It seems to me that people either love or hate this film. I'm not going to yammer on and on talking about the sociological blah blah blah blah blahs of this film like some reviewers do (wow, can you read any farther into this???). Let's just talk about it (mon Dieu!) as a film. The main problem I had with this film is the incompatibility of Bresson's style with the subject matter. This is not to say I don't like his style. I'm just saying that Arthurian legend, which I consider to be rather conservative, simply doesn't mesh well with the nouvelle vague style of Bresson. Neither am I implying that one should never take chances with film-making--of course you should! But somethings just aren't meant to go together, like marshmallows and pickles or ... or whatever. It's also painful to watch the acting. Robots could have delivered the lines better. Finally, the *special effects*. Yes, this is supposed to show the brutality of living in 4th century crazy warrior society Brittany/Britain. But come on, if you've seen Monty Python, the opening is hysterical. Hys-ter-i-cal. I showed my Mom this part, and she laughed really hard too--and she doesn't even like MP!
However, those are just my impressions. If you read that and think to yourself Heck, I'm gonna go prove her WRONG, by all means, check out this film. It may gain the razzied spot of Worst Film I've Ever Seen on your list as well.
However, those are just my impressions. If you read that and think to yourself Heck, I'm gonna go prove her WRONG, by all means, check out this film. It may gain the razzied spot of Worst Film I've Ever Seen on your list as well.