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Rating:  - THE SWORD IN THE STONE !!!
ARTHUR! ARTHUR! Classic Tale and Legend that I've been fascinated with since I was a little kid! Was there really a King Arthur? Merlin? Knights of the round table? Camelot? Legends are born out of truths! One day I will take on the quest to find out and look for the TRUE HOLY GRAIL! ....Peace.
Rating:  - Excalibur, The Movie of all Movies
This movie is by far the best and most well thought about the subject of King Arthur. Though the acting may not be of Oscar-status, it is still the best in its class. Movies today can only hope to achieve the type of status that "Excalibur" has.
Rating:  - Oh brother...
My husband and I had seen this in the theatre when it was first released. We remembered it as "really good"...Well apparently tastes change. After 17 years (and one Lord of the Rings Trilogy!) this one makes you laugh or cringe-depending on the scene. The only good part was Sir Percival throwing the sword back to the Lady of the Lake at the end. Thr rest was a lot of clanking, hoof beats, yelling (was everyone deaf?) and hacking. Just plain dumb.
Rating: - Near perfection
All in all, and after watching several recent versions and variations on the topic of Arthurian legends, Boorman's 1981 movie remains an almost perfect combination of script, acting, photography, and music. He takes the legend simply to an epic tale. I highly recommend this over any other of its kind. About the DVD itself, the NTSC version that I own provides a standard picture format only. I recently got a PAL version that is widescreen and the difference is meaningful, particularly when it comes to scenes such as the magnificent ending of the movie.
Rating:  - Interesting but LACKS EXCITEMENT!!!!
MAN! When I saw this movie I thought that it would be the serious version of Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail but instead this one IS THE JOKE!
I don't usually complain about low budget films, but this one is much worse than that! I mean... The acting isn't good, the picture quality is poor, the battles were BADLY choreographied, the storyline is SLOW and long, the editing is HORRIBLE (you see most of the events in far view camera), there isn't to much action and adventure (is more blah! blah!blah!), and the production is VERY FAKE!!!!
Maybe the only cool things were the blood and gore, and of course, the story. But even so, they weren't THAT good, (I prefer the cartoon movie Sword in the Stone).
There are some superb low budget fantasy films like Beastmaster, Conan, Highlander or The Road Warrior and they are very exciting, but this one REALLY SUCKS and it doesn't even reach one level of excitement!! This is even worse than Sword and the Sorcerer!
Adios.
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