'I Loved You Once In Silence'

I totally agree. In the film, "Loved You Once In Silence" fits in with the dramatic plot and the simple orchestration (guitar) adds a touch of sadness and poignancy to Guenevere and Lancelot's decision to part ways for the better good and for Arthur. I have heard the Original Broadway Cast- Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Robert Goulet, and their "Loved U Once In Silence" is not as good. Vanessa Redgrave sounds dark, sad and beautiful. This is my favorite song in all the musical. It's so heart-breaking and beautiful.

Oh, onepotato2, your post made me laugh. Thanks !!

I have to agree re Julie. I've just rewatched "Camelot", and in the very first scene of Guinevere arriving in the litter I found myself thinking "I wonder why they didn't get Julie Andrews for this part?" ... about fifteen seconds later, it was bloody obvious why. Vanessa Redgrave was beautiful and like honey in all sorts of ways, and you could readily believe that both Richard Harris and Franco Nero would be smitten with her. I had moments throughout the movie of wishing she'd been more capable as a singer, and other moments of admiring how they'd wrangled phrases or even whole songs into shapes that made them more achievable for her, but overall I was very glad indeed they weren't being shaped by that cat's-bum prissiness that Julie Andrews seems to have whenever she's trying to be serious.

I really agree with you about "My Fair Lady" as well. It's a monumental disappointment that they could take such a witty comedy of social observation and make it so turgid and slow and capital-w Worthy. Though in this case, I really wish they'd cast Julie Andrews, who could have done that role quite well, for the most part; she certainly would have been streets ahead of Audrey Hepburn, who I think was appallingly bad in that role. She couldn't sing, she couldn't handle the accent (she not only didn't sound like a genuine Cockney, she didn't sound like a genuine human-being for most of it) and she couldn't act the part or handle the comedy, so what the hell was the point of casting her ? Yeah I know, they cast her with the box-office in mind, but it's still really painful to watch.

And as for Harris, well, you summed it up for me: he didn't act the part so much as stage-whisper it. He looked good in the role, except that his blue eye-shadow constantly reminded me of my sister when she was 17, and used to wear blue eye-shadow and white lipstick and vinyl boots. Also, during his Shatner moments, he frequently looks at the camera, as if he's speaking directly to us, but his sightline always goes just slightly to the side of the lens, which was a ploy that just didn't work and actually annoyed the crap out of me. It made me want to wave my hands and shout "Oy! I'm over here!!"