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The Last Duel (2021)
Good movie, yet not a spectacular one
First of all let me say that I am a huge fan of historical movies. And thus, Sir Ridley Scott happens to be one of my favorite directors, having made movies like Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven. So, obviously, I had high hopes for this one. And even though I can't say that I was disappointed, the movie certainly did not excite me as much as I had hoped.
The actors were well chosen and the cinematography was amazing, as one might expect from such a director. I especially liked the way the battle scenes were shot - the total chaos of medieval combat, with arrows, spears and swords flying around. The cacophony of the fully armored knights with their large battle horses charging lines of infantry... All in all very well delivered.
What I disliked was the length of the movie. The story is told from 3 different perspectives, and even though I agree that the points of view of Sir Jean and le Gris are different enough and worth taking a look at, the third one from Lady Marquerite is pretty much a summary of the first two. The only thing I learned from her perspective, which I did not know, was that she was not as happy as her husband had thought. In my opinion, the story in itself is not long enough to make a nearly 3 hour movie, and I found the third perspective quite unnecessary.
All in all I liked the movie, despite it being a bit repetitive for my taste.