Talk about a god awful movie! As a fan of Arthurian legend I was excited when Excalibur was recommended to me, only to find that the movie was overly dramatic and highly theatrical.Even though this movie had a lot of recognisable faces (Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne and Patrick Stewart from Star Trek), I was just stumped as to why so many of the characters felt the need to shout their lines.
A lot of the costuming and weird use of green spotlights also failed to set the scene. What kind of self respecting knight would wear shiny tin armour with a mirror finish anyway? I bet it wouldn't even protect a knight from the blade of a kitchen knife let alone a sword.
Anyway I don't have very many positive things to say about this movie so I'll leave it at that.
I'm giving this rubbish movie half a star.
