i like this movie for the symbolic movements that take place within it. take the struggle between lancelot and king arthur as an example.  > lancelot is the best knight, meaning he is a shining beacon of virtue and justice.  lancelot is the physical embodiment of justice, and this is why there are none who can best him, because under divine laws the most just and chivalrous cause will always win. > he has no master, and ultimately challenges king arthur to a bout.  the application of justice is meaningless and protects only what's within arm's reach (in this case, a small patch of land that a few days of travel can get around) unless it is made subordinate to one who can wield that power for the land (a king, as the message of the movie is that king and land are one). > king arthur is willing to fight lancelot to the death > lancelot attempts to calm arthur down, but ends up escalating the nature of the battle by saying arthur would fight to the death over something so meaningless as a patch of land. a kings duty is in keeping the land and it's people under one divine rule, so if he were to allow lancelot to do his thing then arthur would be no king. this, they have to fight to the death, this conflict defines king and country, so arthur cannot back down. > lancelot is struck down by arthur's prideful use of excalibur, breaking the sword as true justice cannot be defeated, and a true king cannot back down, this is a battle that would continue forever if not for the sword of power: a symbolic stand in for the might of the state. by using power to strike down justice, arthur wins but in doing so breaks that which cannot be broken. his only action is to lament his own abuse of power, casting it away from his own prideful grip, which in turn restored power to its original form. those dynamics are absolutely what the magna carta was written with.
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