A completely underrated classic, It starts with the breath of the dragon and ends with the breath of the dragon... a full cinematic circle. The series of scenes inbetween are stories in their own right. The story of Uther; the sword in the stone; the seige at the castle; the fight with Lancelot at the lake; Lancelot's surrendering to Guinevere; the grail quest; the last battle. Most people remember Dir. John Boorman for "Delieverance". This and "The Emerald Forest" made him on of my Fav's.
It's kind of weird to see this now that I've read the relevant parts of the original Morte D'Arthur. Percival died a long time before this, Lancelot arrived late and didn't participate, Gawain died from an old wound that never healed, and Arthur was the one who impaled Mordred with a spear. But it's still a great movie.
@klw7789 Strange... I remember in thomas malory romance, Percival stand by side of Arthur and the final was the same: for three times percival lies, but at last he threw away the sword in the lake. So Percieval ther was!
The theme of King Arthur is you can never have a perfect world. Just when you think you've attained it all the usually human weaknesses emerge. Envy, jealousy, greed, those are humans evil side that will always be at war with it's good side.
Music when Lancelot is dying is from Wagner's "Parsifal". When Mordred appears, it changes into "Siegfrieds death/funeral" music.
Although they had to cut and paste the music at times to better fit the scenes, I can't imagine music that would serve a film like this better than Wagner's.
What I don't understand, why King Arthur did not prevent the lance!? He could have hit it with the sword but he decided to die and kill in the process . His son also did not let go and it seemed both accepted the death as their destiny, But why? Had they lost everything to the level that they decided it this way? To " embrace" eachother with death? That's a mystery to me.
@17Watman Good pick up. Would never have heard it myself. It's from the scene where Arthur fighting Uryens takes Merlin's directions in pulling down the towers with horse power. Not sure why it was put in here though. Maybe just a small hint of Merlin's presence, perhaps?
@17Watman Yes! I always remembered that from being a kid watching this a thousand times. That's when I became aware of 'sound editing" I guess...because I KNEW that was repeated from seige of Cameyard. Great call!
I used to think all the screeming, but we live in a land of steriods and audio.
I give John Boorman EXTREEME! credit for understanding that Sound of VOICE, along with Sound of Horse was key to control, in these times, as death was but a dream!
I am going to show this movie to my kids and I am only 23 now and not planing on any kids lately...Imagine the face of kids in 2025 ( I guess ) with all fancy special effects in that time XD PURE EPIC CLASSIC MOVIE...o yea and great video man XD
hm.. great tactics... ride full speed in heaviest armor without making a sound while also being blind... no formation, no plan- but hey - good guys wear silver, bad guys wear black (except for odd Mordred who preferred golden-ish.... and Lancelot, being a slob but), so easy to tell friend and foe apart ; )
Music, actors, story and even the dialogues are quite epic (well, it is not the Iliad, the Pharsalia or the Song of the Nibelungs) but for a movie very brilliant; and one of the very few positive examples of the possibility to create art and tell tales in the modern world, which is given to tedious boredom, dull hyper-criticism and timid selfishness; so more of that and life will become normal again, as it makes a use difference between having Alexander the Great as a role model or Gandhi!
@Kriegerdammerung I've long lost hope in Hollywood in that regard. Another Arthur film fine if done right but this story is an unique one that doesn't need to be remade
@oddt0psy depends on who does it. If they got like a genius level director like David Fincher (Se7en, Benjamin Button, Fight Club, Social Network, Zodiac) or Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Magnolia) I'd be down for their take on the material. But if they get some b-grade action director...yea that's fucked
Maybe this movie has an epic atmosphere but also it has a huge blamish. Excalibur is NOT the sword in the stone! That's a big misbelief based even on THIS movie. Since that Excalibur and the sword in the stone are said to be the same weapon, -but they are separate.
Love the 'feel' of this movie, but the acting and some of the production work was pretty terrible.
I think it made its mark because it was the first time an attempt was made to pander to the cliche of shining armour and the fantasy Camelot with modern techniques.
This is a timeless movie. I know a lot of the cast has passed on to the next world. But, I sure am glad we will always have this film until our last breath on this planet. Inspiration, reloaded ! - R
This film inspired my imagination, I love the music behind the film, enjoyed how the chacracters were portrayed. Love the mythical side behind the movie
I've always wondered about this in the scene where aurther turns to face Mordrid he is ready for a fight Then when the scene comes back Aurther is standing with his arms strecthed as if there is a deleted scene where aurther makes a plee for peace with his son? does anyone else know anything about that?
What's great about this movie is just how dreamlike it is. The misty camerawork, the sparkling armor, the dialogue, the fog in this scene, the disjointed pacing of the story to go along with the music of Wagner. Excalibur stands apart from any other King Arthur story that I've scene, and it's one of the very best King Arthur stories.
No need to diss the females (yes, I am one).Make a film about 'Boudicca'.She gave those Romans a hell of a whipping-with full justification.She knew how to lead men - from the front, setting an example & not playing the "girlie ticket", unlike many of our modern "feminists", especially some of those in positions of authority eg our under-manned (no pun) Police Force which is forced to practice positive discrimination, so the girls can "jump the queue.Crap! Rant over.
I love the hell out of this movie, so much so that my head just wouldn't even accept a remake of this version, even if it was perfect. One of my favorite movies by far.
These soldiers in these battle are dropping like' fly's as if they have no armor? these guys are completely covered from head to toe and one sword strike kills most men?
BEST KNIGHT MOVIE EVER!!! The final ride into battle after he sipped from the chalice, Merlin laying down the fog, and Sir Lancelot coming in at the end...EPIC!!!
Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Nigel Terry, Patrick Stewart.... Need I say more?
I've loved this movie since I was about 4 or 5 years old, I can't believe how timeless it is. This was from the days where they knew how to make great cinema. I'd love to get my hands on the rest of the reels, who knows what amazing stuff was left on the cutting room floor.
This movie has some of the best 1 liners. Even the scene at the end w/ Arthur sailing away w/ the 3-maidens is one of the most memorable scenes. Good Acting has been replaced w/ cheesy teen heart throbs, bitchin action scenes replaced by CGI trash. Down and dirty fighting replaced by gay-ass asian martial arts. Hollywood you dont need to have a fucking love interest in every movie to get chicks to come see it.
@DrmrGuy1979 ...if there´s a remake of Excalibur..., yes, they probably will CGI most of it; but in order to reproduce such an intense movie, with such rich symbolism and such a wonderfull performance of such great actors (Merlin, Arthur, Lancelot, Guinieviere, Parcival, Gallahad; and the other main caracters interpreted by Patrick Stewart, Hellen Mirren, Leeam Neeson, etc) they will sure as hell need some seriously good actors/actresses considering that this is a well considered cult movie
@rafabarreram Dude there is a remake in production of this movie I think, I shit you not. :/ look on IMDB to confirm but I think they should leave this masterpiece alone.
Lancelot, Lancelot, Lancelot....what about Perceval, seriously he was the best of the knights, started as a common man living in the woods, didn't f*** anyone's wife and he brought back the grail after everyone else failed and what does he get in return...
@bbfreak10 Depends on what version of the grail story you're talking about. The earliest version has Percival as the one who finds the grail, Galahad was introduced in later versions of the story.
@Hurqq "you didnt catch that, "What Percival gets in return ?,Percival pure of heart, who does not give up the quest against all Odds, who discovers the secret of the Grail. As analogy he nearly drowns,sheds the last of his armor IE: "those worldly things he sacrafices in hounor of the quest and discovering the secret of the grail he gains,Enlightenment." and at the end,only he is left standing on the field of Battle. Percival becomes self realized...all the old archetypes are in this movie.
Where are they? Listen, the theme music draws closer.... One of the most epic scenes(and that term is overused these days) in the movie, which is totally "epic" in its own right besides the best moment when Arthur drinks from the grain and realizes what it takes to be king again and rides out with his knights.
The cast, setting, and acting is unsurpassed. None of the King Arthur movies before or since has even come close. You may see some spectacular special effects in a remake but nothing will seem as real as Boormans masterpiece.
what the hell???? the background music is louder when arthurs knights are in veiw then quieter near mordred-does king athur like have a steareo with im?:D
today's highend CG craps cannot even lick the trail of this superb adaptation.
While these film show less and are somewhat limited in resources they give space for the imagination, the mind can breath freely. That's how I feel about it. Btw I was 11 when I saw this, and it really defined my vision about epic/fantasy stuff. This is an ethalon.
I gotta say as good as the movie was overall it kinda bothers me that the writers had most of Arthur's army desert him and that they portray him in a more brutal manner most of the time despite him being a good king and make Guinevere and Lancelot seem more innocent. Also I think Mordred's armor is a bit TOO fantasy-like. He looks like The Lion King stageshow. Overall though it's a fantastic movie. It's certainly better than Boorman's Exorcist 2. One of the best adaptations of the story overall.
No I mean it's still impressive, but I just meant to say I kind of enjoyed some of the other designs of armor alot more. It also just seems a bit too light looking considering he's evil and every other guy in his army looks more dark. Overall they did a good job though with all the costumes and armor.
@balrog13571 Yeah, but well... if his armor was black, it would makes us think about Monty Python, right? Besides... the whole "evil darkness"-thing is getting a bit unoriginal.
it was after i first saw this movie .............. way back when ....... that i realized something simple. I could die a no one, or die a hero, or at least trying to be. which one is better.? I joined the marines of course 8-)
When Lancelot rides in and saves the day reminds me of the Animated version of Lord of the rings when Theoden is in trouble and Gandalf saves the day. Great scene!
Now if they made this scene now there would be women fighting, men fighting with asian, kung fu type moves, lame ass repeating crossbows and even gunpowder bombs as current movies have to crank up the douche-meter. This is a great, straight up hack fest with little finesse, as it should be. Everyone is slow due to armor, save Lancelot, and its mass confusion and degrades into a brawl. Perfect scene. Where are the simple battle scenes of old? This movie is excellent.
@CanadaMan81 I agree man, Im tired of all the douche movies out now, they go over the top, this movie was real. Hack and slash fighting, with no bullshit flipping or matrix jerking off. I wish they would bring this type of movie back, Im sick of all the transformer, avatar, matrix, even spiderman faggot movies. We need MEN back in Hollywood.
@CanadaMan81 You are so very right. Especially the part with some Heroic woman fighting with a sword. We have to pretend history and legend needs to be updated with PC nonsense and as you say so well, that which cranks up the douche-meter.
@Yank5151 Well,he knew he was gonna. Remember Merlin came to him in his dream the night before and said he would fight bravely? I'm sure he knew what that implied. Still,he did follow Edwards orders and had the archers fire on their own troops against the Scot's in BRAVEHEART so I guess in a way he made up for his death?
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I'm with you, bro! The most underrated film for a looooong time. I run into so many people who say they love this movie but the critiques and the box office were not kind to our Mr. Boorman when it was released. It is not conventional for a 1981 film and a lot people did not understand the lore of it all and that Boorman refused to dumb it down to a popcorn flick. Peace.
that's not me trying to be a smart-arse or anything, im simply making conversation................... i'll leave you alone now (crawls back under his rock embaressed)
@shadowwolf88. a well disciplined force of HEAVY infantry and i DO mean heavy, can hold off even a well disciplined force of sometimes even the heaviest cavelry. (but spearmen in deep formation is ALWAYS preferable, after all, horses arn't stupid, they're NOT going to charge headlong into a WALL OF SPIKES LOLOLOL XD) but ONLY if they brace themselves well for impact in front of them. getting horse-cocked is ALWAYS devastating when you're unprepared for it in computor games AND real life!!
Well I agree, I shouldn't slam it until I really watch it. But that fight scene was terrible. The actors didn't look that good either. I guess I just have a high standard as to what I like to watch. It has to be well acted and well filmed to come even to par with me. But I won't judge it till I watch it. It is probably a classic. So I'll give this one to you.
A completely underrated classic, It starts with the breath of the dragon and ends with the breath of the dragon... a full cinematic circle. The series of scenes inbetween are stories in their own right. The story of Uther; the sword in the stone; the seige at the castle; the fight with Lancelot at the lake; Lancelot's surrendering to Guinevere; the grail quest; the last battle. Most people remember Dir. John Boorman for "Delieverance". This and "The Emerald Forest" made him on of my Fav's.
CH3CH2OH4U 19 hours ago
Now... why dident mordred just let the spear go after he ran him through? then pick up random sword and take out Percival? I woulda done it.
Saturn554 2 weeks ago
awesome is a weak word for this movie
Sisabp 1 month ago
i still can't get over the moment of Arthur getting run through by the spear .... chills
pacratboots 1 month ago
"Come father, let us embrace at last."
clgreene100 1 month ago
They won't know how few we are in the fog
We'll use the old ways, low resolution!
heatflash888 1 month ago
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SurfaceCollison 1 month ago
It's kind of weird to see this now that I've read the relevant parts of the original Morte D'Arthur. Percival died a long time before this, Lancelot arrived late and didn't participate, Gawain died from an old wound that never healed, and Arthur was the one who impaled Mordred with a spear. But it's still a great movie.
klw7789 2 months ago
@klw7789 Strange... I remember in thomas malory romance, Percival stand by side of Arthur and the final was the same: for three times percival lies, but at last he threw away the sword in the lake. So Percieval ther was!
berngred 1 month ago
@berngred That was Sir Bedivere the cup-bearer. Percival died in Sarras shortly after the end of the Grail Quest.
klw7789 1 month ago
You bet your ass! Sgtavacado, A dream to some, a nightmare to others.
kiowa777 2 months ago
Best movie eva
sgtavacado 2 months ago
-THEY WONT KNOW HOW FEW WE ARE IN THE FOG!!!
-damn it craig *facepalm*
Evan7893 2 months ago
@Evan7893 We'll use the old ways- SPEED OF HORSE!!!!
verfugbarkite 2 months ago
@verfugbarkite oh oh great arthur let em all know where we are! jeeze knights of the round table...pfff
Evan7893 2 months ago
The theme of King Arthur is you can never have a perfect world. Just when you think you've attained it all the usually human weaknesses emerge. Envy, jealousy, greed, those are humans evil side that will always be at war with it's good side.
odflyer1 3 months ago
Music when Lancelot is dying is from Wagner's "Parsifal". When Mordred appears, it changes into "Siegfrieds death/funeral" music.
Although they had to cut and paste the music at times to better fit the scenes, I can't imagine music that would serve a film like this better than Wagner's.
WilfredIvanhoe 3 months ago 2
"Where are they?"
''Listen!'
'My god! They've got horse mounted stereo systems!"
TankUni 4 months ago 8
What I don't understand, why King Arthur did not prevent the lance!? He could have hit it with the sword but he decided to die and kill in the process . His son also did not let go and it seemed both accepted the death as their destiny, But why? Had they lost everything to the level that they decided it this way? To " embrace" eachother with death? That's a mystery to me.
healer378 4 months ago
what i find awesome about this part in the movie is 13 knights take on Mordreds army and win
DarkEros13 5 months ago
Anyone hear Merlin saying "Throw the Rope" between 0:49 and 0:52?
17Watman 5 months ago 3
@17Watman Good pick up. Would never have heard it myself. It's from the scene where Arthur fighting Uryens takes Merlin's directions in pulling down the towers with horse power. Not sure why it was put in here though. Maybe just a small hint of Merlin's presence, perhaps?
nephos100 3 months ago
@17Watman Yes! I always remembered that from being a kid watching this a thousand times. That's when I became aware of 'sound editing" I guess...because I KNEW that was repeated from seige of Cameyard. Great call!
LeeT44 1 month ago
@LeeT44 Thank you. i was hoping someone else heard it too.
17Watman 1 month ago
this is a class movie and one of my favourites no doubt about it - some class scenes and great quotes like: lauchli la mundi
andy191266 5 months ago
Lancelot cam back. Thus he is redeemed. :Arthur! Arthur!!
free322001 5 months ago
What happened to Kay? He was there fighting then disappears. I assumed he died but maybe he slipped out while the getting was good
RoninDave 6 months ago
I used to think all the screeming, but we live in a land of steriods and audio.
I give John Boorman EXTREEME! credit for understanding that Sound of VOICE, along with Sound of Horse was key to control, in these times, as death was but a dream!
tahoevic 6 months ago
"I blame the king for not stopping the BS when it started! A king does have that power yet, Arthur did not use it!"
MrWINNSLAW 6 months ago
@MrWINNSLAW Excuse me mate, what is the meaning of BS?
Kriegerdammerung 6 months ago
@Kriegerdammerung Bullshit ...I think
GentlemanGhost1 6 months ago
@GentlemanGhost1 I think that that is the best meaning I'd ever found.
Kriegerdammerung 6 months ago
I am going to show this movie to my kids and I am only 23 now and not planing on any kids lately...Imagine the face of kids in 2025 ( I guess ) with all fancy special effects in that time XD PURE EPIC CLASSIC MOVIE...o yea and great video man XD
haoss5ice 7 months ago
hm.. great tactics... ride full speed in heaviest armor without making a sound while also being blind... no formation, no plan- but hey - good guys wear silver, bad guys wear black (except for odd Mordred who preferred golden-ish.... and Lancelot, being a slob but), so easy to tell friend and foe apart ; )
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Achilles1389 7 months ago
Music, actors, story and even the dialogues are quite epic (well, it is not the Iliad, the Pharsalia or the Song of the Nibelungs) but for a movie very brilliant; and one of the very few positive examples of the possibility to create art and tell tales in the modern world, which is given to tedious boredom, dull hyper-criticism and timid selfishness; so more of that and life will become normal again, as it makes a use difference between having Alexander the Great as a role model or Gandhi!
FireEyedMaidOfWar 7 months ago
dear hollywood,
if u even so much as THINK about remaking this movie, you already fucked up. its perfect the way it is
oddt0psy 8 months ago 25
@oddt0psy They will be fucked up because a remake in 2012 was announced!!!
Kriegerdammerung 7 months ago
@Kriegerdammerung is it an exact Excalibur remake or another King Arthur story?
RoninDave 6 months ago
@RoninDave I heard that is the exact remake of this one, I hope -and fear- they don't screw it up.
Kriegerdammerung 6 months ago
@Kriegerdammerung I've long lost hope in Hollywood in that regard. Another Arthur film fine if done right but this story is an unique one that doesn't need to be remade
RoninDave 6 months ago
@oddt0psy According to RottenTomatoes, a remake is scheduled to be released in December 2012.
obsessong 1 month ago
@oddt0psy depends on who does it. If they got like a genius level director like David Fincher (Se7en, Benjamin Button, Fight Club, Social Network, Zodiac) or Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Magnolia) I'd be down for their take on the material. But if they get some b-grade action director...yea that's fucked
nonamexg18 1 month ago
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I've got to see this movie!
leadandflow 8 months ago
whats the name of the song
coycoy75basualdo 8 months ago
@coycoy75basualdo Is the "Siegfried's Funeral March" made by Richard Wagner, and Siegfried died during the opera "Götterdämmerung".
Kriegerdammerung 7 months ago
for such strong armor they seem to go down fast xD
Evan7893 8 months ago
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Zeitparadoxon 9 months ago
This is an excellent movie, giving me goosebumps even watching the trailer.
Please no more "remakes" like King Arthur or First Knight, they could only entertain you (more or less).
Only Excalibur has epic atmosphere!
Zeitparadoxon 9 months ago 2
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@Zeitparadoxon
Maybe this movie has an epic atmosphere but also it has a huge blamish. Excalibur is NOT the sword in the stone! That's a big misbelief based even on THIS movie. Since that Excalibur and the sword in the stone are said to be the same weapon, -but they are separate.
23aztek 9 months ago
Greatest Fucking Movie of ALL TIME. Wagner's Music, BEST Fucking Music of All TIME.
dirtyfighter34 9 months ago
Best fantasy movie to date
MordredInRaged 9 months ago
at 3:45 I heard firt 'fuck you' instead of 'forgive' XD
jazerazo 9 months ago
"You don't undestand Merlin you're not a man. Use the magic!"
WolfofAncients 9 months ago
Tso & Lo!
TheSpotmaniak1908 10 months ago
Love the 'feel' of this movie, but the acting and some of the production work was pretty terrible.
I think it made its mark because it was the first time an attempt was made to pander to the cliche of shining armour and the fantasy Camelot with modern techniques.
The meadow scenes in Ireland were stunning.
oothvasbethud 10 months ago
"I was 10 yrs. old when I saw this movie when it debuted back in 1981! And it still reigns amongst the best!"
MrWINNSLAW 10 months ago
This is a timeless movie. I know a lot of the cast has passed on to the next world. But, I sure am glad we will always have this film until our last breath on this planet. Inspiration, reloaded ! - R
FMAStudent 10 months ago
When I finally get a blu-ray player, this is the first movie i'm getting.
mwells219 10 months ago
This film inspired my imagination, I love the music behind the film, enjoyed how the chacracters were portrayed. Love the mythical side behind the movie
masteragapeeros 10 months ago
I fucking love this movie! If you are drunk u will know where they are from the music LOL.
TheWCWite 10 months ago
You sir, just saved my ass cause i have an essay due tomorrow and i havent seen the movie. THANK YOU, I would have lost 15 % of my final grade.
ski4life19 10 months ago
Only the Brits could come up with such a gutsy, magical and beautiful movie. I love it!
Inglese001 11 months ago
Brutal.
PersianPaladin 11 months ago
I've always wondered about this in the scene where aurther turns to face Mordrid he is ready for a fight Then when the scene comes back Aurther is standing with his arms strecthed as if there is a deleted scene where aurther makes a plee for peace with his son? does anyone else know anything about that?
shwank1968 11 months ago
What's great about this movie is just how dreamlike it is. The misty camerawork, the sparkling armor, the dialogue, the fog in this scene, the disjointed pacing of the story to go along with the music of Wagner. Excalibur stands apart from any other King Arthur story that I've scene, and it's one of the very best King Arthur stories.
TakumProti 11 months ago
No need to diss the females (yes, I am one).Make a film about 'Boudicca'.She gave those Romans a hell of a whipping-with full justification.She knew how to lead men - from the front, setting an example & not playing the "girlie ticket", unlike many of our modern "feminists", especially some of those in positions of authority eg our under-manned (no pun) Police Force which is forced to practice positive discrimination, so the girls can "jump the queue.Crap! Rant over.
Insperato62 11 months ago
Boorman's masterpiece
diddymuck 11 months ago
This EPIC hack and slash scene still stands the test of time and set the standard for other movies of the same genre in modern times.
kardtable 11 months ago
I love it
"Where are they?"
"Listen, you can hear their theme song approaching"
(Theme Song begins to increase)
Great movie
wavyshadow 11 months ago
Why, oh WHY do filmmakers keep trying to remake the King Arthur story when Excalibur is freaking PERFECT?
Gooblyjanks 1 year ago
I love the hell out of this movie, so much so that my head just wouldn't even accept a remake of this version, even if it was perfect. One of my favorite movies by far.
roningarrison 1 year ago
These soldiers in these battle are dropping like' fly's as if they have no armor? these guys are completely covered from head to toe and one sword strike kills most men?
SpiritSphere12 1 year ago
The Quest of The Holy Grail is the original text written by a monk back in the 1200s.
TheJoeman11 1 year ago
BEST KNIGHT MOVIE EVER!!! The final ride into battle after he sipped from the chalice, Merlin laying down the fog, and Sir Lancelot coming in at the end...EPIC!!!
BKWarlord 1 year ago 2
EPIC!
Long live to King Arhtur!
RomanticistaPatriota 1 year ago
Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Nigel Terry, Patrick Stewart.... Need I say more?
I've loved this movie since I was about 4 or 5 years old, I can't believe how timeless it is. This was from the days where they knew how to make great cinema. I'd love to get my hands on the rest of the reels, who knows what amazing stuff was left on the cutting room floor.
N1k1mon 1 year ago
Maybe in the future, there will be another great classic like this one
Nextdirector123 1 year ago
what a anti climactic last fight...
toadman842 1 year ago
great classic movies like this are simply not made anymore
chriskehoe007 1 year ago
This movie has some of the best 1 liners. Even the scene at the end w/ Arthur sailing away w/ the 3-maidens is one of the most memorable scenes. Good Acting has been replaced w/ cheesy teen heart throbs, bitchin action scenes replaced by CGI trash. Down and dirty fighting replaced by gay-ass asian martial arts. Hollywood you dont need to have a fucking love interest in every movie to get chicks to come see it.
MrBadKitty 1 year ago 2
@DrmrGuy1979
rafabarreram 1 year ago
@DrmrGuy1979 ...if there´s a remake of Excalibur..., yes, they probably will CGI most of it; but in order to reproduce such an intense movie, with such rich symbolism and such a wonderfull performance of such great actors (Merlin, Arthur, Lancelot, Guinieviere, Parcival, Gallahad; and the other main caracters interpreted by Patrick Stewart, Hellen Mirren, Leeam Neeson, etc) they will sure as hell need some seriously good actors/actresses considering that this is a well considered cult movie
rafabarreram 1 year ago
@rafabarreram Dude there is a remake in production of this movie I think, I shit you not. :/ look on IMDB to confirm but I think they should leave this masterpiece alone.
Diolord89 1 year ago
Speed of horse! HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
ElgartheWise 1 year ago
Lancelot, Lancelot, Lancelot....what about Perceval, seriously he was the best of the knights, started as a common man living in the woods, didn't f*** anyone's wife and he brought back the grail after everyone else failed and what does he get in return...
Hurqq 1 year ago 65
@Hurqq well if it wasnt for galahad, percivale would have had no chance of bringing back the grail
bbfreak10 1 year ago
@bbfreak10 Depends on what version of the grail story you're talking about. The earliest version has Percival as the one who finds the grail, Galahad was introduced in later versions of the story.
John6yt 1 year ago
@Hurqq it's symbolic;Parceval, Arthur, Mordred and Lancelot are parts of the same man...
fimbulvertr 10 months ago
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@Hurqq it's symbolic;Parceval, Arthur, Mordred and Lancelot are parts of the same man...
fimbulvertr 10 months ago
@Hurqq Lancelot was the best fighter of them all,... but Perceval was last man standing! not bad for a newbie :D
alvarokas 9 months ago
@Hurqq
Plus he was the one that returned the sword
TheDaddy1974 9 months ago
@Hurqq So agree!! And I ROFLMAO when I read the f*** part...
jazerazo 9 months ago
@Hurqq Only the man Brave and Pure Of Heart Could only Obtain The Grail "From Percevals Tale"
DaPunkedReble 7 months ago
@Hurqq I think it was Galahad who was the most virtous
grejustin 7 months ago
@Hurqq I think it was Galahad who was the most virtuous
grejustin 7 months ago
@Hurqq he got the same thing all people get for doing what's expected of them: the shaft. OK, Percival prolly also got heaven and all that...
liljohnnotbigjohn 7 months ago
@Hurqq And after all that he still has the guts to ride into battle outnumbered as they were!
hutch1111111 6 months ago
@Hurqq "you didnt catch that, "What Percival gets in return ?,Percival pure of heart, who does not give up the quest against all Odds, who discovers the secret of the Grail. As analogy he nearly drowns,sheds the last of his armor IE: "those worldly things he sacrafices in hounor of the quest and discovering the secret of the grail he gains,Enlightenment." and at the end,only he is left standing on the field of Battle. Percival becomes self realized...all the old archetypes are in this movie.
energyvortex1000 6 months ago
@Hurqq he got to out live everyone
godcharon 6 months ago
@Hurqq Well, unlike almost every knights of the Round Table, he was alive in the end.
TheStrangerTom 5 months ago
@Hurqq life
l3stat3 4 months ago
yah, I'm an idiot, I meant drinks from the grail not grain... :(
IndyBearFan88 1 year ago
Where are they? Listen, the theme music draws closer.... One of the most epic scenes(and that term is overused these days) in the movie, which is totally "epic" in its own right besides the best moment when Arthur drinks from the grain and realizes what it takes to be king again and rides out with his knights.
IndyBearFan88 1 year ago
YES! No GIANT shoulder pads!
giantrobots1122 1 year ago
@giantrobots1122 Those were actually repainted MAXI-pads.
HeroSavage 1 year ago
love those fullplate armor king arthur son unique armor
Gab1n0III 1 year ago
Lancealot let him self go....
GonnaBeALongLongTime 1 year ago
The cast, setting, and acting is unsurpassed. None of the King Arthur movies before or since has even come close. You may see some spectacular special effects in a remake but nothing will seem as real as Boormans masterpiece.
backintheday1 1 year ago 5
oh lancelot. first fucking the kings wife and after all coming too late to the battle. what a man !!!!!!
1967tuncay 1 year ago 16
@1967tuncay ....yeah....but he kicked some serious ass when the chips were down.
energyvortex1000 6 months ago
@1967tuncay Lancelot saved them, he didn't need to fight. But he redeemed himself.
whitetrashoutlaw 4 months ago
@whitetrashoutlaw but he fucked kings wife and he ended Arthurs kingdom. so he had to do it to save his good name
1967tuncay 4 months ago
right at the beginning...
DARTH VADER?
AirsoftSteveCope 1 year ago
01:56 . Aurthur got batted for real on the head by his mate on the right. Bet that hurt.
MrGobbledegook 1 year ago
love the giant armor in this movie
12igon6 1 year ago
what the hell???? the background music is louder when arthurs knights are in veiw then quieter near mordred-does king athur like have a steareo with im?:D
SarahRosalind 1 year ago
AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING
usmctanks1 1 year ago
@usmctanks1
"Yayyy..."
CesMan83 1 year ago
today's highend CG craps cannot even lick the trail of this superb adaptation.
While these film show less and are somewhat limited in resources they give space for the imagination, the mind can breath freely. That's how I feel about it. Btw I was 11 when I saw this, and it really defined my vision about epic/fantasy stuff. This is an ethalon.
szabadtuzon 1 year ago 8
i dont know why hy hit with the wip the have all armor on ????????
klootzak1976 1 year ago
At 154 Arthur get a real blow to the head. He touches his head with his left hand.
Kain8411 1 year ago
you see this guy with the wip why the have all armor???
klootzak1976 1 year ago
KAAMELOTT AA
konei 1 year ago
I gotta say as good as the movie was overall it kinda bothers me that the writers had most of Arthur's army desert him and that they portray him in a more brutal manner most of the time despite him being a good king and make Guinevere and Lancelot seem more innocent. Also I think Mordred's armor is a bit TOO fantasy-like. He looks like The Lion King stageshow. Overall though it's a fantastic movie. It's certainly better than Boorman's Exorcist 2. One of the best adaptations of the story overall.
balrog13571 1 year ago
@balrog13571 How dare you complain about Mordred's armor? It's one of the greatest things in cinematic history.
LightStijn 1 year ago 2
@LightStijn
No I mean it's still impressive, but I just meant to say I kind of enjoyed some of the other designs of armor alot more. It also just seems a bit too light looking considering he's evil and every other guy in his army looks more dark. Overall they did a good job though with all the costumes and armor.
balrog13571 1 year ago
@balrog13571 Yeah, but well... if his armor was black, it would makes us think about Monty Python, right? Besides... the whole "evil darkness"-thing is getting a bit unoriginal.
LightStijn 1 year ago
@balrog13571
Yeha I guess you have a point there.
balrog13571 1 year ago
Lancelot is straight raping Mordred's crew!
mrrictus 1 year ago
it was after i first saw this movie .............. way back when ....... that i realized something simple. I could die a no one, or die a hero, or at least trying to be. which one is better.? I joined the marines of course 8-)
anothercarpenter 1 year ago 4
I always imagined Lancelot to look like Kain from FFIV or those lancers in FFT
anythingnew 1 year ago
bullshit lancelot was the greatest in men. if he was, he wouldn't have fucked arthurs wife!
stringerboi 1 year ago
this song piece as composed by Trevor Jones jsut screams epic battle scene...
Utubepirate 1 year ago
@LupusDeImmortalis the song is called O Fortuna
DarkRedeemer1 1 year ago
When Lancelot rides in and saves the day reminds me of the Animated version of Lord of the rings when Theoden is in trouble and Gandalf saves the day. Great scene!
VikingWarCry 1 year ago 2
The new generation hollywood run by jews cant make movies like this. This is a classic.
VikingWarCry 1 year ago
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"Lancelot is back"
"Hes with us"
movie of my childhood
quantum1980 1 year ago
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"Hes with us"
movie of my childhood
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quantum1980 1 year ago
jesus Lancelot is like a machine with his blows.
PoshLifeforME 1 year ago
Does anybody know the name of this song?!?! EPIC!
LupusDeImmortalis 1 year ago
@LupusDeImmortalis It's called O Fortuna from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
keydet72 1 year ago
Now if they made this scene now there would be women fighting, men fighting with asian, kung fu type moves, lame ass repeating crossbows and even gunpowder bombs as current movies have to crank up the douche-meter. This is a great, straight up hack fest with little finesse, as it should be. Everyone is slow due to armor, save Lancelot, and its mass confusion and degrades into a brawl. Perfect scene. Where are the simple battle scenes of old? This movie is excellent.
CanadaMan81 1 year ago 80
@CanadaMan81 I agree man, Im tired of all the douche movies out now, they go over the top, this movie was real. Hack and slash fighting, with no bullshit flipping or matrix jerking off. I wish they would bring this type of movie back, Im sick of all the transformer, avatar, matrix, even spiderman faggot movies. We need MEN back in Hollywood.
HeroSavage 1 year ago 7
@CanadaMan81
good olde fashion blood guts and stamina
chetdog 11 months ago 3
@CanadaMan81 You are so very right. Especially the part with some Heroic woman fighting with a sword. We have to pretend history and legend needs to be updated with PC nonsense and as you say so well, that which cranks up the douche-meter.
TiminPhoenix 11 months ago
@CanadaMan81 Blame it on Homer. He was the Tolkien of his time.
JulianConrad666 10 months ago
@CanadaMan81 yeah first thing i noticed was how sloppy and realistic the fight looked
chloelivi 10 months ago
@CanadaMan81 Man you are WISE beyond youtube with this comment.
dirtyfighter34 9 months ago
Absolutley the best Arthur Movie ever!!
RoninDelaware 1 year ago
This movie is EPIC!!!
AlessDaze23 1 year ago
"SPEED UP HORSE, AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"
ollieroks 1 year ago
@ollieroks I may be wrong, but I think Arthur said "speed OF horse"
sadlobster1 1 year ago 2
The ultimate in loyalty. After all that happened lancelot still calls out for his king!
leroy214 1 year ago 3
There were only 13(counting the one old knight they meet up) going up against Mordreds army.
Chrisdrumz 1 year ago 2
i wish Kain didnt die =( he was a loyal brother
Yank5151 1 year ago
@Yank5151 Well,he knew he was gonna. Remember Merlin came to him in his dream the night before and said he would fight bravely? I'm sure he knew what that implied. Still,he did follow Edwards orders and had the archers fire on their own troops against the Scot's in BRAVEHEART so I guess in a way he made up for his death?
Chrisdrumz 1 year ago
@Yank5151
Not to nitpick, but Arthur's foster brother's named Kay.
And I wish he didn't die as well -- he was a loyal brother.
tarquine1967 1 year ago
This film almost made an "X" rating because of all the sex, blood and violence.
SamStuart07 1 year ago
@SamStuart07
It was (and is) an 18 certificate and you can't get much higher than that!
WatchRyder 1 year ago
Lancelot comes riding in swinging and missing everything. He's been away from the game for bit of time.
BishopToKing7 1 year ago
tis but a flesh wound.....come back, ye yellow bastard, i'll bite yer head off!!!
wotrabbitfish 1 year ago
If anyone has the Nostalgia Critic's e-mail address, tell me please. I think he should check out this movie, it's really good
sadlobster1 1 year ago 2
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demongov 1 year ago
"They wont know how few we are in the fog!" Nice shouting there.
Zutroi 1 year ago
best medieval action ive ever seen hands down.
that random castle seige early on is so awesome
crookedspokeadjacent 1 year ago
I'm with you, bro! The most underrated film for a looooong time. I run into so many people who say they love this movie but the critiques and the box office were not kind to our Mr. Boorman when it was released. It is not conventional for a 1981 film and a lot people did not understand the lore of it all and that Boorman refused to dumb it down to a popcorn flick. Peace.
brianpadraic 1 year ago 3
lol @ 0:17 "Where are they..?" "Listen!" (Music plays- stops at 0:24) He's looking around like, *Wheres the music coming from?"
valiantlonewolf 1 year ago 2
LOL! Yeah, I noticed that too!
brianpadraic 1 year ago
lancelot in beard awesomenes!!!
wancarlo06 1 year ago
that's not me trying to be a smart-arse or anything, im simply making conversation................... i'll leave you alone now (crawls back under his rock embaressed)
beowulfiow 1 year ago
@shadowwolf88. a well disciplined force of HEAVY infantry and i DO mean heavy, can hold off even a well disciplined force of sometimes even the heaviest cavelry. (but spearmen in deep formation is ALWAYS preferable, after all, horses arn't stupid, they're NOT going to charge headlong into a WALL OF SPIKES LOLOLOL XD) but ONLY if they brace themselves well for impact in front of them. getting horse-cocked is ALWAYS devastating when you're unprepared for it in computor games AND real life!!
beowulfiow 1 year ago
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Lame. You can't see a frickin thing. I'm going back to watching Merlin now.
h9q2 1 year ago
@h9q2 merlin is a good show , but excalibur is the best adaptation of king arthur. this movie is epic
BeBopDeluxe85 1 year ago 52
Well I agree, I shouldn't slam it until I really watch it. But that fight scene was terrible. The actors didn't look that good either. I guess I just have a high standard as to what I like to watch. It has to be well acted and well filmed to come even to par with me. But I won't judge it till I watch it. It is probably a classic. So I'll give this one to you.
REBEm92 1 year ago