SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

djk-38670 It has been years since I watched this movie, but whenever anyone asks me what the worst movie I ever watched ... it's this one. Yes it's pretty, but I could not believe anything that happened. I wondered if there was an in house joke where they believed it would never be released? Whenever I measure performance, quality and value this is my low bar at 0.

slightlymad22 First Knight (1995)Plot In A Paragraph: Lancelot (Richard Gere) falls in love with Guinevere (Julia Ormand) , who is due to be married to King Arthur (Connery). Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.YAWN!! This movie is the worst movie Connery has made since Sword & The Valiant. Yes I'm counting Highlander 2 in that. It is produced with a decent budget but a lot will have gone on its two main stars who are awfully miscast. As is the heroine. Both Connery and Gere are too old for the roles and Ormand is too young. Connery should make a brilliant King Arthur, all noble and dignified!! But he over acts at times and it just doesn't work, neither does Gere who has zero charisma and is totally unconvincing as Lancelot. It should be an interesting love triangle, but you are never really invested in it, and I just didn't care. First Knight grossed $37 million at the domestic box office to end 1995 as the 46th highest grossing movie of the year. One place better and one million dollars more than Just Cause. But considering this had a budget of $55 million compared to the $25 million of Just Cause. It's easier to see whIch one was considered a disappointment.

Ben Parker First Knight is an odd duck. Pretty much everyone is miscast. Julia Ormond overdoes pretty much everything, just relentlessly acting, and completely lacking the grace and subtlety required to play a noble. Richard Gere clearly was having a laugh: he doesn't bother hiding his American accent most of the time, and plays Lancelot as a one-note ladies' man, instead of as the charismatic character of legend. Connery possesses the gravitas to play Arthur, and plays him sincerely, but he brings far too much baggage from being "Sean Connery," to make him believable. The whole thing feels about as authentic as Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride. This is truly a prime example of Hollywood's excesses getting in the way of a good time. Yes, its fun if Richard Gere tosses his hair and acts all seductive, and yes I suppose its fun if there's a Wipeout-style obstacle course inserted into the Arthurian legend, but if there isn't a certain basic realism or internal logic to the characters, then a non-parodic narrative film like this is pretty well doomed. These aren't people, they're a bunch of cardboard cut-outs, play-acting around a round table.

ironhorse_iv I think this movie is deeply underestimate. Directed by Jerry Zucker, the movie is take a new interpretation of the Arthurian Legend, giving the film, a new look into the old tales. Some of the film foundation comes from tales like Wace's Roman de Brut, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, and others. The movie takes most of its story from the tales from writer Chrétien de Troyes whom credit for adding Lancelot, and the Holy Grail myth to most Arthurian tales. The movie is mostly based on Troyes's 'Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart' poem where Lancelot fall in love with Lady Guinevere. While, the poem has them, Courtly Love, (AKA love of honor & merit), the movie makes it feels they love each other with passion. The film opens with Lancelot (Richard Gere), as a vagabond and skilled swordsman nomad who travel town to town, to challenge anybody for a duel for money, rather than a noble Knight. On his way back from one such visit, he comes around Guinevere (Julia Ormond), the ruler of Leonesse, whom just decide to marry King Arthur of Camlet (Sean Connery) partly out of admiration and partly for security against Malagant (Ben Cross), who been terrorize her land. When she is kidnap by Malagant, he seek to rescue her. On the way back to Camlet, both falls in love with each other, and soon enough, an affair blossom that would hurt her kingdom and King Arthur forever. Can Lancelot and Guinevere keep their love, a secret or will King Arthur find out? Watch the movie to find out. Without spoiling too much. The romantic sub-plot wasn't that bad. It wasn't too cheesy. I really believe the morals of honor, and the misunderstood of love. I have to say, Richard Gere works his charm and I really didn't think he need the English accent. Julia Ormond is beautiful, and courageous. She is fine actress. You can see her torn between her love for King Arthur and Lancelot. There are a few things, I didn't like. The movie has this type ending if you are a good and true and honest person, you get killed and the guy who you did everything for, runs off with your one true love. Certain people were really upset by that. Still, Lancelot knows what is right and wrong with this. He didn't want to undermine it. Also, by not, having Lancelot, not being a knight in the beginning, the movie somewhat hurts the 'Significance of the Cart' part of the poem. The cart is significant to the story because it proves just how far Lancelot will go to rescue Guinevere. He does not think about his reputation being destroyed when he chooses to ride on the cart. By ruining his reputation, Lancelot also tarnishes the reputation of the king he represents; but his love for Guinevere outweighs all other issues that may arise from his actions. The action, we do see is amazing. I love the whole obstacle course scene. Still, some of the gauntlet is a little bit too dangerous & unrealistic. Lot stabbing swords. Come on, even with the provided protective gear that would kill you. I doubt anybody in real life was willing to get kill just to win a kiss from Guinevere. The action battle scenes are just entertaining to watch. I love the sword fight cinematography. The Battle at Leonesse was brutal and the Battle for Camlet was just amazing shot. The act of defiance against all odds, never surrender. This is probably my favorite final battle because there are so many movies where the two main people will fight the entire time whereas in this one they are realistically separated by other combatants. I love Lancelot's Blade Spam-and-disarm technique. Richard Gere really put some work into those sword fights. While Guinevere is distressed in Damsel, pretty much for the entirety of the film, she does put up a good fight during her abductions. Ben Cross is just chilling in this role. Sean Connery is wise and he really commands the movie. Just watch his speech before the Battle for Camlet. Awesome stuff. The smart dialogue is very memorable. What I did like about the movie is how absence the magical elements are, the film doesn't even have the magician, Merlin. I don't mind the demystification of the story as much as other people do. The score by Jerry Goldsmith was great. It's amazing what he got done in three days. Still, it's a bit short, but alright. Also the movie was beautifully shot. The Pyre at sea is how I like to go. Overall: Watch First Knight. It's not as bad, as certain people make it out to be.