I'm confused. Did anyone understand anything that went on in this movie?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Excalibur
sfla — 15 years ago(February 02, 2011 08:14 AM)
I'm sorry I'm confused. Did anybody understand a single thing that happened in this entire movie from the beginning to the end?
Why do people rate this highly? People say things like "the acting's bad but everything else is ok".
"The Actings bad"?? THE ACTING'S BAD? How can ANYONE overlook the 'acting' in this movie - it's laughably ridiculous. It's childish and just plain outright absurd. There is NOTHING redeeming baout this movie.
I even saw someone say the film was 'shot beautifully'. WTF? I've never seen worse footage in any movie. It's appalling. It's cheap and pathetic.
The entire movie makes no sense, the footage is b grade rubbish, the acting is horrible, the way they scream everything makes you wonder if the director had some sort of problem in his brain.
Why do they scream? WHY? Why is the movie so disjointed? Why does it look like it's made iwth a budget of about $5? Not only do the retards scream loudly, but the inflection in their voice is like something out of a monty python movie. Are they trying to be tough? or is this a comedy?
No matter how 'arty' or chin stroking you pretend to be, No-one can like this. I just don't understand how anyone can pretend to have any respect for this rotten piece of filthy trash.
This movie is quite literally the worst movie I've ever seen. I saw it years ago with my flatmate, and we literally laughed ourselves to tears about how incredibly terrible it was. My feelings havent changed.
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JulianJade — 15 years ago(April 04, 2011 09:16 AM)
I have struggled with this movie for years, but from the very beginning I could see that although I found certain things repugnant early on, that there was a deeply magickal message portrayed here. I have been watching this movie off and on for nearly 30 years. More and more of it has been revealed to me each time I saw it. I am only now understanding all of it but mostly due to my own spiritual journey. The entire thing is a metaphor for the spiritual journey, from the Samsaric world to the Samadhic.
Truly, my first watchings were simply out of morbid fascination. But I never felt it was the fault of the way the movie was portrayed, rather my own inability to understand it. Perhaps you could shift your perspective a bit. -
borislav_mitev — 14 years ago(April 23, 2011 01:47 AM)
Acting was horible and they talk loud. Really??? How do you know how people use to talk back in the days what they said? You have no idea, I dont think anyone does. It certainly was different that it is nowadays, those men back then had to yell so others can hear them in the mids of a battle or during the party at the castle, those men were rough back then. I'd rather see that and get the feel of some authenticity than have actors who bring 21st century mannerism and dialog into a 12th century tale, now that is horrible and rubbish.
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j_money77 — 14 years ago(April 29, 2011 06:49 PM)
Are you MAD?!?!?!
THE ALLIENSHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I think your hatred of the movie is a bit hyperbolic but I understand where you are coming from sfla.
The acting is purposely eccentric, but it is a ploy that I think makes the movie comical in spots where it wasn't intended to be; I disagree strongly with you about the "cheap b grade footage" remark. While some of the sets are dated and very cheap (the cave where Morgan La Fey entraps Merlin for instance, which Boorman himself said was embarassing on the commentary) but a lot of the landscape footage is well shot. The knights armor is a nice detail too, when they are fighting they aren't running swiftly, but are realistically weighed down by their enormous armor.
I don't hate this movie, but don't revere it, it seems it is polarizing around here, people either damn it to hell or praise it like it's on a level with 2001 or Ikiru. I'm just inbetween, I like it actually, but can laugh at its foolishness. -
jh66 — 14 years ago(May 03, 2011 10:39 AM)
"Utherdon'tlethimtakethechiiiild!"
Classic argument for not casting one's own talentless daughter?
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jh66 — 14 years ago(May 04, 2011 10:23 AM)
Her crowning achievement?
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jh66 — 14 years ago(May 05, 2011 07:21 AM)
Uther: Have you seen Merlin?
Knight: I HAVENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN'T!
Ouch- cr4p acting or what?
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Caractacus23 — 14 years ago(June 12, 2011 12:14 AM)
"Knight: I HAVENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN'T!"
I just finished this movie about an hour ago, and I have no idea what you're talking about. I mean titerally, no idea. You see, when you put the word "haven't" in all-caps, and then add fifteen additional letter "N"s, it doesn't tell us anything about the way the word was pronounced. How do sixteen "N"s sound different from one? They don't.