Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2009)

I can say that I saw all absolutely all the movies on the genre, Merlin is one of my beloved characters and this guy James Callis -who is not that bad in Battlestar- is the worst Merlin that I ever saw, I mean it. His accent is so horrible, not enough old, not enough wise, terrible.The blood in the movie looks like grasp berry juice. There are some scenes so slow and useless like the one in the fountain.What the heck is doing Medusa in UK? Excalibur is not any sword is "The Sword" and it looks like any sword.What the heck happened in the eagles scene?The rest of the movie is like a big chapter of Xena or Hercules, not that bad.

I won't even bore you with why this film is great. I am just here to say that I watched it with my mates tonight not expecting much and we were blown away at how it sucked us into the story. It's so well written and the acting is outstanding. How this has been poorly rated and not won any awards beats the hell out of me.The special effects for such a low budget film were amazing, we couldn't tell if they were effects or not to start with. The locations for filming were just spot on and beautifully put together shots. The mise en scène was clearly carefully looked at and just pays off like a dream.If you get the chance definitely check out this film!!

There are few movies that I have enjoyed as much as this one. This is an absolute masterpiece. The directing of this movie was wonderful, great script, incredible acting and a beautiful musical score. The movie is full of music from beginning to end. The kind of music that gets stuck in your head all day long. I especially liked the scene where Avlynn battles herself in the lake and I hope I am not the only one who got a Dark Link reference from the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time out of that. The ending of the movie was very satisfying and left me a sense of comfort. I am officially putting this movie as one of my favorites

My first impression was "This is handsomely mounted." But after the 9th time our adventurers had ridden across the same forest clearing I began to realise that production value alone - not that I'm decrying it - is not enough.The film is slow. When stuff does happen it's done quite well, but heaven's above, there are some fairly long waits for something to happen.Merlin himself is difficult to understand, difficult to warm to, and either written or performed badly.The story is dull and underwritten.The characters were unmemorable. They did nothing to etch themselves into my memory and I didn't care what happened to them.It made a nice change to hear some English accents, though.