I am the only person I know who really likes this movie. I know its got flaws - Keira Kneightly is a bit too smug, the comic relief support characters are clunky. But it's got such an inherently interesting world and story - the Romans are fleeing Britain, the Vikings are on their way and some soldiers have to make a decision whether to stay or leave.That's a fantastic concept, set in a time which we see all too rarely on screen, and Antoine Fuqua excels with "guy on a mission" stories. Clive Owen has some unfortunate dialogue (mooning about an idealistic world of his dreams - actually a lot of the dialogue clunks) but he's got star quality and Ioan Gruffud-whatever-his-name-is compliments him nicely as Lancelot.
More perhaps could have been made of their conflict over Guinevere (Keira) - i.e. does she really like any of them? You get the feeling she likes Lancelot more but goes for Arthur due to political expediency - which is powerful stuff, could have been developed even further. There are strong action sequences, particularly the stuff with the ice. When Mads Mikkelsen takes on the head baddy at the end you want to go "don't do it - you're only a support actor, there's no way you'll survive this!"
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