Disappointingly clunky film
This could & should have been so much better. One wonders how a really good director capable of making Point Blank & Deliverance created this.... First, there's the casting. While I have no problems with Terry, Lunghi or Clay in more contemporary parts, they're really in way over their heads as Arthur, Guinevere & Lancelot. Perhaps it's the curse of modernism that makes so many actors today so bloody self-conscious & low-key. It seems to effect the overall staging as well making the round table scenes look like a 1960s fashion shoot ...cocktail party. While on the subject, why are all the knights wearing their (brightly polished?!) armor to table? This looks like something intended for 5th graders. From Prince Valiant to Excalibur, movies haven't done well by Arthur. My recommendation: read The Once & Future King (White) AND Arthur Rex (Berger), two brilliantly written, enthralling books.