Whan That Bonus — Lucas Blogs About A Knight's Tale
Hold the phone! Now give the phone to me. That's not a book! Wait a minute! A Knight's Tale isn't that that cheesy jousting movie with anachronistic music? Well, first two things: 1) yes, and B) to be fair, since it takes place in Chaucer's lifetime and all the characters speak Modern English, it's also presented in an anachronistic language. Well, yeah, but— Also, why do people get so worked up about the anachronisms in the movie as if that were some sort of gotcha. As if the use of anachronistic music was an accident instead of an intentional choice. It's more that I think it's a bad choice. Whatever, a couple months ago I blogged about " The Knight's Tale " so I thought that it would be fun to blog about A Knight's Tale . Okay. So what do you have to say about the movie. It's good. It's a fun movie. Do you have anything else to say? Uh . . . sure. Go on. All right, so we'll start with a quick sy...