They had a bit of a struggle as the poem it's based on is basically just like "Oh and he had sooo many adventures. Soo many. Earned so much fame, oh it was the best time man. So fucking cool"

Cutting the lord's house short was a bit sad though, I get get that we're massively less into threes than medieval people and the full thing would have dragged but more homoerotic tension and courtly love games is always fun. Plus I got so excited for the handy if they were keeping with the original (keeps sash, gives smooches). Could've been a fun ways to explore how differently sex and sexuality was conceived of too.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, after I watched the movie I read the poem in hopes of understanding the movie better. I kinda did, but only because of the analysis article three times the length of the poem itself. Well, it should be no surprise, times have changed a lot and knowing the context makes things much more interesting to read

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

There's a podcast, it's a bit formulaic and ad riddled, called myths and legends. They do a retelling of Gawain and the Green Knight and I think it's quite good. Blends a few stories and adapts it for a modern audience. He also tends to interspere a few jokes and metacomments as he tells things which can help with some of the friction encountered when ancient stories are told in modern times.