Following the BBC the US television industry recalled that in the absence of anything new, you can access to the items that do not lose their relevance with time. For example, "The Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table," is truly fertile ground for adaptations.

The British, by the way, this status should be: historical background, cultural identity, the preservation of tradition and continuity. Adding to all this a bit of humor and refocus the series on the youth audience, the BBC got a hit on the adventures of a clumsy novice magician at the court of King Uther - "Merlin". Prince Arthur there is also present, along with the Knights and Lady Morgana, but the song is not about them, and about the formation of the great future of the wizard.

What Camelot: the plot of the series

The Americans decided to go the other way and thoroughness excel in recreating the legend, when conceived "Camelot." And the show once there are two problems: first - thoroughness and historical plausibility of the United States is treated in a very peculiar, and the second - a variety of versions of the legend. From the classic film adaptation of Malory this as far as Tvenovskie "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."

"Camelot" recreates the legend on the screen fits and starts, throwing drawing, and then went away to the side. King Uther, ruled by Britain, at a time the country with the barbarian brutal manners. Lusted after his neighbor's wife of the Duke of Tintagel - Lady Igraine, he decides to kill him. Igraine became his legal wife, but before giving birth to a son. Arthur's advisor at the insistence of Uther - Merlin - is given to education in another family, where it grows without knowing that he is a prince. After the death of Uther Merlin comes to Arthur, telling him about his origin and calls on the throne.

Arthur, though grew up away from court intrigues, has a light-minded, good humor and stupidity. Optimistic Merlin and obvious blindness of their environment absurd way lead him in an unfinished castle - the future of Camelot. All is good, but for the desire to own Britain to pay. Arthur many rivals in the fight for the throne, one of them his sister - Morgan, power-hungry and avenging the death of his mother - the first wife of Uther. The situation in the kingdom is heating up.

Talk about symbolism

Merlin on the series - a sorcerer. But the sorcerer conditioned. This was no one speaks openly, only know that it is dangerous and does not age. When Igraine accuses him that he helped take Uther appearance of her husband, he said that it is simply impossible. Morgan is the same as Merlin. She knows how to use the power that is not available to others. Basically, the manifestation of her ability lies in the fact that she walks at night in the woods naked and talking with the darkness. Even the sword in the stone, which held the Lady of the Lake, stuck for some reason on top of the waterfall.

All the magic in "Camelot" is symbolic and that symbolism is much spoils the story. Arthur is like a spoiled boy who can hardly be held accountable for their actions, not something for the actions of the army. Merlin like a fanatic idealist with his desire to bring to power a person of pure heart, but not half so reasonable, as required by the situation. Morgan behaves like a clouded mind nymphomaniac I'm a nymphomaniac: what to do? . Guinevere, the future Queen of Camelot, despite the charm, the surface seems to be very special, complementing its sheer stupidity Arthur. At the same time, Guinevere - a princess by birth - about her frivolous behavior can not guess, though she grew up with the prince in the same village.

In the series "Camelot" wonderful cast, which is one Eva Green as Morgana. Who could play as a witch? But, alas, it embodies Green on the screen and the ordinary woman, so if we turn to her acting work, it's not her fault that the character has turned out so mundane. Joseph Fiennes as Merlin's exactly the same as in the "Venetian merchant". It's not a drop of the great magician. Jamie Campbell Bower - King Arthur - created a beautiful image on the poster for the film and the screen. But if that was the great king of Britain, Britain may be sorry.

"Camelot" set the record ratings for the channel Starz, but whether the success will last a long time? The series is uneven, both in terms of the plot, and in terms of direction. It leaves a vague impression of what is happening on the screen. Even the actors can not iron out inconsistencies in the narrative and the obvious lack of thought of many scenes. "Camelot" combines professionalism with dilettantism, who are fighting with each other on the screen, losing, as usual, the audience.

Anna Chizh