King Arthur and his Round Tablemates feature in many movies.
2 choices,otherwise Bugs Bunny would hop away with it.

I haven't seen most of these but I went with Excalibur.

I guess I prefer the lighter side of things, I voted Knighty Knight Bugs and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I am happy you let us pick two choices this time, because if I had to choose one I wouldn't have been able pick between the two and wouldn't have voted.

Excalibur, and of course Arthur 2: On the Rocks

I put down "Knighty Knight Bugs." But for sheer fun I can't beat a childhood viewing of Disney's "Unidentified Flying Oddball."


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One of only a handful of movies I saw on the big screen as a kid. I haven't seen it since it first came out, so can't say how well it has held up. It was funny, and it had space travel, and there was an exciting battle scene at the climax. And this wonderful exchange just before the space-suited astronaut hero was being taken to be burned at the stake as a sorcerer:

Tom (as he's being led past King Arthur, smugly certain that is suit will save him): "Your Majesty, could I have a word with you after the execution?"

Arthur (obviously nonplussed): "If you feel up to it...."

I haven't seen many of these either, but First Knight must surely be the worst.

I went with Excalibur, which is the best of the serious versions I've seen. And Holy Grail, which is the best of the not serious versions I've seen. although I remember not getting the final joke and being quite pissed about it the first time I watched it.

It wasn't on the list, and I don't recall seeing it, but isn't there a movie version of a Conneticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court that was pretty good?

I haven't seen the 1931 version starring Will Rogers and Maureen O'Sullivan, but I've heard it's supposed to
be pretty good, and I'll get a copy of it eventually.

I enjoyed the Bing Crosby 1949 version of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." Not a close
adaptation of the story, however, but worth watching.

The 1952 TV-movie version with Boris Karloff was nothing special.

There are several other older and more modern takes, even an animated one, but these are probably the top 3 adaptations.

I went with Excalibur and Monty Python, basically because they're objectively the best, but also because they're just about the only good ones. The problem with almost every King Arthur movie is they try to condense into single films an entire body of literature that takes place over sixty or seventy years and contains nearly a dozen protagonists, each with their own epic. The Green Knight from a few years ago took the right approach, even if the movie itself wasn't all that great.

We can't forget about Unidentified Flying Oddball!

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If you saw it back in the day, you surely can't forget it.

There are a lot of reasons Excalibur deserves its lead in the poll.

I remember the astronaut requesting a wrench to help remove his helmet, and the barbaric Camelotians dutifully assigning a serving wench to the chore.

And from what I remembered, she succeeded quite well.

Reminds me of something I once saw in a different context. A guy was telling a friend that he wanted a to install a wench on the bumper of his off-road vehicle. His friend suggested that he probably wanted a winch instead.

"Winch, wench, what's the difference?"

"In your case, probably not that much."

Excalibur got my vote - it's one of my favourite movies of all time.



I recall seeing this movie with my Grandparents as a kid and loving it.

Yeah, Excalibur got my vote. I've always thought it was decently done.

I remember chatting with a dude about our top three movies and he listed the 2004 King Arthur as one of them.

"Okay, my top three movies... Godfather..."

Okay, yup.

"...Heat..."

Another classic, yeah.

"...and that King Arthur movie with Clive Owen."

Pardon?

The Last Duel.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

The first one, with Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli.

Excalibur taught me that a guy doesn't have to take his armor off to make time with a chick...