This is without a doubt the single worst film I have ever forced myself to endure through!
The cinematography is a joke! In many scenes it looks like a guy is holding a camcorder while riding a horse. Sometimes you even see nothing but grass and earth while it jerks up and down.
The dubbing is often quite funny as sometimes it seems the actors are speaking French (dubbed to English) and sometimes English (dubbed to... English).
The script is a complete travesty, with some of the worst lines you would ever wish you never heard in a movie. (Sorry that I have no specific examples, but I have forced myself to forget them as it's now over 3 months since I watched this on DVD.)
But clearly the worst part about this is the acting. Practically the whole cast is just plain terrible! Especially the young version of the two leads in the beginning. Granted, these are children, but they make Jake Lloyd's performance as young Anakin in Star Wars look on par with Haley Joel Osment from the Sixth Sense. Okay, I have to admit that Klaus Brandauer was almost adequate in his role as Caesar, but the part was not well written, and doesn't redeem the film enough to make it watchable.
There is absolutely no chemistry between the two leads who are supposed to be madly in love. Lambart has got to be at least twice her age! And the story makes them only like 4 or 5 years apart. It's completely unbelievable.
It's not even fun to watch like some of those horrible cheesy sci-fi films that make you laugh at how bad they are. This one is just painful to watch and makes you embarrassed for the people who made it.
Some of these flaws may be accredited to bad directing. I don't know. But it is seriously painful to watch.
Do yourself a favor and stay far away from this one. :)
I rarely do this, but this one deserves my 1 out of 10 rating.
The cinematography is a joke! In many scenes it looks like a guy is holding a camcorder while riding a horse. Sometimes you even see nothing but grass and earth while it jerks up and down.
The dubbing is often quite funny as sometimes it seems the actors are speaking French (dubbed to English) and sometimes English (dubbed to... English).
The script is a complete travesty, with some of the worst lines you would ever wish you never heard in a movie. (Sorry that I have no specific examples, but I have forced myself to forget them as it's now over 3 months since I watched this on DVD.)
But clearly the worst part about this is the acting. Practically the whole cast is just plain terrible! Especially the young version of the two leads in the beginning. Granted, these are children, but they make Jake Lloyd's performance as young Anakin in Star Wars look on par with Haley Joel Osment from the Sixth Sense. Okay, I have to admit that Klaus Brandauer was almost adequate in his role as Caesar, but the part was not well written, and doesn't redeem the film enough to make it watchable.
There is absolutely no chemistry between the two leads who are supposed to be madly in love. Lambart has got to be at least twice her age! And the story makes them only like 4 or 5 years apart. It's completely unbelievable.
It's not even fun to watch like some of those horrible cheesy sci-fi films that make you laugh at how bad they are. This one is just painful to watch and makes you embarrassed for the people who made it.
Some of these flaws may be accredited to bad directing. I don't know. But it is seriously painful to watch.
Do yourself a favor and stay far away from this one. :)
I rarely do this, but this one deserves my 1 out of 10 rating.