In an attempt to teach Arthur the importance of education, brains over brawns, and many sequences of being an animal chased by other animals, all of Merlin's lessons seem to having nothing to do with pulling the sword out of the stone and becoming king.

The Sword in the Stone's job seems to be showing kids why parents and teachers interact with them the way they do; they want them to learn. But each sequence of transforming into an animal only goes so far. It doesn't feel too different to Sylvester and Tweedy or Tom and Jerry. Almost the entire movie was a compilation of these sequences, that it started feeling repetitive. There was nothing new about it (beside from having a different setting and different animals).

Arthur's child labor with Sir Pellinore, and him being picked on and disrespected gives that Rags to Riches beginning to it. But the climax where Sir Pellinore apologizes and Kay accepts him, doesn't feel that much of a climax. This scene of becoming king felt unearned and forced. I feel a large disconnect between all of Merlin's lessons and the becoming king scene. You have this compilation of cartoon action sequences followed by this climax, and that's no way to do a movie.