ANCIENT PERIOD MOVIE REVIEWS

[Ghostmojo]

I watched the old film King of Kings over the weekend. I don't think I have ever seen it all the way through before, and even on this occasion found my attention wandering. I really wanted to see what Jeffrey Hunter was like in the role of Jesus Christ, given his only other role I have seen him in was as William Shatner's all-too-brief predecessor in the first Star Trek pilot "The Cage"; as Captain Christopher Pike.

Well he was OK I suppose.

More fun was checking out the early 60s version of Roman equipment and attire in CE Jerusalem!!! :lol:

I defer my critique in favour of the Roman experts around here

Howard, didn't you ever see "The Searchers"? Jeffrey Hunter co-starred with John Wayne in that one. Of course, it's easy to overlook him because Wayne was in absolute top form in that movie and pretty much blew away everyone else in the cast except for Ward Bond and Hank Worden.

You know John, I'm really not sure if I have or not. It's possible since when I was a kid my old man was a huge Westerns fan (he still is), and I had to sit through god knows how many of these old things with Robert Mitchum, Audie Murphy, Richard Widmark, Lee Van Cleef and the like! I will keep an eye open for it in the local DVD/video rental store.