I can't recall anything besides LotR in the past two decades at least. Really, it's just been complete shit in that category for as long as I can remember. Mayhaps it's cos they're expensive to make (gotta make all sorts of period shit, make-up, costumes, etc.) if you want a convincing fantasy world. How much was the prop/costume budget for them three flicks? Fucking HUGE. I'm certain some accountants were sweating before the first return of "Fellowship."
Why invest a large amount of capital in a gamble? Why not settle for a more conventional setting w\ less exotic shit & see more profit?
Adults are less willing to settle for shitty reality immersion. Probably cos the imaginations of most adults I know are completely dead.
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D-War - AKA: Dragon Wars
Excalibur was in no way, shape, or form a "kid's movie". That shit was adult.
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Yep. Also older than two decades. I figure that in the '70s, everyone was on a lot of trippy drugs, so it was easier to get weird things by studio execs.Leisher wrote:Excalibur was in no way, shape, or form a "kid's movie". That shit was adult.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Listen, if I proclaimed myself Emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd lock me away!
I agree. Magnificent film that does not get enough credit. Was that Liam Neeson and Patrick Stewart's first film?
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The definitive King Arthur movie.
I agree. Magnificent film that does not get enough credit. Was that Liam Neeson and Patrick Stewart's first film?
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“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Patrick Stewart had done a couple of movies before then, but mostly TV. Neeson had done 4 or 5 movies before.Leisher wrote:Listen, if I proclaimed myself Emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd lock me away!
I agree. Magnificent film that does not get enough credit. Was that Liam Neeson and Patrick Stewart's first film?The definitive King Arthur movie.
Was odd to go back and watch it again and realize who they were (tho I remembered Stewart).
It was only Gabriel Byrne's second film though.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
The acting in this film (especially from the two leads) is beyond wooden. It's fucking petrified.
& you remember the special effects from "Dragonheart?" Looks like they used those.
& you remember the special effects from "Dragonheart?" Looks like they used those.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."