

Is there some reason to disrespect the tradition of these roles? The Lady of the Lake is pretty amazing and powerful. It is sexist, against both women AND men.

I agree, but not the way she probably thinks.

Hello! I read a review earlier that talks about the movie as sexist (while the reviewer spewed out cusswords and insulted teenagers). If you are worried about predictable, first don't make a movie from a book (it SHOULD be predictable if someone has read the book!), and second, make the names a little further from the originals (Moore~Mordred, Allie Pennington~Arthur Pendragon). Respect the strong roles that women played in the King Arthur legend. If you want to empower women, respect the author of the book. Meg Cabot says it is about women's empowerment. Disney says they changed the film so it wouldn't be predictable, according to Wikipedia. My husband and I haven't read the book, and from the start, I predicted Allie was Arthur and he predicted Mr.
