The Green Knight Reviews

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by David Lowery and since had received some really strong reviews, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I had a really hard time to get into this movie, in fact, I’m afraid it never really grabbed me. For starters, this movie was just so damned obscure, I mean, it was literally visually really obscure. Seriously, the whole thing was just so dark, it was probably one of the darkest movies I have ever seen. For example, the scene in St. Winifred’s house was 99% completely black and borderline unwatchable. Then, the other issue was that, even though it was more than 2 hours long, all the characters were barely developed at all. For example, Essel had short hair and wore bells on her clothes because she was actually a prostitute but that’s something I found out afterwards when I was doing some research about this movie and it’s not something that I figured out while watching this movie. What was the deal with Gawain’s mother? Why was she doing all this witchcraft stuff? What was the deal with the King? What was actually the deal with any character involved in this story? Even with Gawain himself, Dev Patel did deliver a solid performance and the color-blind casting was pretty cool but I’m afraid this main character was always kept at arm’s length from the audience. And, yet, the whole thing was visually really neat and David Lowery did create here a mesmerizing mood for this tale. The ending was also pretty cool. I don’t know, maybe I wasn’t in the right mood and I should check it out again at some point but, the more I think about it, the more I believe that my rating was actually too generous here. Anyway, to conclude, even if it didn’t really work for me, I still think it is an intriguing movie and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre or if you are interested in David Lowery’s work.