Starring Richard Gere, Julia Ormand and Sean Connery, First Knight was released in 1995. Twelve years later, I’m finally watching it. (I’ve been busy.)
The movie takes place after Arthur has already established the Round Table and portrays the events surrounding Lancelot’s arrival in Camelot. It’s a good movie and I heartily recommend it. The only difficulty I’m having with it is that I’ve seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail and in early 2006, Spamalot.
There’s a scene near the beginning of First Knight where Arthur greets Guinevere and as they prepare to enter the city, she speaks its name, “Camelot.” And what words should go through my head but, “It’s only a model.”
Likewise, when Lancelot is introduced to the High Council, I can’t help but imagine the assembled knights bursting into song with a chorus of “His name is Lancelot…”
But even with that distraction, it’s still a good movie.