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Title: An eye-popping visual feast, but....
Review: Despite the stunning special effects, "Merlin" falls short of anything remotely based on Arthurian mythology. Many of the occurences portrayed here are nowhere to be found in any of the numerous books written on the subject of Merlin. Several of the characters aren't even based on traditional sources, but were created by the film's producers because they feel that the audience in general is ignorant enough not to read books to notice the differences. The plot wears thin at times, and there is hardly any significant character development and interaction other than between Merlin and Frick (one of the aforementioned fake characters created by the producers). Such fallicies left me longing for John Boorman's 1981 classic "Excalibur".
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