Caligula: The Ultimate Cut and the 45-year mission to mine a better movie

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• AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Caligula is… weird but admirable? Has Malcolm McDowell starred in anything even remotely good except A Clockwork Orange?

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  • Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, he was an excellent villain in Tank Girl…

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  • niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Time After Time is a rip-roarin’ good time, McDowell plays HG Wells, who uses his time machine to go to San Francisco in the late-70s, in pursuit of Jack The Ripper (the always excellent David Warner)!

    Some people say O Lucky! Man is a very good film, but I haven’t seen it yet, and the three hours runtime sounds a bit daunting.

    Then both Cat People and Blue Thunder are fine films. But it does seem that after the early 80s, most of his roles are simple “payment jobs”, not for any sort of artistic statement.
    Which is a shame, as McDowell has always been a considerable screen talent and presence.

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  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wing Commander III

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    • maegul@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You mean that Star Wars, LoTR, Star Trek cross over?!

      Jokes aside … man the memories!

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    • AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Based

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Has Malcolm McDowell starred in anything even remotely good

    Star Trek Generations /s

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  • Stamau123@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I heard The Caller was good but I haven’t seen it

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  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If…

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  • PoopingCough@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does Easy A count?

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• Rolando@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  the production’s baroque sets (created at huge cost by production designer Danilo Donati)

  Donati also did production design for the Flash Gordon movie, fwiw.

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• IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve always wondered if there was a decent movie hiding in the absolute mess that was the original cut. Now we get to find out.

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tbh, the original is decent to me. Not great, but it’s an enjoyable movie overall. I think there is a good-to-great movie in there, with a bit of better editing.

    I mean, the core cast were really good, and that’s half the fight for a good movie right there.

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