the world have I seen these two cool guys before? Ioan is in Horation Hornblower (duh!) and, of course, Mads the coolest thing from Denmark in Casino Royale as Le Chiffre! Both adorable and so, so damn cute, that it hurts!

The soundtrack is blooming haunting! Needless to say it is on my buy list in Amazon!

The movie itself got a weird odd rating. But, now, I am kicking myself for having missed it on the full screen and theatre sound system! Ah! Well!  I liked the movie, for the historical accurateness that it tries to achieve. More of the dark ages time, rather than the whole legend of Camelot thing. Merlin being more of native pagan fighting for his land against Rome, than the wizard. Wars are little more realistic than people dancing around. Knights being human, that is not the pious, self-righteous characters, but realistic, oppressed, barbaric, mercenaries. Costumes carefully chosen and location shots are amazing! For me, the process of change in Artorius to being King Arthur is really heart rendering. It is process of realization that for the longest time the beliefs he has held about Rome, grandeur and justice and freedom for all, are no longer existent and that he has to strive to build it with what he has.

Wonderful movie!