I loved Knight's Tale. It has such a sense of humor about itself, which
I'll take any day over a movie that takes itself too seriously. It was
supposed to give modern-day, non-historians a feel for how jousting was
regarded in its heyday--an exciting, hip sporting event, complete with rabid
fans and regional rivalries--and I think that the anachronisms added to that
rather than taking away from it.
By the way, the commentary for the DVD is pretty darn funny, and full of the
director making straight-faced comments such as how surprised he'd been to
find out that David Bowie was not, in fact, a medieval bard. (He also
explains what 'fong' means.) AKT is one of the very few movies I actually
liked well enough to buy on DVD, which for me is saying a lot.
Besides, I'm a huge Alan Tudyk fan. (The red-headed, frog-faced guy who
played Wat and wanted to fong everyone.)
-E House
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