Caligula (Three-Disc Imperial Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Caligula (Three-Disc Imperial Edition)
Movie Review: a great exploitation flim based on reality
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a movie about caligula which meant little boots in latin.
He was the son of the great prince and general Germanicus and he was Romes third emporer. He started out ok and then began to push the boundries into the realm of either insanity or just selfish evil. His life was [...] , you can't tell about Caligula unless you tell about how he made the wives of senators into whores. He was driven to sexual excesses that were shocking to the Romans. His cruelty was legendary and finally they assassinated him. This movie depicts him in all his monstrous excesses. And it does a great job doing it too. Malcolm Mcdowell really portrays the essence of the man. Was he insane? or was he the ultimate spoiled young man who is allowed to do whatever he wanted? Did he actually believe that he was a god or did he just want to get away with anything he could? An interesting fact is that he was killed as he attempted to put his statue on the Temple Mount in Jerusalum. This was seen as a act of god. And perhaps he should be in the bible as a lesson that NO man shall become a god. after all he was contemporary with peter, paul and the other biblical figures. Sure the movie has lots of sex in it but it still tells one of histories most bizaare stories and on blu ray things are only better!
Movie Review: Greatest Porno Ever Made
Summary: 4 Stars
Let's just call and spade a spade. This is a pornographic film. But damn if it isn't the best one ever made. The sets are amazing. The production design is amazing. To hell with Vivid Video's 'Pirates' and the like. Buy this instead. Wonderfully excessive!Movie Review: A hideously crippled masterpiece.
Summary: 5 Stars
There are two reactions to this film: 1. "I absolutely HATED it!" and 2. "I absolutely LOVED the sex in that movie!!!!". EIther way you cannot deny- this film, meant to be good, was edited badly.
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN SUMMARY:
1. Thought of as a surreal black comedy
2. Scripted as a homoerotic political satire
3. Shot as an erotic mindflip of a movie
4. Edited as a disaster
5. Released as a disaster.
What could have been a great film was ruined by one man: Bob Guccione. Tinto Brass and Gore Vidal had shot 95% of the footage, and Bob GUccione had shot about 5 hours of "sexy" material to make this a "T-ts-and-arse-and-gore", 6 minutes of which had ended up in the movie. He then went to edit an AWESOME satire of Caligula's atrocities into a disaster of a movie. The acting was great, and Malcom McDowell outdid himself as Caligula. The film has many great scenes, including the nervous breakdown from Caligula. Gore Vidal and Tinto Brass had disowned the film because Bob Guccione would lock Tinto Brass outside the editing room. If the film had been edited properly, It would have been a great film.
The recut version on this DVD has scenes edited back the way they were meant to be edited, but 5 quick Gooch inserts were left in by a mistake. It's worth watching though. And the film must be seen to be believed. You may love it, you may hate it. I know I didn't hate it or love it.
Overall, this gets a 5/5 for what it could have been, but for what it ended up, it gets a 1/5.
Movie Review: Hard Core Porn
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie is an attempt to make a film with respected actors and high production values that also contains scenes of hard core sex where NOTHING is left to the imagination.Just a warning to those who might accidentally buy it who would be offended.The film itself is rather boring.What popularity it DOES enjoy is pretty much due to the novelty of a "high quality"porn flick,and the fact that as an unrated film you can get it from outlets that would not carry X or NC-17 films.Movie Review: I AM ALL MEN AS I AM NO MAN AND SO..........I AM GOD
Summary: 5 Stars
The opening credit I typed is spoken brilliantly by Malcolm McDowell as the title character CALIGULA. In this we follow Caligula and his HORRORSHOW ways of torture-incest-decapitation/castration & bloodletting,there is also lots and lots of sex!!! This being a Penthouse film release one would expect that but this is much more then just a porn film. It is the first and only porn film I have seen(and friends I have seen a lot "COUGH")that actually tells a story. We follow Caligula on his quest for power and all the while he and his sister showing MUCH admiration for each other. This has beautiful music and great acting by not only its stars but supporting cast as well. The set design is awesome and for 1976(when it was filmed) you can really see the $17.5 million dollar production. Caligula is by no means for everyone and even the heavy-cut R presentation could make one mutter...OH! PLEASE! PLEASE STOP IT NOW!!!! The HORROR film CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST has been called THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILM FOR ALL TIME. Well I am here to say CALIGULA gives that statement a run for its $$$. Worth a watch for the open minded.
OPEN YOUR EYES EVELYN!