Review of Knights of the Round Table (1953) by &Hearts;Pam&Hearts; — 17 Jun 2008

Watched this with all ages of our family, from age 10 to age 70.

Ava Gardner is gorgeous, the costumes are stunning, yet Robert Taylor delivers his lines like he is Sam Spade narrating classic film noir. You'll find lots of old film giggles, like when the falcon Lancelot is carrying on horseback falls over in a taxidermy-stiff faint in the long shots, but miraculously comes to life in the close shots.

My favorite part was the "pillow fight" during the jousting match. After all the jousting and sword fighting, all the knights have a great time hitting each other with some sort of pillow-like soft objects, knocking each other off horses until there was only one remaining on horseback. The general consensus in our viewing group was that all world conflict should be solved in this fashion. One big pillow fight and whoever is left standing wins. Works for me!

So, while we laughed at the dated and anachronistic silly things in the movie, we thoroughly enjoyed watching it again.