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Director Jerry Zucker's skillful use of camera angles takes full advantage of the richness of color in the costumes and sets. One powerful scene gives a birds-eye view of the Round Table as Arthur and his knights, with synchronized fluidity, lay down their gleaming swords to reaffirm their pact of brotherhood...
Connery's Arthur exudes strength and dignity. As both a leader and a man, this King Arthur is not the sappy weakling of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot. Rather, he has the character and masculinity that proves he is worth loving...
However, Gere's portrayal does flesh out the character of Sir Lancelot. This is not an easy task, since traditional Lancelots tend toward a dull, self assured stock hero, with a limited range of emotion. Gere's Lancelot does convince the audience that he really could rival Arthur for the Queen's affections. He may not have the commanding voice and imposing presence of Connery's Arthur, but he risks life and limb for Guinevere on several occasions, and isn't afraid to grunt and sweat while doing...
Ormond also gives a new maturity to the character. Even as she struggles with her divided love for the two men, she upholds her integrity, saying to Arthur that he "has the best of [her], [her] mind and [her] will...
...Arthur's knightly entourage is not the same as Arthur fans may remember, either. Agravaine is the only familiar name Connery's Arthur speaks. And while Sirs Gawain and Gareth are in the film's credits, they are unidentified during the movie, and Sir Lamorack, Sir Bors and Sir Pellinore are absent from this retelling...