His decision with the co-writing team to give this origin story a gritty, grime-y gangster feel to it could’ve been a turn-off for some, but that style is simply something he does so well that with Arthur’s gutter-to-greatness arc it works quite well, infusing a fantasy adventure with a heist-movie feel that further gives King Arthur a distinct personality in an age when so many bloated blockbusters are duller than a cardboard Excalibur.List of all movies directed by Guy Ritchie ranked from best to worst with photos. His hallmarks – from the kind of action seen in Sherlock Holmes to the cast interplay of Snatch – help give the impressive visual scope the needed energy to feel like more than just empty CGI, all while setting the plotting apart from the many, many other films of the medieval genre. Ritchie is one of those directors where even if his movie isn’t great, they still have a distinct sense of style and madcap energy, and with Legend of the Sword, he brings it all together to infuse what was arguably a blank check with a brazen ferocity. The Fantastical Visuals/Production Design But while the movie has been relegated to the bin of great box office blunders, there are several reasons why this movie rules incredibly hard, and here I will list a few that will hopefully validate giving it another go (or even your first) and revel in this bonkers, once-in-a-lifetime take on the legend of King Arthur. But neither audiences nor critics were having it, and the movie whiffed out at around $140 million around the world, losing tens of millions for WB. was so confident in this project they dumped around $175 million into the production. The Guy Ritchie-directed fantasy epic was meant to be the first in a shared universe of movies because seemingly everything is nowadays, and Warner Bros. Movies inspired by these legends have been popping up for decades, and here I will come to the defense of one very, very, expensive take on King Arthur that deserves to be remembered for more than its box office implosion: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

The latest epic The Green Knight offers a surreal take on an Arthurian legend, proving that despite being around for centuries there’s always a way to put the spin on the tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

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