Review of Merlin

Merlin (1998)
4/10
Liked the fish, but the script was groanworthy.
23 June 1999
Enjoyable, and had nice effects (I particularly liked the lady of the lake's fishy necklace). I thought I'd find the reworking of the plot annoying, but it was all right. Myths should grow and change after all. But what was really bad was the script which was in modern English - I understand that this is accessible, and that there's no need to throw in spurious "prithees", "quoths", "welkins" and "zounds" into every fantasy film, but the writers seemed to have forgotten that modern English can also sound magical and poetical. This just sounded a bit naff.
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