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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
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339 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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Excalibur is a 1981 adventure fantasy film, directed by John Boorman, starring Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson and Helen Mirren.
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60 of 339 · most liked firstSo, "Star Trek: Picard" established that as a cadet, Jean-Luc Picard served aboard the USS Leondegrance under Captain Nyota Uhura. In Arthurian Legend, Leondegrance was the name of Guinevere's father. In the 1981 movie "Excalibur," King Leondegrance was played by Patrick Stewart.
neutral · AI labelView post →Re-watched Excalibur (1981) and stayed up late drawing mad lad Merlin
positive · AI labelView post →Strangely enough, Roger Ebert’s review of the 1981 film EXCALIBUR is a pretty good description of Operation Excalibur
neutral · AI labelView post →My first introduction to Sir Patrick Stewart was in the 1981 movie Excalibur where he played King Leodegrance of Camiliard, father of Guinevere. He gifted us with thousands of hours of entertainment in his lifetime. It is a very hard week for Trekkies. Farewell Jean-Luc, rest in peace.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching John Boorman's EXCALIBUR (1981). It is a decidedly STRANGE viewing experience, and I can see why it divides people. There is an artificiality to everything, but it also looks just GORGEOUS. It sort of feels like it's half movie, half stage play...and is very sparse in it's storytelling.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Excalibur (1981) By Richard Hilliard
neutral · AI labelView post →Cpt. Jean-Luc Picard, Queen Elisabeth II, and Oskar Schindler, pausing a moment from the filming of John Boorman's "Excalibur" (1981). Oof, I think I might have messed up on the actors' ID's above, so let me try again: Patrick Stewart : Lord Leo de Grance Helen Mirren : Morgana le Fey Liam Neeson : Sir Gawain Movie moment: the freshly-minted King Arthur (Nigel Terry) dramatically saves de Grance's castle, life and kin via one of the most unbelievable movie moments ever:…
neutral · AI labelView post →Excalibur (1981) Directed by John Boorman
neutral · AI labelView post →I am a few days out from major surgery that requires a long recovery time. ❤️🩹 Give me your movie recommendations that you consider MUST sees but that someone may never have actually sat down and watched. Niche is ok! For example, these are on my list: The Firm Excalibur Children of a Lesser God
neutral · AI labelView post →OK so I'm watching Boorman's 1981 EXCALIBUR which I haven't done since 1989 and Ciaran Hinds is in it, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirram I remebered but Ciaran? Liam Neelson - that film is stuffed full of talent...
neutral · AI labelView post →Any fans of the 1981 film Excalibur?
neutral · AI labelView post →Sucks that we had Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler and we didn’t get a camp as fuck Excalibur spin off movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw The Odyssey w/ my 12 who loved it like I loved Excalibur when I was his age. Some scenes will stay w/ me, the movie prob not. I asked a friend who studies ancient Greek. She wouldn't comment on Nolan, but told me to watch The Return. My god, I made it 1/2 hr before I was overwhelmed by grief.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Vertigo - MichaelFassbenderPerfection.gif Lethal Weapon - A Classic Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™ Excalibur - Glorious. 2nd watch in as many weeks. Must be alright. The Nice Guys - A Classic Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™
positive · AI labelView post →I was trying to find an image of Partrick Stewart from Excalibur, and got lost in how much great stuff he was doing in that movie, and then rapidly realised that was one movie, and very much not one of his big, core works and I'm still lost in it. What a talent and body of work.
neutral · AI labelView post →Any fans of the 1981 film Excalibur?
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight I’m watching one of my fav fantasy movies, and arguably the definitive Arthurian legend movie - Excalibur!
positive · AI labelView post →Yes, I know, it's fantasy, if you make a fantasy film/tv show you can do what you like, historical accuracy is less important... but... is this supposed to be Excalibur? How could they do this to her, they turned her into some cheap looking tacky toy! Nay, worse. #pendragoncycle
neutral · AI labelView post →I only remembered later that I’d first seen him in Excalibur as Leondegrance. An astounding cast in that movie, many enjoying their screen debuts. By comparison, Stewart was the old hand.
neutral · AI labelView post →🔔 NEW VIDEO! 🔔 28 Days Later, Mad Max, Escape From New York, The Warriors, Excalibur, Gladiator and a Bentley car commercial had a baby and made DOOMSDAY… the craziest apocalyptic film ever made! youtu.be/G2aSTUKlUK8 Comments & shares appreciated!!
neutral · AI labelView post →John Boorman's EXCALIBUR (1981) screens in 35mm this Tuesday & Wednesday, November 3rd & 4th, at 7:30pm. Boorman and the Devil director @davidkittredge.bsky.social will intro the film on Tues 11/3, schedule permitting.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the same might be true of Excalibur. An hallucinatory, brainsick cargo cult of a movie. Happy birthday John Boorman. 2/2 youtu.be/knJQxaO5Bt4?...
positive · AI labelView post →The party is over...back in film-world, I'm going all-in to lift swords from stones with John Boorman's Excalibur. Filmed in beautiful lush Ireland, it's the Arthurian legend with extra magic. Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne and Patrick Stewart star. 5/5. film-authority.com/2025/07/20/e...
positive · AI labelView post →Carrie Coons and Tracy Letts just made my morning with this Letterboxd post for Excalibur... "The Arrow 4K is why some of us got in the physical media game. A stunner." boxd.it/frxPGr
neutral · AI labelView post →You can play the world's worst drinking game with EXCALIBUR: take a drink every time someone uses his indoor voice. You will be sober by the end of the movie.
negative · AI labelView post →Boorman and the Devil is a great feature-length documentary about the making of Exorcist II: The Heretic. Sitting between his Zardoz mask and his Excalibur sword, director John Boorman reflects on what went wrong. Out today in the USA + UK next month. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/08/28/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Is John Boorman's Excalibur (1981) the definitive Arthurian adaptation? Let's discuss this potent fever dream of a film, from its brilliant Merlin and excellent cast to some of its...weirder and more puzzling choices
neutral · AI labelView post →The Odyssey (2026) is very much Nolan's Excalibur (1981) which I think is a VERY conscious choice, like there's so much Boorman floating around this movie once you see the connection the ending can't help but feel like a deliberate allusion to Zardoz
neutral · AI labelView post →Incredible run, after the debacle of 'Exorcist II' he makes....'Excalibur' A success, but also a very weird, stylized film- our dude refuses to learn any lessons from failure and keeps banging out exactly the movies he wants to make, studios be damned
neutral · AI labelView post →This shit is AI, everybody. But watch Excalibur anyway because it's the best movie ever made
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Excalibur (1981) last night and I'm obsessed with this beautiful old man
positive · AI labelView post →I did not know Patrick Stewart was in Excalibur (1981) until today To be fair, Merlin (Nicol Williamson) absolutely chewed up the whole movie, and Helen Mirren was hot af! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKbZ...
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #120 "Excalibur" (John Boorman/1981) Ultimately a messy film but one that is visually gorgeous. Thanks the Gods Arrow finally delivered us a delicious 4K release! Check it out.
neutral · AI labelView post →Excalibur (1981) is the first R rated movie I recall seeing. My King Arthur-loving dad took me to see it in the theater when I was 7. It led me to believe that adults were into some weird shit.
neutral · AI labelView post →Photos by Sean Ellis for “The Dark Knight Returns,” THE FACE #19 (Aug. 1998). Styling: Isabella Blow. “Fashion nobility Alexander McQueen and Jeremy Scott prepare to do battle in the epic quest for Excalibur.” Costumes include original armour from Boorman’s film. Posted these in 2024, just not here.
neutral · AI labelView post →Excalibur! Which also happens to be the best Liam Neeson film and best Helen Mirren film
positive · AI labelView post →If, like me, you enjoyed the Odyssey, here's another historically inaccurate but gloriously visual movie that's worth another watch — John Boorman's Excalibur
positive · AI labelView post →Boorman notably recruited a certain Neil Jordan as a "creative associate". Jordan filmed behind-the-scenes footage, which resulted in documentary titled The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie, now preserved by the Irish Film Institute.
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a TV or movie villain or villainess you find sexy! Helen Mirren, as Morgana Le Fay in Excalibur, will have you imagining your own private subplots.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Archbishop of Canterbury (or someone in robes with a beard) descends into a crypt and starts chanting, like in the film Excalibur.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last minute #lastfourwatched Excalibur is an all time banger Sing Street heartfelt and hilarious All You Need Is Death an interesting idea that some songs come with baggage Arrebato is the best film I'll see this year #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve reached the point where it isn’t that Excalibur (1981) is “so bad, it’s good,” but that it’s just an amazing film outright. Also… God Bless Nicol Williamson.
positive · AI labelView post →Also included are the oft discussed but rarely seen TV cut of the movie, and excellent retrospective documentary Excalibur: Behind the Movie, AND... 4/8
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Night in my Discord tonight! We are watching Excalibur ✨
neutral · AI labelView post →I think "Excalibur" was the first film i saw him in But god damm if First Contact isnt one of my fave Trek AND sci-fi , alongside "Best of Both Worlds"
neutral · AI labelView post →My article on John Boorman’s maximalist fantasia, Excalibur, is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social ! Come for the blowtorch staff; stay for the sex in full plate mail! reactormag.com/excalibur-an...
neutral · AI labelView post →I say this as a big LotR sicko: Excalibur may be the best (traditional, wizards & magic swords-style) fantasy film ever made.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie is Excalibur which has been on my list forever. How long is forever? I can still remember it being excitedly hyped by friends in my 4th grade playground when it came out because it has breasts and butts.
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie came out on the very same day as Excalibur in 1981?! A hell of a weekend for chivalry cinema fans.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the @agramuglia.bsky.social video about how Zack Snyder’s favourite movie is the 1981 Excalibur and there has never been a more thorough thesis statement to explain why the man does what he does. (I still think Excalibur is fun. Wha a movie to see in your teens!) youtu.be/QOIIKxzrtQ0?...
positive · AI labelView post →I'm an absolute slut for what I call the "ravishingly beautiful hot mess" film. EXCALIBUR. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA. THE KEEP. ZARDOZ. Gimme, gimme, gimme.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Excalibur (1981) the other night. Now I'm making this study everyone's problem #ArtStudy #Film #Armor
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t know if it’s my favorite but I loved seeing him in Excalibur, a movie just full of great British Actors
positive · AI labelView post →Just remembered the 1981 film Excalibur exists. Might need to rewatch.
neutral · AI labelView post →Good guess. No, Excalibur was played by Jack Hawkins in the 1967 film adaptation. Dudley Moore performed the role on Broadway 1978-83.
neutral · AI labelView post →"...for it is the doom of men, that they forget..." - Nicol Williamson/playing Merlin in the early 80's movie, Excalibur The vast majority of people in this country, have the memory depth of field mice.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s WHAT ARE WE WATCHING (WHILE THE WORLD BURNS)? movie: John Boorman’s EXCALIBUR (1981) on 4K Ultra HD
neutral · AI labelView post →is John Boorman's Excalibur a "good" movie? these are just words. Is it the *most* movie? unequivocally yes.
positive · AI labelView post →In our conversation with him, Boorman mentioned having been a good disciple to the Arthur myths. I think we’ve been good disciples to Excalibur and to John... #film #filmsky #excalibur #johnboorman #kingarthur #merlin 7/8
neutral · AI labelView post →In a better world, there would have been an Excalibur movie in the early-90s and the Jim Henson Creature Shop would've done incredible work bringing Technet to life
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