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A Disappointing Continuation

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

First Knight (1995)Plot In A Paragraph: Lancelot (Richard Gere) falls in love with Guinevere (Julia Ormand) , who is due to be married to King Arthur (Connery). Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.YAWN!! This movie is the worst movie Connery has made since Sword & The Valiant. Yes I'm counting Highlander 2 in that. It is produced with a decent budget but a lot will have gone on its two main stars who are awfully miscast. As is the heroine. Both Connery and Gere are too old for the roles and Ormand is too young. Connery should make a brilliant King Arthur, all noble and dignified!! But he over acts at times and it just doesn't work, neither does Gere who has zero charisma and is totally unconvincing as Lancelot. It should be an interesting love triangle, but you are never really invested in it, and I just didn't care. First Knight grossed $37 million at the domestic box office to end 1995 as the 46th highest grossing movie of the year. One place better and one million dollars more than Just Cause. But considering this had a budget of $55 million compared to the $25 million of Just Cause. It's easier to see whIch one was considered a disappointment.

After seeing this, I wondered why I did? This kind of touches on the real love affair between Lancelot and Guinevere but fakes it away from reality and tries to glorify the death of King Arthur in a battle that never took place. Easily the best quality in this movie is Julia Ormund as Guinevere. She is poised, attractive and hot. Those brown eyes sparkle. She looks as good on a horse as any woman ever has.The problems are - Richard Gere, who looks wooden as Lancelot and acts like a piece of pine wood for much of the movie. His action scenes are poorly done as well. Overall, this one is just Gere being cast in the wrong role. He should have been the court jester.Sean Connery - he is too old to play Arthur and while he speaks well, it is hard to believe a young Guinevere would want to marry a man who is her father's age. The only way I would recommend watching this one is if did a nudist version as Julia Ormund would look great in the buff when she did this one. It is overblown, and the final scene with the salute to the dead King Arthur was already done, when Spock died in one of the Star Trek movies. The good of the many outweighs the needs of the few. Few viewers will need this movie.

I thought it interesting that they draw upon older and nowadays almost forgotten Camelot stories in this movie. It made the movie original, without going too far from the sources. One thing was totally wrong though, and I think this fact almost wrecks the whole movie. In the beginning Lancelot is pictured like some poor show-man, almost a con artist, who gives sword-shows for money in public places. This is something that the "real" Lancelot (I mean the Lancelot we all know) would never have done. As everybody knows, he was born a prince and got a magical upbringing with The Lady of the Lake. When he reached manhood, she brought him to King Arthur's court. At this time he was already a knight in armour. There can never have been a time in Lancelot's life, when he had to give shows for money in public squares (however successfully). This started the movie on completely the wrong note, and I almost stopped watching then and there!Also, Richard Gere is wrong for the role. First, he is too American. The first request for someone playing the leads in a Camelot story, must be their Brittishness... Also, Richard Gere is not handsome enough - although I HAVE found him attractive in other kinds of roles, such as well-tailored lawyers and businessmen in the city. But he is not handsome in the way we think of Lancelot as handsome: extremely muscular, fit and manly, and at the same time unearthly, spiritual and saint-like... Richard Gere in this movie looks like any peasant!Julia Ormond was also the wrong choice for Guinevere. The only thing that was right about her was her slim and straight figure. Her face is much too ordinary, and there is no glamour at all around her. Sean Connery is perfect as King Arthur, though. VERY British, handsome, manly, regal and fear-inspiring when he is supposed to be fear-inspiring. Also a great actor, as ever.Also, I did not like that they changed the ending. In this movie, it was hinted at that Lancelot and Guinevere could have each other - now when the King was dead. This is nowhere in the original sources. And the love triangle is supposed to be a tragedy, not a happy ending! "First Knight" is a darker, bleaker and more realistic take on Camelot, but there are still things that make it worth watching: the wonderful castle in itself, and the whole medieval world with lavish gowns, armour, horses, battle-scenes etc..

I love this movie,Richard Gere (Lancelot) was the hero, that won the heart of Julia Ormond (Guinevere).In this movie she was to marry the King.Which she did even though she loved the first knight.When they met he was just a common man that fought for money. That is my mom's take on the epic tale of King Arther and Lancelot. Mine I love this movie as well, it is one of the best renditions . About the legend of Camelot, I have seen it has adventure lust. And forbidden love , between Lancelot and Guinevere! But this tale of the sorted love triangle, has a dark side like all movies. It has a villain Ben Cross (Maligant) a cruel black hearted monster. Whose sole purpose was to dethrone the King and claim Camelot as his own! Until his untimely demise , by the sword of the first knight!