warlover

Another Hollywood mess with lots of special effect and imagery in lieu of a good story or a story that goes somewhere for that matter. All through the movie I kept seeing scenes from other movies. It was kind of like a term paper, other people's stuff, just arranged a little differently. There is one scene in the first half where a trash truck pull up and dumps a load of broken robot components and other robots appeared and began sifting through it for things they could use, like a new jaw or eye or whatever. I was so convenient they just snapped on, completely interchangeable. Then comes a strange ship and then motorcycles with dogs faces and round up the robots (in one case using nets), I felt like it was ripped right out of the planet of the apes.

I don't expect movies to be completely believable but from beginning to end it was filled with things that just wouldn't happen, future or not.

A taste of hell, indeed! If hell is half as bad as this movie was, then I pray for any poor soul heading for Dante's Inferno!

In a nutshell, the script was non-existent, the plot, well there was actually no plot, and the fighting, well, you could tell this was a pathetic "B" Movie. There was no character development, even the slashing of a knife looked fake. The only reason I didn't turn this movie off after the first three minutes was in respect for the $ 1.07 I shelled out for this flop! The costumes looked, surprise surprise, like the seventies and not like WWII 1942. The movie lacked any dénouement though I will give it the credit of having a climax. All in all, as I said in my title, this would truly be a knee slapper on Mystery Science Theatre 3000!

This version of the Arthur legend is simply a delight to watch. One simply can't help but get caught up in all the magic. Nicol Wiliamson playes Merlin in such an eerie way that it makes my hair rise. Nigel Terry portrays Arthur extremely well. And of course, Gabriel Byrne in the small role of Uther, a far cry from the aging D'Artagnan in The Man in the Iron Mask. But what really makes this movie is the scenery and the music, there's something very eerie about that music that simply puts the whole show together. Mordred in his gold armour really looks scary in that dark and mystical time. If you want to see a movie that you'll probaly have to see many more times, check this version out and prepare for one of the greatest movies ever made.