Reviewing Movies

In Season 4 of a projected 5-Season story-arc much of what we have heard
about the legend of Arthur is touched upon. (It has already been
announced that the show ends with Season 5.) Uther dies, Arthur is
crowned king, Lancelot has a tryst with Gweneviere betraying Arthur,
Arthur marries her anyway, and the season ends with the Sword in the
Stone. It is one thing to know that TV and Movies are rarely shot in
sequence but it is quite another to know that Camelot is located in a
backlot at Cardiff Studios in Wales and Arthur's Castle is located in
Brittany, France where scenes for an entire Season of programs is shot
in one session lasting weeks. As often happens as the popularity of a
show increases so does its budget and the complexity of the CGI effects
used to create it. The backbone of the program remains the by-play
between Merlin and Arthur both now in their mid-twenties. The fact that
they are made peers allows us to see them grow and mature together in
their relationship with one another and in their mastery of the duties
allotted them. The show retains the light-hearted banter that has
characterized it from the beginning and touches on the more serious
aspects of the story without getting heavy. It remains a family oriented
program.