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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2021 19:58:18 GMT
I finally saw it last night (well, last night and the night before and the night before that. This thing is long!) and I really liked it. It’s certainly dialogue heavy and perhaps a bit overly melodramatic, but I find the historical figures/events portrayed fascinating so I never felt bored. And man oh man this is the absolutely epitome of golden age Hollywood productions! politicidal wasn’t kidding, you can definitely see every penny on screen. That also helped with the length and talkiness of it. Even when the characters are droning on or the story is lagging there is always something gorgeous on screen (and not just Liz Taylor ). I was pretty blown away by all the sets and set pieces. I can’t believe this even got made. Makes Gladiator look like a high school film project. If only modern movies could have a fraction of this production value.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 18, 2021 20:11:25 GMT
I finally saw it last night (well, last night and the night before and the night before that. This thing is long!) and I really liked it. It’s certainly dialogue heavy and perhaps a bit overly melodramatic, but I find the historical figures/events portrayed fascinating so I never felt bored. And man oh man this is the absolutely epitome of golden age Hollywood productions! politicidal wasn’t kidding, you can definitely see every penny on screen. That also helped with the length and talkiness of it. Even when the characters are droning on or the story is lagging there is always something gorgeous on screen (and not just Liz Taylor ). I was pretty blown away by all the sets and set pieces. I can’t believe this even got made. Makes Gladiator look like a high school film project. If only modern movies could have a fraction of this production value.I agree it looks fantastic. I really do miss epics like this, and Ben-Hur; the Ten Commandments; King of Kings; Land of the Pharaohs; and The Fall of the Roman Empire where you just feel like you're transported to another time and place. Forgot my original point but I think the reason we don't see it done on that scale much anymore is because it is so expensive. I mean, even though Cleopatra was the top grossing movie of the year it still was a box office flop because it was so expensive. I think it has the dubious honor of being the only movie to accomplish that;someone correct me if I'm mistaken.
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Post by timshelboy on Jun 18, 2021 21:46:49 GMT
Seen the full thing once on tv about 40 years ago - 4/10 - but would give it another whirl now as I have the sort of screen the spectacle would be enhanced by. Vaguely recall her as pretty good (although she'd clearly entered her Kaftan phase by then - too many Chasen's Chilis )and Harrison & McDowall standing out The only film my father ever walked out of at the cinemas. The 34 DeMille does it far more entertainingly (midgets with whips etc) and in about half the time.
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