Filipe Neto This series was made following many series and films that flooded the cinema and the TV with medieval themes. Despite their merits, it is impossible for all of them to conquer the audience, and this explains the failure of this series, where the heap of irritating situations and errors led the public to move away. To begin with, the series took the legends of King Arthur (well known) and altered them substantially to increase the dramatic effects and create a slightly different story, perhaps too unlikely to be "swallowed" by the public. Camelot is a ruined place, a castle from late Middle Ages, far from Roman military architecture. Religious problems surrounding pagans and christians are summed up in the most trivial insignificance, Avalon isn't even mentioned, Viviane is a maid and Morgana is a heartless villain, whose power and magic have a dark origin that's never properly explained. Arthur's knights are a bunch of unpleasant men, extras with half a dozen lines. Arthur himself is a beardless egocentric teenager who hardly has our sympathy and Merlin represses his powers for no reason. Lancelot is nowhere to be seen.The way the script and characters were designed was a problem but it works if you decide to forget about the Arthurian legends you've learned. However, the cast can be a problem as well. Joseph Fiennes could have been better in the role of Arthur as he wasn't convincing as Merlin and Jamie Campbell Bower was wooden in that role. Tamsin Egerton was a decent Guinevere but with little things to do... when she wasn't distress about her forbidden feelings she was just a body for the male audience to be glaring at. On the other hand, we have Eva Green. She is the only actress who truly shone, completely dominating the screen for lack of any actor capable to match her. The single bad thing about her was the abusive exploitation of her nakedness. There are also several problems concerning historical accuracy. The events occurs in the first centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire and the truth is that there are moments where we didn't know what age is that. Sex scenes are as hedonistic as in our own time, a lot of objects that would be expensive and luxurious at the time (like feminine adornments) are used even by peasants. Oh, and the end is absurdly open due to the sudden end of the series, cancelled due to it's own failure.To summarize: this series is far from matching everything I would expect and is far from faithfulness to the original story or the period portrayed. The cast is weak (Eva Green is the single exception), the characters are uninteresting, the ending is lousy and open. However, it still allows for a few hours of entertainment if you're able to ignore these problems.

David del Real A NEW LOOK AT THE CLASSIC ARTHURIAN TALECamelot gives some interesting turns to the classical story we have all known from childhood. Some of these turns , depending on the person, can be good or bad, but as a general commentary I want to say this series is completely worth-watching.In this review that is placed at the level of the general series, I want to give you my general feeling about the series. For more specific comments, please take a look at my reviews for specific episodes.With a "less than perfect" Merlin and a "very less than perfect" Arthur they found a formula for an interesting refresh of the old Arthurian legend. They also showed us the most evil, astute and mischievous Morgan that we have seen in a long, long time; a great villain.Nevertheless, in my opinion the series started becoming less interesting when the imperfections of Merlin and Arthur seemed so big that they did not seem similar at all to the incredibly high standard that we normally have of them.In essence, I would say it is definitely a series worth watching but be prepared if the first episodes make you very enthusiastic and the following chapters don't pay to your enthusiasm properly. Now, in my very personal opinion, I think that they had a chance at the mere beginning of making a very epic series but they only accomplished to give us a more or less interesting variation of a very epic classic story. I give them, nevertheless, a nine out of ten stars because of trying, because I believe that brave new versions most be highly encouraged, even when they don't pay enough; as in classic tales...bravery must be supported!!!Thanks for reading.IMDb review by David del Real Ciudad de México, México. September, 2017.

proberts98 it's all said....great show!!! are you crazy???? This is a great show...I cannot believe that you canceled it!Please reinstate this STARTZ show!the series had wonderful developed characters and great action! the acting was wonderful. how could you cancel this show???My favorite episode is Episode 110.They required 10 lines but I have said enough, don't you think?Please consider reinstating this show. The development was stellar, the actors are superior. I want this show back!!!!!!I expect you to reinstate this series!!!!

elisanom The worst tales ever told of Camelot in the most dark, draggy and dull manner! And why must there be nudity when it serves no purpose whatsoever as it doesn't make the story any more interesting. A pity to waste the talents of great actors like Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green and Claire Forlaine to such poor screenplay.Merlin (Fiennes) in Camelot is not portrayed as the great magician or would-be great magician as have always been in previous productions. I believe this very much disappoints the audience especially those who are ardent fans of the tale.As much as the other Merlin series (Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Katie McGrath) has been classified as "B-Grade", it is way better in terms of story line & light-hearted script sprinkled with a dash of humor. Even the casting is good save for Guinevere (Angel Coulby)