(Formerly "Your Favorite") Sword and ______ Movies

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Sergeant Rock

#40
October 17, 2011, 12:43:04 PM
Quote from: Todd on October 17, 2011, 12:19:15 PM
Don't be hatin' on The Beastmaster.

Oh, I don't hate it! Quite the contrary: it has Tanya Roberts. Any film with Tanya Roberts gets a five star rating from me. I even love Sheena  8)


Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Mn Dave

#41
October 17, 2011, 01:10:08 PM
Quote from: Todd on October 17, 2011, 12:37:56 PM

Dude, it's got a young Qui-Gon Jinn!

And a cyclops!

One can smell the Velveeta.

Nice!

Cato

#42
October 17, 2011, 06:22:15 PM
What about the Gerard Butler"epique"   300 ?

Any fans?

Apparently a kind of partner movie is due out on November 11th: Immortals.
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Todd

#43
October 17, 2011, 07:07:21 PM
Quote from: Cato on October 17, 2011, 06:22:15 PMWhat about the Gerard Butler"epique"   300 ?


It's so bad I couldn't watch more than 20 minutes of it.  Immortals, though, is directed by Tarsem Singh, and may have some redeeming features.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Mn Dave

#44
October 18, 2011, 04:27:21 AM
I watched 300 all the way through and had a good time. But I think I'd just read Pressfield's Gates of Fire so had some interest in watching this version of the battle. 300 is based on a Frank Miller graphic novel, the same guy who wrote The Dark Knight Returns (Batman) and other good comic book stuff.

Grazioso

#45
October 18, 2011, 04:42:22 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 18, 2011, 04:27:21 AM
I watched 300 all the way through and had a good time. But I think I'd just read Pressfield's Gates of Fire so had some interest in watching this version of the battle. 300 is based on a Frank Miller graphic novel, the same guy who wrote The Dark Knight Returns (Batman) and other good comic book stuff.

I thought 300 was visually interesting and kind of fun the first time through. It's also so very rife for parody, and I actually prefer the impressively stupid, vapid spoof



Same story but with Carmen Electra and a few good jokes :P

Either way, Pressfield's finely crafted book Gates of Fire is a much better, smarter alternative to 300.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mn Dave

#46
October 18, 2011, 04:45:43 AM
Quote from: Grazioso on October 18, 2011, 04:42:22 AM
I thought 300 was visually interesting and kind of fun the first time through.

Yep.

QuoteEither way, Pressfield's finely crafted book Gates of Fire is a much better, smarter alternative to 300.

Definitely. Have you read any of his other books? Thoughts?

Grazioso

#47
October 18, 2011, 05:21:21 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 18, 2011, 04:45:43 AM
Definitely. Have you read any of his other books? Thoughts?

I haven't but hope to. I was very impressed with Gates of Fire, a smart, literate page-turner. Unlike 300, which stays true to the simple archetypes of comic books, Pressfield really humanizes the warriors and fleshes out their culture.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

snyprrr

#48
October 19, 2011, 12:16:01 PM
Quote from: chasmaniac on September 20, 2011, 04:20:27 AM
Surely those are Beastmasters in the photograph.

uh... what?,... uh,... did you say something?,... uh...uh, oh yea, yes yes, quite true!

Brian

#50
October 20, 2011, 02:59:40 PM
Quote from: Todd on October 17, 2011, 07:07:21 PM

It's so bad I couldn't watch more than 20 minutes of it.  Immortals, though, is directed by Tarsem Singh, and may have some redeeming features.

Any mention of Tarsem Singh is an excuse to ask the general readership what they think of The Fall.

Grazioso

#51
October 21, 2011, 05:26:51 AM
Quote from: Cato on October 17, 2011, 06:22:15 PM
What about the Gerard Butler"epique"   300 ?

Any fans?

Apparently a kind of partner movie is due out on November 11th: Immortals.

Saw an ad for this last night. Does not look promising at all, based on that admittedly scanty information.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mn Dave

#52
October 28, 2011, 07:29:13 AM
Todd will be happy to know that there will be a THOR 2.

Mn Dave

#53
October 28, 2011, 07:31:16 AM
Oh, and CAPTAIN AMERICA? I haz it.  ;D

Todd

#54
October 28, 2011, 07:33:02 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 28, 2011, 07:29:13 AMTodd will be happy to know that there will be a THOR 2.


Fuckin' sweet!
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Mn Dave

#58
October 31, 2011, 04:21:24 AM
Well, Captain American wasn't bad but it wasn't ALL THAT either. It's rather goofy with its super-nazis.

Todd

#59
October 31, 2011, 06:19:34 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on October 31, 2011, 04:21:24 AMIt's rather goofy with its super-nazis.



It would have been super with goofy Nazis.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya
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