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The Park Is Mine (1985)
Awful, just plain awful.
I found this movie extremely hard to watch since it lacked any semblance of a plot and it focused on the action. The music by Tangerine Dream is just over the top and further detracts from the movie experience. After 30 minutes, I fast forwarded to parts that looked promising, but was just disappointed by the continuation of the sad, sad, sad film making attempt. I finally fast forwarded to the end only to confirm that the film made absolutely no sense and is an example of movies that should never have been made in the first place.
The Long Ships (1964)
Awful
Although Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier made several movies together in which their chemistry was absolutely great (e.g. "The Bedford Incident" and "No Way Out"), "The Long Ships" is not one of them. Their use of 1960's colloquial American phrases in the dialog just made it unbearable and the acting seemed second rate. Widmark seemed more like a Bronx hood than a viking and Poitier was an even worse prince of the Moors. While watching the movie, I kept wondering if there was really any point of the plot which start off half way decent and then degraded into silliness. I kept asking myself "How did that happen if this had happened?". For example, they had to pass through a maelstrom to get to their destination: this was an absolute must, there was no other way. However, on their return journey, all weighed down with booty, they did not have to pass back through the maelstrom. Why didn't they just go around it in the first place? Such mysteries of the universe we will never known, just has how anyone could rate this movie more than 1 out of 10 ;)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
One of my favorite movies
This movie is great. It is an old, low budget B movie with some stifled acting, but the plot is great. Nothing can beat the classic story of a hero who unselfishly sacrifices himself for others.
One of the greatest things about this movie are the occasional quips from Themistolces (Sir Ralph Richardson) on politics, philosophy and religion. It is worth watching for that alone.
I wish they would do a remake of this movie, but, alas, I fear that it would fall short of my expectations.