(April 22, 2013 at 4:41 am)Napoléon Wrote: I wish people would stop making lists longer than 5. Fuck it, let's just rename the thread favourite movies....
At some point of "favorite" movies it becomes impossible to judge among so many. I have a longer list. Look at it I cannot particularly rank any of them as MY top five.
As soon as I try I start thinking of the intrinsic quality of the movie, the production values, acting quality and other things that have nothing to do with my enjoyment in watching it.
The Sword and the Sorcerer has production values on the order of a TV show. What little acting there is is just good enough not to detract from the movie. But the movie is a swashbuckler without pirates and never slows down but the script, simple as it is, is not just an excuse for action which is mostly cuts and angles. if this had been made in the 1930s it might be known as an all time great movie. It all just works.
I show it to people who are not adverse to this genre and the response is invariably, how did I miss it?
I just checked IMDB and found the featured review titled At last ... Worthwhile mindless entertainment! with 9 stars. I give it 10.
But if I had to narrow it down to five everything above would count against it being on the short list.
