When I was in Germany several of the people working in that office were from the UK. I’ve always considered myself a serious MP fan but these guys are freaking monsters. In the evening in the hotel bar one person might make a quote then everyone else would go straight into his favorite bit. The overall favorite seemed to be the “what did the Romans ever do for us” bit from Life of Brian.
So I’m all alone in my room watching Excaliber. And they show the scene where Arthur breaks the sword on Lancelot and he throws it in the lake. Then the Lady of the Lake emerges with the sword. And all I can think is “I’m supposed to call you king just because some watery tart throws a swrod at you?”
An interesting twist on the same story is Mists of Avalon. Couldn’t make it through the book, but the movie ain’t bad…once you accept the premise. It makes the *Excalibur * version seem ridiculous.