A Knight's Tale

I watched A Knight's Tale the other day. As you might have guessed, I was of course slightly pained to watch Heath Ledger alive and well on screen. It's not the same thing to watch an actor who died of old age, possibly even before I was born, alight the screen, but when I think about this man who was only a few years older than I; when I remember watching this movie while he was still alive and looked the same...it's a bit like seeing a ghost.

Regardless, though, of Heath Ledger's untimely death, A Knight's Tale is still the fabulous and terrible move that it ever was.

Shannyn Sossamon spends the film wearing the most atrociousness outfits. Her hair is always utterly bizarre, and the hat she is wearing in her first scene is the ugliest hat I have ever seen. It's hard to think of her as a beauty when she lacks style in almost every imaginable way. But William (Ledger) loves Jocelyn (Sossamon) for some unknown reason, so accept and move on.

Move on equally from the complaints about the bizarre mix of contemporary and medieval style, music, and everything else. It was done on purpose, and if you just accept it, it's actually a lot of fun.

But not as much fun as Wat (Alan Tudyk) and Chaucer (Paul Bettany). If these two don't reduce you into fits of ridiculous giggles, than you and I do not share a sense of humour. They are such great comic relief.

Finally, I must mention Rufus Sewell. So many people think of him first as a villain because of this movie, but I saw him first in Dangerous Beauty. Oh is he attractive, sexy, debonair, and all that other good stuff. And so what if he is the villain, it's really that he's not particularly forward thinking and refuses to be beaten by anyone.

What was your opinion of A Knight's Tale?