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Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
The Knights Who Say Ni!
I dunno why I wrote "the knights who say ni!" as my summary. I suppose it was to be creative. Anyway, this movie is very close to the original story, but another half hour of this crap I would've been ripping my hair out. Well, at least I think that is what I might have done had I not been a huge fan of Murray Head.
But Murray's the man, so I watched and I got a kick out of him running about punching people and hitting them with sticks, rocks, himself, swords, and anything else he found laying about. The cinematography is stinky and the script/ interpretation of the tale is sorta crappy. But if you like Murray, by all means go ahead and watch.
The 10th Kingdom: The Making of an Epic (2000)
Very nice
I did see this documentary on the making of 10th Kingdom, but I'm going to review both this and the actual product, as so many people have reviewed the miniseries that I might as well write it here. The Making of an Epic was okay, I saw it at 3 in the morning, so I was pretty much out of it.
On the 10th Kingdom: Positive: Kimberly Williams is the most adorable actress, and I absolutely love her. John Larroquette is a brilliant sarcastic character actor (but if you watch him on Night Court on A&E you already know that); Rutger Hauer, Warwick Davis, Jimmy Nail (you rock!), Camryn Manheim, and others were welcome presences, Dianne Wiest is a creepy villain, the settings were gorgeous, and Daniel Lapaine is a hottie (love that grin when he comes out to be coronated!). And, of course, special thanks to Scott Cohen for his hyper and creative portrayal of Wolf. I really hope his career gets a boost.
Negative: THE TROLLS SUCKED! Am I the only one who noticed this? They were awful! And the purpose of special effects is not for us to feel like we're being attacked by fluttering hearts and singing rings! ENOUGH!
So, overall, very nicely done. The first episode was GREAT, the second was almost as good, the third one was great just for Wolf, the fourth one stunk, and the fifth one wrapped it all up very nicely. But do we need to be told there's ANOTHER ten hours possibly on the way?