Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Mihai Toma When peace finally seemed to have set foot on the land of Camelot, one of the king's knights sets on a path of his own, threatening the new status of the realm. Meanwhile, a lonely person who had an extraordinary talent in wielding swords appears in the picture, rescues the kings future bride but also falls for her, beginning an attempt to make her change her mind in terms of marriage.It's a lovely story set in the mythical land of Camelot, full of action, romance and drama. Its main characters are well developed and described, contributing with every action to the unique atmosphere that this movie creates and maintains. The movie's biggest flaw is by far its slow pace, which tends to induce a bit of boredom from time to time, but nothing which can affect the overall impression. You might even say that it is quite predictable in some ways, but the way I saw it (many times actually), it turned out to be a satisfying course of actions which ultimately lead to a sad but conclusive finale. The actors play a couple of excellent roles, making the whole plot even more credible. It's that type of movie which proves that you can create a very good movie of this kind without using magic or special effects, fact which makes it even more appealing from my point of view. Mixing the right amounts of action, romance and drama, accompanied by a very good idea and a couple of great actors is a recipe for success and this film is the exact evidence of it.

slightlymad22 First Knight (1995)Plot In A Paragraph: Lancelot (Richard Gere) falls in love with Guinevere (Julia Ormand) , who is due to be married to King Arthur (Connery). Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.YAWN!! This movie is the worst movie Connery has made since Sword & The Valiant. Yes I'm counting Highlander 2 in that. It is produced with a decent budget but a lot will have gone on its two main stars who are awfully miscast. As is the heroine. Both Connery and Gere are too old for the roles and Ormand is too young. Connery should make a brilliant King Arthur, all noble and dignified!! But he over acts at times and it just doesn't work, neither does Gere who has zero charisma and is totally unconvincing as Lancelot. It should be an interesting love triangle, but you are never really invested in it, and I just didn't care. First Knight grossed $37 million at the domestic box office to end 1995 as the 46th highest grossing movie of the year. One place better and one million dollars more than Just Cause. But considering this had a budget of $55 million compared to the $25 million of Just Cause. It's easier to see whIch one was considered a disappointment.

Ben Parker First Knight is an odd duck. Pretty much everyone is miscast. Julia Ormond overdoes pretty much everything, just relentlessly acting, and completely lacking the grace and subtlety required to play a noble. Richard Gere clearly was having a laugh: he doesn't bother hiding his American accent most of the time, and plays Lancelot as a one-note ladies' man, instead of as the charismatic character of legend. Connery possesses the gravitas to play Arthur, and plays him sincerely, but he brings far too much baggage from being "Sean Connery," to make him believable. The whole thing feels about as authentic as Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride. This is truly a prime example of Hollywood's excesses getting in the way of a good time. Yes, its fun if Richard Gere tosses his hair and acts all seductive, and yes I suppose its fun if there's a Wipeout-style obstacle course inserted into the Arthurian legend, but if there isn't a certain basic realism or internal logic to the characters, then a non-parodic narrative film like this is pretty well doomed. These aren't people, they're a bunch of cardboard cut-outs, play-acting around a round table.

frinculescuovidiu This movie was one of the best family movies . 10 out of 10 and for all of the complainers (try not to judge a book for its cover). The film is great and it displays values that a man should poses such as:courage love honor dignity faith and a lot more. I know that for all of you if a film does not have a sex scene or something tot laugh it is a bad film. Try to learn something!!! Excellent film to see with your family on a evening . Splendid casting! Great actors (all of them) Superb display of values! On my opinion today s generation should grow watching those kind of films instead of sf or others. Wonder why people turn out as they are today? See how they talk favorite music or movies....and it is enough to see what kind of person they are.