Name: The Green Knight (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Released: 2021-08-27
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury

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A medieval fantasy film based on the Arthurian legend, it revolves around 'Sir Gawain' (Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic green-skinned stranger.

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Gawain (Dev Patel) is the nephew of the legendary King Arthur (Sean Harris). But when we first meet him, he’s far from royalty. After a night of drunken frolicking, he’s awakened in a brothel by his lover Essel (Alicia Vikander). When he returns to Camelot, his mother, Morgan le Fay (Sarita Choudhury), scolds him for his behaviour. Later, as Gawain attends a grand feast hosted by his uncle for Christmas, the mysterious Green Knight (Ralph Ineson) challenges the king’s court to a game. Any knight who can strike him will win his axe, but in return, that knight must receive an equal blow a year later. Seeing an opportunity to prove himself, Gawain rises to the challenge and promptly decapitates the Green Knight. To everyone’s surprise, the enigmatic being simply picks his head and leaves after reminding Gawain of the promise. When the time comes, Gawain sets off on a journey to fulfil his end of the bargain.
One of the most celebrated works in Arthurian legend gets a cinematic reimagining by writer and director David Lowery. If there’s a case to be made to return to theatres and watch a film purely for its visual brilliance, this is it. Lowery’s vision, combined with Andrew Droz Palermo’s cinematography, is astonishing. The film has some of the most beautiful and distinguishable frames seen on screen, along with a captivating production design. Aided by a haunting soundtrack courtesy of Daniel Hart, Lowery creates a mesmerizing world filled with exquisite landscapes and eccentric personalities. There are no weak links in the cast, but Gawain is the most relatable of the lot, thanks to Dev Patel’s excellent performance. Gawain isn’t exactly likeable due to his traits. Yet, his desire to earn his own legacy, despite his reluctance, is commendable. Patel embeds him with a humane quality that keeps us invested in his journey throughout, even when the narrative becomes a bit too abstract for general comprehension.
It’s nearly impossible to fully grasp the intent of this film without some follow-up reading or research. While its themes of honour, valour and legacy are more pronounced, Lowery allows audiences to derive their own conclusions, especially after its open-ended climax and a post-credit scene. It may be tricky for those (this reviewer included) who need more apparent clues to decipher the underlying messages. This slow-burn fantasy is exceptionally gorgeous with memorable imagery but heavy on cryptic symbolism. Perhaps braver souls will revisit this world to extract more meaning, and maybe that challenge is what 'The Green Knight' intends.

King Arthur (Harris) is a frail old man now, suffering from tooth and other aches, his Knights established heroes with well-settled legends, having earned their place at his Round Table, and peace has been won for the kingdom. How does the King’s nephew with looks, charm, money, a way with ladies of the night, and a formidable sorceress for a mother (Choudhury), earn his own stripes?

That’s what Dev Patel’s Sir Gawain is up against in this revisionist retelling of the poem Sir Gawain and The Green Knight. Where the hero proves his chivalry, honour, bravery and commitment to truth in that poem of his journey by an anonymous author, Gawain here doesn’t even find a mention in the film’s title and must find his own interpretation of those much-valued qualities.
What is the worth of kindness from a rich man to a poor one? Is slaying a Green Knight as part of an elaborate game the road down which honour lies? As The Lord (Edgerton), who takes in a broken Gawain during his journey, asks him, would he become a new man just with that one deed? What if he preferred the old him, The Lord says. Why is Green Knight ‘green’, and is there a little bit of him in every one of us? And why even chase greatness, like men will do and “get themselves killed”, asks Essel, the prostitute whom Gawain loves but is too ‘honorable’ to acknowledge. “Why isn’t goodness enough?” 
With a bevy of impressive performers and a landscape of bleak, striking beauty, Lowery takes his time unfolding the journey of Gawain. Consequently, the film tends to drag at times. However, in its final moments, in the confrontation between Gawain and the Green Knight, what Lowery has been trying to tell us comes satisfyingly together.
The archaic titles that describe the passing of chapters in the film are a throwback to its antiquity. However, in the questions Gawain faces (Patel has another winner shouldering the film almost entirely alone), about expectations, masculinity, conformity, and what constitutes real courage, The Green Knight is a film of our times.

Hypnotic and bewildering in equal measure, The Green Knight, written, directed and edited by David Lowery, is a visual treat noteworthy as much for the finesse and flair of the cinematic execution that facilitates it as for the immersive punch that the lead actor Dev Patel's magnificently modulated performance adds to it.

In his second outing as an English hero (after his star turn in The Personal History of David Copperfield), Patel, banking upon gestures and facial expressions more than on spoken words, conveys the confusion and compulsions of a would-be knight who must undergo several trials before he is deemed ready to don the mantle of his legendary uncle, King Arthur.

An interpretation of the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, the film takes liberties with the Arthurian legend - which, of course, only adds value to the filmic reworking and the layered character study that it is envisaged as - and resorts to a certain degree of artful opacity that might seem to be at variance with the fairy-tale quality of the narrative.

Coming to think of it, that is no drawback either. In fact, the consistently dreamlike nature of the narrative lends additional strength to the film, especially when you compare it with the bloated superhero movies that pass for Hollywood summer fare. Lowery's film has the scale, sweep and spectacle to rival a tentpole production, but it is, in essence, the tale of a flawed hero assailed by doubt and devoid of the attributes necessary for an unsullied knightly life.

The Green Knight - there is a good reason why it isn't Gawain who gives the film its title - dives into depths that are hidden from sight in an otherwise simple story of a dissolute drifter seeking his destiny in a dangerous duel. The hero's adversary isn't a super-villain of the conventional kind - he is rooted to the earth and denotes the untameable power of Nature.

The Green Knight is a medieval fantasy adventure for adults centred on the metamorphosis of ne'er-do-well young man whose exploits and experiences allow him to face his fears and misgivings and loom for a way around them. He rides off to receive a blow in return for the one that he delivered to The Green Knight, a giant indestructible creature who is part human, part arboreal, exactly a year ago.

At the same time, the film says great deal about humanity, masculinity, courage, chivalry and heroism, a lot of which is subversive in a quiet, gentle sort of way, without making an overt show of it. Lowery crafts a dreamy and trippy epic that follows the conflicted Gawain on a ride - in the strictest sense, it is more a glide than a ride - through a forest, across streams and mountains, and interrupted by forced stopovers in mysterious abodes on a journey to the Green Chapel where he has to submit himself to the will of The Green Knight.

Cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo paints the frames in dull grey and captures the colours of the earth, the forest and the mountains through a perpetual haze created by clouds, smoke and mist. The depths that he drills into the visual compositions enhance the cinematic experience. The camera weaves circular rhythms around Gawain, mirroring the restlessness of a soul unsure of what the future holds as well as the imponderables that mark the man's foray into the unknown.

Gawain, when we first meet him, is in a brothel in a drunken state. He is under the spell of his beloved, Essel (Alicia Vikander). It is Christmas. The King (Sean Harris), his Queen (Kate Dickie) and the Knights of the Round Table are gathered for celebration. The King invites Gawain, his nephew, to sit beside him and tell him a tale about himself so that he can know him better.

I have none, says the young man, barely out of his stupor. The Green Knight arrives unannounced on horseback. He offers to play "a friendly Christmas game". He will part with his green axe, he declares, if any of the knights dares to decapitate him and meet him a year later to receive the same treatment at his hand.

Gawain, on an impulse, steps forward and accepts the challenge. He beheads The Green Knight with a swift swipe of the Excalibur. The latter picks up the head and rides away, laughing ghoulishly on the way out. The wait begins for the day when Gawain must make the trek to honour his end of the deal.

While his bravery is memorialised in a puppet show performed against the backdrop of the "wheel of seasons" representing the passage of time, it also points to what lies ahead for the reckless young man who is still as vulnerable to temptations of the flesh and the indiscretions of youth.

As he steps out of Camelot for the fateful voyage, his mother, the enchanting Morgan Le Fay (a terrific Sarita Choudhury), makes a green girdle for him. It is as a much a lucky charm as a protective shield. "When you return, you will return with your head held high," says his mother. The question is: will Gawain's head still be where it now is - on his shoulders?

He is destined to falter, stumble and make discoveries that he cannot fully comprehending. It is the kind of journey that takes him back and forth between reality and dreams and, in the process, poses many a question for an audience that has to decide whether Gawain's encounters are actual events or parts of a fevered reverie.

Gawain asks one of the characters that he meets: "My lady, are you real or are you a spirit. The reply he receives is, "What's the difference?" In the context of what the aspiring knight encounters along the way - brigands, ghosts and gigantic apparitions, the lines separating the real and the imagined are blurred.

Another character asks Gawain if he believes in witchcraft. Yes, he replies, "it is all around us". In significant ways, The Green Knight is an examination of the contours of myths and fables anchored in stories that have been passed from century to century. It is steeped in magic and miracle, both of pagan provenance and Judeo-Christian origins, but tethered to the human sphere.

On his way to the Green Chapel, Gawain comes across a battlefield strewn with dead warriors, fights off a Scavenger (Barry Keoghan in a memorable cameo), plunges into a stream to fish out the head of a ghost (Erin Kellyman), and is drawn into a strange trade-off with a Lord (Joel Edgerton), not to mention his brushes with naked giants, a talking red fox and toxic mushrooms
Nothing in the supremely accomplished The Green Knight - neither the film's awe-inspiring canvas, the strikingly impressive camerawork, the sepulchral musical score by Daniel Hart or Alicia Vikander, cast as both Essel and the Lady of the manor that Gawain spends time in a few days before the last leg of his journey - overshadows the phenomenally steady Dev Patel. This is his film all the way. He does not put a foot wrong.

The Green Knight | Official Trailer HD | A24

The Green Knight | Official Teaser Trailer HD | A24

Rose to fame from the movie Slumdog Millionaire, Dev Patel proved himself as an amazing actor without any acting background. He got his break from the TV show Skins where he acted as Anwar Kharral and got himself established in the industry. The young charming actor has his own fanbase which he git with his brilliant acting. He acted in many movies which include Lion(2016), The Wedding Guest(2018), The Man who knew Infinity(2015), Chappie(2015) and many more.

Dev Patel

An award-winning Swedish actress and dancer, Alicia Vikander is best known for movies like Ex Machina, Hotel, A Royal Affair and Anna Karenina. In 2016, she was listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list after winning an Academy Award for her performance in The Danish Girl. She has received several nominations including the Golden Globe and the BAFTA. A trained ballet dancer, she studied ballet at the Royal Swedish Ballet School.

Alicia Vikander

He is an Australian actor and director and has appeared in tons of movies. Joel has acted in many movies and is considered as one of the finest actors. He started acting at a very early age and established himself in the industry. The actor has acted in many movies which include Warrior(2011), Black Mass(2015), The Gift(2015), Loving(2016), The Great Gatsby(2013), The Square(2008), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones(2002), etc.

Joel Edgerton

Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury, known as Sarita Choudhury, is a British Indian actress, best known for her roles in the Mira Nair-directed feature films Mississippi Masala, The Perez Family and Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Sarita Choudhury

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