Lisa from Boondock Ramblings and I are back to watching and sharing about comfy cozy (and sometimes, chilling) movies for the fall season. Feel free to join in with us!!

This week’s feature is A Knight’s Tale!

When Lisa told me her list of movies and I read this one on it, I was so excited. I love this movie so much! Billy and I have watched it countless times over the years, it is just such a fun movie!

First though, let me just say had he lived, I think Heath Ledger would have done such big things. He was already on his way, and had been in so many movies with so many amazing performances. Rest in Peace Heath.

This movie as summarized by Rotten Tomatoes: “Peasant-born William Thatcher (Heath Ledger) begins a quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden (Shanynn Sossamon) and rock his medieval world. With the help of friends (Mark Addy, Paul Bettany, Alan Tudyk), he faces the ultimate test of medieval gallantry — tournament jousting — and tries to discover if he has the mettle to become a legend.”

“He’s blonde! He’s pissed! He’ll see you in the lists – Liechtenstein!”

Heath Ledger plays William Thatcher, who upon the death of the knight he was page for, assumes the role of a knight himself, with the very fun moniker of Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein – which is highly entertaining to hear Paul Bettany, in his role as Chaucer, say. I remember being all nerdily excited about the whole Chaucer and Knight’s Tale when this came out. Lol.

William slowly begins to be a force to be reckoned with, and he collects his own court of misfits along the way. Kate the blacksmith, who I love, Paul Bettany as Chaucer who really did add so much excitement and build up to the jousts and the movie itself, Mark Addy as Roland, a more down to earth, sensible character within the coterie, and Alan Tudyk as Wat, who is fabulously funny in everything he is in. They are like a little medieval found family, and I love it.

There is of course romance, with William courting Lady Jocelyn, played by Shannyn Sossaman. (whatever happened to her?)

However, the best part of this movie is the music. I loved this era of introducing modern music into different eras, like all of Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge, and of course Knight’s Tale (not Luhrman, A Knight’s Tale was directed by Brian Helgeland). Them dancing to David Bowie was the best! It never fails to make me smile and bop along.

We of course have to have a villain, and Rufus Sewell as Count Adhemar was brilliant. You seriously hated him. Billy and I still like to deliver his line “You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting” about certain things (not each other obviously). Sewell was so scheming and scathing, and smug, and just….creepy. He was sooo good at playing the bad guy.

But the best part of this movie was William Thatcher visiting his father. It brought a tear to my eyes, honestly. And that is another thing Billy and I say to each other as well, when we need a little inspiring – we tell each other we need to change our stars, just like William.

And that is what this movie is about deep down isn’t it? Once you remove the dance numbers and music and silliness, it is about hope and believing in yourself and believing things can change. And if you need something that makes you smile, makes you laugh, and gives you hope right now, A Knight’s Tale is the perfect movie for all of those.

And that is it from me today! Stay tuned – next week we are watching and talking about The Five Year Engagement!

Pop on over to Lisa’s post too! You can find it here! Today is Little Miss’s birthday so it will probably be up a little later!