A Knight's Tale
2001 Directed by Brian Helgeland
Synopsis
He Will Rock You
William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein.
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This movie is silly as hell. I always just knew this as either "Heat Legend's best role" or "my mom's favorite movie". Needless to say my expectations were low, but honestly this movie was kind of fun in it's own way. Near the beginning when Queen's "We Will Rock You" starts playing and all the peasants are singing along, a thought kept running through my head saying "what the fuck is going on" but I'm not ashamed to admit I had the biggest grin on my face while thinking it.
A Knight's Tale almost felt like watching one of those cheesy late 90's/early 00's college sex romp films(Van Wilder, American Pie etc.) but in a medieval setting. It works though,…
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I saw it in cinemas as a kid and I loved it. I've seen it about 100 times since and I still love it today. It is an irrational love, but it is love none the less.
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I had never actually seen this movie before in full. I know lots of people loved it when I was a kid but I just didnt see the interest. After finally sitting down to watch it I see why everyone likes it. Its fairly simple and sometimes silly but its an enjoyable movie with plenty of laughs :)
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A time travelling Joker battles dragons and bosoms!
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The Medieval era has rarely seemed so much fun as it does in A Knights Tale, the picture that really put the late Heath Ledger on the map and you can easily understand why became such a popular favourite. It's blend of bawdy yet sweet comedy, derring do, chivalry, romance and an eclectic modern-day classic rock soundtrack, there's just something a bit timeless about Brian Helgeland's movie. It doesn't always hit all its marks but in plenty of ways it's a damn fine piece of fluff, with a really quite excellent cast to boot.
Kicking off to the strains of 'We Will Rock You' sets the tone here, a piece that is every bit an old-fashioned adventure as you might…
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For a bloody awful film with some disgustingly bad dialogue, Ledger and Bethany somehow manage to keep the show on the road. A Knight's Tale's main problem is that it doesn't really know what it is. it is average at best at being serious and worse than par in the comedy stakes. Sunday afternoon lethargy has scuppered the will to find the remote.
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Paul Bettany's role made it worthwhile. Didn't hate it, didn't love it.
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Good, well better than expected. I just love Heath from 10 things I hate about you to The dark knight. H isn't why I saw it though I actually had a rather weird reason. I watch it because of Berenice Bejo who has a small part. After watching it was quite funny and the music add to the laughs, Will Rock You was amazing.
"It's called a lance, hello." - Wat
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A Knight’s Tale was the first maybe movie of the summer. It looked like it could be pretty good, or that it could be really bad. It also was a question mark at the box office. It was Heath Ledger’s trial to see if he could handle a staring role. None of the other cast members were huge actors although some were slightly known. Another major factor to the success of the movie was whether or not people would enjoy the rock music instead of instrumental period type music.
William Thatcher was a young boy who was sold to a knight as a young boy and grew up learning how to help his master. He has grown strong and confident…
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I had never actually seen this movie before in full. I know lots of people loved it when I was a kid but I just didnt see the interest. After finally sitting down to watch it I see why everyone likes it. Its fairly simple and sometimes silly but its an enjoyable movie with plenty of laughs :)
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I saw it in cinemas as a kid and I loved it. I've seen it about 100 times since and I still love it today. It is an irrational love, but it is love none the less.
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A time travelling Joker battles dragons and bosoms!
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For a bloody awful film with some disgustingly bad dialogue, Ledger and Bethany somehow manage to keep the show on the road. A Knight's Tale's main problem is that it doesn't really know what it is. it is average at best at being serious and worse than par in the comedy stakes. Sunday afternoon lethargy has scuppered the will to find the remote.
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On Channel 4 now. That's my afternoon sorted then :)