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"Actually, Orff's Carmina Burana is not played twice, but actually three times; Whenever a charge is needed. First when Arthur assembles his faithful knights for the final battle, a second time when they charge into Mordred's army, and finally a third time when Lancelot charges into the fray."...

"Ernest, as in the above post.. there is plenty of Wagner in Excalibre. The one I am alluding to, that is repeated many times, is from 'the ring' opera... it appears as the music when the sword comes out of the lake the first time. Been about a year since I've watched it, thus I cant give more...

That's a good point -- but I doubt such serious rigor went into the Bruckheimer King Arthur. Of what worth is historical authenticity in settings and production design when you have action scenes such as those seen in the trailer -- one man bashing an ice sheet with his sword, causing all of the...

"Much better than the thoroughly bizarre notion of having characters who appeared by at least the sixth century traipsing along in armor from half a millenia later." Print the legend. If you're going to make a King Arthur movie, make a King Arthur movie. The audience is going to walk in...

I think Excalibur more than holds its own against modern fare. The casting seems laughable? Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Patrick Stewart? It looks horrible against Gladiator? Against LOTR? How exactly did those films make Excalibur look "horrible"? And...

"As far as I'm concerned, it was pretty bad. Even the songs were annoying." The stage musical is a lot of fun, and the Lerner and Lowe tunes are wonderful. One of my favorites, actually. The movie suffers from a rather drab look (at least, my old laserdisc did), and for some reason the...

"I have not seen Sword in the Stone since I was but a wee little person, so I'm blank there." Strong characters, and one marvelous scene (the Wizards Duel) -- but no story. The movie just ambles from sequence to sequence. Wart learns its good to use your head, Wart learns love is a powerful...

Excalibur and Monty Python. The only two even worth renting, as far as I'm concerned. You're actually just better off reading the Arthurian tales of T.H. White.