The soundtrack is 10/10 and the movie is 7/10 but that’s just because it looks good. I suggest muting the movie while blasting the soundtrack on a stereo.
>I will not, swear faith, to a squire!
God, such a kino scene, I also love how they use a green lighting foe excalibur to make it seem more connected to the earth. Truly a great movie
Fricking RUINED by the talking wizard head at the beginning of the movie floating around explaining shit to you. I heard that was some studio exec thing but it was awful. It was like the Harrison Ford voice overs at the end of Blade Runner
A couple things I never understood: what was with that chamber Merlin and Morgana are in? The one that lets them see whats going on between Arthur, Gwen and Lancelot? Why does Merlin get stabbed when Arthur plunges Excalibur into the ground? Are Merlin and The Land connected like Arthur is too? Also what was The Dragon?
According to the Director's Commentary The Dragon is like the bones of the Earth and the chamber Merlin is imprisoned in is because in the book he's imprisoned in a rock or something.
The Dragon is quite literally magic itself. Magic is born of faith and when Arthur discovers Lancelot and Guinivere's betrayal, he loses faith in them, himself, and his dream. Faith is the spine if the Dragon, and on his rage, Arthur drives Excalibur right through it. The entire Grail quest is about regaining that faith.
Between his overt Christianity and love of Excalibur I think he's our best chance for modern Arthurkino. He's far from perfect but at least he wouldn't water down the Christian element like most would now.
>Before the final battle, Arthur's knights are camped around a "Stonehenge"-like formation on a hill. According to writer, producer, and director John Boorman, some American tourists drove by, saw the formation, and hiked up the hill. Boorman had to explain to them that they were part of a movie set.
Saw this first time when I was like 10
it's impossible to appreciate fully at that age, it has been a while, I need to rewatch it. Thnx for reminding me.
>NOOOOO LANCELOT FRICKING ARTHURS WIFE RUINED EVERYTHING >btw Arthur fricking the witch who gave birth to Mordred (the guy who brought doom upon Arthurs party) is okay, he's the king and based
If I want to read Dragonball, I'll just read Dragonball.
The Mahabrata has more nuanced characters than the Arthurian stories can dream of. You guys only think its Indian DBZ because of that power levels image
I felt that Excalibur portrayed magic the best way. It was there but it was still mysterious. Not unlike some other movies where it was just flames coming out of someones hands.
Great set design, music, locations but the story is pretty fricking boring. It's definitely one of the better "medieval" movies though. I would say it's a 7/10 but since it's 2022 that makes it a 10/10 pure Kino compared to the capeshit and remakes we get today. It would be literally impossible to make a good king Arthur movie today.
>full of CGI >all characters look like models and can't act for shit >strong women + Blacks shoehorned in there >most of the movie is shitty action scenes
It's pre-feminism, nobody expects him to care what his wife thinks and he only cares as much as it relates to her ability to get his rocks off and provide him with sons.
Dragonslayer is great as far as average films go (and way better than the average fantasy film), but it doesn't have the same weight and emotional power of the other two.
I agree. It's still the best dragon we got for nearly three entire decades. If you haven't watched it in a while, might be worth a re-watch. There was some subtle stuff in there about the nature of magic that I didn't pick up on when I was younger. It's also fun to see how liberally GRRM "borrowed" from it.
Dragonslayer is great as far as average films go (and way better than the average fantasy film), but it doesn't have the same weight and emotional power of the other two.
Dragonslayer is good, but it's a different kind of good from Excalibur and Conan. I put Dragonslayer in the same tier that I put Beastmaster and Ladyhawk.
>I was not born to live a man's life, but to be the stuff of future memory. I have often thought that in the hereafter of our lives, when I owe no more to the future and can be just a man, that we may meet, and you will come to me and claim me as yours, and know that I am your husband. It is a dream I have...
Watched it high as frick decades ago and couldnt stop seeing the film crew in the reflections of the armor.
breddy gud/10
The soundtrack is 10/10 and the movie is 7/10 but that’s just because it looks good. I suggest muting the movie while blasting the soundtrack on a stereo.
Extremely based
Although the plot is a bit disconnected so it's best to read about Arthur prior to watching the movie
Where do i start?
Start with the Death of Arthur which is the book the movie adapts then from there pick your favorite character and read their personal stories.
Just read The Once and Future King by TH White. Everything else feels antiquated
Pure kino.
Best bit is when Arthur get knighted.
>I will not, swear faith, to a squire!
God, such a kino scene, I also love how they use a green lighting foe excalibur to make it seem more connected to the earth. Truly a great movie
its the best movie
Kinography.
>O Fortuna intensifies
Highest of Kino
Chinkmoot needs to add audio webms on all boards.
>mogs every cgi movie
Elemental, glorious
Settle down, Zack.
Kino. Is that simple.
I'm being serious here, the acting is distractingly awful. I can't take it seriously.
You will never understand storytelling on an esoteric level
Lancelot did nothing wrong.
He was too horny
Lancelot managed to restrain himself by staying away, it was Arthur's prostitute wife who ruined everything
They're both too horny, they ruined everything
He was French.
>French homosexual fanfiction character
>did nothing wrong
Lmao
i love that gloss and bloom on and around the armor
it creates something truly majestic and magical
The sex scene in the beginning is the first movie scene I fapped to.
With audio
Punished Percival has to be the realest homie in fiction.
The Superior King Arthur movie that all others attempt, & fail, to match.
Also, it is proof that Captain Picard is a time traveler who never ages, and may actually be the bong version of Q.
Decubitus!
>Thoughts?
1. Don't frick your sister
2. Always listen to your wizard
Excellent apart from the holy grail bit
>apart from the holy grail bit
What didn't you like about it?
Needed more context maybe during the table sessions
A noble night swear faith to a squire?
You're right. I am not yet a knight. You, Uriens, shall knight me.
>Gives the guy he was threatening a second ago fricking Excalibur and kneels down.
The way the battle just stops, because everyone realizes that it all depends on this.
goddamn they just can't make kino like this anymore
A dream to some...
A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS
Best Merlin ever.
>You brought me baaaack
>Your love brought meee baaaack
>All right, then. Truth. That's it. Yes. It must be truth above all. When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. You should know that.
That's it.
Probably the best movie ever made.
Ahem
These. My favorite movie, but it might be because I was already very familiar with Arthurian legend from TH White
>You brought me back, your love brought me back
Pure kino
kino of the highest order, simple yet so epic, it is very well done and magnificient enough to match its wagnerian soundtrack
John Boorman kino.
Emerald Forest was another KINO
Always remember catching this late at night on television as a young boy. With native boobs I enjoyed it.
Fricking RUINED by the talking wizard head at the beginning of the movie floating around explaining shit to you. I heard that was some studio exec thing but it was awful. It was like the Harrison Ford voice overs at the end of Blade Runner
For me it's Point Blank
Are the tribe scenes supposedly have no subtitles?
Is Boorman underrated?
A couple things I never understood: what was with that chamber Merlin and Morgana are in? The one that lets them see whats going on between Arthur, Gwen and Lancelot? Why does Merlin get stabbed when Arthur plunges Excalibur into the ground? Are Merlin and The Land connected like Arthur is too? Also what was The Dragon?
According to the Director's Commentary The Dragon is like the bones of the Earth and the chamber Merlin is imprisoned in is because in the book he's imprisoned in a rock or something.
The Dragon is quite literally magic itself. Magic is born of faith and when Arthur discovers Lancelot and Guinivere's betrayal, he loses faith in them, himself, and his dream. Faith is the spine if the Dragon, and on his rage, Arthur drives Excalibur right through it. The entire Grail quest is about regaining that faith.
Get Snyder out of here. That guy first has to make up for what he put out lately.
https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1002-Summer-2010/Screening-Room-Zack-Snyder.aspx
Reminder that Snyder wrote an article in 2010 confessing his love for this movie
Between his overt Christianity and love of Excalibur I think he's our best chance for modern Arthurkino. He's far from perfect but at least he wouldn't water down the Christian element like most would now.
The Tudors had alright armour.
'mirin the bulge on RA 11.8
>Hiding his tiny hands
>Before the final battle, Arthur's knights are camped around a "Stonehenge"-like formation on a hill. According to writer, producer, and director John Boorman, some American tourists drove by, saw the formation, and hiked up the hill. Boorman had to explain to them that they were part of a movie set.
>some American tourists drove by, saw the formation,
if i saw something interesting i'd stop and check it out
Saw this first time when I was like 10
it's impossible to appreciate fully at that age, it has been a while, I need to rewatch it. Thnx for reminding me.
movie with pacing issues that I got memed into watching
>NOOOOO LANCELOT FRICKING ARTHURS WIFE RUINED EVERYTHING
>btw Arthur fricking the witch who gave birth to Mordred (the guy who brought doom upon Arthurs party) is okay, he's the king and based
english butthurt at the french is difficult to obscure.
cope
it wasn't okay, also did you forget the part where he was tricked by magic and didn't know what he was doing?
>OI SWARE IT WAS THE DRUGS IT WAS!
Lancelot did it because he was horny.
Arthur did it because he was given magical roofies.
>he's the king and based
Yes. The King can do as he pleases.
I did not know how empty my soul until it was filled
I wish Lancelot had not been reduced to some fat hobo, otherwise it was perfect
Nah, Lancelots fall and redemption are kino.
nah it was great, honestly pretty shocking and sad to see how far he had fallen, and him joining the fight at the end was kino
>brutally mogs all wh*toid heroic mythology
>starts recommending toilet paper to people for no reason at all
maybe >
would be interested?
The Mahabrata has more nuanced characters than the Arthurian stories can dream of. You guys only think its Indian DBZ because of that power levels image
BRITISH SHOCKED
INDIA ROCK
>power levels image
QRD?
Ancient Pajeet Power Levels
>shared wife
no bro its cool they took turns
the authurian legends are a french epic.
Blah blah old image and it doesn't matter. avg IQ is basically the same.
i accept your apology
If I want to read Dragonball, I'll just read Dragonball.
Might be interesting.
I wish a Desi qt would want to be with me this much.
same....
So you could stab her?
No. I just want one that cares that much.
me 2
iktf.
gianna dior
it is great
thanks mystery grove publishing
I felt that Excalibur portrayed magic the best way. It was there but it was still mysterious. Not unlike some other movies where it was just flames coming out of someones hands.
The nude scene made me almost pull my childhood dick off.
whats to think about? It's fricking KINO, confirmed.
I watched this in 1981. It was really rad.
What would John Boorman's Lord of the Rings film have looked like? I know it turned into Excalibur in the end.
GUARDS! KNIGHTS! SQUIRES! PREPARE FOR BATTLE!
ANONS! FRENS! FROGS! PREPARE FOR KINO!
Even though it's based on the inferior french NTR version it's still a based film.
>comfy Excalibur thread
>a hundred replies
When did Cinemaphile become this based?
Great set design, music, locations but the story is pretty fricking boring. It's definitely one of the better "medieval" movies though. I would say it's a 7/10 but since it's 2022 that makes it a 10/10 pure Kino compared to the capeshit and remakes we get today. It would be literally impossible to make a good king Arthur movie today.
>full of CGI
>all characters look like models and can't act for shit
>strong women + Blacks shoehorned in there
>most of the movie is shitty action scenes
What does his wife think of him being at the joust with his sons without her?
It's pre-feminism, nobody expects him to care what his wife thinks and he only cares as much as it relates to her ability to get his rocks off and provide him with sons.
Mrs. Bucket wouldn't approve of Richard's behaviour.
Hyacinth was at home tending the roses
Best movie ever made
Great shit. One of the Holy Trinity of 80s fantasy kino.
What are the two others?
Just Conan The Barbarian. Anon is wrong, there is no 3rd one on par with those two.
Dragonslayer. Not quite on their level, but so so close.
Dragonslayer is great as far as average films go (and way better than the average fantasy film), but it doesn't have the same weight and emotional power of the other two.
I agree. It's still the best dragon we got for nearly three entire decades. If you haven't watched it in a while, might be worth a re-watch. There was some subtle stuff in there about the nature of magic that I didn't pick up on when I was younger. It's also fun to see how liberally GRRM "borrowed" from it.
Dragonslayer is good, but it's a different kind of good from Excalibur and Conan. I put Dragonslayer in the same tier that I put Beastmaster and Ladyhawk.
Clash of the Titans (kidding)
I like Clash of the Titans
It's watchable but the Harryhausen effects were feel extremely outdated, even for the 80s
>Doesn't like harryhausen
Pleb
I like him alright but it doesn't fit the eighties. The first Sinbad is amazing but that was late 50s.
ladyhawke is pretty good but not as kino
Bad soundtrack and anti-church cringe.
Hawk the Slayer and Krull
O FORTUNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JNlOTccdck
>I was not born to live a man's life, but to be the stuff of future memory. I have often thought that in the hereafter of our lives, when I owe no more to the future and can be just a man, that we may meet, and you will come to me and claim me as yours, and know that I am your husband. It is a dream I have...
pure kino.
Great film
love it its super comfy
Great movie.
>not a single Helen mirren pic itt
shame on you
>Merlin, can you help me?
>NO.. my days are ended..
I liked it.
Horner was a fricking master and it's a crime that whenever scores are discussed it's all Williams and Zimmer and no mention of Horner.
Based
yo thanks to the anon that showed this to me a few weeks ago it was kino awesome costumes I want to draw merlin on my van
My dad used to get drunk af and play this movie at maximum volume at 2am.
your dad sounds based as frick
Sure it's all fun and games until its the 20th time and he's demanding you watch it with him and you just want to sleep.
Drunk boomers are a pest tbh
Are you my son?
Not very good from a film making perspective but interesting.
What are you favorite moveis?
If you say so it must be true. Why would I trust my judgement over yours 😉
Awesome armour, great movie. He was a bit of a gay though. My only complaint about the movie is cutting Galahad and replacing him with Percival.
Great armor design. Lush sets. Great music. It manages to be rewatchable.
based director telling his daughter to dance around and get humped
>I MUST HAVE HER
>ARE YOU MAAAAD? THE ALLIAAANCE!
Looking for a link to "The Making of Excalibur Myth into Movie".
It's director Neil Jordan's first feature, and i cannae find it anywhere
>Morgan le Fay as a child watching her dad fug
What did she mean by this?