The first one is sort of obvious.ġ) Jason and the Argonauts - With all due respect to the Harryhausen movie, part of what makes this so potentially enjoyable is the different directions the story could go. I’ll share three stories that could potentially be good movies. Obviously, many of these films are not exclusively live action, but the ones that work have an actual actor sparring with another that the weight feels right, and the slow-motion adds to the live action, instead of inert hordes of visual effects charging at each other.Īlso, I think the action works in Immortals. The live action component might seem outdated, especially with more movies using digital effects, but I find that’s the common factor in the re-watchability of these films. I think 300 works, but I could understand when people say it’s not good.
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Just to clarify, the distinction is between what works and what doesn’t. Basic stuff, but it helps draw the line between something like Clash of the Titans and something like Centurion. I won’t get into ranking these movies, or discussing all the ones that work or don’t (that’s better left for the comments) but when these movies do, they usually have 3 components: 1) engaging live action, 2) an idea of how seriously to take the material, and 3) a lead actor who can generate sympathy from the audience, either through charisma or emotional arc.
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A few of these might be a stretch, especially The Last Legion. In fairness, we could probably take a list of any subgenre since 2000 and say the same.Ģ010 – Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, CenturionĢ011 – Immortals, Conan the Barbarian, The EagleĢ014 – The Legend of Hercules, Pompeii, 300: Rise of an Empire, HerculesĮxodus: Gods and Kings is also slated for 2014, which looks promising. The quality of the movies is, at best, uneven. I didn’t want to go as far back as Ben-Hur or Spartacus, so I decided that Gladiator was a safe starting point, since most people liked it just fine and the year 2000 pleases my OCD. So I’m not including movies with armored knights on horses or set in Gaelic or Scandinavian culture (even though the Romans were around), although those movies are perfectly fun and worth having a conversation about (I love Valhalla Rising).
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I left Hercules this past weekend wondering about the last time I was totally satisfied with a sword and sandal movie.įor the sake of clarity, I’m taking “sword and sandal” movies to mean mostly those about Greek/Roman mythology or based in one of those settings.