tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post7190972081733112409..comments2024-03-28T01:36:10.408-04:00Comments on Dancin' Dan On Film: Thursday Movie Picks - Ancient WorldDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-21368891659341723532017-03-22T09:36:51.555-04:002017-03-22T09:36:51.555-04:00I definitely use the "So let it be written, s...I definitely use the "So let it be written, so let it be done" line AT LEAST once or twice a week hehehe. I bought the Blu-Ray of Cleopatra specifically for the behind-the-scenes features and WOW are they worth it. Although people talking about it as some glorious triumph of cinema are clearly deluding themselves.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-4145129346687059242017-03-22T09:30:13.385-04:002017-03-22T09:30:13.385-04:00It is more worth your time to watch The Ten Comman...It is more worth your time to watch The Ten Commandments again than to watch Cleopatra for the first time. Trust me.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-59571876077385878462017-03-22T09:29:35.483-04:002017-03-22T09:29:35.483-04:00LOL. I hate when people accuse that movie of being...LOL. I hate when people accuse that movie of being blasphemy. It's freaking HILARIOUS!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-89646208588180765372017-03-22T09:29:06.120-04:002017-03-22T09:29:06.120-04:00LOVE both Yvonne de Carlo and Martha Scott in Ten ...LOVE both Yvonne de Carlo and Martha Scott in Ten Commandments, both playing beautifully subtle while everyone else is chewing the scenery. Cedric Hardwicke is great, too, as are the inimitable Judith Anderson and Nina Foch. And John Derek and Debra Paget make for a too-beautiful pair of young lovers. I could go on and on (AND ON) about this, I love it so much...<br /><br />I really need to see Quo Vadis. Land of the Pharoahs sounds like fun, too. I feel like I've seen part of Demetrius and the Gladiators, but it may have been something else...Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-27835869961403740282017-03-22T09:24:21.224-04:002017-03-22T09:24:21.224-04:00They are definitely an acquired taste!They are definitely an acquired taste!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-60518689262798061942017-03-16T20:32:29.738-04:002017-03-16T20:32:29.738-04:00Silly is: I did mine at work, too. Lol.
I love it ...Silly is: I did mine at work, too. Lol.<br />I love it when you mentioned all those Egyptian world. It's a very intriguing world to be filmed.<br />I love Ten Commandments! I love it that you picked it over Exodus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-91220363056278185142017-03-16T19:52:17.492-04:002017-03-16T19:52:17.492-04:00I've seen all 3 and we match with the Ten Comm...I've seen all 3 and we match with the Ten Commandments! I always become ha,my and say "Moses...Moses, you incredible fool, you" in lip glossy scene stealing way Anne Baxter does it. I also often say " Do shall it be written....so shall it be done" usually standing the same way as good ole Yul. I love Edward G saying his lines in the best New York accent. I love this film and the green Angela of death still freak me out. Cleopaterererererer...zzzzzzz it is more fun reading about all the behind the scenes antics than watching this flick but it's still something to see good old Liz in gold. I must see Life of Brian again. I find them hilarious and so intelligent. .."We are all individuals!.......I'm not"Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-70927148099810329922017-03-16T16:28:06.742-04:002017-03-16T16:28:06.742-04:00Life of Brian is fantastic, I can't believe I ...Life of Brian is fantastic, I can't believe I didn't think of it. Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-50014733032541551012017-03-16T16:05:44.805-04:002017-03-16T16:05:44.805-04:00I love Life of Brian. Such a funny film, that is. ...I love Life of Brian. Such a funny film, that is. The last time I watched The Ten Commandments was probably 30 years ago. Time for a revisit...maybe. Cleopatra is one I keep meaning to get to, but haven't.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-76854086058759499322017-03-16T16:00:31.863-04:002017-03-16T16:00:31.863-04:00Life of Brian. I picked that as well... how can a...<i>Life of Brian</i>. I picked that as well... how can anyone not love that fucking movie? Unless you're some overly-religious twat like Kirk Cameron.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-28303978432607070872017-03-16T11:36:05.944-04:002017-03-16T11:36:05.944-04:00Ten Commandments really is THE apex of Biblical ep...Ten Commandments really is THE apex of Biblical epics. Love your descriptions of the various players, the kicker of course is that the person who should make the most sense-E.G. Robinson-sticks out like a sore thumb. It contains some fine subtle work by Yvonne de Carlo, Martha Scott and a few others but who remembers them when a tarted up Eve Harrington is playing to the back row of the theatre across the street! <br /><br />Cleopatra is without question an eyeful but it is also mostly a snoozer. Roddy McDowell & Rex Harrison commit to their roles but the bloat swallows them up. Liz looks astonishing too bad she practically sunk a studio to achieve it!<br /><br />I'm not a monster Monty Python fan but I did enjoy Life of Brian in all its wackiness.<br /><br />I'm a huge fan of ancient world films particularly Biblical epics and will give any of them a try but my sweet spot is 50's spectacle so that's what my three consist of this week:<br /><br />Quo Vadis? (1951)-Huge, impressive epic of Nero’s (Peter Ustinov) reign and his persecution of the Christians. Against the broader scale of the story (with amazing sets and a literal cast of thousands) is the tale of Roman general Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) who falls in love with the Christian Lygia (Deborah Kerr) and slowly adopts her religion, a very dangerous decision for the time. Vast in scope with pageantry and a human feel that can’t be replicated by CGI that thanks to the direction and performances, Leo Genn is particularly fine as Marcus’s Uncle Petronius, remains more accessible than many similar films of the period. <br /><br />Land of the Pharaohs (1955)-Hooty nonsense about the building of the Great Pyramid in ancient Egypt. Packed with quality British actors, including Jack Hawkins, James Robertson Justice and Sydney Chaplin, extravagantly playing to the back row and best of all (well most campily of all anyway) a young and very beautiful Joan Collins vamping it up as the pharaoh’s wife Nellifer. To say she’s good would be a stretch but she sure is entertaining. The usually excellent Howard Hawks doesn’t seem to have a handle on the pace of the story so despite the florid ridiculousness of the picture it occasionally drags.<br /><br />Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)-Fictional sequel to The Robe picks up where that film ended. The movie follows two stories: faithful Demetrius (Victor Mature) the soldier converted to Christianity in the first picture is pressed into being a gladiator and catches the eye of the salacious Messalina (Susan Hayward) wife of Emperor Caligula’s uncle which causes a crisis of conscience. Meanwhile the mad Caligula pursues Jesus’s robe believing it to have magical powers. Star-studded if improbably cast (i.e. Ernest Borgnine as a Roman centurion) with future stars Anne Bancroft and Julie Newmar appearing briefly. Nicely produced if a bit overblown.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507748677937404511.post-86415561517284383922017-03-16T10:48:27.753-04:002017-03-16T10:48:27.753-04:00I hope you're staying warm!
I haven't see...I hope you're staying warm!<br /><br />I haven't seen any of these films and I feel like I've said that on every single post I've visited today. I suck with ancient world movies. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.com