Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Python Hyena Quest for Camelot (1998): Dir: Frederik Du Chau / Voices: Pierce Brosnan, Gary Oldman, Jane Seymour, John Gielgud, Cary Elwes: Artless animation about adventure lacking detail with a predictable story just to add insult to injury. Characters fail to come to life with voice talents struggling with half wit dialogue. Children will likely approach this disappointment anticipating adventure but for a funnier and better animated substitute, I recommend Mulan. Story regards the stolen sword Excalibur by the knight Ruber. Bent on following in her father's footsteps Kayley sets for Camelot to rescue her mother. In the Forbidden Forrest she is joined by a hermit named Garrett and a two-headed dragon that cannot agree on anything. Hopefully they will both agree that this is a pathetic excuse for an animation. Director Frederik Du Chau does his best with what little he has to work with. Voice talents who attempt to breathe life into these lifeless characters include Pierce Brosnan, Gary Oldman, Jane Seymour, and John Gielgud. Even Cary Elwes gets in on this to remind us that he was in a superior adventure called The Princess Bride. They have all done better films and will likely recover from this. Easily one of the worst animations to be released in a long while. It doesn't exist for any message other than that fifty cents could produce a superior film. It is plainly an animated failure rushed for release too soon. Score: 2 / 10

Robert This was just like an ordinary Disney classic... only difference was of course, it wasn't, per say. It was a tale based on the things we know and love. A princess, sort of. Something they need to save. A boy, who's blind, and ends up helping them. Dragons and an evil guy and it's all a classic.The only thing that bugged me was the songs that they sang every five minutes it seemed. As much as I enjoy a song or two, I just found it annoying that every conversation seemed to be turned into a song.However, despite all of that, there were many impressive scenes, lots of good 3d that was put to the test. Some excellent 3d in some of the action packed scenes.But all in all, it was okay. Not absolutely awesome, but okay.Rated 6/10.

Brendan Luck When I was growing up, this was my all time favourite animated movie. I just had a love for Cornwall and Devon, and all of the songs. Today, this movie doesn't hold up as well. I still am fond of the songs, and the overall message they are trying to convey to kids, but this movie is just so bland at times. The characters are your average cut and paste variety, with a few twists. Kayley (Jessalyn Gilsig) is the main character, who is your average spunky heroine who wants to be a knight. Garrett (Cary Elwes) is an angsty blind hermit, Cornwall and Devon (Eric Idle and Don Rickles) Are actually pretty funny, but sometimes are mildly annoying. Ruber (Gary Oldman) is an over the top, diabolical villain. See a lot of big names? Yes, because this film had so much potential with it's star cast which is full of talent. It just didn't work out though. The problem with the movie is that it's just plain bland. Nothing is fresh with this movie, nothing is innovative, nothing raises the bar for other movies. It's one of those movies that you see a commercial of, but no one talks about. The story is basic, but at times doesn't make sense. Warner Brother needed to realize that they weren't creating their own mythos, they needing to work with what they had, which was the setting of Camelot and the knights of the round table. They added in a bunch of things that were never in the book at all. It becomes so saturated with these kinds of things that it is barely recognizable to the book at all. The songs, in my opinion are fantastic. The talent of the singing cast really shows, with the voices of Celine Dion, Bryan White, Steve Perry, and Sarah Freeman, you can't go wrong. Sometimes the lyrics of the songs can get a little too syrupy or cheesy, but this film is intended for children. The problem arises when the songs serve no purpose. They just sing and the movie goes on like nothing occurred. It gets to a point where the songs are just in there to copy Disney's style, which I believe is what they were going for. In the end, Quest For Camelot is a decent movie. The problem is, that's all it will ever be. It tries too hard to be a Disney classic like Aladdin, but falls on it's face. I tried really hard to like this movie as I did when I was younger, but I just couldn't. It isn't torturous to watch this movie, but it isn't too fun either.

Genevieve Well, I finally saw it. And boy, it was nothing to sneeze at.(**Spoilers**) Now, I tried to give it a chance, I really did. Being a big fan of animated musicals, I tend to enjoy films of this genre. But sadly, the effort was wasted in this misshapen heap of a story. Now, for the positive side, I must say I thought the two-headed dragon was hilarious... Eric Idle and Don Rickles were simply perfect picks for their voices. However, the main characters were bland, and lacked a proper chemistry. Kayley was drastically out of place with the story. Her whole, "I wanna be a warrior" rant reminded me of Taran from "The Black Cauldron." Ladies were not knights, and did not sit with the men at the Round Table. And NO woman dressed like she did at that time. Garrett was the most boring, angsty piece of wood, it hurt. And, to top it all off, the two main characters fell in love in less than a day. (I'm sorry, but even for an animated film, that was way too rushed, considering how they got along in the first place. Ruber, the villain, was a lame, inept villain, who lacked a good motive. It was lame.The singing voices for the characters (not counting Devon and Cornwall (the two-headed dragon), and Ruber (the villain), who did their own singing) were all obviously different. And the songs came out of nowhere. I mean, one minute we have Kayley's dad telling her about Camelot, the next, the knights are parading and singing to Aurthur's castle. Yeah, that *TOTALLY* happens in real life. I know animated musicals have songs, but they're usually better done, and fit in with the storyline. The animation smelled... and I often saw re-used clips about three times over. And the colors were so washed out, it hurt.And the plot... hoo boy! Did these people even try and base it on the book it supposedly originated from? Now, I never read the book, but I read its summary, and the characters are barely anything like this. The plot is weak, watered down, and lame. I know the book was adult, but they could've made a kid-safe version of it. And Arthur and Merlin are in this for all of ten minutes, max.The only *really* catchy song in the film was "If I Didn't Have You", and the only really beautiful song was "The Prayer." This is sad because there were other songs scattered throughout the film. So yeah, this film tried so hard to be a Disney-clone, yet it couldn't hold the candle to other really good non-Disney films, like "The Swan Princess", "Thumbelina", "Anastasia", "Balto", and "Prince of Egypt."Case in point, don't waste your time. It's quite forgettable.