Caligula (Three-Disc Imperial Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Caligula (Three-Disc Imperial Edition)
Movie Review: Disturbing is not a strong enough word...
Summary: 1 Stars
I saw this "film" in its original released and it haunts me to this day. I remember some major cinema chains refused to show it and they were correct. The only intriguing part was the idea that the cast made up a late seventies all-star team of British film actors who proved that money is truly everything by agreeing to be part of this thing.
I recall the review in the Boston Phoenix at the time which, if I am paraphrasing it correctly, said something like: Garbage over time equals swill; swill in great quantity equals poison.
Run away...
Movie Review: Caligula
Summary: 4 Stars
Becareful adults who have kids in the house, there is porn in it. Alot of reknown actors in this movie, surprising....Movie Review: The Sex Gets Tedious
Summary: 2 Stars
I really debated about whether to bother to write a review of "Caligula" or just let it sink into obvilion & hopefully out of my mind. I felt the same way about "300," but like "300" I decided to express my thoughts for the record as it were. I usually don't read other customer reviews before I write my own, but I succombed to curiosity & did manage a little peek--then I KNEW i had to say something.
The really negative reviews seem to be from people who were disgusted by the X-rated pornography. Well, I can appreciate that view. It seems to me that the people who are REALLY INTO porn basically have unsatisfactory personal sex lives. Why else would you be drawn to something if you're already getting it on a regular basis? I think people who have a healthy sex life find porn to be inevitably boring. In the case of "Caligula" there is an unrelenting plethora of every kind of imaginable sex act in the book, released as a veritable non-stop action stream throughout every inch & foot of this film. So if naughty sex is what you want, that's exactly what you'll get in viewing "Caligula." I mean, the human body can be very beautiful,but there is such a thing as overexposure; just as the movie gets to an interesting point dramatically, group sex is thrown in once again & obliterates any real nuance of the scene.
I would say that about 90% of the overall production design is a Fellini ripoff, but without that great director's humanity or humour.
What really amazes me is all the time, talent & obulent spending that went into this picture. I agree that Malcom McDowell turns in a stellar performace as ancient Rome's worst Bad Boy. Good heavens, it's even got a young (and pretty hot cookie) Helen Mirren playing good-turned-bad-girl wife of the crazed Caesar. That's right, HELEN MIRREN! She who played Ayn Rand & Queen Elizabeth. In this movie she starts out as a priestess of Isis, then falls for Caligula, and then is literally changed like a dog to him. I know actors have always been identified with prostituion, but this is taking things a bit too far. Mirren must have tried like hell to gather up all the copies of the film she could get her hands on in order to get rid of the evidence.
I gave the film 2 stars for shock value, costumes & sets.
The only thing I really can't abide about "Caligula" is how it slanders Pagan culture in general, and the Cult of Isis in particular--but then I don't think anyone involved took this project too seriously.
I, Claudius
Movie Review: terrible
Summary: 1 Stars
how anybody could find this movie erotic is beyond me.the nudity,violence and just overall production of this piece of junk is so distasteful that it truly upset me.theres so many good films why waste your time?do not make the same mistake i made and skip this god awful contrived piece of garbage.easily one the 10 worst movies ever made!Movie Review: Caligula re-Mastered
Summary: 5 Stars
Although Penthouse first advertised the Imperial edition as 4 disc, the 3 disc set is truly a masterpiece compared to the unrated blue version released years ago. A must for fans of Penthouse and the tradition of Caligula!