eapplebaum I agree with another reviewer that this version of the time of the Pendragon's will most likely only appeal to lovers of that Story and/or Dragon lovers. If the viewer is looking for something from a high budget level, they unlikely will be pleased with this movie. I love it. My husband for instance would find it "cheesy" and not want to watch. I love the title of the review that says it's perfect for a Saturday morning. This version is a campy low budget film. It deserves credit for how well they actually have completed it. The dialogue is extremely limited though. I'd say it's a great version for a 5th or 6th grader to get an idea of the story of Merlin, Camelot and the Pendragon's. There are many versions of the story. The TV show of Merlin is fun too.

ashcard There is nothing remarkable from this movie.I cannot decide what is worse; the acting or the CGI or the choreography.The story is boring, and none of the actors can bring life into this film. The dialogue is dull and back stories unbearable. The actors apparently only show emotion through yelling and glaring.The CGI is OK. I have seen worse. But having the lady of the lake morphing into the water and making it well... fake... does not excite me at all.The choreography of the fight scenes is terrible. Everyone looks awkward and confused.Overall the movie "Merlin" is tiresome and drawn out. It bored me to tears.

muse7-3 I wonder why this title got so many negative comments! I for one thoroughly enjoyed it. True, some of the lesser actors were poor, probably local Welsh villagers-but overall I thought the film was well presented. I liked the scenery and the fact that a lot of it was filmed at dusk-which added to the ambiance of the whole thing. It reminded me a lot of a film I saw many years ago "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" which was also filmed in Wales. I liked the earthiness of Vivienne and Nimue and the magical effects were well done. Maybe not a masterpiece but still a well made film and I was pleasantly surprised. It may have been psychological-if I had been expecting it to be brilliant I would have been disappointed-but thinking it would be terrible had the opposite affect! As far as Merlin films go it was pretty good!

pineleigh I had the misfortune of buying this DVD from Play.com thinking it would be half decent to watch. What a mistake that was, as other reviewers have said this is quite bad, actors who can't act etc. etc., but worst of all there is no COLOUR to the film, no green grass, no flesh tones, nothing actually, I know it is supposed to be the Dark ages but the director Mark Atkins is also a cinematographer but he well and truly "cocked" this film up big time. What Jurgen Prochnow was doing appearing in this film is anybodies guess, the story isn't that bad with better direction and a bigger budget from money saved by hiring totally unknown actors except Jurgen who knows. A POOR EFFORT, not a very good advert for the British film industry.