Remembering a great actor Nicol Williamson

[BootinUp]

[Pope George Ringo II]

1. Excalibur runs through both my waking and sleeping hours.

And he's a big part of why.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Really? I thought that was one of the most

hilariously bad movies ever.

Arthur keeping his armor on to have sex. The pineapples at a pre-medieval banquet.

[MFM008]

3. It has its good moments.

.....

[Blue_Tires]

9. Nevermind the fact that Helen Mirren is a sex machine...

[sarge43]

4. That wasn't Arthur.

It was his father, Uther. Further, that wasn't sex; it was rape. Finally, the genitals weren't restricted by the faulds, the skirting around the cuirass. Otherwise, knights couldn't urinate.

Pineapples in medieval Europe? Yup, made the same mistake in The Lion in Winter. You'll never find total authenticity in any film about the middle ages. Don't get me started on the heraldry.

Back on the subject: Williamson was a limited actor, can't imagine him doing comedy. However, in his comfort zone, he was terrific. Loved him in The Seven Percent Solution.

[Blue_Tires]

10. I saw this in 11th grade English in 1994...

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My kooky teacher was actually pausing and rewinding that scene like John Madden with a telestrator...

"AND NOTE HERE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN UTHER'S CLIMAX AND THE DUKE'S DEATH WHICH OCCUR AT THE EXACT SAME MOMENT! SEE HOW THE EXPRESSIONS ON EACH MAN'S FACE ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL...!"

And this was an ultra-conservative Catholic school, by the way

[sarge43]

11. Great catch.

I'll have to dig out the DVD and watch that scene again.

Was that kooky teacher a nun?

[Blue_Tires]

12. Nah, our teaching staff was all secular except for one person

[Pope George Ringo II]

6. Carmina Burana.

The score makes up for a lot. When the drawbridge goes down just as the kettle drums go off, it's transcendent.

[sarge43]

8. Yes

As Arthur and his knights ride to their last battle, the king is healed; the land is reborn.

[Aristus]

7. Despite being a film with more bad parts than good parts,

I've always loved the movie.

It introduced me to the music of Richard Wagner.

I love the green-tinted moments of supernatural power.

And the finale, scored to Siegfried's Funeral March and set against that blood-red sunset, is amazingly moving.

[Number9Dream]

5. Enjoyed him in "The Seven Percent Solution"