I must disagree, as I was indeed quite entertained by the poem. (Perhaps is just has to do with which translation one reads. My choice was Seamus Heaney's fantastic verse translation from a few years ago.) Honestly, I would have preferred a more straight adaptation, but this one was fairly entertaining. Aside from…

it was decent
I actually saw the movie last week, and I enjoyed it. Sure, I could have waited for it to be a rental, but it wasn't a bad way to pass an afternoon. (If I had, though, I would have been cheated out of seeing Rachel Nichols in a short, clingy dress on the big screen.) I was especially impressed by how all…

I agree with Scott on High Tension. It started out with some grisly intensity and went along just fine until the abysmal stupidity reared its head (i.e., the absolutely awful twist in the third act). Seriously, what were they thinking?

Would this be the Christopher Lambert film or the Robert Zemeckis one that hasn't even come out yet?

You make a good point. I mean, the fact that Excalibur is the best King Arthur film we have really says something. (Okay, I like Excalibur, but I wouldn't necessarily call it good.) I truly think, though, that the best approach to making a good one would be to treat it as a historical epic rather than a fantasy film.…

The Once and Future King
Yes, I know this would be incredibly difficult to film, since it's far more about philosophy than about medieval warfare, but man, it's a great book. Last I'd heard, Kenneth Longergan (You Can Count on Me) was adapting, and I think that that type of writer is the way to go.