❝When you go, your footprints will fill with grass. Moss shall cover your tombstone, and as the sun rises, green shall spread over all, in all its shades and hues. This verdigris will overtake your swords and your coins and your battlements and, try as you might, all you hold dear will succumb to it. Your skin, your bones. Your virtue.❞
۫ ׅ ⊹₊˚‧ ︵‿ ₊ ୨ ᰔ ୧ ₊ ‿︵ ‧˚₊⊹ ׅ ۫
I've been meaning to watch The Green Knight practically since its release, and oh boy what an experience it was. Being British, I'm kinda ashamed of myself because beyond the basics, I don't know much about King Arthur and the related legends, so although I had some idea of what to expect, a lot of it was new, too. The film did a fantastic job of immersing the viewer in the hauntingly dark medieval environment, and I was transfixed by the beautiful locations, amazing costumes, and magical visuals. However, I couldn't get past the stupidity of Gawain; why on God's green Earth would you cut off the knight's head when you could've just nicked his arm? Maybe I'm missing something important in the story but that discoloured the whole thing for me. And on top of that he was really going through it the entirety of his journey, to the point where I just wanted him to be put out of his misery. I will say, though, that Dev Patel was absolutely brilliant as Gawain, and I really liked a lot of the performances from the supporting cast, especially those of Ralph Ineson and Joel Edgerton. I think I need to rewatch this to fully appreciate everything going on, but for now it was a great experience.
❝When you go, your footprints will fill with grass. Moss shall cover your tombstone, and as the sun rises, green shall spread over all, in all its shades and hues. This verdigris will overtake your swords and your coins and your battlements and, try as you might, all you hold dear will succumb to it. Your skin, your bones. Your virtue.❞
۫ ׅ ⊹₊˚‧ ︵‿ ₊ ୨ ᰔ ୧ ₊ ‿︵ ‧˚₊⊹ ׅ ۫
I've been meaning to watch The Green Knight practically since its release, and oh boy what an experience it was. Being British, I'm kinda ashamed of myself because beyond the basics, I don't know much about King Arthur and the related legends, so although I had some idea of what to expect, a lot of it was new, too. The film did a fantastic job of immersing the viewer in the hauntingly dark medieval environment, and I was transfixed by the beautiful locations, amazing costumes, and magical visuals. However, I couldn't get past the stupidity of Gawain; why on God's green Earth would you cut off the knight's head when you could've just nicked his arm? Maybe I'm missing something important in the story but that discoloured the whole thing for me. And on top of that he was really going through it the entirety of his journey, to the point where I just wanted him to be put out of his misery. I will say, though, that Dev Patel was absolutely brilliant as Gawain, and I really liked a lot of the performances from the supporting cast, especially those of Ralph Ineson and Joel Edgerton. I think I need to rewatch this to fully appreciate everything going on, but for now it was a great experience.
