Thanks Brian Helgeland for a good yarn on a lazy afternoon. The movie bored me to death and I had the mind to walk out in the middle. The cheap sets and the costumes , which did not match the time period, annoyed me. I couldn't get into the heart of the movie, as much as I tried . One thing missing in this commentary is the fact that the American Public eats this kind of stuff for lunch.
Some flaky action sequences.
Comments As for many of your comments I must agree. There are many ways the jousting could have been filmed to create a much more exciting show and the repetitive pattern which was used only show very little taltent on the directors abilities. The show had a lot of potencial but the way in which the film jumped from a drama to a shallow, cheesy, attemp at comedy crucified any chance it had early in the show. As for the historical innacuracy, I did not go to the show for a history lesson and was slightly amused by the atempt to mix yesturday with today. It would have been an interesting mix had the director known what he was trying to do with the show.