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T. J. Mesen

4May13

A childhood favourite, only now do I realize how monumental Boorman's Excalibur is. Truly epic (before epic was used to describe every other thing), truly haunting, truly fantastical.

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Jonathan Stonehouse

5May13

Damn, I need to watch this again.

Wagner's "Siegfried Funeral March" erupts out of the opening credits, Merlin's shadow materializes from the mists. Götterdämmerung, deeply felt, deeply moving. Knights clash clumsily in heavy armor. A world transitions from wild nature to rationality and organized religion, itself marked as a tragedy, But it is not a condemnation or a celebration, rather just an acceptance and mourning of the inevitable failings that arise at the intersection of the personal and the political. Both epic fantasy, an opium dream worthy of the greatest of Coleridge, and dark analysis of human history. I may say the word masterpiece too often, but this is truly one of the essential films.

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Isilda Castro

16Jan13

This movie, and the soundtrack! I loved it!

lasttimeisaw

14Sep12

an epic cult, a 7/10, my review: http://lasttimeisawdotcom.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/last-film-i-saw-excalibur/

Menalque

19Aug12

I think this is the guilty pleasure of many people because this film is highly enjoyable but actually quite terrible. Nicol Williamson as Merlin is the only reason anyone is watching this film.

Joseph Judge

28Jul12

If this were just comprised of Williamson's overacting and Mirren (and all of her costumes) being awesome, but with the same atmosphere, and more of Lancelot's immaculate ass, then it may have been perfect. Alas.

Christopher Smith

25Apr12

Interesting but uneven attempt at a serious take on Arthurian legend. A truly epic and ambitious production, with some strong moments of atmosphere and arresting visuals. But the plot is disjointed, making the characters hard to connect with. Has its flaws, but the visual spectacle makes it something memorable.

Brad S.

16Apr12

By any traditional standards a bad film, yet the pure physical atmosphere in capturing the Dark Ages battle and magic is so vivid that much can be forgiven.

Cinematic

3Mar12

If it wasn't for a certain lack of character development, this would be a perfect movie. It has the depth of true adventure, the whisper of arcane forces waving all over the gorgeous shots... Essentially, it has the magic.

Knut Morte

3Dec11

Wow, those guys who wrote the Arthurian Legend did a shitty job, haha

NFP

11Sep11

Deliverance, Zardoz, Excalibur... Boorman is a god.

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Th MZA

18Jul11

Boorman's casually weird adaptation of Le morte d'Arthur modifies the Great Man model of history, emphasizing forces that men, great or not, can't comprehend/control. Arthur's chosen & knows not why. Merlin knows enough to know he's a tool for a dragon bigger than his field of vision. The lake fairy knows. Charms of making may be spoken but not diagrammed: "Anaal nathrakh uthvas bethud dochiel dienvé!" Mirren's tits.

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Dave

25May11

Eh...kind of ambivalent about it all.