Don't listen to the negative reviews

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is an intriguing look at the King Arthur legend and all its spin-offs. I believe the movie was based on a book of the same name, which purported to tell the story from the women's point of view. This view appears to include more magic and goddess culture than the standard version, and is quite an interesting interpretation, lending a "behind the scenes" feeling to the various plot twists. Angelica Huston is marvelous as the powerful Lady of the Lake, supported by an excellent cast (although I confess at times I found it a bit difficult to recall the players without a program). Lovely sets, costumes, hairstyles are icing on the cake.

I enjoyed this movie, but the book is even better. However, it does make you look at the Camelot stories in a different light. Morgaine was always made out to be an evil manipulative woman out to destroy King Arthur. This story gives a totally different perspective. You get to see how she was manipulated into having relations with Arthur without her knowledge. She had Mordred taken from her and raised by her sister to be a man who only wanted to destroy Arthur and Morgaine in order to take the throne and have power. In the end, Morgaine was the only person who truly cared about Arthur and made sure to take him home to Avalon at his death.

I'll admit readily that I am a bit of a purist when it comes to books and their film counterparts. However, this film was in my opinion a horrible mishmash that left out enormous chunks of crucial information from the book. I also thought that the casting was off. Morgaine is supposed to be short and of dark complexion. It is frequently noted in Marion Zimmer Bradley's excellent novel that Morgaine is taunted for being short and dark, "Like one of the faeries." Viviane is also supposed to be short and dark. I think that Angelica Huston is a wonderful actress, but she's simply too tall and pale to be Viviane. Story and casting aside, the costumes were all wrong as well. In the book the priestesses only wear three colors: black, blue, and white. It was just too colorful. Overall, I thought that this mini-series did the book no justice and was a horrible botch of what was such an amazing and enchanting novel.

I just got this DVD from my library last night and watched it. The two main conflicting Druid Sisters are despicable self-serving witches,who destroy everyone's lives! What is hilarious is that they hate the Christian religion because they say it blames woman for being the doorway to sin in the world. Well, DUH! Possible Spoiler ahead::::! It is also unbelievable that Morgraine would even WANT to continue her training as a priestess or worship a Mother Goddess who only caused terrible things to happen,and destroyed the lives of everyone she loved.I say Good Riddance to Avalon and a very depressing movie! It is pretty to look at,however,the only good point I can give it!