L'Écuyer du roi

Taking into account the year in which the book was published, it is clear that this movie does not (and was not intended to) represent a new approach to the fantasy genre. No, this is (and should be) a black-and-white fairy tale, a naïve fantasy about a bunch of kids. Yes, it's largely a chivalric variation on Narnia (not the film, but the series from Studio Rosa) without the traditional fantasy creatures and talking fauna. And no, there's nothing wrong with that. If classics like Willow were your cup of tea back then, then this one is cut from the same cloth. In less than five hours, it never loses pace (the price for this is the logic of occurrence and transfer of characters in the second half and the final episode, which gives the impression as being one episode spliced together from two), the children are generally not annoying, the main character is absolutely a nice guy, the creators were not afraid to use “cheap" but breathtaking settings in New Zealand as exteriors and Czech castles as interiors and... And in general, if you want (except for one nice twist) a straightforward, unpretentious narrative adventure fairy tale for the whole family for one afternoon, then there is no need to look anywhere else. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a new Game of Thrones or The Witcher, then keep looking. | S1: 4/5 | (24/03/2020)