March was a very busy month. With me working almost every
day there was little time for movies so I only got to watch a relative handful
and didn't make it out to the theater at all! Disappointing, to say the least.
The most recent film I caught was last year's LEGEND OF
HERCULES which I had been lead to believe was awful but I found it to be a
wonderful throwback to classic 1960's style peplum. It recalls the older form
of these movies down to even having a really terrible lion that attacks
Hercules only to be bested by the demigod! Of course, this being the 21st
century, the lion is bad CGI instead of a bad lion throw-rug but the
unintentional amusement is the roughly the same. Even with this dodgy scene the
film is pure sword & sandal fun with a solid storyline, competent acting
and great fights - I really enjoyed it. In fact, it may be the first film
directed by Renny Harlin I have every fully embraced. Well- I liked DEEP BLUE SEA and I found his version of the EXORCIST prequel
interesting but with crapfests like CUTTHROAT
ISLAND , THE LONG KISS
GOODNIGHT and MINDHUNTERS on his resume he has little to be proud of. Do people still defend DIE HARD 2 and CLIFFHANGER?
GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER
(1971)- 5 (rewatch)
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW (1944)-
7 (fun comedy/fantasy)
THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
(1961)- 9 (Sergio Leone's sword & sandal epic)
TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS
(1983)- 5
URSUS IN THE LAND OF FIRE (1963)- 7
THE BOY WHO CRIED WEREWOLF
(1973) - 6
WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS
(1965)- 4 (rewatch)
THE TOWN THAT DREADED
SUNDOWN (1976) - 7
THE LEGEND OF HERCULES
(2014)- 7 (solid peplum -that CGI lion was bad, but...)
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