Way Too Hollywood...

It is plausible that King Arthur existed during the mid to late 400’s in the Western Roman empire. This was a troubled time for Rome. The empire had split 160 years before and the western half was being attacked by barbarians from the north. These attacks weakened Rome and caused destruction to the far reaching parts of the empire. This would have been a perfect time for a hero to emerge. It seems as if research was done for the movie, but it was not “Hollywood” enough for it. As usual, things were added and smashed together to make it more exciting. I know very little about England during the mid to late 400’s, but walling people up seems rather far fetched for a small village in northern England. It seems that when it came to the Woads the costume department wanted more to work with. So they mixed tattoos and body paint with unnecessarily revealing costumes. No matter what time period, soldiers would have wanted to protect their torsos in battle. The writers seem to have forgotten that names are tied to certain locations. Lancelot, which is a french name, somehow was from Sarmatia, which is nowhere near France. Arthur was called Arthur by Romans who would have called him Artorius and was called Artorius by the Woads who would have called him Arthur.