03-18-2016, 10:34 AM
(03-16-2016, 11:27 PM)john m roberts Wrote: He's a Roman prisoner tied to the ram. It's in the silent 1925 version of the film.
Shouldn't rams be underwater, where they do most damage?
Like Gladiator, it's not a historical script to begin with. This movie is a remake of a Hollywood blockbuster wihich itself was also a remake of a 1920s movie, based on a sensationalist 19th c. novel about drama, romance and religion set in semi-historical surroundings written for a wide audience. Like other H'wood blockbusters ready for a CGI-redo: Gladiator I already mentioned, Quo Vadis is perhaps too Christian for a remake, Spartacus has already been destroyed redone, so what's next? Cleopatra? remake of the 'Rome' series anyone/
Of course thyey could make this movie more historical. But let's be frank - quadriga-races in Jerusalem? Really? Slaves rowing Roman war galleys on the rythm of gioant drums - really? And that's just for starters. This was a fantasy script to begin with, a Roman sauce around a Biblical core. Not the best starting point for a historical movie.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
