I could have dragged this thing out, but ultimately I felt one has to accommodate the fact that the world has changed.
For King Arthur and his entourage, just making it to the Castle of Aarrgh was already a struggle and a quest in its own right. But nowadays somebody like Gregory would certainly not start out by trying to go there physically, braving black knights and insulting Frenchmen on the way…he’d check on G◯◯gle Maps first. And I’m pretty sure it would be on there, with lots of photos and video clips provided by tourists. Certainly one of those would have included the crucial hint to the resting place of the Holy Grail.
Which, as different movie has established, is in Petra, Jordan. So, yeah…Gregory booked a flight online, jumped into an Uber to the airport and arrived at the final destination of his quest for the Holy Grail within 24 hours of embarking on it. Modern times.
So the only remaining challenge for Gregory was the old Grail Knight presenting him with a large collection of grails to chose from…and, yeah, I know that the thing with the wooden cup was supposed to be about humility and not being fooled by outward splendor. But it still was illogical. Not all traditions claim that the host of the last supper was the wealthy Joseph of Arimathea, but whoever it was, it wouldn’t have made much sense if Jesus would have brought his own cup as a guest…
If his host was Joseph, it’s actually very hard to say what the cups at the supper would have looked like. Precious metals and inlays were not the only way to show off one’s wealth in that regard, at that point in time and place, although it would naturally been an option. As would have been high-quality Greek pottery, or something like that Roman cameo glass Gregory ended up picking.
I still kinda like the movie, though. =P
More on Thursday.