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Flesh+Blood or Ladyhawke

posted 15 years ago by phindar
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As far as dated Medieval movies go...

I hadn't heard of F+B, but it was on-demand and it sounded good-- Rutger Hauer, mid-80's, sword-fighting. I got about halfway through it before the raping got to be a bit much and I didn't get back to it before the rental ran out. To watch it I'd either have to rewatch the first hour (with the raping) or fast-forward at extremely slow speed. Neither really appeals to me, so I may never finish this one.

So I have to go with Ladyhawke. It's got a hilariously dated 80's synth-score, but there's very little raping. Plus it has Leo McKern.

[–] Disardor 10 years ago

Flesh+Blood by a country mile. This movie does the best job of capturing the brutality, filth and disease of the era of any I've seen. It has very little in common with Ladyhawke.

[–] Dan_Garten 9 years ago

Interesting.

[–] etiennestories 9 years ago

Ladyhawke shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as F+B. It's like comparing boone farm rotgut to Champagne, which cannot be done.

Ladyhawke is one of the ten best movies ever made, plus, as you said, it has Leo McKern in it than whom there were few better character actors.