how on earth do sean connery and richard gere and julie ormand and ben cross and sir john gielgud and and other actor of note and ever get rope into make this awful atrocious movie . the word hokum be undoubtedly a compliment in this case . surely it wasn not for money . nobody that greedy or hard up . or do they all think it be a good idea at the time . if so and they be badly mistake . the suppose norman armour look like something that be dream up for ( and throw out of ) star trek or flash gordon . actually the style of ( designer ) armour on display here range from the bizarre to the unbelievable with shade of the ridiculous in between . disregard that they be all make out of modern material and uniform be not wear by any military in britain until cromwell new model army in the 17th century . until then recognition of both friend and enemy alike be by banner etc . and and be all a bit of a hit and miss affair ( just like this movie in fact ) . on reflection i can not recall see a single banner in the entire film . the fabled king arthur wouldn not have be norman anyway . he be suppose ( debatedly ) to have be a 5th or 6th century ancient briton and some say with roman ancestry and and to have live long before the norman conquest be even think of . one theory even put forward the view that he actually be a roman who would remain in britain after all others have depart . whichever of the many theory you prefer and you would have to agree that he certainly wouldn not even have see a gothic building let alone live in one . the moralising ( or should i say demoralise ) script be not only absolutely dire but downright silly . almost as silly a the gas fire in the middle of the round table . i do not think that britain be actually mention in the script and so perhaps if this re telling of a powerful story have be set anywhere ( a planet somewhere in the far reach of andromeda come to mind ) instead of in and around camelot and and with a different set of character and the movie might have be acceptable . a it be and it have to go down in the comedy mode . except that it wasn not mean to be one . richard gere a lancelot have to be the one of the bad casting mistake in movie history and that be if you discount john wayne a ghengis khan ( and the surely this must be the son of god . centurian ) and or a 30 yr old robert taylor a billy the kid . and sean connery a king arthur doesn not rate much well . the only good comment i can make about the whole production be that there a rather nice musical score lurking somewhere behind everything and and adam greenberg cinematography be rather good . for those two point alone i have give it an extra star and but it still an awful movie . in conclusion and this have to be a follywood production that can not be miss . otherwise you will never know how bad it be .