So, claiming I had errands to run before five, I skipped out of work twenty minutes early to see an afternoon matinee of Arthur. Sigh...I felt a little sorry for the actors and some of the lines they had to say. They weren't given much to work with that's for sure.

I don't think I care about it enough to actively dislike it, but it was the least of the Arthur movies. A big old meh. Worse than campy old MoA? It was so dour, it's hard to compare the two. Some beefs:

Don't you think the Saxons, over Britains, would know how to deal with crossing a frozen lake? Or and sure, one guy with an axe can cause the lake to break up when a couple of hundred Saxons walking in time can't.

There was no apparent reason for the loyalty to Arthur, beyond him being a good soldier. The story was set up so that he was aloof from the other knights and the filmmakers left him absent from the few scenes of camaraderie. Obviously it was deliberate, but to what purpose? To show that it was his leadership qualities? It wasn't working for me.

Little, tiny, ropey-armed Guinevere didn't look like she would have lasted a second in hand to hand if she hadn't been an above the title star.

Was that Brian Blessed as a Saxon extra? ye gods! Get that man some real work.

Lots of smoke seems like a lame way to stage a battle

Clive and Keira had almost no chemistry.

My god, why a perm on Clive? Why!?!?!? Clive in leather pants, however, mreow!

I apologize if this has been posted before...

...but Star Trek XI is going to be pre-TOS, about the first Human/Romulan war that led to the formation of the Federation.

Reportedly.

it was the least of the Arthur movies.

Worse than First Knight?

That's a lot of damnation.

But I'm seeing it tonight anyway.

Worse than Arthur 2: On The Rocks? 'Cause that movie was known to blind the unsuspecting.

Worse than First Knight?

That's a lot of damnation.

There is nothing worse than First Knight.

There is nothing worse than First Knight.

Yup. Even the porn ripoff (Fist Night) is far superior.

Maybe y'all didn't see Arthur 2: On the Rocks. Or perhaps you're using vision-assistance computers.

Maybe y'all didn't see Arthur 2: On the Rocks. Or perhaps you're using vision-assistance computers.

You're one of those tinfoil hatters, aren't you?

I bet you think there was a Highlander 2.

You're one of those tinfoil hatters, aren't you?

I bet you think there was a Highlander 2.

The voices in my head say that there was, but I think they're working for the CIA or FDA.

I think I own First Knight.

Err. For someone's bit part, so hush.

Gary OLDMAN is James Gordon? How did I miss that? They should switch him with Caine.

They've managed to make him look perfect for it, and at 46, he's about the right age for the part.