#Excalibur 1981

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Guinevere's wedding dress and chainmail veil in Excalibur 1981

[stheresya]

Helen Mirren as MORGANA in Excalibur (1981)

[holocrone]

Excalibur (1981) dir. John Boorman

[gimmeshelter]

we used to have movies that looked like this. and they were adaptations of the arthurian legend even

[therealcalicali]

Excalibur, 1981

[speerfisch]

"the world" tarot card, 2023, inspired by excalibur (1981)

[thetempleofthemasaigoddess]

Limiting the choice to the shows and movies I have seen/know of. I'm not asking who the first actor you have seem playing Arthur was, rather the one you instinctively think about when someone mentions him or the one closest to your heart.

[amatesura]

Helen Mirren in Excalibur (1981)

[medievalandfantasymelee]

It's time to determine by popular vote...

Who is the Hottest Arthur Pendragon?

Row 1 - Richard Harris, Camelot (1967) - Graham Chapman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Row 2 - Oliver Tobias, Arthur of the Britons (1972-73) - Nigel Terry, Excalibur (1981)

Row 3 - Sean Connery, First Knight (1995) - Alexandre Astier, Kaamelot (2004-2009)

Row 4 - Bradley James, BBC's Merlin (2008-2012) - Charlie Hunnam, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

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Morgan Le Fay's green red dress & headpiece in Excalibur

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Excalibur (1981) dir. John Boorman

[holocrone]

Excalibur (1981) dir. John Boorman

[queer-ragnelle]

"As he rode thus through the land, he found trees down and grain destroyed and all things laid waste, as if lightning had struck in each place, [...] He found half the people in the villages dead, both bourgeois and knights, and he found laborers dead in the fields. [...] It was later called by everyone the Kingdom of Waste Land." — Vulgate Cycle: The Merlin Continuation

Sir Lanval (2011) || Lancelot du Lac (1974) || Camelot (2011) || Excalibur (1981)

[epifaniacintilante]

But surely there's must be some lady somewhere in the world who inspires you

[fuckyeaharthuriana]

My favorite arthurian movies (part 1/3)

More details (and youtube links for the less known movies) under cut. Some of these I love, some are so bad so good, some are beautifully epic, some are just funny.

Knights of the Round Table (1953): Visually beautiful, epic-like, interesting Morgana and Mordred. Lovely Guinevere. Focused mainly on Lancelot.

The Sword in the Stone (1963): Classic Disney movie, heart warming, still funny moments nowadays.

Sword of Lancelot (1963) (youtube): Visually beautiful romance story between Guinevere and Lancelot, one of my favorite Mordred ever too.

Camelot (1967): Musical movie version of the Broadway musical. Beautiful visually, heart-breaking story, great acting, one of my favorite arthurian movies. Focused on Guinevere, Lancelot and Arthur and the tragedy of it.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975): The best arthurian movie ever created. Parody of the quest for the Holy Grail.

Excalibur (1981): A classic epic arthurian movie. Focuses on Arthur and then moves its focus on Merlin and Morgana. Beautiful fighting scenes and Camlann scenes.

Camelot (1982) (youtube): Camelot musical but this time filmed from the stage, so it has some extra scenes.

Morte d'Arthur (1984) (youtube): Lesser known Jeremy Brett movie focusing on Arthur's last years, on Guinevere's escape and return and on Mordred's betrayal. Narrated like a play, with narration over filmed scenes instead of dialogue.

Merlin and the Sword (1985) (youtube): So bad so good, accidentally hilarious. It focuses on Morgana vs Arthur, Guinevere's love, Merlin and it also has the only movie representation of Gawain and Ragnelle.

[maxiskirtbitch]

The Dark Knight Returns, Alexander McQueen, Jermey Scott, Sean Ellis, 1998