The Technodrome Forums - sword sandals movies, whats your favorite?

With the new 300 movie coming out, I always had a favorite for this theme of movies, from the cheap made ones of the 1960's, to the big budget blockbusters like Ben-Hur. The old sword and sandals movies does have its charm, so I make a list of a few.

Fury of Achilles is my all time favorite sword and sandals movie. Made in 1962 stars Gordon Mitchell as the great Achilles and he pulls it off well. It is more true to the legend than Troy or 1955's helen of troy ever did. Achilles captures slave girl Briseis, and loses her to Agamemnon who has to give up his girl Chryseis to Apollo's preacher who happens to be her father, so Achilles withdraws from the war, Hector slains many a brave warrior, burining 4 or so Greek camps, until Achilles freind Patroclus wears Achilles armor, and is slain by Hector, Achilles in new arms made by the Gods, faces Hector in a duel and slains Hector. The movie ends with Praim asking Achilles for the body of Hector back. Yes its dubbed, but the scenes are so moving, when some one dies, its real pain like Achilles mourning over Patroclus' death or Praim begging Achilles. It is a higly underated movie imo. I love it.

Next is Steve Reeves classic Trojan Horse. The sets and back grounds are amazing, the horse looks well made and Steeve Reeves plays prince Aeneas, Hector is dead, and Praim and Aeneas bargins for the body of Hector from Achilles. Well from there on out, Achilles is killed by Paris who uses a posion arrow, which Aeneas looks down apound(No honor) and Odysseus builds the trojan horse and pulls off the biggest sucker punch in myth history so to speak. It ends on a sad note with Aeneas carrying his baby boy and the rest of the beat down Trojans out of the city as Troy burns in the back ground. This was the first film were I say Steve Reeves lose so to speak.

The Odyssey 1997 version Armand Assante plays the hero Odysseus and his ten year trip home, This film has everything, great CGI, customs, battle scenes, the acting is top, favorite scenes are the Trojan War, Cyclops, and the killing of the suitors at the end. May not be a movie so to speak, it is a made for TV, but it was fun to watch.

Irene Papas plays Electra in well Electra. Base on the Greek play, Agamemnon returns home after sacking Troy, and is murder in cold blood by his wife Clytaemnistra, Its up to Electa and her brother Orestes to make sure there mother atones for his death, so they plot her murder. In the end they kill her, but this film had every thing from acting, thriller and betray. It was a top class film, and perhaps one of the best ever made.

Hercules with well Steve Reeves again, though I dont think Hercules was as good as Trojan horse, it was still a good film, Hercules joins Jason for the golden fleece and encounters troubles along the way. In the end, Jason becomes king after over thowing his tyrant uncle and Hercules finds true love. Unchain was a bad movie imo. But the first movie is all right in my view.

Hercules and the princess of Troy. A sea monster threateds Troy and Hercules comes and saves the city before the princess is eating. Got to love the rubber suit of the sea monster. It was fun. It was suppose to be a pilot for a tv show or something but it never came to be. But it was a great action movie for its heyday.

Add more tomorrow maybe.