My other Showtime splurge involves a Knight, a quest and the most artistically pretentious Film of this type since The Iron Warrior.
As a bonus, it is set around Christmas...in 14 AD.
He lays down a challenge for any Knight- give him a cut and then receive the same cut.
Fortunately, a young man of a lower Station (Dev Patel) is given a promotion by King Arthur.
He's encouraged by his mother to stand up for the King.
He makes his one cut- a swing at the Green Knight's neck.
He decapitates him.
Patel seems pleased...until the Green Knight stands up, picks up his head and vows to return in one year.
The year goes by quickly for the now-famous young Knight. He secretly fears the passage of time, of course.
He finally must make his journey as Christmas approaches yet again.
It's...weird out there.
If he can survive the journey, what will happen when he and the Green Knight meet again?
Will he be brave enough to honor the deal?
To find out, stream the Film now.
A visually amazing Film with a Plot about as dense as you'd expect from an adaptation of Arthurian Lore. It is chock full of grandiose dialog and monologues.
Is there more to it though?
The Film does a nice job of presenting the ideal Arthurian Hero and then breaking it down. Is Gawain really a Hero? Will he really do the right thing at all times if it is hard? Is he really even a Hero?
The man himself faces those questions directly and has to answer for himself. A rich, lush looking world surrounds someone just trying to be something he may not be and cannot be.
So yes, the Film is gorgeous to look at with sweeping vistas and colors. There's just not a lot of real Story here past 'Guy must go to here and do this.' It's a beautiful, sometimes ponderous journey that is easy to get lost in.
The Green Knight is not shallow in Character, Setting or Acting- just the Plot. Each new location will wow you...until you realize that our Hero is not going to go even at a moderate pace to the next one.
Now I could recommend the original Story (translated by people like J.R.R. Tolkien), but I'd rather check this out...
Like I said, it looks amazing, but ultimately not alot really happens. Merry Christmas though, I guess.
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