It was hard to to imagine something legendary like King Arthur to be directed by Guy Ritchie. But after watching King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, I have to say I really enjoyed it.
The pacing, the wit, the humour; all of the stylistic efforts from Ritchie blended very well into something as old as this story. Although, I would have liked to hear the name Camelot instead of Londinium, which sounded quite ridiculous.
But then again, Ritchie gave this movie a modern cover amidst its period background. There were a lot of CGI involved which could have or may not have taken you out of the "King Arthur" mythology.
The look of Arthur as well, played competently by Charlie Hunnam; as well as Jude Law's antagonist, both have very modern get-up and hairstyle (for the non-balding Hunnam at least).
Stylistically, I enjoyed those things about the movie. They gave a fresh take on a property that is pretty old. And this world that Ritchie created, it just added on to this new story of King Arthur.
However, once we get into the beginning of the third act, it felt like Ritchie was bounded by the studio to force a few beats into the story. For example, the kidnapping of the kid and the mage, the death of one of Arthur's friend, the unlikely betrayal of one of the Djimon Hounsou's crew member; all these little beats I thought made the movie dragged on a lot more than added to the enjoyment of the story.
Especially with the kidnapping of the kid and the mage, it made no sense as to why Law's character would make decisions that way as they did not favour him at all. Also, after that there was this thing with a humongous snake. Why couldn't the snake be used a lot more if the mage could summon it?
The third act was mired by a few of these little issues that actually turned into big, jarring events for the story and its characters, and those parts really dropped the ball for the movie.
Having said that, however, I would not mind delving into this world again in a sequel. But the box office result has probably sealed its fate.
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