The Kid Who Would be King isn't a perfect film by any stretch, but I'm a big supporter of the director (big supporter here means, I think he's a decently cool guy?), and I love the movie's character arcs; those were terrific. I'm talking about it here because it's got one of the most brilliant urban fantasy conceits I've seen in my life: Merlin needs a special potion to gain strength, specifically consisting of beetle blood, beaver urine, and bone marrow; he finds everything he needs at a fast food restaurant because of how specific food additives were sourced!
If you don't think that's astonishingly clever then you should kindly close the door behind you, thank you.
Also the casting was just great, real quality child actors here. And Merlin's gesture-based magic. And really just everything about Merlin. More Merlin in the sequel pls.
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