We went to see King Arthur in theaters yesterday. I won’t even bother to rate this movie — don’t see it. At all. Here’s why:

• I yawned through half of it. This is never a good sign (and no, I wasn’t tired before we walked into the theater, either).
• The characters are so one-dimensional that you never establish any connection to them.
• The plot is somewhat predictable.
• Battle scene followed by battle scene followed by battle scene interrupted by an inconvenient love scene followed by glorious battle scene…
• Jeez, how much damage to the environment did they do in that last scene shoot? (Okay, so this is a dumb one, but still…)

The only thing I can really give this movie some credit for is a moderate amount of ingenuity in designing the execution of the more major battle scenes. They had interesting tactics.

All in all, I repeat my conclusion here — don’t bother seeing this movie unless you have some desire to enjoy a one-dimensional battle fest for about two hours.

Additional Links

Seattle Times Review: King Arthur
Roger Ebert’s Review: King Arthur