Films where middle-aged men in fur kilts and horned helmets play vicious 'vikings' and middle-aged men in plastic armour with lances their knightly antagonists are not everyone's cup of tea. However, if you manage to enter into the spirit of 'Prince Valiant' it becomes great fun. The film is unashamedly trivial. There is no attempt at 'deepness', a 'message' that resonates with the present (that is, with the present of 70 years ago) or anything of that kind. The acting is not outstanding either (but neither is it bad). The sets are fine, so is the plot, and 'Prince Valiant' has a lightheartedness that I am missing in modern fantasy of the kind of 'The Rings of Power': Take for example Gawain (Sterling Hayden) misunderstanding the situation about Valiant (Robert Wagner) and Aleta (Janet Leigh). All in all, I spent an enjoyable 100 minutes watching 'Prince Valiant'.
Review of Prince Valiant
