Tockinit not horrible nor great

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

david-bresch I haven't read every negative review (or positive one) but I think the criticism is unfair, or more importantly, will deprive readers of fine entertainment.This is the best version of Camelot I have seen after John Boorman's Excalibur, which is peerless. I enjoyed the Clive Owen "King Arthur" as well.It is not perfect: its greatest weakness is its script, particularly the lines given to Eva Green and Joseph Fiennes. Some of the direction and editing are slow.But its cast is very good and its story line extremely imaginative. Eva Green verges on a character actress at this point but what a character actress, she is one of the most beautiful women in the world and her performance is perfect, albeit with lousy lines. Tamsin Egerton is a real beauty. Jamie Bower, who takes drubbing for his "pretty boy" looks, gives a strong performance with again, weak lines. But he is well cast, the Lewis narrative has him as an initially naive king who grows into the role.The sex is enjoyable not gratuitous. The music intro is fabulous. The costumes and sets are very realistic. And that is the strength of the series, it really captures the Dark Ages when the legendary characters might have lived, and this makes them more believable as bringers of hope (and Christianity) to a pagan land.

Linda Wa I've read many reviews before I finally watched the show and I kind of knew what to prepare for. I must admit, I am a huge fan of Jamie Campbell Bower, the actor, not the underwear Model and I am not a 16 year old Teenage Girl. So knowing that he is in the series, forced me to watch it and I can sense why many people think he is wrong for the role, obviously they have a specific picture in mind of how a King Arthur has to look like, but I think the producers wanted exactly that look for a him. A man, who doesn't look like a typical Warrior or middle-age man, someone who might be underestimated at first sight but who is strong-minded, the more boyish type of man, who will grow out of that impression in time. but the reason why this series didn't work is not only the Cast of the lead role (which is for me, no mistake, I think Jamie is doing a reasonably good job for what the script offers), it is the plot, script itself. I think the storyline is not very consistent, one episode the mood of one person is superdark, suddenly next episode, everything changed, and then all these plots, that were obviously planned to make everything more exciting, like: hey we need to ride back to arthurs old home and get some books for camelot. great idea, the gang rides off, and then... nothing happens. no danger, no... unexpected turn. they find the books, yeah, mission done. and there are more of these poorly written story lines as well. Its just not very catching, everything has been seen before and even a great Eva Green and a even greater Joseph Fiennes cannot rescue the whole thing. What is really brilliant though, is the Character of Merlin. He, played by Joseph Fiennes, is so different from everything you would expect, the series would have been better called Merlin. I couldn't get enough of him, because he is so mysterious. Where did he come from? Whats the deal with this magic? Is he immortal? Merlin give the viewer a lot to think and I wouldn't mind more of him at all. Also, the Costume Design is astonishing, so even if you don't like the story or Jamie Campbell Bower, you get something for the eye by looking at all the great dresses and armors. The Series could have done much better with better story turners and also better dialogs. (what was that conversation Merlin had with the Blade Smith? horrible...), but it's worth watching just because of Merlin.

djdiscpistol I really wanted to like this show. Really, i tried, but watching it became too painful. The writing is bad, almost every scene is overacted, and the show gets bogged down by its many attempts to seem "edgy". I can't really blame them, though. This show was produced and developed by the same studio responsible for the modern Spartacus, and it was launched alongside Game of Thrones. I'm sure they got the memo on the importance of blood and boobs.i was all ready to get into this show, i'm a fan of the Arthurian mythology, and I've been re- watching its various film incarnations for study. In this series, many elements of the Arthur myth are addressed, but never in the way the myth actually goes. The show goes out of its way to take the details of the original story, and make them more complicated. Much of this is done, quite obviously, to fill screen time. What really bothered me was this show's interpretation of the classic Arthur/Gwenivere/Lancelot love triangle. In this version, Arthur is the other man, while Gwenivere is engaged to sir Leon. It becomes a major plot point: Arthur and Gwenivere have to hide their love, and the nature of jealousy is explored. I have two huge problems with this:1) The king can't be blamed for being the other man in a love triangle. He's the king. He could demand sex from sir Kay, and everyone would just have to go with it. If this fantasy universe is supposed to be so dark and edgy, then they could have at least addressed this. 2) It weakens the Arthur character to make him the initiator of a sordid affair. His story represents chivalry in European society, and the element of betrayal in the legends liken him to Christ. It definitely goes against the original story to make Arthur a predatory womanizer.Also, i couldn't help but notice how much this show ripped off famous fantasy franchises. Within the few episodes I could sit through, I saw this show blatantly copy visual elements from Excalibur (1981) and The Lord of the rings (2001).If you've never heard the story of King Arthur, or don't know what good writing sounds like, you might be able to enjoy Camelot. Everyone else, though, should just watch Game of Thrones.

grettamcdonald I got into this series and was so upset to hear there won't be any more. I never fell for Jamie Campbell Bower but was totally in love with Eva Green and Joseph Fiennes. The story meandered through the season, especially in the middle, but ended so well. GoT is great but only for 10 weeks a year. I need more for my bad-ass fantasy getaway fix!There's got to be a way to get the stars back together (maybe minus Arthur?) to delve deeper into the mythology. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think things were just about to start getting interesting with the inevitable introduction of Morded. Sigh.