Negative Positive
Title: Lots of SFX, but very little script
Review: As an American, I would not consider the less-than-stellar "Merlin" as a marvel of good American filmmaking. It's not even good filmmaking of any kind. Not when it achieves nothing but blasphemes the true mythology of King Arthur, and not when the producer thinks that everything there is to know about Arthur can be obtained by watching cartoons and bad movies. Anyone who reads the very books on which the legend is based upon will tell you the same thing. If you're too lazy to read, then go and see `Excalibur' instead. It's an excellent film by John Boreman(sp?), and is about as close as you'll get to the books without ever having to read them.
Is the review positive or negative? 