Underwhelming

Rating: 6/10 (15 January 2020)

This is a decent film but after hearing the praise I couldn't help but be a little disappointed. The acting was decent but just the overall tone I struggled with. It's a sad film of a new king trying to do right but probably just doing the same thing that's been being done before. There's a lot of death and strife. That said I just wasn't drawn to any of the characters. I didn't really care for anybody on the English or French side. The action was pretty good and chaotic and I think they did a real good job with that part but when you have no emotional investment really it doesn't land. I did like the end where the King figured out the one who had been misleading him, although I assumed that from the get go. Worth watching but it certainly didn't blow my mind.