HE: I’ve been telling myself that I have to see David Lowery‘s The Green Knight this weekend, but something in me is rebelling against the idea of seeing it in a theatre. The memory of Pete’s Dragon won’t leave me alone. Did you see it?
Stormy Monday: I was bored to tears.
HE: Thank God!!! I knew that 54% Rotten Tomatoes audience score had to be grounded in something or other. When 54% of the ticket buyers give it a thumbs-down, you know something’s wrong.
Stormy: I didn’t expect it to be near-plotless. It’s just a reason for Lowery to indulge in these dreamy visuals but the substance is pretty thin.
HE: So what’s everyone going nuts about?
Stormy: About basically how weird, seductive and visually sumptuous the whole thing is. Plus it’s pretty woke.
HE: What’s the woke aspect exactly?
Stormy: Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think there ever was an Indian knight before in a major studio picture
HE: Of course not, but that’s standard Hollywood “presentism” a la David Copperfield. Presentism is accepted as a given these days. Because even in a historical framework, filmmakers have to make it clear that all tribes are equally good to go in a historical context, and that racism is, was and always will be intolerable.
Stormy: Yah, revisionist history. But I couldn’t care less about that if the movie was actually absorbing, involving, etc.