Somewhere in all of this theres a good movie trying to get out.
The impulse to reimagine the tale of Excalibur isnt a bad one.
Now hes just sinking deeper.
Someone needs to throw him a line.
When he touches its hilt, hes zapped by white light.
The music on the soundtrack swells.
Dogs bark and horses rear up.
Excalibur is meant for him.
A hero, albeit a reluctant one, is born.
Theyre rascals you want to spend some hang time with.
But the film never allows you to.
There are too many phony-looking special-effects sequences of giant marauding elephants and magical eel creatures to get to.
Hunnam and his charismatic band of merry pranksters get lost in the sea of pixels.
Which is a shame.
BecauseKing Arthurcould have been a rollicking blast.
Instead its just another wannabe blockbuster with too much flash and not enough soul.C+
