The Green Knight - Movie Review
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- 게시일 2021. 07. 30.
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The Green Knight looked compelling from the trailers. Does it hold up? Here's my review for THE GREEN KNIGHT
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Can't wait for the sequel The Green Knight Rises
They'll go straight for the crossover: "The Green vs Dark Knight: Dawn of the round justice table".
Friday Knight Lights
The green knight and Gawain did appear in other King Arthur stories
More or less as seperate characters
I hope this blows up lmao
Fuck, beat me to it lol
Magical character walks in and offers a challenge: Cut me and I will cut you in the same way in a year
Arthur asks Gawain: Do you understand the challenge?
Gawain says "Yeah" and chops off the magical character's head.
Face palm
To be fair the green night did kneel down and position himself for his head to be cut off. Still pretty stupid tho.
@@ballwelder2857 The green knight offering his neck, is even more of a red flag.
To be fair, I don’t think he expected Green Knight to survive that.
me hitting agree on a 40 page long EULA.
@@matthewbergman6803 That makes him stupid.
Arthur literally says "you're my sister's son" to make it known they're related
looked for this comment after he made it clear hes shooting smoke
They never mention that it's King Arthur though
@@chrisgiroux995 who the fuck else would the king in this Arthurian legend be?
@@adrianbarcena78 fair cop XD but I think he meant they didn’t repeatedly refer to it, since Arthur is kinda a mainstay in media compared to his nephew
@@chrisgiroux995 yeah, I didn't know this was King Arther at all
The character design and sound effects were amazing! When the Green Knight dismounts, it's the literal sound of a tree falling, he's very brooding and omniscient but with empathetic eyes and the occasional smirk. He was both scary and beautiful. I haven't been so intrigued and yet haunted by a character in a long time.
Right I loved his design
The sound design was ridiculously over the top. Far superior to the dull minimalist arthouse visuals which never worked harmoniously.
I thought the movie was shit but I agree with you on the design of the green knight.
Good description
for me, it was like reading a book... amazing movie.
I expected an arthouse fantasy and I got an arthouse fantasy. This film was like an “anti” hero’s journey.
it's about honor
I mean... If you leave before the last 30 seconds then it’s the “anti”, but if you watch the whole thing I would say it’s still a hero’s journey (quite literally). Fantastic ending.
@@samgraef3028 but why would anyone leave before the last 30 secs of the movie? Also i hear this had some after credits that was good.
No. The whole moral of the story was to always keep your word and to be honest
@@Rex_W I think it was more about what honor is and how doing one ignoble thing can lead to many others. He had a vision of him surviving and living the life of king without honor. It was better for him to die with honor than to life without it. Keeping your word is only one part of it.
"What else ought there be?"
Killer line.
There was some good humor in there too
I loved how he envisioned going back as a False Knight and becoming a False King, not being able to live with himself and the horrible life that would’ve come with it, and then he snapped back into the moment and accepted his fate. LOVED the ending.
@lilmil wtf?
@@nathaniel04 lol I wonder if he's from my channel
It's really not a great line. It's actually rather nihilistic and contrary to the themes of the original poem. They vandalized this tale!
I don't understand why people are saying that you'd never know this is a story in the King Arthur universe. Literally one of the first lines of the movie is about a boy "pulling sword from stone." Then they show a bunch of knights sitting around a circular table... Sword in the Stone? Excalibur? Knights of the round table? Those are literally the most iconic things they could reference from all of the stories.
Bingo! Its obvious from the start I blame people having the attention span of gnats these days and hollywood churning out dumber and dumber crap to appease every nation on earth. So in turn when we finally get a movie where you have to use even half your brain it overloads the masses.
Its because people need to know the guy with the crown is Arthur, they need a name if they go in not knowing its based on a mythic poem from that lore. I think its less attention span, and more like...people just not knowing this is a king arthur thing
@@firstorder438
relax damn
@@Gobbostopper I mean, the film *does* tell you who the guy in the crown is. It just asks you to pay attention. How many stories do you know about a boy who became king by pulling a sword from a stone that don't have anything to do with King Arthur? Because that's in first line of the narration at the very beginning. Once you've heard that line, then you see knights sitting at a round table, a wizard, and then the importance they put on the king's sword, the context clues should be pretty obvious.
At the very least, I wish reviewers saved that information for a spoiler section of the review, because it was clearly an intentional decision by the filmmaker to *not* specifically name these things and trust the audience to put it together.
Um, actually the sword in the stone is not Excalibur, I think. It's a different sword. Excalibur is given to him by the Lady of the Lake, if I'm not mistaken....
Magical being walks up to you and says: "We are having a fight, any blow you inflict on me, I will inflict on you in 1 year"... chances are, most reasonable people wont go for decapitation...
Well he did think it was all a game...
He thought if he killed it it was over
@@tak94zet68 Exactly
He failed the test
In Arthurian legend, a knight always honors a challenge when someone lays down a gauntlet. Most people wont for decapitation just as most people cannot be knighted.
I actually really wanna see this. In highschool my drama class performed the play "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight", and I got to play the Green Knight. So yeah, I'd like to see it.
Dude, I was the Green Knight, too! I painted up a styrofoam head, then stuck it on top of my head and attached it with a belt, used paper towel rolls to build up my shoulders [also held in place with a belt around my throat], then covered the whole thing with a dyed-green bedsheet.
When I knelt to get my head was chopped off, I reached up under the sheet and popped off the styrofoam head, which went bouncing like 10 feet away lmao. I had to chase it down before continuing with my lines, and by then Sir Gawain was in the wrong position so I just stood facing the audience and held my styrofoam head at an angle to address him, lol. 'Twas awesome.
How did your play turn out?
@@tyrroo Not bad, but because everyone needed a role in it, someone was hiding under the table when I got mine chopped and he got up to play the headless me. Meanwhile I still did the voice from under the table. For the head we painted up a wig head and rolled it out lol.
Sounds like it's just more race swapping.
@Gentleman Murk we love blatant racism
@Gentleman Murk yes
Literally the first conversation Gawain and King Arthur have mentions that he is his nephew.
lol yeah idk how Jeremy missed that
Agreed, and didnt King Arthur screw his sister in the movie Excalibur? His sister is a witch and tricked him into it so the Green Knight is his son/nephew?
Yeah I guess he missed that part but even before he left for his quest King Arthur and his mother was taking and I think he said it again then if I remember correctly
@@422mb To be fair though: I don't think they ever actually say he's King Arthur. They just call him the King and Gawain his nephew. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure his name is never spoken.
@@jcvitko2097 The Round Table is kind of a giveaway though, they don't namedrop Excalibur but they clearly show that reverence for the sword.
To be fair King Arthur in this does say "You're my Sister's son" to Sir Gaiwan, making it clear hes Arthur's nephew; what isn't as clear is his sister, and therefore Dev Patel's mum, was Morgan LeFey!
Ya, it's established right near the start of the film on Christmas day before Arthur asks him to tell him a tale so he can get to know him as he knew nothing about him other than he is his sisters son.
I didn't actually realize that was King Arthur at first
Well, kinda. Gawain's mother is Morgause, Arthur's OTHER sister, but they're rolled up into one character in the film.
But not once they even mentioned the name "Arthur"...
They never said his name was arthur. That the sword is excalibur etc. If you read a summary you know its based on king arthur. If not you dont know
This movie does one thing the best I’ve ever seen. It all feels like a magical dream you have on a good nights sleep. Gaiwan embodies all of us, he has many human flaws but will he man up and accomplish his quest?
If I remember correctly he's also the knight who eventually found the Holy Chalice.
Gawain was annoying and had zero personality
SPOILER ALERT!!!!
He doesn't
@@danieltobin4498 He does though lol guess you didnt stay till the end.
This film was a huge pile of pretentious bullshit. I wasted over 2hrs of my life sitting through the dull hipster piss take.
I always love these ancient wooden voices, be it Groot, Treebeard, The Green Knight or the Monster from A Monster Calls.
I just saw A Monster Calls a few weeks ago, never heard of it before, but was very impressed. Sigourney Weaver was brilliant.
A Monster Calls is amazing. Very moving story 🥲
Im rewatching The Lord of the Rings right now and Treebeards voice is sooooo good. Not just his tone and delivery but the way they make him sound like speaking is difficult and he has to breath a lot and kind of stumbles over words. It adds soooo much to his characters feel.
It’s nice to see move creators taking chances and trying to create something new and different I’ll watch and support stuff like this .
That’s A24 for ya
Yeah when it's not a shit movie sure
If Disney ever attempts to remake The Black Cauldron. David Lowery would be my top pic for director!!
G Del Toro, who directed the Hell Boy movies should direct The Black Cauldron
I would rather have DelToro
EXCELLENT idea! That would be amazing!
Would infinitely prefer Lowery over any other, except Terrence Malick or Peter Weir (if he could still be convinced to do anything). I say this as someone who read the Chronicles of Prydain growing up and loved them dearly. Worst choice would be Peter Jackson.
Nah don't count on directors. Give credit to the producers. They make the ultimate decisions. Everybody gives credit to Peter Jackson for the way the LOTR trilogy was but it was Barrie M. Osborne who allowed Jackson to execute his vision.
This movie is a grower. I was thrown off because after a certain point it diverts really far from the source material - the original poem “Sir Gawain & the Green Knight,” but I really liked the darker & more contemporary approach. The poem is lighter and has a humorous side to it where this movie chose a darker path and I’m appreciating it the more I think about it.
Also, David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story” that you mention is one of the greatest movies of the past decade. Like “The Green Knight,” it’s really slow and not something you just pop in to enjoy. You have to sit with it and be patient, but the reward is tremendous.
That’s fair, but wouldn’t one be able to tell what the green knight is going for by watching the trailer? In terms of tone and inspiration
Darker tone was expected for sure, and I've been anticipating this movie since the first trailer debuted in March of last year. It was more the changes in plot that caught me by surprise, and how the movie even tricks you during that sequence near the end (I really don't want to give anything away. It was executed so perfectly).
@@DanJ94 I felt like the scene where he dies in the forest was meant to illustrate alternate versions of the story. So the movie ends up being a collection of the story instead of only the directors idea for it
honestly, I was expecting a "lighter more humorous Gawain" and got this, so my expectations were not met at all and tbh I did NOT like this version of Gawain despite him being one of my favorite knights. This guy in the Green Knight was not Gawain. Good acting, but I found it hard to root for him in any sort of capacity which sucked. I know that wasn't the motive, but I wish I got to experience it liking the main hero in it.
A Ghost Story was a really sad and depressing film. but i can't argue about it being one of the best films in who knows how long. it was surprising to me that the academy ignored it completely when awards time was due
jeremy jahns looks like "Jeremy The Wise" with that beard and the much calmed acttitude nowadays.
@Kevin McCanney thats a good one
He still looks like he hasn't spent more than 60 seconds in sunlight, ever.
Looks like Sir Gawain
@@Zzs_99 or Sir Robin.
I am so fucking happy this movie turned out as good as it did, I fell in love with the original trailer and I've always wanted to see an Arthurian movie really lean into the magic side of it. This'll be a mastahpiece
Multicultural Arthurian fantasy
You are claiming the movie is good without even seeing it. . . That’s insane.
@@DanV900 It came out this weekend… Why is it hard for you to believe people have already seen it?
It was one of the worst movies I’ve Ever seen lol
@@bigbrothercomps7974 bro I agree it was so SHIT
Wife and I watched it a year ago. We knew it wasn't an action-y movie but we were left feeling like we thought the main character would have a little more fight in him.
Overall I think it's fair to say we were at least a little disappointed. It was beautiful, sounded great, and had great performances but I think we felt like not a lot happened.
But it's been a year - and I can't stop thinking about this movie. I'll likely end up watching it again this weekend.
I think you're right - it's going to age like fine wine.
I really enjoyed how much you focused on the film making process and things like context in this review. It’s clear you’ve got a lot of knowledge and sometimes the reviews are a bit more lighthearted, this was a nice turn of pace
Ever since Chris Stuckmann started to ship away from movie reviews, I’ve been watching Jeremy a lot and i didn’t realize how great of a critic he was
He’s a great critic.
@@kp1x no one says he can’t form his own opinions.. I form my own opinions but I still like hearing their thoughts and ideas. I disagree with Jeremy and stuckmann all the time.
Chris Stuckmann is way better
Stuckman lost me when he shilled for episode 8 of Star Wars.
Try Adam Does Movies as well. He’s got a good channel. Sarcasm and humor along with good reviews. You might like him.
“I’m sure he wasn’t in this movie for the paycheck but because he wanted to create art”
Bruh it’s a fucking A24 movie no shit he didn’t do it for the check😂😂
😂😂😂
@@RandoLePerson But here's the thing, they make those movies with a super tight budget
@@RandoLePerson his point is that A24 is very much niche. Their movies aren’t gonna make as much as other studios like Disney coz their movies aren’t for everyone
A24 is pretty much the most prolific arthouse movie distributor in Hollywood so I think his point stands in a way
@King Slayer you’re a boring person. The Lighthouse is great. You the kinda person to say Spielberg is the best director ever.
Lol… like bruh were commenting on a review of an A24 movie? Why you here?
I would love more from this universe. It’s so insane how many more beautiful the world and underlying stories to be explored more.
I went into this movie with a lot of hype and I wasn’t disappointed. I will say it was much more psychological than I thought. There were a few scenes where you wonder whether it was real or not like the young man who steals his horse. Overall very good 👍
I was pretty disappointed tbh, the scenery was amazing but the story was kinda wierd. Somehow he recovers his item after it was stolen because he helped a mystic girl wtf happened to the thief? The giants didn’t do shit to the story. What was with the cumbelt why was there even cum? Why was king Arthur’s castle complete shit to the other construction we see in the later parts? The man with his daughter also made me sus of other people that would get into Gahwin’s face. (Never know if they wanna steal a quick smooch)
@@3darkdescents537 it's based on a old Arthurian legend poem Gwain and the green Knight the game was meant to test Gwains courage honor and Loyalty which he failed in the movie until the end Try watching it again
@@kurtisbanks7655 I got that part, I was just salty about the journey in general. Like those giants, they had like no plot relevance that I could see and they are the most low effort ones I’ve seen lol.
@@3darkdescents537 I agree. Everything that wasn't in the original story felt like filler, because they did very little to integrate any of it with the themes. The thief went nowhere. The giant went nowhere. There was no rhyme or reason to the girdle being recovered randomly by the lady at the castle. The fox didn't end up mattering at all.
@@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177 Late reply, sorry. The fox represents the mother, and femininity is a theme of the movie or alternatively you have the idea of the mother testing Gawain. The following isn't my theory, but the sequence with the giants could represent Gawain attempting to stand on the shoulders of giants, his mother (the fox) preventing him from doing so, and instead having to follow in their footsteps. I won't take a shot at the thief since I'll admit I don't really "get" film myself and rely on others' analyzes. That doesn't mean the fox and the giants add to the story, but a film doesn't have to represent a story at all, the same way paintings or sculptures don't have to represent anything real on their face. I think a lot of moviegoers forget that when criticizing films, and I'm saying that as a person who doesn't get film, so please don't think I'm talking down to you. Movies tend to very much hold the audiences hand (the old person in me thinks that trend has increased in the past couple of decades), but artsy ones often don't, and I think that gets confused with them being nonsense. My half baked idea is that Lowery was trying to play with the theme of heroism as much as the story of the myth itself, so every scene clearly progressing the story wasn't the goal. Instead of progressing the story, the fox and the giant instead develop the themes of the movie.
Now that Chris is out of the game, you are our last hope for sensible reviews! Don't let me down.
What ?
Why is he out of the game ?
He is not making movie reviews anymore ?
@@lgmxgrmx2088 he’s only reviewing things he wants to review. He’s focusing more on his director career!
You must really not know how big KRplus is then
@@YoungYonk what’s wrong with that?
We got Austin Burke, he’s a really good reviewer
Soundtracks are so underrated, from almost anything by John Williams to Joe Hisashi, they are a ripe source for all kinds of variations - Studio Ghibli Bossa Nova, Hisashi Classical Guitar, and a thousand other examples.
LOTR soundtrack gave me goosebumps and amplifies everything going on during the scenes.
Soundtracks have taken a massive dive in the last 30 years...Movies with their loud bombastic and amazing orchestral scores like Conan The Barbarian and Silverado...are made far better by their music
I watched nearly every movie scored by Tangerine Dream this year. They are amazing.
Those are scores not soundtracks. Williams and Hisashi are film score composers, not soundtrack arrangers.
I found myself struggling to defend this movie at points. I had way different expectations going into it and perhaps I should have educated myself on the source material first. I feel like it's a movie I'm supposed to appreciate, but actually think it's a bit terrible. Sure, cinematography, score, and acting were great. The movie was designed to be full of symbolism and ambiguity so I can't say it's a bad movie since it accomplished it's goal. At the same time, I can't fully recommend people watch it and don't really want to watch it again. I can't really delve into spoilers, but... cumrags
If you familiarized yourself with the source you would have hated it even more, like I did
@@kenshiassasin *Small spoilers * As far as I understand the Lord's Castle bit with the gifts and kisses was underdeveloped and not very faithful and made it seem like an unexpected homoerotic kiss, at least that was my interpretation
@@EhurtAfy yeah the last third of the movie had moments of accuracy when compared to the original but the vast majority was weird, artsy stuff. But the lack of faithfulness started from the very beginning.
movie was nothing like the source material other than the concept of the green knight, the names, and giving a sash meaning. other than that, it might as well be its own movie since the personalities are nothing like the source and they just created their own characters for the movie
I agree. It was well crafted, but I feel like a lot of movies now that attempt to convey messages rely on solely visuals and ambiguity. The only time the movie really said anything at all was the monologue about the color green. Other than that it really doesn't have much to say or do, and it wasn't faithful to the source material at the same time. I wouldn't watch it again
I had a chance to watch this during their streaming event last night and it's STUNNING. Seriously, there are some shots in this movie that look like old master paintings and I would have them on my walls if I could. The shots in the Green Chapel... beautiful. The pacing is not great, lingers too much on scenery etc for my tastes, but I didn't find it too detracting. I don't think it ever meanders to the point of boredom, at least not for me and I have a fairly short attention span for artistic movies. Dev was amazing and I'd love to see him in more leading roles like this. In general I just want more movies like this. It wasn't quite what I was hoping for in that it leaned a little too into the 'indie art film' side of things. Like the shot in the forest where it spins for what seems like an unnecessarily endless forever. But I enjoyed it a lot nonetheless. Definitely one of the most interesting movies I've seen in a long time.
Still waiting for your bioshock infinite spoiler review
Damn bro 😂
@@bijansadoughi2128 Never too late xD
Upvoting to help get you to the top, friend. This is some fuckin dedication.
The game is pure shit. Review over
Yooooooo watch my green knight review BRAH
Is it just me, or Jeremy has significantly improved upon his reviews these days? He just doesn't talk about having fun or not at the movies like he used to. Instead his reviews are more critical and thoughtful. Awesometacular!
Especially now that Chris stuckman isn’t reviewing it’s nice that Jeremy has stepped it up
Yeah, I was just thinking that this is the type of movie Jeremy would've hated 10 years ago.
@@raspberryf.m. Exactly! this is the type of movie Chris would have reviewed, now everybody will come here instead
That's what this movie called for. It's an amazing film.
Yeah, he's trying to get Stuckman's viewers. It's working.
100% of the “good” reviews are from people who enjoy abstract modern art or are already familiar with the arthurian mythos. If that doesn’t tell you what type of movie it is then I don’t know what will.
I dont think jeremy is the abstract moder enjoyer type
Nah I really liked it
I appreciate abstract modern art, this movie is such a miss, disappointing, as if the director and editor didn’t understand the concept of what a movie is- it’s not about watching someone do things in real time! It’s a scam, I want my money back :(
@@joannaw2745 this movie doesn't happen in real time.
Or just like good stories and some symbolism in their visual media experiences.
Arthur literally says to him in his first scene “you are my sister’s boy”.
and in the opening the text says something like "the man who take the sword from the stone" in 20 secs we know that its king arthur
It's not obvious. You blink and have no idea what's going on.
@@alonsonic Really lol you mean if someone cant spend 5 mins watching a movie without looking down at there phone.
He also says the word queef lmao
@@firstorder438 their*
The King calls Dev’s character his sister’s son to his face in the movie. I know nothing about the lore, you just must’ve missed that dialogue.
I think he was referring to the fact that they never specifically call him King Arthur, or call his sword Excalibur. They just hint at it.
@@larrykenshalo8564 I think they did mention something about pulling a sword from a stone in the opening dialog but still pretty low key.
@@xxSteelWolfxx Yes. The opening narration pretty much says: "You heard about King Arthur? Well. This isn't about him."
Very whispery and hard to understand though
This was the comment I was looking for. LIked!
This movie made me more interested in his Peter Pan movie. That story has been done to death, but I'm curious to see the visuals they come up with for Neverland.
A dark version.A24. Yes.
Well this movie was as good because of Lowery’s re edit of scenes in this movie all thanks to COVID…
@@hopelessent.1700 sorry I'm not familiar with this re edit can you speak more to this end?
It's not good bro
@@strawberrylotlizard it's great.
Fantastic review! Saw this today and I felt the same way. When the giants showed up, my jaw dropped. It is really interesting you bring up LOTR, did you know Tolkien did a translation of Gawain and the Green Knight? Cannot wait to watch this movie again.
This is one of those movies that sneaks up on you while you watch it. By the time you get to the next scene, you're still ingesting the last one and letting it sit. So I found myself playing catchup throughout the whole thing, and by the time I got to the end, I was still trying to process everything. However, during the second watch I came in knowing what to expect and it opened right up. It was an incredible second viewing experience and I love this movie so much after that. It also had one of the best shots in movie history. Literally the second time I saw the scene I was almost in tears and all it is, is a 360 pan. Best of last year.
1:30 King Arthur directly says they’re related by blood since he’s the son of his sister and how he regrets not treating him as such
I think he was referring to the fact that they never specifically call him King Arthur, or call his sword Excalibur. They just hint at it.
@@larrykenshalo8564 ahhhhh that makes sense, I never actually realized they did that
But it makes no sense that his sister is Morgan La Fey
The audience reviews on rotten tomatoes are some of the funniest things I’ve ever read.
Yeah cuz it’s shit
Thank you! Shit I’ve scrolled forever looking for a real comment
I feel like I taking crazy pills here. This movie fucking sucked.
@@maskquerade3236 Correction, you are, not the film. 🤷🏻♂️
@@InvisibleAlienWhales Go watch Avengers for the 100th time. Lots of BoomBoom Explosions and Kill kill, with cheesy dialogue. New Fast and the Furious is still in theaters, go see it a fifth time.
This film was exactly as i expected..which is to be unexpecting...i absolutely loved it. I was on a cinematic journey which cleansed my every palate.
I absolutely loved it. There is so much to dissect. First viewing I didn't understand all the symbolism but that's what's great about repeat viewings. Also fair warning. Everybody else in my group hated it and was very bored.
So happy you chose to watch and review this. I was afraid no one was going to watch this. A lot of responses were that the film was boring, uninspired, no-substance, but I disagreed. I loved this film. There were a few things I would do differently but I think this was a outstanding Epic story put into film. This was Awesometacular to me.
💡 *Joel Edgerton* has a profoundly richer extensive role🎬 in the 2021 _Barry Jenkins_ adaptation of the Pulitzer winning novel📖 _'The Underground Railroad'_ (Amazon Prime).
That same series has cinematography📽 by Jenkins and _James Laxton_ which surpasses everything that you see in 'The Green Knight', it has greater scope & story depth, and composer _Nicholas Britell_ has once again created a magnificent score🎶 that has yet to be outshined by any other original score from 2021.
@@m.worthy And?
Yes you have to be careful with mainstream opinions and critic opinions. “Stalker” is one of my favorite films but I can understand people calling it slow and boring. I haven’t seen The Green Knight yet but I’m hoping for a film that gives me a similar feeling of atmosphere.
@@HomefortheHolidays01 lol I was thinking the same thing.
It looks boring
I don’t like that he’s not punching us in the face at the end of the review… I demand a bloody nose sir!
I'm really happy to hear this adaptation was done well. I read this book in sophomore year of college and enjoyed it. So happy that it was done justice
It’s been a long time since my friends and I have gone out to a movie and all left with different opinions, takes and overall attitudes of the same film. Have to commend them for taking a risk with this movie and I absolutely love it for that reason however in parts I couldn’t help but feel it was a little too pretentious at times, and sacrificed a more coherent narrative for the sake of being artsy.
Correct. This is the kind of pretentious waffle the "Criterion Collection" crowd fawns over. It also injected losts of "womxn power" nonsense and made Gawian a weak, cowardly wimp; nowhere near the same story as the poem. They completely ruined the themes and message of the poem!
Yeah, ti was a bit overly artsy in a few places, but it was so refreshing to see something different that didn't make you feel like you'd already seen it before. Especially after the slew of comic book movies that have taken over cinema the last 10 years.
The dialogues were unnecessarily slow.
It reminds me of a story about the Spartans (who were known for their laconic prose).
Two foreign diplomats went to Sparta to ask for help in the form of grain.
The Spartans asked them what they wanted. The two diplomats made a long eloquent speech about their hardships, etc.
The Spartans replied, your question was so long that we forgot the first half, and as such we were not able to make sense of the second.
Dissapointed the two diplomats left, and then returned to Sparta with an empty grain sack. The one diplomat held up the sack and said, "bag needs grain".
The Spartans replied, you didn't need to say "bag".
This movie is incoherent because the dialogues have very long pauses in between sentences.
By the time the next sentence is spoken, the previous is already forgotten, and as such one can not make sense of the dialogues.
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You should read Tolkien’s essay, “On Fairy Tales,” where the Green Knight features prominently.
Tolkien did a translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight from the Old English, and it is still well regarded today.
Even he was stumped on what the story’s true meaning was.
Saw it this afternoon, and I recommend everyone brush up on their knowledge of Arthurian legend before watching this. It is a slow burn! This is definitely one I will have to watch again to enjoy even more. I did a bit of research into the poem it is based on, and I wish I did before watching it. Walking out of the theater afterwards felt like I was in a trance.
Spot on.
I disagree, I loved it without knowing anything of King Arthur. Beautiful film
Knowing the source material actually made this worse for me.. As in they weren't very close to the original character at all. Which detracted a lot for me. Also knowing the outcome of the poem changed my opinion of the ending of the movie as well.
Anytime I see a rotten tomatoes of 90% from critics and 50% from audience I feel like the film is pretentious and boring. Is the movie entertaining, is it dystopian or nihilistic?
@@JJ-zr6fu extremely boring and slow. I went with 3 people and we all wondered what we just saw when we left the movie, most of us described it as "painful" to finish.
What I like about your review is your background! Like the Nostalgia Critic, it's a simple, plain color and not cluttered and filled--wall to wall--with movie stuff: DVD's, books, toys, posters, Funko-Pop's, and a ton of action figures. Thank you!
Dev Patel did an excellent job. He's a good actor.
"If you didn't hear about it, you wouldn't know it" -- Except for the fact that Arthur states aloud that Gaiwan is his "sister's son" at the beginning of the movie?
What part of if you didn't hear about it aka it being an Arthurian legend and thinking said person was King Arthur you don't get? That scene is present but they never directly state anything of it's supposed origin and while you might think every human on the planet knows of said legend, fact of the matter is that while it is insanely popular, not everyone knows it to enough of a degree to pick up on that straight away. I can assure you that if they were to avoid using the round table a lot of people wouldn't even know what this is all about EVEN with Merlin. The movie relies on its own to give itself a presentation akin to that of old folklore type of stories which is fine but the criticism here does in fact make sense for someone that has no clue what it is based on or derives from at the very least.
He said “if you didn’t hear about it you wouldn’t know it” so the fact that there’s only one throwaway line mentioning it goes to show that he was right and if you missed that one line then “ you didn’t hear about it, and you wouldn’t know about it
Damn, comparison to Lord of the Rings and Blade Runner 2049 is arguably the highest praise a film can get. I was already excited about this, but now I can't wait to go watch it asap.
Just expect it to be kinda slow but it’s worth it, I mean these art films tend to be like that but the pay off are almost always great.
It’s fucking good. one or two scenes too long maybe but still the best movie of the year so far IMO
Yooooooo watch my green knight review BRAH
Saw it Thursday night and I loved it!
@@Dannyjedge well if you saw A Ghost Story he uses long scenes
I’ve been watching your videos for so long that the outro music gets me nostalgic
Great introduction and review of the tone and visuals... I appreciate that you stayed away from spoilers and specifics in the story. The comparison to blade runner is on point. This forum is to small to dig into this film... but, I liked it a lot - recommended for anyone that wants to see a character study and morality tale set in a lush/rich fantasy world and doesn't have to be spoon fed giant cgi battles to enjoy. Kept thinking of my early 80s d and d games while watching. Go see it on the big screen.
I just saw it tonight, one of the weirdest movies I’ve ever seen, I know the legend is also weird but man that was just bizarre, super artsy and nicely made and it provided me with a lot of jokes to make to friends, I enjoyed it
Most of this review is not even talking about this movie. Impressive.
cause its fucking boring
@@Queen-dl5judont expect entertainment from A24
@@Queen-dl5ju Not everyone has good taste I see.
I feel sorry for these Fast in the Furious, Marvel moviegoers who don’t have the IQ and patience to enjoy good film. Like seriously, you guys are the reason it’s hard for some of these amazing indie movies to make it big on the big screen because it’s not ‘BoomBoom Kill.”
@@eddiecardwell nah , no way to sugar coat it, its boring.. plus doesn't make sense that theirs indians as arthurs family? wtf too woke for my taste
thanks for the review ! great stuff as always
YESS!!!! Waited for this so loooong!!!
As good this movie is, I still think Martin Lawrence's Black Knight is the most ambitious knight movie ever made.
I'd go as far as to say that it's the best film of all time...
Most definitely
I think Batman Begins is a little better and more ambitious
And black Knight returns
@@krusher181 there's no knights in that, we're talking about knights
I’m really looking forward to seeing this, even with the weird premise lol.
as long as you dont go in looking for action you'll enjoy it. slow but beautiful
For me it’s the best film of 2021!
Yooooooo watch my green knight review BRAH
Don’t see it dude, it’s awful
@@nickcarter3491 if you thought it was awful you probably either had no idea what you were going to watch or had really wack expectations. this movie aint for people who dont know the story its based on. i would like to add that it is fine to have not enjoyed it as many people won't BUT to call it awful is just plain wrong. its a cinematic masterpiece and just happens to have a very niche audience. that doesnt make it any less phenomenal
Great spoiler free review. I will watch it this weekend
Great review of a movie I look forward to. I read the late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance this movie is based on - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - in the late 1970s, when I was engrossed in early English literature.The translation I read was by a certain Professor Tolkien (and E V Gordon) ....and I then read LOTR. So, interesting you reference the excellent movie adaptation.
I read “Gawain and the Green Knight” for the first time recently, so this sounds neat lol
I studied it in university years ago, so I was excited to see how close it adhered to the source material. Very interesting deconstruction of the knight's journey; it's almost the inverse as it pertains to testing the knightly virtues. He seemingly fails all but one in the film, whereas it's the opposite in the poem
The fact that Jeremy "has" to explain the background of the director, matters on the paycheck and the King Arthur relation may just be too much of an ask for an average viewer
Jeremy makes videos for movie fans, if they're open to learning new things and trying new kinds of movies that's not too much to ask
Yep. This movie probably flies right over the head of the average moviegoer who just wants to see explosions, vin diesel + cars, and an infinite string of movies about random variations of super man.
King Arthur movies Historically do not perform well at the box office. They might have intentionally avoided any overt king Arthur references
@@bonkersmcgee4356 ah yes this movie a masterpiece since a movie connoisseur like you said so. Anyone who criticizes this movie are just too ignorant to understand the deep and profound meaning in the slow and nonsensical story. Only a rick and morty fan have an IQ that can match yours.
This review makes me so happy!! I totally agree!!
Thank you for mentioning the score - it was the first film I stayed through the credits to hear the score more ever - absolutely loved it a d the movie itself - even if It strayed from the source material it was a brilliant film. The low key horror elements were also fantastic
Well, in large part it is because Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is more a spin-off of Arthurian legend, kinda like if someone made a Nightwing movie and only has a couple references to Batman
The Emperor’s New Groove movie looks really dark.
Huh?
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His crown looks like the same crown from the Emperors New Groove.
@@TKinfinity01 Ah, thank you
I'm glad that I had the chance to see this in a movie theater finally, a visually stunning tale!
3 days later, and my mind still keeps wandering back to the movie. Definitely not for kids - at least for the kind of kid I was watching and loving Excalibur. The story and imagery were amazing, but so many parts of the dialog hit you afterwards.
I've been hyped ever since I heard about it being made. I haven't been impressed by anything fantasy wise in some time, which is the genre I love the most. Everything you've described is right up my alley, so now I'm even more excited! Stoked you enjoyed it.
Read up on the story before you watch because some of the people in the comments sound a little bemused.
@@queeniegreengrass3513 Bit late to the party but it struck me when I read it as a kid and stayed with me ever since. Watched it today and was not disappointed!
@@shadowboxing7029 I just wish they finished the ending. That was THE most important piece to the original story, and to end the film how they did is an actual insult to the moral of the story.
This is one of the first times I do not agree with you on the movie. I personally did not like the movie. Nonetheless, I appreciate your review and love hearing your feedback.
I thought the movie was weird and bad
The movie was garbage end of story. People saying it's good we're high or something.
@@josecarlos11 facts
@@josecarlos11 so people with a different opinion are druggies? XD
@@Randarrradara lol fair statement! But the movie still sucks, go see it and see for yourself!
really looking forward to watching this. Fingers crossed the UK gets a release date soon
I agree with you on the slow-burn type of fantasy flick, I think it gives the audience a chance to develop along side the main character as well, giving us more of a return on our investment in attention.
Also Jeremy for the Love of God Read Berserk It’s Worth it
It’s majorly overrated
@@xipetotek8216 Nope, I read it Love it
Shame it ended prematurely
@@arnavpandey3823 LMAO
Even with no end? This is a legit question, I had always put off reading it and I want to know if is still worth picking it up even after Dr.Miura passed away.
I’m a simple man.. I see A24 + Patel=I’ll watch 🤷🏾♂️😭
@@RandoLePerson A24 + Alicia Vikander ♥ is she there for at least 15mins?
I just watched it on prime, excellent movie, anytime I watch a really good movie I look on KRplus for reviews of what everybody else thought. I definitely give it a 9.5 out of 10. I got worried towards the end that it was going to turn out differently but it was just subtle enough of a turn. Very well done
Lol, you have no taste.
Jeremy, I got that vibe from just seeing the trailer, that Blade Runner 2049 color palette and cinematography. And I thought of Ad Astra.
I thought the trailer did a good job of explaining the main characters and plot, including their relationship to each other. The movie looks cool, I may end up going to see it in theaters.
Tell me when you find any theatre running movies in India.
Are you going to do a Many Saints Of Newark trailer review? That’s probably one of the most anticipated movies of the year for me. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in
I'm disappointed in myself that I missed seeing this in theaters since I was looking forward to it - definitely will catch it on DVD. Glad to know that it was as good as it looked in the trailer!
Update five months later: finally saw it and glad I did, but (Spoiler Alert) disappointed that the final twist in the poem was not included - it seems like that would have explained much of what happened in the scenes leading up to the end and would have gone toward redeeming Gawain's character. Good performances, cinematography, etc., though.
The music was PHENOMENAL!!
The random toaster strudel icing commercial near the end of the movie was awesome 👏 10/10
What?
Throughout this entire review I kept thinking you were going to switch to a super negative tone with the way you were talking about some stuff.
Super happy you liked it, can’t wait to see it!
I don't know why, but this movie reminded me so much of the animated series "Over The Garden Wall". It was a show that came out on cartoon network. Can someone explain to me why I'm getting the same vibes from both these masterpieces.
Saw it on a date. Going in with no real expectations I really really liked it. Definitely buying a copy when it gets released.
Have to satisfy my inebriated curiosity: What did your date think of it?
Seeing it in an hour and a half, perfect timing.
I saw it Thursday night!
oh I'm envious! I'm not sure when exactly, but I wanna watch it next week.
do tell if it was good!
It was beautiful... a thinker as well
@@benzaiten933 it was really bad to be very honest, nothing correlated very well, all the scenes were way too long, if you cut down the dragged scene the movie would be like 1 hour and 20 minutes, so?
@@benzaiten933 Just watched. Agree with everything Jeremy said. Great adventure movie. Not an action one.
I was curious for this movie. Now I'm fully intrigued and will need to see it!
I really loved this movie honestly from the way it all started and how it set up our hero to the very ending. It all left me speechless and movies generally don't do that for me anymore.
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The Score is Magical!! And so The Cinematography!!
90% of this movie was on point! The acting, cinematography, score and sound, sets, ambiance are all really excellent.
But the problem for me was that the story is paper thin, and that really hurts the rest of the experience. You could literally cut any of the plot points from the middle hour and a half and the climax would be completely unaffected.
No. All his mis adventures are basically trials testing his chivalry and honor.
That's because they don't really exist. The original story is just the beheading, a week at the green knights castle and the second beheading. The walk through the nonsensical barren waste land and the interlude with Will Scarlet, and Gawain's prostitute girlfriend are add ons by the director/screenwriter.
@@RandoLePerson the whole tale is about him wanting honor he has none what's so ever
@@travisspazz1624 his misadventures are just encounters
@@MarkofO thats my issue, the movie made him an asshole and he still makes it in the end fine.
Definitely one of my favorite films so far this year. It was beautifully shot and was an excellent film the performances were incredible and I’m thrilled to watch it again.
💡 *Joel Edgerton* has a profoundly richer extensive role🎬 in the 2021 _Barry Jenkins_ adaptation of the Pulitzer winning novel📖 _'The Underground Railroad'_ (Amazon Prime).
That same series has cinematography📽 by Jenkins and _James Laxton_ which surpasses everything that you see in 'The Green Knight', it has greater scope & story depth, and composer _Nicholas Britell_ has once again created a magnificent score🎶 that has yet to be outshined by any other original score from 2021.
Likewise. Truly beautiful to watch but the story is a fantastic exploration of the hero’s journey and meaning of honor through the tale of Gawain.
Agree. Like fine wine to the tongue. My eyes weren't relegated only to the visuals but instead only played a part in aiding all my senses.
Haven't looked forward to a movie in awhile. Hope this is awesome to heal me when Dune breaks my heart. (I'm still hoping it wont but I'm a love fool)
Music and sound are just as important as everything else, even more so for some movies. Good lad.
Loved the symbolism in this movie. Visual storytelling at its finest. ✨
Seeing it Tuesday. I can't wait! They're showing it in the very smallest theater, which is sad to me. I hope lots of people go to see it in the theater.
There was a lot of people on Thursday night!
Get familiar with tehe poem on wikipedia or something.
Great choice of a Review. You sold me on seeing this movie. Thank you for reviewing this movie. Great comments, hollywood should take lessons from you.
Good plug now I will for sure watch it. Wasn’t sure before this and your review is trusted
Idk man, I felt like this movie was the 3rd in a trilogy and I missed the other two movies lol. A solid half hour could have been cropped out and it wouldn't have missed a single second of artistic prowess imo.
That “what if” montage didn’t need to exist, and they don’t even use the end of the actual tale as a ending. It’s like they cut out the last part of the story to make a 20 minute montage that didn’t need to be made
@@williamhanna9718 they "twilight: breaking dawn"d us 🙄
@@molcatz9634 or Last Temptation of Christ
I agree! The movie was interesting entertainment but I’ll never be watching again.
@@williamhanna9718 For me it was a lot of the super dragged out shots that added up too. I also thought the high fantasy elements didn't need to be there (specifically those giants because that scene did literally nothing in the scheme of the movie and felt so long lol)
Been hyped for this one
Am looking forward to this
I’m so keyed in for this movie. I recently read through most of the Arthurian Legends with my son (great bed time subject matter). Want to see it bad.