Re: ‘King Arthur’ Movie Falls on Its Sword in Opening Weekend - WSJ

[Mark Kohut]

Cowardice and borrowing other's opinions gets my vote. I saw it in publishing and book reviewing all the time; was not without sin myself; pretty surely think I saw it in movie reviewing just about always but now more than ever. ( but that's a shakey judgment since I don't follow as I once did. )

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> On May 14, 2017, at 9:34 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Easier to borrow someone else's opinions than to think for oneself?
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> It wasn't a great movie but I kinda liked it, and wouldn't have gone but for this thread. Maybe I don't get out enough. 
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> Sent from an iPhone; pls xcse typos. 
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>> On May 14, 2017, at 16:55, Laura <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Just saw King Arthur today, and while I liked the London gangster elements Ritchie imported from his other movies, they weren't enough to prevent this from being a standard-issue crappy action flick with obvious plot points, ludicrous characters and boring CGI.
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>> That being said, I don't see any particular reason why the critics should pile on this one and rave about similarly-schlocky action pix du jour. It sure seems like they're getting paid to rave, at times. Is there some secretive Scarsdale Vibe pulling the strings? Or just collective cowardice?
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>> Laura
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>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
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>> Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I saw a similar story on Friday, which caused me to believe the Hollywood system wants to kill it
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>> Think of Costner's Water World
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>>> On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 4:11 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hurry, it's bleeding to death.
>>> 
>>> https://www.wsj.com/articles/king-arthur-movie-falls-on-its-sword-in-opening-weekend-1494786805?mod=e2tw
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>>> 
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