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purplecat ([personal profile] purplecat) wrote2008-12-01 10:41 am

Kull the Conqueror

So B and I ended up watching this almost entirely forgettable swords-and-sorcery movie last night which rejoiced in the name of Kull the Conqueror. It is, apparently, an adaptation of a Robert E. Howard Conan book but with the hero replaced by Kull, much as the first Conan movie is a reworking of a Kull novel (I hope everyone is still following).

It all proceeded much as you would expect with Kevin Sorbo never knowingly over-dressed* throughout and a truly spectacular array of terrible wigs. Then halfway through the first act up pops Douglas Henshall from Primeval




in a wig.






Getting his just deserts



Anyway, just to note that I spent a lot of yesterday evening giggling at material which I think was intended to be entirely serious.

* though, it must be said, it wins points, as a movie, for being clearly far more interested in getting the leading man's kit off than the leading lady's.

[identity profile] reggietate.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
*howls* Thank you so much for posting this, I can barely type for laughing... :-)

[identity profile] reggietate.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
*g* He'd probably want to hide behind the sofa in embarrassment if he happened to catch it on TV! Poor chap, and he has such lovely hair of his own.
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[identity profile] munchkinofdoom.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
OMG, his eyes in that last pic! *sporfle*

[identity profile] cairmen.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Kull's a classic of its kind.

Key words being "Of its kind"...

(If you enjoyed this, you might like "The Beastmaster" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083630/) too.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a sad fact that whereas there are lots of excellent SF films, half-decent fantasy films can be counted in single figures:

The Lord of the Rings (which I'm counting as one film)
Excalibur
The Thirteenth Warrior
Beowulf
Errr...

Kiddy stuff doesn't count.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry - forgot The Princess Bride.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll let you count Highlander as fantasy, but not as good!

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd not heard of LadyHawke, and looking it up at IMDB and seeing that it featured Michelle Pfeiffer prompted me to remember another good fantasy film: Stardust.


I don't know whether to allow made-for-TV films or not. If I did, I'd include both of Sky's Terry Pratchett adaptations - Hogfather and The Colour of Magic.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah - Time Bandits. Agreed.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Which of the half-dozen versions of Beowulf are you thinking of?

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
The one with Ray Winstone in.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
The Ray Winstone one is (I think) the only one I've seen. Researching some of the others suggests I haven't missed much. Would you include any of them on a list of half-decent fantasy films?

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
No; but some people wouldn't even include the Ray Winstone version in those ranks, which is why I asked.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I had to look that one up too (I'm no expert on Italian cinema in the era of Mussolini).

[identity profile] king-pellinor.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Neither am I, but it was on when I was making a cloak for a LARP event a few weeks ago, and I got engrossed :-)

Big battles, dramatic effects, hero having a silly gimmick weapon - excellent stuff :-D

[identity profile] madscribbles.livejournal.com 2008-12-01 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
*sporfles*

That's just... wrong. *giggles madly*
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[personal profile] fredbassett 2008-12-01 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. My. God.

*sporfles*
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[personal profile] fredbassett 2008-12-01 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL, the nice thing about DH is that he doesn't seem to take himself seriously.

Thanks for the link.