Why isn't Excalibur crap?Hastur wrote:That is my point. To me a crap historical movie lost it's appeal once I realized how much crap it was.Hwen Hoshino wrote:That makes it a crap historical movie, does not take away the craft that went into it.Hastur wrote:Most "historical" Epics are crap. Some are fine if you just disregard the historical pretensions and just see them as fantasy.
Take Braveheart for example. There is so much wrong with it. The cringe factor is unbearable.
The short period when big scale historical movies were cool
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Hwen Hoshino
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Hwen Hoshino
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Watched any of the Korean stuff i recommended?Mercury wrote:I think I see now, what you're getting at.
Recommend us some good Korean (or any) films in this genre.
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heydaralon
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Not a historical epic but I watched Memories of Murder. Pretty good South Korean movie but it was a little weird.Hwen Hoshino wrote:Watched any of the Korean stuff i recommended?Mercury wrote:I think I see now, what you're getting at.
Recommend us some good Korean (or any) films in this genre.
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TheReal_ND
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War of the Arrows
No idea if some of the trick shots shown in the movie are even possible.
No idea if some of the trick shots shown in the movie are even possible.
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Ph64
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A millennial I was working with back in 2005 was going to see the "new" King Kong movie. I said I wondered if they were going to kill him in the end like the original... She said "what do you mean the original?". Uhhh... 1933, Fay Wray?Fife wrote:Millennials, meh. Broaden your horizons. Start with some books, then see some movies.
She'd never heard of it, or the Kong vs Godzilla movies, or the 70s remake... I mean, classic stuff. Sigh. She thought it was a totally "new" thing.
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Kill the King
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War of the arrow looks bad ass. At fist thought it was going to be about the Khan's.
Recently saw the 50s movie of ben-hur. I thought it was entertaining. Anyone see the remake?
Recently saw the 50s movie of ben-hur. I thought it was entertaining. Anyone see the remake?
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TheReal_ND
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I watched those on satellite TV as a youngin. My dad insisted they were cool, I just wanted to get back to Thunder Cats.Ph64 wrote:A millennial I was working with back in 2005 was going to see the "new" King Kong movie. I said I wondered if they were going to kill him in the end like the original... She said "what do you mean the original?". Uhhh... 1933, Fay Wray?Fife wrote:Millennials, meh. Broaden your horizons. Start with some books, then see some movies.
She'd never heard of it, or the Kong vs Godzilla movies, or the 70s remake... I mean, classic stuff. Sigh. She thought it was a totally "new" thing.
Yeah I just rented it. I think I like the original better.Kill the King wrote:War of the arrow looks bad ass. At fist thought it was going to be about the Khan's.
Recently saw the 50s movie of ben-hur. I thought it was entertaining. Anyone see the remake?
The trailer I posted makes it seem almost like a kung fu movie but it's actually got a lot of story arch and character development for an action movie. I found it a nuanced view into feudal Korea.
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Kill the King
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As bad as HE-MAN
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Caligula is pretty good
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Some classics (I don't want to know how unrealistic they are)
Also, Braveheart is an awesome movie. Don't try to learn history from a movie.
Also, Braveheart is an awesome movie. Don't try to learn history from a movie.