It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what it is about this movie that I didn't enjoy. It's not as though the storyline was bad or that the characters completely fell flat because of the actors. One of my favorite characters was the young Merlin. The main one, Alex, was probably the least interesting out of the bunch. There were a few amusing lines and I appreciated the complexity of the truth behind[spoiler] the boy's missing father; it was raw and real.[/spoiler] Maybe a big problem is that the pacing was way off for me personally and it was already an awfully long film for what it was. I don't know if in previous stories [spoiler]Morgana was somehow forced underground to turn into some sort of tree form, but I found that aspect odd; especially when later she suddenly turned into some sort of strange dragon. [/spoiler]The hand motions were great; they made me want to put on "The OA." Overall, this just made me want to watch the 1998 "Merlin" mini-series for probably like the 5th time.