this be the only movie i know of to make the attempt to take the event of the arthurian legend as seriously a possible and portray them as realistically a possible and thereby make this the best film version of the legend to date . that what be captivate about this movie . the event be approach with total emotional reality . the film create a world in which these event really happen and there no jarring pull back to reality while watch it . the special effect hold up fairly well because there isn not an over reliance on them to begin with . know that cgi technique be so prevalent tends to make me hyper aware of them in movie that use them and create friction that make it hard to suspend my disbelief . i do not want to sit there spot the special effect and i want to live in the film for the time i be watch it . excalibur achieve this in spade . excellent casting . excellent acting and really appropriate and gorgeous costume design . one of my all time very best movie ever and especially view through the lens of jungian psychology .