Quest for Camelot (1998)

Sadly Over-hyped

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

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot is an example of a Disney rip-off, but the animation is good, and the CGI, well, it needs a little improving. And the characters' design are alright but Ruber's henchmen have some impressive designs. Since, this film did have references from other Disney animated films like "Aladdin", "The Lion King", and even "Beauty and the Beast". But still other films that aren't Disney related still got references from are "Godzilla", and "Dirty Harry". The film's humour needs a little touching up. Plus, Ruber makes a good villain, but his insanity is way off.The film's plot somehow comes off track at times, and that's how it flopped at the box-office. But on the bright side, "The Prayer" is nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. So in conclusion, The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot is not a bad film, but it's an Okay film. I mean, the filmmakers did their effort of making the film. I'm giving this film 5/10

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

There were many movies that told the legend of King Arthur of England. The Sword in the Stone was probably one of the best examples for this legend. And there was another one called Quest for Camelot- Wait a minute! Quest for Camelot?!! This movie wasn't great, this movie sucked! Why am I saying this? Oh, you're going to find out in a moment...1) Songs, songs, and more songs. Oh, I'm sorry, this is a musical adventure. None of the songs made any sense at all. They would make Tom and Jerry the Movie look like the Music Man or The Titanic Animated Trilogy look like Singin' in the Rain! 2) Rip-offs by the dozen. I spy with my eye the main character who looks like Belle from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. There is no escaping the rip-offs! 3) Abysmal dialog. Read this following quote: "You've got to ask yourself 'Do I feel Clucky?' Well, do you punk?" Stupid. Absolutely stupid, movie! You're ripping off one of Clint Eastwood's best lines and then you inserted "Clucky" instead of "Lucky". If Clint Eastwood were to hear that, he would've said "Boy, do I feel unlucky today. One minute, I was the star of Dirty Harry and that next thing I know, my line gets stolen by an ax-chicken with the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog from that horrible TV series "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog". Ungrateful punks." This movie is so unbelievably bad that it left the Nostalgia Critic making two nuclear explosions and go on a shooting spree involving Disney characters(Note: for the record, that was played for laughs and no beloved Disney characters were harmed during the making of the Nostalgia Critic episode reviewing this movie)! If I were one of those people working at Warner Bros Studios, I would've stopped the numb-nuts from making this fire-breathing monstrosity that is Quest for Camelot.

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.