One of the most comforting elements of a genre movie is its structure. In a Western, there will inevitably be a showdown; in a slasher movie, there will be the moment where the Final Girl stops the killer; and so on. Of these examples, though, the most enjoyable is that of the sports movie. For whether it’s baseball, football, karate, or boxing, we know that the film will be centered around a series of matches and that the protagonist will, in most cases, come through with the winning move.
Now, take that ever so pleasing structure of the sports movie, add on a medieval period setting, make Heath Ledger the knightly hero,…
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