Knight's Tale

Pros: ummm..... good music?
Cons: the music doesn't belong there and everything else

STUDIO REP #1: I’ve got a great idea for a movie STUDIO REP #2: What is it? REP #1: We take Gladiator and set it in medieval times. REP #2: Are you insane? REP #1: No, wait, it’ll work. We have a peasant who wants to joust like a ...

Pros: The story, plot, music, cast, the sets and the humor!
Cons: Nothing comes to mind.

Wat: What do you mean, dead? Roland: The spark of his life is smothered in shite. His spirit is gone, but his stench remains. Does that answer your question? Directed by Brian Helgeland Heath Ledger as Sir William ...

Pros: Cast, Costuming (mostly), music, story, just about everything!
Cons: Shannyn Sossamon's character

As usual, several months ago we're hanging around Best Buy while Nick wandered idly thru the computer department looking for his next new toy.. I, getting very bored with the newest video cards, wander over to the DVD section. Being a collector of all...

Pros: Great fun if you approach it in the right frame of mind...
Cons: ... just plain daft if you don't!

A Knight's Tale is a surprising and very enjoyable medieval romp starring Heath Ledger (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Orlando Bloom at times), Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, ...

Pros: Feel-good tale, humor, supporting cast, Chaucer in the buff
Cons: Hands-down winner worst costume design of the year, romance flops

William Thatcher is a squire who longs to become a knight, something considered unobtainable to those not of noble birth. When the knight he serves dies suddenly in the middle of a tournament, William decides he will joust in his place and convinces his...

Pros: Perfect...if you're out of Nyquil.
Cons: This is a 15 minute movie - repeated six times.

Apparently there's been some confusion. While most critics have dismissed A Knight's Tale for its silly anachronistic musical stylings, others have derided the picture for being fairly aimless and full of carbon-copy action sequences and...

Pros: Enjoyable comic moments and performances
Cons: Too long, uneven mix of comedy and romance

"A Knight's Tale" is a clever concept that needed a clear direction. At some points, it pays tribute, in a lighter way, to the comic styles of Monty Python and Mel Brooks. At others, it seems like a John Hughes teen movie set in medieval times. It's...

Pros: Funny and fun with a great score.
Cons: Too long with slow pacing in parts.

* * * Better a silly girl with a flower than a silly boy with a horse and a stick. * * * When a knight dies just before the final joust in a tournament he is winning, his common-born squire, William (Heath Ledger ) Thatcher, dons his ...

Pros: Lots of funny
Cons: Action gets repetitive

I didn't go into A Knight's Tale with too high hopes. I figured it would be another mindless summer flick with pretty people, lots of action, and some moments of suspense. All in all, I was not disappointed. A Knight's Tale is quite entertaining. ...

Pros: The action scenes were great, the music awesome and the jousts wonderful
Cons: the suspense was a little predictable

Okay, what you have to be ready for here is a big fun sports movie...lets go back and look at a few.... the suspense, the build up and then the big game at the end...some of my favorites are The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, Bingo Long and his Traveling...

Pros: Rock music, romance, action, and comedy, what else is there?
Cons: Some nudity and adult situations

A few weeks ago, I wanted to take my oldest son to a "Mom's afternoon out" before he went on summer break with his dad. So, I tried to find a movie that he and I would both enjoy that I wouldn't be offended by. Personally, I hate action movies unless...

Pros: Soundtrack, cast.
Cons: Story, action, pacing.

A Knights Tale is not a very good movie. There, I have officially written my most blunt opening sentence to a review ever. I was trying to think of a more delicate way to phrase the reasons why I don't care for the film, and that sentence...

Pros: Great Breakthrough Performance From Ledger, Awesome Action, New-Age Rhythm and Music
Cons: Not Nearly Enough Of Shannyn Sossamon

A few short months ago I was made aware of a small film called "A Knight's Tale", I saw that the supporting actor from "The Patriot", Heath Ledger was in it. I brushed it off quickly cause I could not forgive him for "10 Things I Hate About You". But as...

Pros: It knows what it is and plays to that with gusto.
Cons: It is not historically accurate, not terribly deep, and just for fun.

Uncaringly, unremittingly, resoundingly over-the-top! This is not your great-grandfather's knight's tale (or even your Dad's)! If you were looking for a film with the textures and feeling of ye olde rounde table, this is not the film to see....

Pros: Fine cast, great stunts
Cons: some might not like the blending of medieval and contemporary music

Perhaps I should explain the title... while watching A Knight's Tale I fell off the sofa several times while viewing the jousting sequences. Hey, apparently I'm a sucker for a good joust, my wife's attempts to dissuade me from scooting around...