Yes, looks totally nuts. We need a good Arthurian movie after Ritchie's mess, heh.
Also, that's Fifield playing Arthur. ;D
Quote from: KiramidHead on Feb 13, 2020, 09:10:39 PM
Also, that's Fifield playing Arthur. ;D
And Ford is his wife.
Didn't watch the trailer but read about it and sounds interesting to check out.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Feb 13, 2020, 09:10:39 PM
Yes, looks totally nuts. We need a good Arthurian movie after Ritchie's mess, heh.
Also, that's Fifield playing Arthur. ;D
Thought it was kinda ok and I don't blame Richie for what it was.
Imagine if he had more freedom and it was Rated-R.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Feb 16, 2020, 05:19:41 AM
Eh, turning King Arthur into medieval Snatch is a dicey proposition for me.
And you'd want frigging Paddington to be R rated.
Doesn't have to be Snatch storywise, just similar characters, swearing, bloody violence and perhaps puns on the violence.
I don't get the Paddington connection?
Quote from: KiramidHead on Feb 16, 2020, 06:18:29 AM
You ask for everything to be R rated. So the joke is that you'd even want family films to be R rated.
I do? I didn't know. What else do you know about me that I don't know?
King Arthur involves knights and medieval stuff, so to me it makes sense that a King Arthur movie would Rated R.
Even the 2004 movie that was rated PG-13 had some sort of adult tone to it.
Besides, what kids these days are interested in a King Arthur movie? Would make more sense to cater to an adult audience, kinda like Game Of Thrones.
Pandemic Battle Delays A24's 'The Green Knight' Release
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3616120/pandemic-battle-pushes-back-a24s-green-knight/ (https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3616120/pandemic-battle-pushes-back-a24s-green-knight/)
https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1339670657207054345
Finally! I wrote a first act of a screenplay based on the same story as my script assignment in film school; very keen to see how they've done it.
My wife is rather heavily into the King Arthur mythology and we've both been looking forward to this for sometime. Was hoping for a VOD release before Christmas but if postponing it means we can possibly see it in theatres, it's the right choice.
Some new images
https://twitter.com/awards_watch/status/1387520186597527553
Excellent. 8)
Some new posters
(https://images2.imgbox.com/c5/07/P1NdMkJC_o.jpg)
(https://s8d4.turboimg.net/sp/55aa80205afac06e171f0b7a1caadfe3/tgk2.jpg)
(https://s8d4.turboimg.net/sp/d37e06c31294f676bea37f91c161cdcd/tgk3.jpg)
(https://s8d4.turboimg.net/sp/eeb71a53382ab6a6fc460d5b8e298fd6/tgk4.jpg)
(https://s8d4.turboimg.net/sp/49d348d98bdaabe25508a7a6c81e5688/tgk5.jpg)
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Amongst my most anticipated this year.
Arthurian legend? I'm in.
Looks like Groot's cousin.
I read Roger Lancelyn Green's take (which in turn is based on Malory's, Le Morte d'Arthur) on this tale just the other day. Will need lots of fleshing out to make it into a feature length movie though.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Feb 13, 2020, 09:10:39 PM
Also, that's Fifield playing Arthur. ;D
Found his sword stuck in a rock.
He loves 'em.
But his version of Arthur will not be into slaying giants though. Nothing to contribute in that arena.
I think the script did the rounds a while ago and it had some additions from what I recall hearing about it. I don't remember many details and I don't have it myself.
Trailer tomorrow:
https://twitter.com/TheGreenKnight/status/1391763605255688204 (https://twitter.com/TheGreenKnight/status/1391763605255688204)
Another poster:
Dev Patel as Sir Gawain:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1CJjQmX0AQg26V?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
Excellent. Can't wait for that trailer.
This film was also shot in the Irish countryside and at Ardmore Studios, same as The Last Duel and Excalibur.
I actually just recently watched Excalibur for the first time and adored it.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on May 10, 2021, 04:36:46 PM
I actually just recently watched Excalibur for the first time and adored it.
Well, this doesn't surprise me.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on May 09, 2021, 02:29:08 AM
It is crass, kinda trashy, violent to an almost overwhelming degree, rough around the edges [...] I love it.
;)
:D
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 07, 2021, 04:08:10 PM
But his version of Arthur will not be into slaying giants though. Nothing to contribute in that arena.
https://youtu.be/wLzQszNrNkM
First trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLt-OdoAwSA&list=WL&index=1
f**k I can't wait.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 10, 2021, 04:11:26 PM
This film was also shot in the Irish countryside and at Ardmore Studios, same as The Last Duel and Excalibur.
And at Cahir Castle in Tipperary as well:
(https://imgur.com/21f8Ddc.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjA3JqBXcAYJUi7?format=jpg&name=900x900)
The image above is behind-the-scenes from The Last Duel. Note the tower on right with double windows matches image from The Green Knight trailer above.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjlXtuTXcAACXCj?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Above, Cahir Castle in Excalibur.
Quote from: Trash Queen on May 11, 2021, 12:00:12 AM
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on May 07, 2021, 04:08:10 PM
But his version of Arthur will not be into slaying giants though. Nothing to contribute in that arena.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLzQszNrNkM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1Httq7WQAQ4CLV?format=jpg&name=large)
Yep, this looks great.
Oh I am so in.
Funny Edgerton is in this, he's played Gawain before. :laugh:
But where is Liam Neeson?
Since it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet, the movie already as a tabletop rpg based on it. https://shop.a24films.com/products/the-green-knight-a-fantasy-roleplaying-game
Quote from: KiramidHead on May 18, 2021, 04:36:40 AM
Since it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet, the movie already as a tabletop rpg based on it. https://shop.a24films.com/products/the-green-knight-a-fantasy-roleplaying-game
Annnd ordered.
Quote from: KiramidHead on May 18, 2021, 04:36:40 AM
Since it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet, the movie already as a tabletop rpg based on it. https://shop.a24films.com/products/the-green-knight-a-fantasy-roleplaying-game
Packaging reminiscent of the original 1980's D&D box sets:
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Image from Fandango
(https://images.fandango.com/ImageRenderer/0/0/redesign/static/img/default_poster.png/0/images/masterrepository/other/TheGreenKnight_Gallery.jpg)
Without Sean Connery?
I dont know.
My copy of the RPG arrived today. Cannot wait to run this thing.
https://twitter.com/TheGreenKnight/status/1404832653690421258
Gimli would be jealous of that ax.
First Arthurian legend I read in my lit class. Loved it. I am so glad its finally being adapted with reasonable budget!
Can't wait.
I highly recommend reading The Green Knight before you see the film [if you haven't already]. Its short and J.R.R. Tolkien even has a translation.
Quote from: City Hunter Yautja on Jul 15, 2021, 12:58:21 AM
I highly recommend reading The Green Knight before you see the film [if you haven't already]. Its short and J.R.R. Tolkien even has a translation.
Reading Tolkien's translation now, actually, in anticipation of the film.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 15, 2021, 04:14:26 PM
Quote from: City Hunter Yautja on Jul 15, 2021, 12:58:21 AM
I highly recommend reading The Green Knight before you see the film [if you haven't already]. Its short and J.R.R. Tolkien even has a translation.
Reading Tolkien's translation now, actually, in anticipation of the film.
I read it in a Norton Anthology, I might check out Tolkien's trans to see what he discovered.
Director David Lowery on The Green Knight's Eerie Influences
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/07/the-green-knight-david-lowery-preview-dev-patel-willow-influences
f**king joke. Sick and tired of lockdown.
Quote'The Green Knight' Pulled From UK Release Calendar Due To Covid Concerns
https://deadline.com/2021/07/the-green-knight-pulled-uk-release-calendar-1234798288/
Quote from: Ingwar on Jul 23, 2021, 11:11:06 AM
f**king joke. Sick and tired of lockdown.
Quote'The Green Knight' Pulled From UK Release Calendar Due To Covid Concerns
https://deadline.com/2021/07/the-green-knight-pulled-uk-release-calendar-1234798288/
Won't they release it via streaming then?
Got my ticket for Friday.
https://twitter.com/ralphineson/status/1419757973379895300
Power went out in the theater moments before my screening was about to begin so I guess I'm not seeing it until tomorrow. :D
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 29, 2021, 11:36:06 PM
Power went out in the theater moments before my screening was about to begin so I guess I'm not seeing it until tomorrow. :D
Dat great lenghts
he is going to..
Quote from: kwisatz on Jul 30, 2021, 03:30:33 AM
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 29, 2021, 11:36:06 PM
Power went out in the theater moments before my screening was about to begin so I guess I'm not seeing it until tomorrow. :D
Dat great lenghts he is going to..
Sir Gawain thinks he got it bad on his adventure to find the Green Knight? Pffft. As if he had to deal with anything so rough as his theater losing power.
I made it to the theater okay, but the universe tried to stop me, too. Road work, bad traffic, and a nasty car accident that happened not far behind me on the highway. But I still got here with time to spare.
EDIT: and then the projector went out like 10-15 minutes from the end. :laugh: They managed to get it back up and running pretty quickly, though.
Stylish, hypnotic, and captivating; The Green Knight contorts its source material (of which I am only familiar with J.R.R. Tolkien's translation) into something new, playing almost like a series of episodic role-playing game encounters that build upon one another and weave into an adventurous tapestry of moral complexities that hit hard with the same core thematic intent of the original work.
I want to say more, but I'm still mulling the movie over. I absolutely loved this, and can see myself revisiting it quite often.
Yes, I did ultimately quite like this, it really captured the weirder qualities of some of the legends. And I like the expansion of the outward journey, the original poem just stops and goes "yeah a ton of shit happened, but let's skip ahead." :laugh: I'm not completely sure about the ending, but I'll have to give it some more thought.
As for the ending,
Spoiler
I read it in a positive light, in contrast to the "What If?" that Gawain saw before accepting his fate at the hands of the Green Knight and insinuating that an ending along the lines of the poem's happier one could very well follow from where we were left.
Yeah that's pretty much what I figured.
Spoiler
The "vision" was the Last Temptation of Sir Gawain. He learns his lesson and accepts his potential death, so he may very well survive like in the poem.
(https://nerdbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sean-Harris-played-the-role-of-King-Arthur.jpeg)
"Look, I'm just a king. I like being king. I love being king! Now it's clear you, Gawain, don't give a shit about being king. But what you do seem to care about is gigantic wandering bodies. And as I don't really have anything to contribute in the gigantic wandering body arena, I'm gonna go back to Camelot. If you don't mind."
(https://media.wonderlandmagazine.com/uploads/2021/05/The-Green-Knight-giant-monster.jpg)
I am highly interested in this but judging from the reviews this seems to be some high art film I will probably don't "get". Is there actually any action at all in here?
I don't mind slow films but if there is not going to be a good build up and payoff I might end up disappointed.
So to those who have seen it, is there action?
It's not an action movie.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Aug 01, 2021, 07:11:33 PM
It's not an action movie.
Well yes I already figured that, it doesn't need to be. But it doesn't need to be endless dialogue either. :-D
It's not really wall to wall dialogue, more atmosphere building and strange situations.
I will watch it eventually. I kind of enjoyed "a ghost story" too but I don't get much out of those kind of films.
Strange situations and atmosphere are good, still hopeful about the film
Each "strange situation," in this case, ultimately boils down to a relatively simple good choice/bad choice morality test that helps to show Gawain for who he is and who he strives to be to the audience, boiling down to his final and most significant test at the end of his quest. I don't think it should be so dense that it turns off a great many people, but then, what do I know?
What I do know is that I want to see this again, and can't wait to own a copy. Crossing my fingers that it is packed with extras, because this is a world that I want to spend a lot more time in.
https://twitter.com/BDisgusting/status/1422287856714780681
https://twitter.com/812filmreviews/status/1422631543076499458
I went to see this at the local Alamo Drafthouse, and there was an intro to the movie by Lowery. He talked about his influences, including The Dark Crystal, and mentioned that he and the crew watched Age of Resistance religiously during production. :laugh:
Smart man, Age of Resistance is phenomenal. 8) Ralph Ineson and Alicia Vikander actually overlap between that and The Green Knight.
I know he also started conceptualizing the idea of doing a film about a knight on a quest (which eventually culminated in him adapting Sir Gawain and the Green Knight into this film) after finding his old childhood Willow action figures and setting them up in a sort of diorama in his yard. :D
Yep, he also mentioned having to leave the theater early because the baby vomiting freaked him out too much as a kid. :laugh:
The Green Knight will be screened online for one night only:
https://screeningroom.a24films.com/
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 10, 2021, 07:11:52 PM
The Green Knight will be screened online for one night only:
https://screeningroom.a24films.com/
When? I can't see it.
Aug 18 at 9pm EST.
But it appears to be for US only? :-\
Just f**k the UK then lol
Never getting to see this apparently.
Yeah, I'll just wait for the UHD/BD. The theatrical window is only about 4 weeks nowadays.
So...is this a good movie? It's available to watch, but not sure if I want to spend the $20 to watch at home.
Quote from: Master Chief on Aug 20, 2021, 02:21:45 PM
So...is this a good movie? It's available to watch, but not sure if I want to spend the $20 to watch at home.
Apparently it is some arty farty slow film for sophisticated audiences only. You could have guessed this already judging by the high scores around movie sites.
Great. I was hoping to wear my black turtleneck for this. Also, we prefer the term artisan fartisan.
I thought it was great.
As expected this is not my cup of tea. Didn't understand half the dialogue, slow and ponderous and I basically didn't "get it". I'm made for popcorn movies!
Anyway it looked gorgeous other than that I got nothing out of it.
Thank you for posting.