Old semi religious epics never really do it for me, but i needed to watch this as the only Kubrick film i hadn't seen and having just read Kirk Douglas' biography (very entertaining) i wanted to see the infamous movie. I struggled to find the Kubrick that i love, though some scenes are beautiful and belong to him it is obvious story and script were not in his hands. The high calibre of acting on show is great highlights are the expertise of Charles Laughton and Peter Ustinov, and the loveliness of Joan Simmons. Kirk comes across pretty much as he did in his book, a very confident, brave man who beats the odds, him being of Russian- Jewish descent it took quite some determination to get where he did, though he never had to fight the Roman Army.
Like This Watch These: Paths Of Glory (1957) A better Kubrick/Douglas collaboration led by Stanley, Gone With The Wind (1939) Love amid the American civil war, this is what i call an epic, Django, Unchained (2012) Dicaprio's arsehole plantation owner is astounding.
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