dam, you are drunk and bored. i'd've given it 8/10, on a generous day . . .JohnG@lt wrote:
Fistful of Dollars 10/10
How can you not love the trilogy?burnzz wrote:
dam, you are drunk and bored. i'd've given it 8/10, on a generous day . . .JohnG@lt wrote:
Fistful of Dollars 10/10
High Plains Drifter is one of my favorite movies of all time (not part of the trilogy I know)
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
I prefered a few dollars more.
And of course GBU gets 10/10
And of course GBU gets 10/10
the spaghetti westerns were good for what they were, an italian directors vision of how the west was - i thoroughly enjoyed them, it's just i didn't see them as perfect movies.
perfect movies have tits in them.
perfect movies have tits in them.
Ahh well, yeah. I just think The Man With No Name is the best character the movie industry has produced.burnzz wrote:
the spaghetti westerns were good for what they were, an italian directors vision of how the west was - i thoroughly enjoyed them, it's just i didn't see them as perfect movies.
perfect movies have tits in them.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
i thought they were called spaghetti westerns as they were filmed in Italy where it was cheaper to film?....
agree on second point.
agree on second point.
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Italian director and filmed in Spain.m3thod wrote:
i thought they were called spaghetti westerns as they were filmed in Italy where it was cheaper to film?....
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
yeah, italian directors' take of westerns.
if you liked the soundtracks to old spaghetti westerns, check this upcoming album out
if you liked the soundtracks to old spaghetti westerns, check this upcoming album out
Actually, they were filmed in Spain. In fact, the scene in GBU where Blondie and Tuco blow up the bridge, that was done as a training exercise by the Spanish Army, which Leone was allowed to film for the scene.m3thod wrote:
i thought they were called spaghetti westerns as they were filmed in Italy where it was cheaper to film?....
agree on second point.
Im going in to the second season of rome now and I have to say I am largely unimpressed.lrishpride wrote:
Finished watching Rome. Epic.
Somebody please recommend me a similar series. Not too much to catch up and not more than 4 seasons.
Currently download Spartacus
Comparing Spartacus and Rome doesn't make sense. I question wether those that do have actually watched them both.. beyond an episode or two. Aside from being set in the same era, there isn't much to compare at all. Spartacus is centered around one house, and the arena... whereas Rome is focused on the political whole of the empire.
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Starman
nostalgia/10
nostalgia/10
Steep
10/10
a must see for any skier or snowboarder imo.
10/10
a must see for any skier or snowboarder imo.
both are fucking spectacularly fucking awfulKmar wrote:
Im going in to the second season of rome now and I have to say I am largely unimpressed.lrishpride wrote:
Finished watching Rome. Epic.
Somebody please recommend me a similar series. Not too much to catch up and not more than 4 seasons.
Currently download Spartacus
Comparing Spartacus and Rome doesn't make sense. I question wether those that do have actually watched them both.. beyond an episode or two. Aside from being set in the same era, there isn't much to compare at all. Spartacus is centered around one house, and the arena... whereas Rome is focused on the political whole of the empire.
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If you told me that you've watched either show just once i'd be spectacularly surprised. Tbh i wouldn't have thought those types of suspense dramas your cup of tea to begin with.Uzique wrote:
both are fucking spectacularly fucking awfulKmar wrote:
Im going in to the second season of rome now and I have to say I am largely unimpressed.lrishpride wrote:
Finished watching Rome. Epic.
Somebody please recommend me a similar series. Not too much to catch up and not more than 4 seasons.
Currently download Spartacus
Comparing Spartacus and Rome doesn't make sense. I question wether those that do have actually watched them both.. beyond an episode or two. Aside from being set in the same era, there isn't much to compare at all. Spartacus is centered around one house, and the arena... whereas Rome is focused on the political whole of the empire.
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I really don't see the appeal in either series tbh.
The classical period is such a fantastic time to stage a movie / series in but they all seem to fuck up. Bad dialogue, mediocre actors, bad fighting scenes (terrible filming mostly)... HOW
A movie about Crassus in Parthia f.ex. would be absolutely great to watch. Yet all we get stuck with is this drama bullshit or over the top 300 stuff...
The classical period is such a fantastic time to stage a movie / series in but they all seem to fuck up. Bad dialogue, mediocre actors, bad fighting scenes (terrible filming mostly)... HOW
A movie about Crassus in Parthia f.ex. would be absolutely great to watch. Yet all we get stuck with is this drama bullshit or over the top 300 stuff...
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Gladiator did alright.
That classical period has a lot of potential, I'll admit that. But to say they all sucked? I liked the over the top action. I love all those classical stories and have read quite a few of them, but I don't feel that all those movies and tv-shows rape the story and even if they do, I don't care.
It's true that could do so much more with them, but i don't mind what we have now
That classical period has a lot of potential, I'll admit that. But to say they all sucked? I liked the over the top action. I love all those classical stories and have read quite a few of them, but I don't feel that all those movies and tv-shows rape the story and even if they do, I don't care.
It's true that could do so much more with them, but i don't mind what we have now
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There is a lot of violence and heterosexual sex.. i'm sure the appeal escapes you.dayarath wrote:
I really don't see the appeal in either series tbh.
The classical period is such a fantastic time to stage a movie / series in but they all seem to fuck up. Bad dialogue, mediocre actors, bad fighting scenes (terrible filming mostly)... HOW
A movie about Crassus in Parthia f.ex. would be absolutely great to watch. Yet all we get stuck with is this drama bullshit or over the top 300 stuff...
If I wanted to realism i'd reach for a book or documentary .. and I do.
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Yeah, great movie, but that's just one in a sea of shit
inane little opines
Kmar wrote:
If I wanted to realism i'd reach for a book or documentary
Kmar wrote:
There is a lot of violence and heterosexual sex.. i'm sure the appeal escapes you.
Well usually I'm all over that but once it's set in Roman era it just loses it's appeal.
don't get me wrong though, I loved 300, just wish that for once they'd come up with a good story / good filming using the period.
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Well, 300 was based on a comic, but I get your point.dayarath wrote:
Kmar wrote:
There is a lot of violence and heterosexual sex.. i'm sure the appeal escapes you.
Well usually I'm all over that but once it's set in Roman era it just loses it's appeal.
don't get me wrong though, I loved 300, just wish that for once they'd come up with a good story / good filming using the period.
dayarath wrote:
Kmar wrote:
There is a lot of violence and heterosexual sex.. i'm sure the appeal escapes you.
Well usually I'm all over that but once it's set in Roman era it just loses it's appeal.
don't get me wrong though, I loved 300, just wish that for once they'd come up with a good story / good filming using the period.
It's based on folklore, so you're going to get folklore. It's the same over the top stuff you get with asian films with wires ..etc. If you go into these movies/shows knowing that, it makes them more tolerable.
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it's not a suspense drama. it's a lowbrow shitty cash-in on the back of movies like 300, and it's nothing but whimsical, gratuitous nonsense for geeks and people with a passing interest in ancient history to get a boner over.Kmar wrote:
If you told me that you've watched either show just once i'd be spectacularly surprised. Tbh i wouldn't have thought those types of suspense dramas your cup of tea to begin with.Uzique wrote:
both are fucking spectacularly fucking awfulKmar wrote:
Im going in to the second season of rome now and I have to say I am largely unimpressed.
Comparing Spartacus and Rome doesn't make sense. I question wether those that do have actually watched them both.. beyond an episode or two. Aside from being set in the same era, there isn't much to compare at all. Spartacus is centered around one house, and the arena... whereas Rome is focused on the political whole of the empire.
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Suspense drama is exactly what it is. .. although it might be some of the other things you mentioned. Its funny you mentioned people who watch these shows have a passing interest in history. Spartacus was recommended to me by someone who has a passing interest in history and knows I also like history. I guess there are people who do feel better informed by watching those types of shows. However when you try to talk in depth about ancient rome (or whatever) it is complete fail. .. that sounds a little pompous, but whatever. Its true. Have you ever had to try and balance the line of accuracy and not sounding like an arrogant ass? Yea, I usually let them think what they want. HBO is rewriting history. History is pop culture. .. I guess.
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i do agree that HBO know what they're doing... but i don't know. i guess i just feel like other posters above - that so much more could be done with the period. you don't need to make it historically accurate or docu-drama like... but the real history provides some amazing stories, events, narratives and human drama. reducing rome and shit down to a series of poor clichés and lazy stereotypes just comes across to me as a bit uninspiring and just unentertaining, generally. i don't feel compelled or intrigued enough to watch it. it'll just be the same gratuitous gladiator violence, nude scenes and shitty bacchanalian excess. nothing that we didn't know and nothing that we weren't entertained by in ninth grade history class. a massive amount of potential but a clear lack of talent and real effort.
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