Both of these movies focus on the story of King Arthur so I decided to double up the review. Merlin was actually a TV miniseries, but I didn't realize that until I researched the film. Merlin starts all the way from the beginning, from the conception of Merlin, how he grows up and learns magic. Merlin stars Sam Neill, the poor man's Kevin Costner, who just want to go hang out with his love Nimue, but always has to go save the world from douche bag kings who always think with their little heads and not their big heads. Excalibur is a much more brutal and interesting movie, and it even has my boy Patrick Stewart, being a total badass as usual. In Excalibur, Merlin isn't all pussy and righteous, and helps out others for his own gain. Excalibur definitely wins this head to head because all the characters wear crazy spiked shiny full plate everywhere! they even fuck in full plate! Excalibur has some righteous super long medieval battle scenes, but goes a little too long. The costumes make this movie.
Final Ranks:
Merlin- 3 out of 5
Excalibur- 4 out of 5
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