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Title: Not even close to Excalibur
Review: This movie is typical of how an American film company takes mythology from other countries and trashes it so bad that the unsuspecting American viewer thinks it's great fun, and that what they're getting is also an education on other cultures. "Merlin" is a travesty to Arthurian legends, which comes as no surprise to me with the US film industry these days- compensating good storylines and acting for the sake of turning out no-brainer SFX marvels. If I wanted to see great special effects, I could easily accomplish the same on my pentium. If you want to witness a great movie on Arthur, then go see John Boorman's Excalibur. Unlike Merlin, Excalibur is another US (Warner) production which is exemplary of what Hollywood used to be capable of, and could be again someday.
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