Excalibur (1981)

Fun fact.

Boorman decided to make this movie after losing rights to live action LOTR. A lot of the sets had already been built for the LOTR and were repurchased.

And I really like this movie.

This was one of my 80s favorites.

I absolutely love this movie. Nigel Terry will always be King Arthur to me. He has perfect chemistry with Nicol Williamson who fricking nails it as Merlin. I need to get a helmet like that. Helen Mirren is super hot and a total fricking evil bitch as Morgana and perfect for the role due to her and Nicol’s real-life hatred for one another. Mordred in the gold suit is a scary ‘som bitch. Cameos by Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, and Patrick Stewart are fun to see. The best scene IMO is when Old Lancelot returns in pure deus ex machina style and kicks Mordred’s army’s arse with a morning star while wearing padding instead of armor. I get chills every time I watch this scene. Nicholas Clay for the win! The movie also introduced me to classical music. The soundtrack is legendary in its own right. In short, this is quite an underrated gem—a great fricking movie!

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Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson and Helen Mirrin as Morgana.

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Gabriel Byrne as Uther.

One of my favorites growing up. I rented it countless times from the video store.

"Guards, Knights, Squires... prepare for battle."

Awesome movie!

Great movie and such a memorable scene

Pretty sure this was the first thing I recorded off cable using our Betamax VCR back then.

I can still recite the charm of making on command...

1981 was a damn good year for movies.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Road Warrior

An American Werewolf in London

Das Boot

Excalibur

Outland

The Evil Dead

Escape from New York

Thief

Blow Out

Body Heat

Raging Bull

Absence of Malice

Chariots of Fire

Clash of the Titans

The Blues Brothers

Stripes

Time Bandits

Arthur

History of the World: Part 1

Superman II

Dragonslayer

The Decline of Western Civilization

Gallipoli

Cutter's Way

The Final Conflict

Victory

Eye of the Needle

Southern Comfort

Atlantic City

Neighbors

For Your Eyes Only

Prince of the City

I miss getting to see this many good movies every couple of years, much less in one year.

Don’t ask me why

But from time to time in a British accent

I’ll blurt out to my wife and kids

“Arthur…where’s Kay’s sword?”

The only time I've ever walked out of a movie.

No didn't walk OUT of Excalibur, I walked out of something else that I don't even recall and jumped into another adjoining theater just as the lights were going down for Excalibur.

I stayed through a second showing