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Not my King Arthur

July 12, 2004

I went to see the new “King Arthur” movie this weekend. I can’t say if I liked it or not because I can’t get past the fact that it wasn’t my King Arthur. Ever since I read The Mists of Avalon I’ve kind of accepted it as the real story, I guess. Yeah, I know it’s fiction, but I prefer Marion Zimmer Bradley’s fictional version above all others.

The interpretation they used in the movie seemed to be based on the historical evidence of the real life King Arthur. In fact, they call it “the untold true story that inspired the legend.” But for me, it seriously lacked the mystique found in the fantasy versions. I definitely would have liked it better if it wasn’t trying to be the King Arthur story. If the characters had been given different names, I could have watched more objectively. In fact, aside from the sight of the round table, there was nothing about the movie that would have suggested to me that this was the King Arthur story if they had used different names for the characters. Disappointing, huh?

I told myself from the beginning to be objective and to watch with an open mind. It didn’t happen. Did I like the movie? The jury’s still out on that one. I’ll need to analyze it more in my head to be able to come up with an answer. But it wasn’t my King Arthur.

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One Response to “Not my King Arthur”

  1. Janet Says:
    July 12th, 2004 at 12:35 pm

    I believe it was TNT that did a pretty decent miniseries called The Mists of Avalon a few years back. Things like that are not my cup of tea normally, but I had to write a review on it. I ended up watching and I was pleasantly surprised.

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