I am in no way surprised about how the trailer or film clips turned out. Arthur is a soldier and king who seems to be, for a lack of better words, indestructible. He's seen as this extremely threatening but also impossibly strong force both in the battlefield and in the roundtable. It's clear that he was the precursor to almost every heroic fantasy king or noblemen. They were skilled and selfless warriors who treated everyone who was on the side of right with respect. These include Prince Marth from Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon, Aragorn from Lord of the Rings, Lord Eliwood from Fire Emblem Blazing Sword, and many many more. They, as well as Arthur of course, all exuded mannerisms that were ahead of its time.
Even still, I find some of Arthur's actions, although seemingly heroic, to be quite idiotic. The perfect example being the scene when Arthur is on his horse in full armor and battle ready staring down the entire Saxon battalion while the rest of the knights and the Briton civilians are retreating. Had the army decided to press an attack, Arthur would stand no chance. It would have to take an event akin to the Bible story of Samson killing 1,000 Philistine men with a donkey's jawbone in order for that fight to end well. Outside of divine intervention, Arthur would have not been protecting his people. He would have committed suicide. What goes up must come down, and had the Saxon leader made an assault right then and there, Arthur would have come tumbling down.
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