We’ve been waiting for what feels like much longer than one year hence—thanks to a pesky global pandemic—for David Lowery’s The Green Knight. Now, it’s finally nearly here, and it’s still looking amazing.
Starring Dev Patel as Sir Gawain, The Green Knight follows the Arthurian court of legend as they are confronted in a mysterious challenge by the titular Green Knight (Ralph Ineson). Seemingly undefeatable in combat and promising to return after Gawain promptly chopped his head off a year prior, the young warrior now has to ride out and face his destiny in battle once more.
It looks like a great twist on the legendary tale of honor, but we’re here for just how sumptuous Lowery has made this quest. There’s some truly gorgeous stuff in here, including Gawain finding an entire herd of giant, roaming humanoid monoliths, trippy starfields, and so much more. No matter how much we’ve been yearning to see it this past year, it looks like it will have been well worth the wait.
The Green Knight hits theaters July 30.
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DISCUSSION
I wonder how much of the story is changed. Because isnt the original like he cuts off the Green Knights head to marry the princess because the King was like “will someone do something about this guy? I’ll pay annnnything winkwinknudgenudge.” Then when the year is up he goes on an adventure to fight the Knight again and it comes out its the King and hes like “bro its cool, I was just making sure youre a noble enough to marry my daughter and run my kingdom”?
Also isnt Sir Robin based on Green Knight story?