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Merlin's Apprentice - Trashes the Camelot Legend
Any fan of the Camelot legend will be appalled by this movie. Typical of today's thinking, where everything good must be twisted into bad, this movie portrays Camelot, and everyone associated with it, as an evil which must be vanquished from the Earth.. <
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> The Lady of the Lake, a wise and benign character in the Camelot legend, is the evil sorceress in this movie - in the same manner as Queen Mab in the first movie. Indeed, the Lady of the Lake is even played by the same actress playing Queen Mab in the first movie (Miranda Richardson). <
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> In this movie, Merlin (once again played by Sam Neill) can only be described as confused, incompetent, and even pathetic - an obvious attempt to dismiss the old (Merlin) and bring in the new (Jack). However, the portrayal of the elderly as confused and incompetent is simply insulting. Luckily for viewers, this wretched character is killed in the first half of the movie, leaving Merlin's untrained apprentice as the focal point for magic throughout the remainder of the movie. <
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> The apprentice, Jack (played by John Reardon), a thief and rogue with few redeeming characteristics, soon learns Melin and the Lady of the Lake are his parents (a magical union) and the source of his burgeoning magic. Brianna, his masculine girlfriend (played by Meghan Ory), dressed as a man (Brian) seeking knighthood (mediaeval gender wars), is absurdly able to easily defeat much larger and much stronger men in battle. <
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> Fairly early in the movie, Camelot is sacked and destroyed, leaving it's remaining people to flee, under the guidence of Jack, in a quest for the Holy Grail to restore Camelot. But, towards the end of the movie, everyone from Camelot is killed (very graphic violence), only to be brought back to life by the magical Holy Grail - each learning from their "mistakes" somewhere in the process. They swear to rebuild Camelot. <
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> The movie ends with the masculine Brian (or Brianna) in Jack's arms, both heading off to spend, to quote the movie, an "auspicious night for sowing the seeds of next year's harvest." <
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> In conclusion, this movie trashes the Camelot legend. The acting is poor. The story and script are simplistic. And one certainly hopes few will truly identify with the boorish, somewhat lowlife, characters in the movie (played so well by the seemingly analogous actors). Mixed into all this is a flood of gratuitous violence mixed with childlike humor (in a movie absolutely no child should see and most adults will want to skip), a talking pig, and other such absurd nonsense.

Inspiring if you can ignore a little of its cheesiness
As a previous reviewer mentioned, it doesn't really pick up where the last movie left off. In fact, the first movie does a great job of giving you the impression that the story is finished and that there is nothing left. <
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>That aside, the new movie is very enjoyable if you like this type of fantasy legend with idealism. There were many good one-liners and aphorisms one could live by. <
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>Near the end, it's a little too "Cinderella" in its idealism and the special effects look like old Disney effects in a way. But upon watching it for the second time, the message came shining through past some of the little problems. <
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>I am glad I bought it and have the first Merlin as well. It's no Lord of the Rings production, but the story behind this movie is golden and worth pondering. <
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>Very nice.