THE GREEN KNIGHT MOVIE REVIEW

Ah, the longing for times past, the glory days of yore. I’m not talking about medieval times, they kinda sucked as far as I can tell. I’m talking about The Gathering and The League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen podcasts. If you are one of those who enjoy that type of spirited, geeky, chaos, you’ll love listening to Chris, Tessa, Beau, and Wright talk about the latest A24 film from director David Lowery, “The Green Knight”. With Dev Patel playing the role of King Arthur’s nephew Gawain, the film follows him on the world’s most depressing quest: to go get his head chopped off by the seemingly immortal Green Knight. Along the way he meets many strange characters, makes a number of terrible decisions, encounters ghosts, giants, monsters, and more. It’s not the sort of thing you can really interpret only on a literal level. Indeed, it’s deeply abstract and esoteric style with probably make a lot of viewers turn away from it. But not this crew. Listen to them heap praise while they make Monty Python and Dungeons & Dragons jokes in this totally wild review.

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DIRECTED BY: David Lowery

STARRING: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Barry Keoghan, Ralph Ineson, Erin Kellyman

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, in 1992 Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas, where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this paradise you see before you. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Tessa Morrison (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Unstabletop Gamers)

Well-rounded nerd and artist, Tessa Morrison grew up in the misty mountains of West Virginia and was constantly ridiculed for being a “weirdo.” Then moved to Austin in 2009 where people said the same thing, but in an endearing tone. Tessa works an office day job, creates puppets and fiber art, cosplays, models for gaming and animation studios, and volunteers for various organizations. One of which is the Other Worlds Film Festival, Austin’s first SciFi film fest, working in the capacity of Outreach Director and programmer. Another is local DIY-comedy-wrestling league, Party World Rasslin’, where Tessa scrambles around stage-handing and doing art department nonsense. Wrote and contributed to website and magazine Strange Kids Club for five years reviewing films, video games, and Halloween candy. Co-hosted a Public Access show called Ladies of Fandom. Previously guested on podcasts Blood Over Texas, Threequel Club, Trash in the Can, Retro Movie Roundtable,