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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 2, 2021 19:33:14 GMT
Nearly every one was mentioned so I'll just name a couple my previously mentioned favorites
Quo Vadis - I don't like Robert Taylor and I didn't really like him in this. Seen a quote about him before "Taylor runs the gamut of emotions, from A to B". So a movie has to have a lo for me to like it when I don't like the lead. Peter Ustinov hams it up as Nero, but is great fun. And the martyrdom scenes are epic.
Jason and the Argonauts. Oh, he acting is not good. But Ray Harryhausen's monsters are great. Who needs CGI
And does I, Claudius count?
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Apr 2, 2021 19:46:06 GMT
Colossus of Rhodes (Sergio Leones first directorial role) He also did The Last Days of Pompeii before that but went uncredited. I have it lying around but haven't watched (though I'm hoping it'll be the good Pompeii movie). The special effects in Colossus of Rhodes are pretty amazing for their time. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Apr 2, 2021 19:49:50 GMT
The Fall of the Roman Empire is solid. Major influence on Gladiator.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 2, 2021 21:41:07 GMT
Alexander (Final Cut or Ultimate Cut) Troy Gladiator Risen Rome (HBO series) Cleopatra The Egyptian Quo Vadis The Robe Demetrius and the Gladiators Ulysses (another good Kirk Douglas role) Hannibal (Victor Mature) The Silver Chalice (Paul Newman disowned it but it’s worth a watch for Jack Palance alone) If you can put up with dubbed dialogue and cheap production budgets, a lot of the old Italian Peplum films are entertaining. Some are actually really well done. Fury of Achilles (this is actually one of the better portrayals of Achilles) Colossus of Rhodes (Sergio Leones first directorial role)Hercules (Steve Reeves) Hercules Unchained Giant of Marathon
The SlaveLion of Thebes There are a ton more, if you have prime they are a rabbit hole of fun, most are in bad shape visually but if you get into them I think the Italians kept cranking them out until they switched to spaghetti westerns. Especially good for their genre. And yes, definitely watch The Fall of the Roman Empire. It's one of the most underappreciated Hollywood epics ever.
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Post by vegalyra on Apr 2, 2021 23:43:31 GMT
Alexander (Final Cut or Ultimate Cut) Troy Gladiator Risen Rome (HBO series) Cleopatra The Egyptian Quo Vadis The Robe Demetrius and the Gladiators Ulysses (another good Kirk Douglas role) Hannibal (Victor Mature) The Silver Chalice (Paul Newman disowned it but it’s worth a watch for Jack Palance alone) If you can put up with dubbed dialogue and cheap production budgets, a lot of the old Italian Peplum films are entertaining. Some are actually really well done. Fury of Achilles (this is actually one of the better portrayals of Achilles) Colossus of Rhodes (Sergio Leones first directorial role) Hercules (Steve Reeves) Hercules Unchained Giant of Marathon The Slave Lion of Thebes There are a ton more, if you have prime they are a rabbit hole of fun, most are in bad shape visually but if you get into them I think the Italians kept cranking them out until they switched to spaghetti westerns. Awesome recommendations, thanks! I'm more interested in the older ones anyway, so this is good. Risen was a surprisingly good one that I actually saw in theaters against my will and ended up being glad I went. I have Amazon Prime - many of them are on there? If you happen to have any specific titles on there you'd recommend first I'd love to see them. These are just the Italian ones that I can recommend, all of them are free and they've been on there for a long time. The larger bigger budget American films sporadically appear on Prime. Some of these are in really bad shape, like a VHS copy of a copy, but all are entertaining. One of the crimes of the fllm world is that very few of these films have been restored (to my knowledge) and I'm sure that the best elements may already be gone so that no future restorations may be possible. Here are some good free ones: Fury of Achilles The Giant of Marathon Lion of Thebes Mole Men Vs. The Son of Hercules Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon Those are a pretty good start. If you do a search on Prime for Gordon Mitchell, Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Mark Forest, those were some of the main American stars that took the title role for many of the Italian films.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 2, 2021 23:50:43 GMT
I'm not a big sandals fan but I like the sword & sorcery films that bring in fantasy elements. There's a lot of those I enjoy from the 1980s, particularly those produced by Roger Corman. I strongly recommend the 'Deathstalker' and 'Barbarian Queen' series. I also like the Italian films in that vein, like the 'Ator' series, though some of the barbarian pictures became adverts for flex muscle monthly.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 3, 2021 7:22:39 GMT
I'm not a big sandals fan but I like the sword & sorcery films that bring in fantasy elements. There's a lot of those I enjoy from the 1980s, particularly those produced by Roger Corman. I strongly recommend the 'Deathstalker' and 'Barbarian Queen' series. I also like the Italian films in that vein, like the 'Ator' series, though some of the barbarian pictures became adverts for flex muscle monthly. Oh yeah. I love a bit of the early and into the later 80s, sword and sorcery/fantasy films, which often would be either Corman produced, or italian, but also, I learnt (the hard way) that purchasing films like that, and only going for the coolest looking titles/artworks, would often lead me, onto some of the absolute worst films, I have ever seen. Still, I am very much agree on the Deathstalker franchise, especially the second one by Jim Wynorski, which is quite funny, more of a slapstick/comedy, and feels almost like it could have been written for Bruce Campbell in the lead. I also enjoy the animated 1983 Ralph Bakshi film, Fire and Ice:
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Post by gw on Apr 3, 2021 7:29:34 GMT
I would recommend the 1992 anime adaptation of Run Melos!. That may be a little known film but they've already mentioned the obvious ones like Gladiator, Jason and the Argonauts and 300 so that's the only one I can think of off the top of my head.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Apr 3, 2021 18:43:44 GMT
I’ve seen very few of these. I own Spartacus but haven’t watched it yet. Any particular movies you’d suggest looking into? Well seeing as how Spartacus is probably the best one, go watch it! Troy Gladiator Conan the Barbarian
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Post by sdrew13163 on Apr 3, 2021 19:14:33 GMT
I’ve seen very few of these. I own Spartacus but haven’t watched it yet. Any particular movies you’d suggest looking into? Well seeing as how Spartacus is probably the best one, go watch it! Troy Gladiator Conan the Barbarian I love Conan the Barbarian. Absolute classic. |
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Apr 3, 2021 21:51:53 GMT
HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD (Christopher Lee is the villain; directed by Mario Bava)
GOLIATH AND THE VAMPIRES (Gordon Scott in a fun, action-packed romp with horror elements)
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Post by politicidal on Apr 15, 2021 0:27:12 GMT
Another example that I just got finished watching was a tv miniseries about Attila the Hun from 2001. Gerard Butler played Attila and Powers Boothe is the Roman general that he comes into conflict with. Pretty good.
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Post by vegalyra on Apr 15, 2021 0:49:47 GMT
Hercules and the Captive Women was just released on blu-ray by the Film Detective. It's available on amazon. It's a really wonderful transfer and comes with a nice documentary, a very insightful commentary and the old MST3K episode that features this film.
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