New video: Excalibur: Movie vs. Legend

If you’re following me you probably like King Arthur a little bit, and if you like King Arthur a little bit, you probably love John Boorman’s film Excalibur. Me too! And what I’ve just done is posted a video that discusses the film and how closely it does or doesn’t stay faithful to the Arthurian legend.

The film says it is adapted from Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, so it is already proceeding from a severely edited version of the legend, and since the film is only two hours and twenty minutes long, it has to take several liberties with the story, condensing it, leaving out or significantly reducing several characters (Galahad, where are ye?) and generally galloping through major events without a look back. 

In my video I take apart what was left out and discuss which characters have been combined, which major events are deleted and how several elements were reimagined in a way not technically faithful to the legend but with care to retain the spirit and magic of the story.

So let no time be lost! Click to find my new video comparing the film Excalibur to the actual Arthurian legend.