King Arthur (2004)
2/10
A confusing metaphorical tale about the struggles of one Canadian rock band
21 February 2005
Okay, I get that Clive Owen was supposed to be Robbie Robertson, and the guy who played Lancelot was supposed to be Rick Danko, and Tristan was Richard Manuel, Ray Winstone was obviously Garth Hudson, and Gwain was obviously a poor man's Levon Helm? But was the conniving Roman Bishop supposed to be Bill Graham or Martin Scorsese? Was Bob Dylan supposed to be Merlin and if so why didn't he get more screen time? And why nothing of the early years these knights spent together, touring honky-tonks in Greyhound buses with Ronnie Hawkins? I liked the metaphorical battle with the icons of southern rock, Stellan Skarsgård did an amazing imitation of some Lynard Skynard die-hard fan running on a collision course with the The Band, and I learned some stuff I didn't know about how The Band made decisions in a consensus "round table" fashion and how they felt about the bastard children they sired on the road, but all in all, the whole story being told in this psychedelic fashion made it all pretty difficult to follow. I really wish they had found a more straightforward way to tell the story of this important chapter of Rock History.
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