Description: King Arthur the Extended Unrated Director's Cut contains fourteen minutes of never-before-seen footage, including more intense battle sequences and the scenes "Rain and Snow" and "Saxons Surrounded." Bonus Features
• Alternate Ending "Badon Hill" With Optional Director Commentary • Blood On The Land: Forging King Arthur • Cast And Filmmaker Round Table • Director Commentary • "Knight Vision" Trivia Track • Producer's Photo Gallery • Konami's King Arthur Playable Xbox Demo
Amazon.com: It's got a round table, some knights, and a noble warrior who rises to become King Arthur, but everything else about this revisionist legend is pure Hollywood. That's not such a bad thing if you enjoyed Rob Roy, Braveheart, Gladiator, and Troy, and there's some intriguing potential in presenting the "real" Arthur (played by Clive Owen) as a 5th-century soldier of Rome, assigned to defend Roman-imperial England against a hoard of invading Saxons (led by Stellan Skarsgård in hairy villain mode). As revamped history and "archaeological findings" would have us believe, Guinevere (Keira Knightley) is a warrior babe in face-paint and Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd) is a nonentity who fades into the woodwork. Never mind! Best to enjoy the harsh, gloomy atmosphere of Irish locations, the ruggedness of Owen and his hearty supporting cast, and the entertaining nonsense of a Jerry Bruckheimer production that strips battle-ready Guinevere down to leather-strap S&M gear while all the men sport full-body armor. Hail to the queen, indeed! --Jeff Shannon
Great film! It might be somewhat historically accurate however we still have limited knowledge of the real King Aurthur & naturally it's hollywood'depiction that we're dealing w/ so of course certain things are going to be "different". However the acting, costumes, storyline, & time period are fantastic! A definite must see!
Far Too Many Commercials With No Option Out King Arthur is an awesome movie, the picture quality is about the same as the DVD version. The problem with the Blu-Ray is that it starts out with too many commercials that you have to watch with no way out. I don't have any other Blu-Rays like that, this is the only one I know of. The DVD version gives you the option to hit the "Menu" button to go directly to the movie, I went back to the DVD version, don't recommend the Blu-Ray unless you don't mind waiting 15+ minutes to watch it.
An epic of freedom I loved the film especially from the perspective of leadership. This is an epic about history and the freedom of England. It is great to see a man who is a true leader stand against the ultimate power, Rome, and even sacrifice his life for his men. People who are looking for leadership qualities beautifully laid in the great lands must see this film.
King Arthur King Arthur (PG-13 Full Screen Edition)
A superb rendition, with accurate costumes, arms, and armour of the period. This version of the "Arthur" Legend centres on the romano-briton Gauis Artorius Cliptus, and the Saemartian Cavalry, and is generally accepted as 'too early' by 400 years as being the 'real' Arthur, by historians.
However, the story of a Britain being overrun by the Saxons after the collapse of the Roman Empire, is correct, and shown in all of its 'Blood, Guts, and Gory Glory!'
The main characters are well portrayed, and the Brythionic Celts are shown as a 'woodland' tribal people similar to Native Americans which is relatively accurate.
Merlin, (in this version of the legend), figures in a relatively small role as the leader of the Celts, who join with Arthur and his fellow Romano-Britons to crush the Saxon invaders.
All of the major action is centered around Hadrians wall, which is taken under licence since the location of the battle of Mount Badon is unknown. But what the Heck! It's Hollywood! Keira Knightly as Gwenevere is outstanding, just about the best looking Celt I've ever seen!
All in all a good "Saturday night In" DVD for curling up on the sofa with your popcorn, or favourite chocolates, and the one you love!
lovingranny60 Excellent movie. Came in excellent condition and we have watched it several times already. Would recommend it highly to anyone.
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