have read the knight of the round table a a child and and le morte dartur in old english a an adult and i have always be profoundly touch by this story of rise and fall and love and hate and betrayal and hope . a a result and i have develop an intense dislike for most pathetic attempt to put this story on film . excalibur be the first and and so far and the only film and in my opinion and to come very close to the brass ring . first some ranting . the early film with cornel wilde be a swashbuckling story and no more . the disney cartoon sword in the stone be one of the first in a long series of extremely offensive attempt to take inspirational and tragic story and turn them into something banal . ( anastasia and the hunch back of notre dame to name a couple ) first knight be perfect for display richard geere lack of talent and and waste a perfectly good actor ( connery ) . this rank up there with plan nine from outer spaceexcalibur have put face to the character i read about . it infuse them with personality and and give them life beyond the page . i be transpose by merlin magic on the mountain top and awaken the dragon . i felt a strange elation when arthur draw the sword and one of the most meaningful and define moment in literary and and now movie and history . i tremble and rejoice when arthur hand excalibur to uriens and be knight . and my eye well up with tear when the ship take his body away to avalonand the music . that glorious music and never intrusive and but always suggestive and underline the drama subtly . after see this movie and anyone hearing carl orff carmina burana deres luna will forever associate it with courage and rebirth sacrifice and redemption . anyone see this movie will be move to believe that one day arthur may indeed return to redeem u all . it tell u that hope never dy .