Comments on: Forgotten Fridays – First Knight

By: Andy D

Andy D — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:04:01 +0000

“Yes, I will concede that his casting in First Knight was odd, but he’s a lot better than, say, Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (and Sir Connery had a cameo at the end of that as King Arthur!).”

Connery didn’t play King Arthur in Prince of Thieves, he played King Richard the Lionheart.

By: Mladen

Mladen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:18:13 +0000

Ugh. Its a good review and I see where you’re coming from, but all I can ever see in this movie is derivative, corny, safe, middle of the road pap.

Whenever I see it on tv it reminds me of everything I hated in many mid 90s mainstream movies. Bright, energetic diversions with big name casting, but completely dull and unwatchable.

Oh, and the comparison with Sword and Stone is fair. Both adress different aspects of the same legend.

Likening it to comparing Airforce One to Airplane is as silly as comparing Herbie Fully Loaded and Death Race 2000 because they both have cars in them.

By: ruth @ flixchatter

ruth @ flixchatter — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:40:47 +0000

Cool idea about reviewing old flix. I think First Knight is an ok flix, definitely elevated by the presence of Sean Connery. I like Julia Ormond, she’s an underrated actress who could’ve been more famous than she is. The biggest problem I have with this one is Richard Gere. I’m not saying he’s not a good actor, he just seems ill-fitted as a British Knight. Not as bad as Costner as Robin Hood, though.

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:01:59 +0000

You can compare whatever you’d like, saying that they’re BOTH MOVIES following the SAME story line. From what it sounds like, First Knight doesn’t have that much action in it. IT SHOULD to some, if it’s about what, well, it’s about. Sword in the Stone is better to whoever because it delivered more out of the story it’s following than the other one did.

Rodney, you forget that you have no RIGHT to tell people what they can and cannot compare with ANYTHING. GRow up, quit arguing against people’s opinions and thoughts and leave it be man.

By: Chris K

Chris K — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:31:56 +0000

Sir Connery was good as Arthur and Julia Ormond is a goregous creature, but I found the movie pales in comparison to Excalibur. It was an OK movie, but as far as King Arthur stories go, Excalibur rules and has not been topped yet. For some reason I just wasn’t buying Gere as Lancelot. He is a very good actor, but his performance just didn’t do it for me. Like I said, not terrible, but not all that good either.

By: Tim "Cloverfield"

Tim "Cloverfield" — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:11:27 +0000

Julia Ormand was incredibly beautiful in this film. Even with little Dick Gere, I enjoyed this and Sir Sean. One of the best things I remember was during the shoot….little Dick was hit in the face with a sword and required for him to take several weeks off! Good pick!

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:21:08 +0000

FYI Sarah, Malagant had already rebelled against Arthur, Formed his own army, rallied his own kingdom and fake title, and ruled over lands of his own BEFORE he abducted Guinevere.

Watch the movie please.

By: Jeremy K.

Jeremy K. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:10:46 +0000

“it would not shock me if Rodney or John put up a post regarding such a crazy debate.”

I really hope not. I really don’t feel like continuing to argue that neither Matt S. or I were trying to compare animated to live action. A simple statement of preference does not mean that we are comparing the two, it is stating which we enjoyed more. Deciding that we prefer animated movies based off the same mythos over some live action movies also based on the same mythos does not mean we are trying to compare the two. That is called jumping to conclusions that do not exist.

And Matt S., if I misrepresent you in any way, feel free to correct me.

By: kevin [ jonathancranehiscameo]

kevin [ jonathancranehiscameo] — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:04:40 +0000

I wont say First Knight is a forgotten film, its still a good movie you can find everywhere.

By: Anti-Septic

Anti-Septic — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:31:42 +0000

This was my least favorite of all the King Arthur movies I have watched over the years. The reason I say this…. It was clear they thought casting choice would override any deficiencies in a mediocre plot, well they were wrong. Instead of putting forth an incredible script, they cast this dream team of Sean Connery and Richard Gere who were immensely popular at the time. This movie just doesnt deliver for me.

I was a much bigger fan of Excalibur (1981) starring Nigel Terry.