Day 32 - 02/01/2019

  Kids' movies are generally hard to rate, especially when considering that if it pleases other ages, it's overdoing the job. The Kid Who Would Be King is that, but sadly only at the initial burst. Joe Cornish modernizes King Arthur's legend, retelling what has been told a million times with an interesting twist that is more relatable to everyone who's dreamt of being the chosen one. With his experience from previous adventures such as Ant-Man and The Adventures of Tintin, it is visible that the overall story is complete but not compact. 

 

  Alex (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) is a kid like any other that stumbles upon a seemingly random sword at a construction site. His other friend, Bedders (Deam Chaumoo), is bullied by Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rhianna Dorris), your typical highschool bullies. When helping Bedders escape from them, Alex unravels the secrets of the tale of King Arthur when getting to know Merlin (Angus Imrie), that leads to protagonists having to team up even with the bullies to complete their adventure.

 

the girl was always a bit useless following the archtypal bully kid, the villain scenes were over  the top and boring, a bit too long (second half was lame) overall nice concept​

  As stated before, Joe Cornish's work starts as well as it possibly can for an adventure movie; fun, interactive and believable. The cast is interesting, each with their own character up until this turning point, working on top of a nice concept and with recurring vivid colors to the eye. A few moments towards the end such as the convincing of the population or some of the fighting are well staged, but unfortunately not enough to revive the initial burst, making Merlin the only character that would remain standing out as the film concluded.

 

   The downhill road started at the presentation of the bullies. Though Lance and Kaye have their own personality, it's not strong enough to change the story to a meaningful level or to make them standout compared to every single other bully in any movie out there. Following that, though the adventure was interesting, the lamest possible villain represented as an over the top dark voice kept bringing it down, in which the image of cool fire-riders would be destroyed when remembering who they'd be lead by. At last, it can't be overstated that the timing for a wrap-up seemed to be there at arms reach, but that was dragged unnecessarily to another final act.

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  There are many, many better pictures to watch for yourself or towards the younger audience in order to have a good time. The Kid Who Would Be King does have its own merits, as it has some refreshing moments and a look of something that could've turned out quite successful if executed properly. Unfortunately it wasn't making the review of 5.0 out of 10 stones fitting for an average film.