Ola 2022-02-13 08:01:15
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Randall 2022-03-25 09:01:10
The costumes, fighting scenes, and special effects are all just right rough, with a bit of medieval magic, and they have solidly told the whole process from the birth of King Arthur to the battle of Kamran. Some minor tweaks have been made to the plot, removing the plot of the expedition to France, Mordred's rebellious rebellion, and Lancelot rushing to the aid of Camlan. The characters have also been streamlined, and Parcival even went three-in-one, taking Galahad and Bedwell's deeds on him. It suddenly occurred to me that the fatalistic tragic sense of King Arthur's story is actually a bit like Norse mythology, even predicting in advance misfortune, the mutiny of the monarch's different blood relatives (Loki and Mordred), and the end of both.
Christiana 2022-03-21 09:02:12
It's still quite B-level, and many performances are fake. The ancient myths and legends are really very explosive. However, in 1981, I really didn't like it when it was filmed like this. Another: The version I saw seems to have been deleted
Uther: Merlin! You come when you're not asked, and pay no heed when I call you!
Merlin: Oh, I have slept... for nine moons. What I did for you wasn't easy. Now, you must pay me. The child is mine, Uther... you swore an oath.
Uther: They were hasty words, Merlin. This is flesh and blood!
Igrayne: Uther, is this true? Don't let him take the child!
Uther: I swore an oath, Igrayne. I made a pact with Merlin.
Igrayne: It was you; *you* came to me that night! YOU ARE THE FATHER!
Uther: To kill and be King... is that all?
Merlin: Perhaps not even that.
Uther: You strike me with words hard as steel!
Merlin: You betrayed the Duke. You stole his wife. You took his castle. Now, only fools trust you; now, only a fool would. You're not the one, Uther. Give me the child; I will protect him.
Uther: TAKE HIM... TAKE THE DEVIL CHILD!
[Igrayne bursts into tears]
Uther: Where have you been?
Merlin: I have walked my way since the beginning of time. Sometimes I give, sometimes I take, it is mine to know which and when!
Uther: You must help me, Merlin!
Merlin: Must I?
Uther: I am your King!
Merlin: So! You need me again now that my truce is wrecked! Years to build and moments to ruin! And all for lust!
Uther: For Igrayne! One night with her. You don't understand, you're not a man. Use the magic. Do it!
Merlin: [considering] Igrayne... You will swear by your true Kingship... to grant me what I wish, then you shall have it.
Uther: [kneeling] By Excalibur, I swear it!
Merlin: What issues from your lust, shall be mine. Swear it again!
Uther: I SWEAR IT!
