The Green Knight wasn't a movie I had on my radar at first, but after seeing how well it was received by almost all critics, I figured I'd check it out—after all, being on AMC's A-List program, I get 3 tickets per week, use them or lose them, and right now there aren't that many movies out there to begin with, so why not?
What a big mistake! The movie is too long, too slow, and it's littered with scenes that don't go anywhere! I mean, there's literally characters that do stuff and it's never explained why, nor is there a connection to later scenes.
I understand and can appreciate that it's an adaptation of a medieval poem or a short story, but to work in motion picture format it still needs to be adapted to the medium, not the other way around.
Sure, the costumes, props, makeup, and sets are wonderful, and the acting is really good, especially Dev Patel's, who pretty much carries the whole movie on his shoulders. But there's too much lack of cohesiveness and clarity of execution in both screenplay and direction to consider this as anything other than a pretentious mess.
THE BOTTOM LINE: I watch a wide variety of movies of any genre, and appreciate films that run the gamut from art-house favorites to big-budget summer tentpoles, so believe me when I tell you that this movie is an overblown turd. Stay away at all costs.
Grade: 2.5
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