I am a huge fan of Arthurian Legend and when I was given the chance to watch and review one of my favorite childhood movies I jumped at the chance. The opinions expressed are 100% my own.

I have a collection of about 30 or so books about King Arthur including T. H. White’s The Once and Future King which was the source material for the Sword in the Stone. The Sword in the Stone was actually book one of White’s series of four novels. In that novel as well as in this movie we are introduced to Arthur, who goes by “Wart” a small boy who is being raised by Sir Ector and who is foster-brother to Sir Kay. Wart is destined to become King Arthur and Merlin the wizard teaches him many lessons that he will need to become a great and just King.

The other day I watched this movie with Andrew. He was pretty into it, too.

It was fun to see the movie again after so many years. The animation on Blu-ray was crisp and clear and the storyline fun and entertaining. Seeing Wart come into his own after learning so many lessons from Merlin was, if you mind the pun, uplifting. What I’ve always loved about the story of King Arthur is that he rises up from obscurity to become a great leader after learning what a great leader should be through Merlin’s tutelage. This movie tells us that story of how he becomes that leader through learning about scientific principles, compassion and using brains over brawn. I love watching it and am happy to see it out on Blu-ray.

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