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The King Arthur history is a long and varied one, involving his wife Guinevere, his favorite knight Lancelot, and a series of struggles, victories, and betrayals. Arthur first won recognition as king through a contest set up by the druid Merlin. Merlin put the sword Excalibur in a stone and said whoever could draw it out would be king. To everyone's amazement, Arthur did so and was crowned. After his coronation, he defended Briton against barbarian invaders and led his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail.
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While it excels in the technical arenas, King Arthur: Director’s Cut is sort of middle-of-the-pack when it comes to extras. I started with the fifteen minute Cast and Filmmaker Round Table, which featured Keira Knightley, Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffud, and Hugh Dancy representing the former, and director Antoine Fuqua, screenwriter David Franzoni and inverted pyramid headed producer Jerry Bruckheimer representing the latter. This plays a lot like Bruckheimer interviewing the participants, trying to spur them into saying something. As one might expect, there’s a lot of talk about the challenges of filming this kind of project, the kind of physical training required, and the bonds they formed during their time together.
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This new "King Arthur" tells a story with uncanny parallels to current events in Iraq. The imperialists from Rome enter England intent on overthrowing the tyrannical Saxons, and find allies in the brave Woads. "You -- all of you -- were free from your first breath!" Arthur informs his charges and future subjects, anticipating by a millennium or so the notion that all men are born free, and overlooking the detail that his knights have been pressed into involuntary servitude. Later he comes across a Roman torture chamber, although with Geneva and its Convention safely in the future, he doesn’t believe that Romans do not do such things.
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It's unfortunate that after developing an interesting story, King Arthur resorts to pure formula for its final third. Clunky dialogue starts to take over, and ultimately it devolves into a big spectacle battle, complete with inspirational speeches. To reduce any whole film's final act to that is dangerous, and here it loses its relevance and most of its appeal. Its score (by Hans Zimmer) and stylish slaughters could be out of any medieval or fantasy battle film. But this doesn't make it an epic, just a retread of other films aspiring to be epics.
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The King Arthur is renowned for traditional ales and delicious home-cooked food, suited to all tastes. Choose from dishes on the main menu or ‘specials’ board including seasonal game, Welsh ‘Black’ beef, locally caught fish, vegetarian options. All are served in the restaurant, family room and main bar and when it’s warm and dry, at outdoor tables on the green. Sample local Welsh brew or any of our range of beers, fine wines or spirits, and soft drinks including tea and coffee, and if the weather is not so nice, sit near one of our open fires to enjoy in comfort the feeling of a ‘home from home’.
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King Arthur and his circle are creations of medieval writers drawing on history, folklore, mythology, and imagination. Arthurian material has been continually reshaped and developed, reflecting aspects of contemporary life, morality, and aspirations. The ‘real’ Arthur is a hero referred to in the British poem the Gododdin (c.600), in the 9th-cent. Nennius' Historia Brittonum, and in two entries in the 10th-cent. Annales Cambriae. The original warlord, who defies identification, was developed by the 9th- and 10th-cent.
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