A Knight's Tale (2001)

Sadly Over-hyped

Best movie ever!

The first must-see film of the year.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Dark Knight is obviously my favourite Heath Ledger Film, but I'd easily put A Knight's Tale as my second favourite of his. It has a great cast that has tremendous on screen chemistry. It's a medieval adventure comedy that is thoroughly entertaining throughout. I was hooked into watching this film the first time I saw the scene of the crowd sing We Will Rock You at a jousting tournament way before Queen would ever come into existence. Despite this being billed as a Ledger film and being the lead actor; what really makes this film great is his supporting cast and the connection his team are able to display in only a few hours. This will be looked back on as a true classic.

if you looking for historical accuracy, for solid Medieval drama, for dramatic scenes and for old fashion historical movies, this is the worst choice. if you like an eccentric cocktail of modern music and Medieval pretext, easy story and Heath Lodger in a good role, this is a must see. because it is real seductive against it. predictable but nice. hilarious , unrealistic and chaotic. a sort of teenager game. but great in a way who has not exactly definition. because it is the sort of film for fun who could be reasonable kick to discover the truth about a period who, in this film, remains only a generous sketch.

After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight. A Knight's Tale is by no means a bad film but it's not a great one either the acting is alright, the soundtrack is off for example the opening credit start with Queen and We Will Rock you which makes no sense and the comedy many times turns out to be annoying as hell but it does have a good cast that gives nice performances but if you except a serious movie with sword fights this is not for you but it's a good and dumb little romance story but you won't probably remember it the next day and that's why i'll give this film A Knight's Tale a 6.5 out of 10.

A Knight's Tale (2001): Dir: Brian Helgeland / Cast: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Mark Addy, Paul Bettany, Shannyn Sossamon: Good natured yet light weight comedy set in the early century of knights. Title humorously refers to a knight telling a very large tale. Heath Ledger stars as a civilian who wants to be a knight but he is a nobleman, which apparently complicates things. This doesn't discourage him from training. He makes a name for himself in the tournaments but nobody knows who he is, plus there is another knight whose ambition is to expose him. He wishes to impress the Princess but first he must dispose of another knight whose ambition is, again, to expose him and use her as a trophy. Well directed by Brian Helgeland who previously made the action thriller Payback. with repetitious storytelling and an ending that has no real flair. The knights singing a song by Queen also makes no sense when thinking of the time line. Ledger makes a great impression but he is virtually going in circles in rapid repetition. Rufus Sewell is the stereotypical bully knight with the personality of an empty soup can. Mark Addy and Paul Bettany are also at a loss here playing Ledger's empty headed friends. And Shannyn Sossamon has the thankless role the woman whom Ledger is competing for, as if it matters. Fine production is at best otherwise the biggest tale is told by the screenwriter. Score: 3 / 10