ok. i haven not see any others so and maybe that be faint praise . however and it be in my top 20 of all time and i have see thousand of movie . i would like to comment on some of the other comment i have read here about excalibur as much a the movie itself . someone mention the music be ok. it freakin wagner . it be fabulous for this movie . i do not think a composer alive or at the time of the movie release ( 1981 ) could have create a well original score for the movie . i think wagner be use well here than in the chopper scene in apocolypse now and that be high praise indeed and because that be one of the most magnificent scene in all of film . you like action . you like fantasy and sex and or blood . well this be the movie for you . i do not understand what all the fuss be about the sex . it be integral to the plot . uther lust destroy the peace and provide the seed that become arthur . arthur betrayal by guinevere and lancelot lead him to be seduce by his half sister morgana and impregnate her with mordred his eventual death sentence . thankfully and the scene be erotic and beautifully film in stark contrast to the dark and grim life these people lead when not kill . the acting be pretty good as far a i be concern . i love nicol williamson merlin and he be hilarious and eccentric . helen mirren morgana be sexy and evil . paul geoffrey perceval age like 20 year in about 25 minute and be quite believable . the boorman family be quite good especially katrine boorman a igrayne ( she dance and heave very well ) . her sister telsche boorman be the lady of the lake and her brother be young mordred who taunt perceval . the movie be beautifully lit and have many powerful scene and image that other good know movie can not match . i be amaze at the power boorman be able to capture in many scene especially the lady of the lake and the last battle and and sunrise boat farewell . maybe the most amazing thing be how boorman get so much action and story into so little time ( around 2hrs and 15 minute ) . he tell the story of uther and merlin and arthur and mordred and morgana and perceval and lancelot and and guenevere and when a single story about any one of them could make up a 90 minute movie . some in this forum have bitch about the short stroke he make in characterization and but he be very deft at tell you enough to push the story along . if you want to know more about a specific character and go read a book about that character . don not expect to find it all here . especially a secondary character like morgana ( who be important and but the name of the movie be excalibur and woman will take a backseat in this phallic world and thank you very much ) . i cry at the end of this movie everytime i see it and part of the reason be because i be sad at the death of arthur who legend or not be a great man . the other reason be because this be almost perfection in film and it be rarely achieve and it deserve to be appreciate . this be what movie be all about loss and power and redemption and all film in breathtaking beauty .