Quest for Camelot (1998)

B-grade Bad-guys ; Gnarly Forest!
The B-grade Bad-guys are devoid of motive and dimension---as is the wimpy waif of an Arthur. Yet the film has some endearing moments: the animation of the forbidden forest with its writhing tree limbs, monster-eating plants, grasping branches, and helicopter flowers, is charming (nothing quite like it in any of the Disney-forests); the two-headed dinasour who can never fly because it can never agree with itself (among the better of the animated world's comic side-kicks); and the reluctant romance between a blind forest-dweller (who reminded me a little of Tolkien's Bombadil) and the damsel he rescues---are a few of its unique and surprising highlights. The opening scene too---skimming across the wave-flecked ocean before suddenly rising up and over a huge promontary--- somehow creates a mood similar to the one I felt during "Castle in the Sky." Enchanted.

Great movie for kids,
I bought this for my grandchildren and they love it. They watch it all of the time.

"We are the reason why cousins should never marry."
Plot in a nutshell - Baron Ruber (voice of Gary Oldman) wants all the power & wealth in the land, is thus expelled from the Round Table for it, and vows revenge on King Arthur (voice of Bond star Pierce Brosnan) and all who inhabit his realm. Years later, Ruber steals the sword Excalibur and plunges Camelot into chaos. The only hope is Kayley (voice of Jessalyn Gilsig), the plucky, super cute farm girl tomboy teen-aged daughter of a Round Table knight Ruber killed years ago, who manages to rope a blind forester/former stable boy named Garrett (voice of Cary Elwes) and a two-headed dinosaur/dragon mutant (voiced by Don Rickles and Eric Idle) into helping her retrieve Excalibur. Comedy, chaos and mayhem ensues.

Maybe not the best animated feature ever made, but still enjoyable in its old fashioned Disney kind of way. Combination of traditional hand-drawn animation set against CGI backgrounds makes for a beautifully uneven visual feast. Characters are fairly likable and good-natured enough not to annoy anyone.

Based on the book "The King's Dam0sel" by the late Vera Chapman.