Camelot - Season 1 [DVD]

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To open I think I will comment on the interest of others, first I felt this was the marmite of film, love it or hate it! But knowing today, we all find ourselves expecting maybe more than we deserve, so much has progressed in the years, maybe not socially but technologically atleast. But stories remain ever more changing, original meanings are lost and the lessons with them. But we still do what we can with what we have generally speaking.In watching this you have to prepare, there are MANY versions to the Arthur legends, and we ALL have our favourites, we can't please everyone in a single series of story telling unfortunately! This is just ONE of those beginnings, whether liked or disliked, we must open our minds and hearts to all things new to truly learn and understand what is right and wrong, what is acceptable and what is not. No exceptions here. We begin in the beginning of the founding of Arthur, the boy (hence played by a very young man, told by an opinion we are all open and free to discuss. Take it not as an epic movie but as a real T.V. series to activate your mind and imagination!NOTE: Possible spoilers;As stated, we begin at the beginning of Arthur's journey to kingship. Arthur is played by the fresh faced and young Jamie Campbell Bower, a young and eager boy well educated by Sir Ector played by Sean Pertwee, Arthur knows nothing of the throne nor cares, with the family including Arthur's brother Kay played by Peter Mooney who accompanies Arthur when he learns of being the biological son of king Uther played by Sebastian Koch, later still learning of biological mother queen Igraine played by the stunning Claire Forlani. Morgan played by Eva Green is the devious sorceress and step-sister to Arthur plotting to take the throne believing it is rightfully hers, throughout the series sees her using wit and aggression to try just that! All while Arthur (who asked for none of this) is having to dive in the deep end of the good of the country as warned by sorcerer Merlin played greatly by Joseph Fiennes who assists Arthur along the path to leading the then broken country to unit the land as one, well thats the hope... ;-)Other notable cast are Leontes played by Philip Winchester, Guinevere played by the phenomenally beautiful Tamsin Egerton (who plays a great role within the series with Arthur and Leontes, of which I shouldn't delve for a strong part is played within this story) and Gawain played by Clive Standen.The casting is VERY strong, many faces you may recognise if you are a bit of a film buff! The stories within aren't always regular as clockwork, still a couple bad acting moments by minor cast and the action is little, but the music is as an epic movie would produce and the main casting makes for a strong overall performance! It would be nice to see more interaction and getting to know the characters a little more but this is only the first season of what I'm hoping will be many more seasons to come!I completely disagree with the 1 and 2 stars reviews here though, this is a little mean and possibly temperful of some but with an ever changing story it will never be told EVERYONE's way! So bear it in mind. I do believe people are expecting it to start from the Camelot already fully up and running and warring Saxons etc right away! This really does begin in the beginning. Personally I would recommend to anyone interested in this era, on interest in Arthur and the Knights (before the round table), and anyone interested in drama and adventure! I do hope for more action in the 2nd season but so long as they keep the main cast the same I will be a fond fan of the series. I can see a bit of Spartacus in this series but without so much gore, but the action will come soon... Its in the blood of the story!But don't take my word for it, if you can rent or see an episode on T.V. etc, I can only see it getting stronger if people will have FAITH in it.Happy watching!P.s, I liked the idea of the Excalibur in the series, definitely an interesting take on how it came to be, still a little mythological but still more a reasonable assumption of where an original story of the sword came to be.

I admit, that this show was not brilliant however, there was some merit in it which cannot be denied. For one, i found that the casting was almost perfect besides the actress who played Gweneviere. I also liked the dialogue, michael hirst is known for his intriguing screenplays like in the Borgias and the Tudors. Sure, this show might not be for everyone like the Merlin generation, however, the visuals of this tv series was beautiful. The music for the introduction was also beautiful. Shame it was cancelled, it had such a good opportunity to be an impressive show but it was because that it was very slow paced and some sub plots weren't important, that lost its viewership. But yes, its a show which should be definently watched at least up till episode 3.

I am shocked to see such bad reviews for this excellent adaptation of Camelot.I found it well cast, especially Eva Green and Jamie Campbell Bower who portrayed a new version of their characters instead of churning out the same old chestnut.I see a lot of critisicm of JCB as Arthur but it was refreshing to see a younger more vulnerable version of Arthur and I thought his performance really progressed through the series which I guess was the whole idea, that the audience see Arthur slowly mature and change his behaviour.I also liked the spin on the old legends, like the lady of the lake and the sword in the stone and thought it was a clever twist on the original tellings and that held my interest where a direct rehashing of old ground would have been dull.All in all, I found it a great series and am saddened that there will be no series two. I would have liked to see the characters continue to progress and see the story develop.

As a fan of the BBC Merlin series, I can see why this had it's problems taking off especially when it aired at the same time as the more popular TV series when it was shown in the UK. The take on the legend is rather refreshing and more dramatic than it's BBC counterpart and they had a brilliant cast with some being underused in most episodes. The massive cliff-hanger at the ending leaves you wanting more but knowing full well that isn't going to happen spoils it just slightly.