First Knight

In brief: Sean Connery is King Arthur, Julia Ormond is Queen Guinevere, and Richard Gere is Sir Lancelot. Guinevere gets herself into lots of trouble, Lancelot rescues her lots, and Arthur gets nagged lots by the other knights of the round table. Oh, and he says, "Welcome to Camelot."

Serious, though, the movie is pretty good. Connery's performance suggests that Arthur's flaw was uxoriousness, and Gere's interpretation of Lancelot very clearly demonstrates obsessive love as part of the chivalric code. Julia Ormond doesn't do anything special.

The fact that the Arthurian legend survives despite the fact that there is no written mention of it until about 600 years after it was supposed to happen is enough to explain its importance.

Actually, the more I think about it, the more this movies seems key to understanding the chivalric code and gaining some basic knowledge of the Welsh myth. I know, you are wondering why you need to know Welsh mythology. Why? It's just one of those things that everyone is supposed to know. Like, Romeo and Juliet. Is there honestly a person who goes through school that doesn't know the story of Romeo and Juliet? That's just messed up if you don't.