I am not a big fan of Robert Taylor, but I am a big aficionado of the Arthurian legend. So I just had to satisfy my curiosity about this film. Well, my feelings about Robert Taylor should have prevailed.
I find it difficult to believe that the producers and director of this film were not unaware of the quality of film that they were creating as they created it. It's as if all the actors' queues were edited into the film. Perhaps I'm used to more modern techniques in choreography of sword play. The battle scenes were just one big melee of chaos.
Mel Ferrer, Stanley Baker and Ava Gardner are all great actors. It must of torn their hearts out to do this abomination. Fortunately for Ms. Gardner, she was in Italy filming "Barefoot Contessa" when this catastrophe was released.
One wonders "Does the director actually review the filming before it is edited?" How could Thorpe let something like this get by? He was a veteran director of over 160 previous films. Perhaps he never adjusted to modern filming technology. It seems like this film was shot in the days of silent films and then colorized and sound added. There has to be some explanation.
I find it difficult to believe that the producers and director of this film were not unaware of the quality of film that they were creating as they created it. It's as if all the actors' queues were edited into the film. Perhaps I'm used to more modern techniques in choreography of sword play. The battle scenes were just one big melee of chaos.
Mel Ferrer, Stanley Baker and Ava Gardner are all great actors. It must of torn their hearts out to do this abomination. Fortunately for Ms. Gardner, she was in Italy filming "Barefoot Contessa" when this catastrophe was released.
One wonders "Does the director actually review the filming before it is edited?" How could Thorpe let something like this get by? He was a veteran director of over 160 previous films. Perhaps he never adjusted to modern filming technology. It seems like this film was shot in the days of silent films and then colorized and sound added. There has to be some explanation.