Not bad at all

Rating: 7/10 (5 March 2008)

I expected worse when I read the summary. I expected some more heavy handed Conan dross, especially when I found out there was a girl megawarrior sticking out of the plot like a sore thumb. She was there to show 'em a woman could a superior warrior against barbarians four times her size, and yadda yadda yadda. All this to get the vital 14 year old female ticket sales coming in. I can understand that.
But apart from this socio-cultural zeitgeist-ish blemish, the movie was a nice little fantasy based on the Arthurian legend, and that's all it was, and it didn't pretend to be anything else.
So quit with the neo-intellectual snobbishness, y'all. You guys are not equipped to be snobs, anyway. Or intellectuals, for that matter...
It's a fantasy movie, fer ****ssakes! The photography is good, Kingsley put up a good lyin' Merlin, the kid did good, the Paki warrior did her best by being understated, even while she was cutting throats.
Everyone did a great job trying to save this movie from you sharks.
All in all, a nice little movie in a genre I like.
A seven.