Guy Ritchie somehow thought he’d make a “straightforward” King Arthur movie
Guy Ritchie doesn’t quite have the same “style over everything” reputation of someone like Zack Snyder, but nobody could really accuse of him of making movies that are “classic” or “straightforward.” His Sherlock Holmes movies reshaped the detective into a guy who is so smart that he’s a punching genius, his Man From U.N.C.L.E. had so many unnecessary flashbacks and cutaways that charting out its timeline would make you look like Charlie Kelly trying to track down Pepe Siliva, and now his King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword puts the legendary king in a Macklemore coat and adds giant elephant monsters to the action. That movie is anything but classic and straightforward, but apparently Ritchie actually thought he was setting out to make something a bit more traditional than what he ended up with.