A Knight's Tale (2001) ✦ Member of the Month: Full-Length Watchalong Reaction
Added 2025-07-31 21:30:02 +0000 UTCCongrats again to TemKhan for the win for July! This was their movie submission and this is definitely a new addition to my list of comfort films.
I really hope you enjoy the reaction! Thanks so much for watching. 🥰 [Direct link here.]
✦ KL
Comments
Yeah, the visuals of the movie aren't the *best* ever, but I actually kind of like that for what this movie is with its genre-combining. I feel like movies like this are more rare these days, so it gives me a feeling of nostalgia a little bit.
kaiielle
2025-08-01 23:03:16 +0000 UTCFirst off, that's Lydia! I would have never made that connection had you not said it. You were like, "I recognize that actor..." And I was like, "yeah, I do, too." And then you said, "I think she's from Breaking Bad, but I can't remember the character"... and then I thought and thought and thought... and yeah, it's Lydia. She's actually in the thumbnail under this textbox :) Secondly, I was thinking—when the "we will rock you" started—that if you're unfamiliar with the movie's deliberately anachronistic use of popular music, you might be expecting a Monty Python/Holy Grail situation—which you confirmed in your epilogue. And that had never even occurred to me before because the music was heavily publicized at the time it came out. Lastly, I've never particularly wanted to liked this picture. It looks like a cheap made-for-british-tv movie, to me. The lighting is flat and digitally graded to death, so the cinematography is bland and stagey. The sound is just as bad—aside from the needle drops. It basically looks like a live action tv version of Disney's Robin Hood. With as much depth. And yet, I like Disney's Robin Hood and this one's got its charm, too.
Sam
2025-08-01 22:13:47 +0000 UTCGreat reaction, as always! So glad you enjoyed! One of my favorite movie anecdotes comes from this film. When the director was questioned over the choice of music, and whether something orchestral might have been more appropriate, he countered with the fact that the instruments in a modern orchestra wouldn't be invented for several hundred years after the movie takes place. He felt like the rock music would help modern audiences feel similarly to how medieval spectators might have felt watching a joust. Also - Paul Bettany's character, Geoffrey Chaucer, was a historical figure. He wrote one of the earliest English language books, The Canterbury Tales. When in the film he promises to "eviscerate in fiction" the Summoner and the Pardoner, the film is referencing the characters with the same names in that book - both of whom are quite despicable.
TemKhan
2025-08-01 10:18:02 +0000 UTC
