Quest for Camelot

Quest for Camelot (known as The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot in the United Kingdom) is a 1998 animated fantasy musical film directed by Frederik Du Chau and produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation. It is loosely based on the novel The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman, which is based on the Arthurian legend.

Plot
In this animated tale, Kayley (Jessalyn Gilsig) dreams of being one of the Knights of the Round Table; she gets her chance when the fabled sword of Excalibur is lost. Without its power to protect him, King Arthur falls victim to Ruber (Gary Oldman), an evil knight bent on destroying Camelot. Arthur's only hope is that Kayley will find the sword. She gets some invaluable assistance from Merlin's trusty falcon, a dragon with a split personality, and a sweet blindman named Garrett (Cary Elwes).

Bad Qualities

 * 1) One of the main problems with this film is that the writing is abysmal, as some of the plot details were never even explained, resulting to heaps of plot holes. There are so many of them that listing it will take forever, so here are just a few examples:
 * 2) * Why did Bladebeak become good when he helps Kayley break free? There's not a single scene where he regrets working with the villain.
 * 3) * During the scene where Ruber is preparing to turn his soldiers into weapon-fused monsters with a potion, he said that he obtained it from some witches. What witches?
 * 4) * It doesn't explain why the trees, vines, leaves or any other plants are somehow alive other than being magical.
 * 5) * When Lord Ruber dies after accidentally putting Excalibur back into the stone, the resulting burst of power heals everyone (including the dragons). If the sword has the power to heal, why didn't it cure Garrett's blindness?
 * 6) The film itself is an unoriginal Disney rip-off that doesn't even try to be it's own film and was made to cash in on the company's Renaissance days and simply tries to be like any other animated kids film rather than it's own original story. It also has extremely poor grasp of the source material.
 * 7) * In fact, the movie was originally going to be rated PG-13, as revealed by Lauren Faust (who helped work on this film), but Warner Bros. decided to "Disneyfy" it in order to compete with its rival.
 * 8) A lot of the characters are bland and/or don't contribute much value to the movie.
 * 9) * Kayley is not only a generic bland protagonist, she is also (as pointed out by the Nostalgia Critic) a rip-off of Belle from Beauty and the Beast, having a similar hairstyle, living on a farm with her one parent (which, in this case, is her mother), and having a similar motivation of wanting more out of her life.
 * 10) * Garrett is an extremely wasted potential for a disabled badass character, as he's the textbook definition of a Gary Stu. Despite the fact that he's blind, he doesn't have a single character flaw or weakness. Not one.
 * 11) * Kayley's mother, Merlin and Bladebeak are all bland and don't do much other than being filler characters.
 * 12) * Lord Ruber is easily one of the worst movie villains of all-time, even by animated movie standards. His insane personality is extremely inconsistent as sometimes he snaps at those around him while other moments have him acting calm and collected. Not to mention that his song is absolutely dreadful and one of (if not the) worst incorporated and written song in the film, and that's saying a lot.
 * 13) * Devon and Cornwall (the two-headed dragon) are not only unfunny comic relief characters, but they also throw in a lot of pop culture references such as Elvis and television in an attempt to be like the Genie from Aladdin and, during their song sequence, they even throw in a Lion King reference.
 * 14) The songs in this film are not only bad, but also come out of nowhere, like with Garrett's "Looking Through Your Eyes" and the Dragons' "If I Didn't Have You". Sometimes, they get played at inappropriate times, such as "The Prayer" (which plays during a chase scene) and the Superman Theme getting unnecessarily played when Devon and Cornwall fight the griffon. Most of them also feel like they were present, not because of how they suit the plot itself, but in order to copy Disney's formula.
 * 15) * To be fair, a ballad song like "The Prayer" playing over an action-packed chase scene could've worked, only when the scene in question is set in slow-motion and the sound effects in the background are muted, because otherwise it'd result to a tonal disconnect.
 * 16) The animation, while good, can get a little, weird at times. For example, the animation for the characters doesn't flow naturally because their movements don't have enough of their bodies moving like they should, making them look like statues that came to life. And some scenes, like the town dance scene, have certain characters moving too fast while others don't move enough/at all (as well as people phasing through each other). And most of the CGI (especially the one for the rock ogre) has not aged well.
 * 17) The movie can't decide if it wants to be a Disney movie knock-off to cash in on their renaissance or a Warner Bros. film at heart, as the movie throws a lot of Warner Bros. cartoon references, such as the ACME name for the potion, a cameo from Red Hot Riding Hood and the brief Road Runner-like scene during the Dragons' song.
 * 18) Incredibly crappy dialogue, with a lot of bad lines such as Ruber's infamous "The ogre's butt!".

Good Qualities

 * 1) The animation, even if it doesn't meet Disney standards, is good due to it being worked on the same animators of The Iron Giant a year later.
 * 2) Decent voice acting, despite the talents being ruined. Even Gary Oldman claimed that he had fun in his voice role as Lord Ruber.
 * 3) The musical score, composed by Patrick Doyle, is pretty good mostly.
 * 4) * Even though it got started with this film and placed in the chase scene, "The Prayer" went on to become a really popular song, sung by Celine Dion in English and Andrea Bocelli in Italian.
 * 5) ** Speaking of the songs, while most of them are bad and come out of nowhere, some of them can be pretty good like "United We Stand", "On My Father's Wing" and "I Stand All Alone". Even songs like "Looking Through Your Eyes" and "The Prayer" and can be pleasing to listen to on their own.
 * 6) The concept of a fantasy film based on a King Arthur legend is an interesting one, if poorly executed.

Critical response
Quest For Camelot received mixed reviews from critics with a 45% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The websites critical consensus reads "Diminished by uneven animation and treacly songs, Quest for Camelot is an adventure that ought to be tossed back to the Lady in the Lake".

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