Review of Excalibur (1981) by Timone — 30 Nov 2021

From what I know is that Excalibur is actually a King Arthur story which is really rather usual because I'm a gigantic fan of The Sword in the Stone with all our favourite characters. Excalibur is an epic fantasy adventure film.

It has adventure, sword fights, wizards and gory moments which is violent but it was a great drama film. I'm such a huge fan of these medieval type of location which is awesome. I love it so much. I'm so surprised to see what happened to the knights and all of your favourite characters.

You won't get to see Archimedes because he's an owl and he's a fictional character and he does the comic relief. In fact I'm even surprised that Nicol Williamson as Merlin did all the comic relief in this film.

There's Guenevere, King Arthur's wife. There's Lancelot who is the best of all knights and the Knights of the Round Table. He doesn't appear in the Disney classic because of the sword fights. There's also Perceval who seems to appear after an hour in who joins the Knights of the Round Table and finds the Holy Grail.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail did that in a very comedic way! The last character is Morgana who is an evil enchantress who is sort of an Madam Mim kind of character. Yeah, I get the basics of it. Well, you will recognise the actors that you'll know.

There's Helen Mirren, Patrick Stewart and a young Liam Neeson and Gabriel Byrne. The chant that Merlin says is the chant that speaks to wake the dragon. The chant is in the different language which says "Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha.

" It means "Serpent's breath, charm of death an life, thy omen of making." in English. The only thing I love about this film is the music. It brings the mood to the point where it feels epic, beautiful and powerful! The ending of the film is very evocative and get you in the strong mood for what you have experienced.

This is everything that you want as a fantasy epic with sword battles that are violent, a powerful story that tells King Arthur is a true king of all England and a powerful wizard who tells Arthur to become king after he pulled the sword from the stone and an impeccable and powerful music that brings the mood of bringing the atmosphere to life.

Everything about Excalibur is awesome and very evocative. For fans of a Disney classic, The Sword in the Stone, If you love the King Arthur stories about wizards, knights, squires and magic. This is the one to check out.