Arthur raised by prostitutes? I must have missed something in my readings growing up...I guess they were kind and virtuous and working their way through (k)night school...?
The upcoming movie, “The Dark Tower,” has a character named Roland who is a Gunslinger.
His revolvers are (According to the books) forged from the metal used for the sword Excalibur.
Excalibur.
Truncated from the Latin: Ex calx Liberatus.
Ex = From, Out of
Calx -Limestone, stone
Liberatus = Freed.
In English: “Out of the stone freed”
Excalibur.
I thought Helen Mirrens career was launched much earlier in different kind of film
“Some day a king will come, and the sword will rise again.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dV_HaaQfLU
Wagner rocks in the finale
I’ve noticed that in general, Hollywood portrays the hero using a katana while the villain uses a medieval sword.
i thought the lady of the lake gave excalibur to arthur
Three blade sword from The Sword and the Sorcerer. Great cheesy movie.
1. Saw it last weekend and would recommend it. It is a fun movie. Everyone seemed to like it quite a bit.
2. Arthur appears to have existed after the fall of the Roman Empire in Wales and may have been well known for good government.
3. He is regarded as a romantic figure.
We don’t know that much anout his time as King. Many of the stories about him may be fiction, simply don’t know.
Considering the above points, he has been a wonderful vehicle for fiction writers over the the last 1400 years. Durable, to saty the least. Each generation visits Arthururian legend in their own way and generally they do so successfully.
My wife and I both enjoyed it. A fun movie in a 21st century mode.
A note on sworda: although samurai swords are beautiful they were not as good as European swords.
Generally the katana swords were designed for cutting unarmored infantry, European swords of 9th to 14h centuries were designed to break ribs which is how most knights died in battle. Lots of internal bleeding and broken ribs piercing lungs. Bad news on wheels.