yay or nay?
does ah=nyone like the idea of this? I do.
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This is going to suck just like Troy and Kingdom of Heaven, give me a break.
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how can you say kingdom of heaven sucks that movie isnt out yet i hate people who pre judge a movie its just stupid wait till you watch it then judge
and either movie might be good right not theres a 50 50 chance of it going either way.
please get your head removed from your ass so you can see the light of day
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Kingdom of Heaven did suck though I hated it, I thought there would be some epic battles but it failed, Troy I enjoyed alot more.
shareAwesome movie! Tell English it was really great!!
shareI liked both Troy and Kingdom of heaven.. At least they made some sense.. This movie is insanely stupid.
I mean, honestly, they're in a labyrinth with a huge monster.. and they shout.. are they frigging stupid?
It could potentially be awesome. The minotaur has always been one of my fave mythological creatures, but I wonder what story they'll be using?
If it's along the lines of this, it's going to be a bit warped:
"Before he ascended the throne of Crete, Minos struggled with his brothers for the right to rule. Minos prayed to Poseidon to send him a snow-white bull, as a sign of approval by the gods for his reign. He promised to sacrifice the bull as an offering, and as a symbol of subservience. A beautiful white bull rose from the sea, but when Minos saw it, he coveted it for himself. He assumed that Poseidon would not mind, so he kept it and sacrificed the best specimen from his herd instead. When Poseidon learned about the deceit, he made Pasipha, Minos' wife, fall madly in love with the bull. She had Daedalus, the famous architect, make a wooden cow for her. Pasipha climbed into the decoy and fooled the white bull.
The offspring of their lovemaking was a monster called the Minotaur."
Source: http://www.hellenism.net/eng/minotaur.htm
But, accorsing to this:
http://www.firstlookmedia.com/International%20Release/index.html
there'll be "a menacing storm of horned Minoan soldiers". WTF? My Greek mythology is abysmal, but I was always under the impression it was a single afflicted human?
Anyone got any more news?
Thanks
"The comedy is over."
It's possibile that the horned soliders refers to helmets only?
Otherwise, yeah, it'll be mythologically inaccurate. There was only one minotaur.
Still should be an intresting watch, though.
Look, it's going to be a new take on the whole myth- no Theseus, no Ariadne. In fact, they've decided ot be rid of the whole Minos and Athens thing all together and replace them with a 'forgotten age of bronze and silver' and a 'village with a terrible curse'.
It could be a fun film, but won't be spectacular.
After reading an interview with J.English where he claims "I have always pitched it as a prehistoric 'Alien,' " and "It's a teen horror movie set in the 14th century B.C." any hopes I had of this being a half decent movie have been dashed. Im fed up of seeing mediocre films loosly based upon real stories be they fact or fiction. Also when will directors understand that a large proportion of horror fans (well ones i've come across on various horror forums/communites and in real life) are fed up with these dumbed down teen flicks. I just hope and pray that it's not going to be a PG13, that at least will give me a little comfort.
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SYNOPSIS:
Via ancient hieroglyphs and some unseen WOMAN’s voice-over, we learn that a QUEEN once fornicated with a BULL-GOD and birthed a monstrosity; the MINOTAUR, a god the people would worship, and be sacrificed to...
In a coastal forest village many years later, THEO (19) hides among his flock wearing sheep-clothing, and then springs upon some savage WOLVES that were there to kill his sheep. Though he nearly dies, he hunts them down with friend DANU (18) and triumphs. Later on, Theo tells his father CYRNAN (the village chief) that he misses his girlfriend FFION, who had been taken a few years earlier by the “Horned Men.” She and other villagers were to be sacrificed to a God in a kingdom across the sea.
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Go on then..let's hear it!!
sharePff, Brad Pitt was awesome in Troy, he made that movie worth A watch. Kingdom of Heaven would have been cool if that leper was like goddamn ninja or something but no... Just a gay little guy that died. Pff... Some people just have no idea of what the right person in the right role can do for a film, they just keep casting the weak pretty boys and expect it to be a great film, god some people just suck.
Sucky people with constant bad roles in films: Ben Afleck, Colin Ferrel, Orlando Bloom (His role as Legolas in LotR was overrated), J-Lo (Even though the cell was awesome she isn't awesome in it), Mark Wahlburg, The Rock.
ALL OF THEM NEED TO STOP MAKING MOVIES They just keep making stupid crap in which they suck and make some decent movies incredibly unentertaining.
People who totally pwned in their roles: Vin Diesel in Pitch Black, Brad Pitt in a lot of movies (Fight Club, Snatch, Troy), Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner (The Hitcher and others, too), Terry O`Quinn in Lost is just so interesting to watch, Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean.
All of them need to choose their roles very carefully and they will continue to make great bankable films/shows.
silentidominus... you suck. Ben Affleck is the cornerstone of modern Kevin Smith films, and if you don't like that, you're not worthy of being on these boards.
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Svengoolie: Kevin Smith's movies rock. They don't have to have Ben Affleck in them to rock. He is lame. He's overshadowed by basically every other actor he's paired against. From a comedian in Jersey Girl (Mothafu<kin' George Carlin) to Matt F'ing Damon in Dogma. He's a joke.
Lady Meg: I was not talking about reality, I was talking about movies. If they wanted to make a historically accurate movie, they could've done that and made him more prevalant in a leadership role and it woulda been cool. They teetered too far into lame-ass hollywood land and I wanted to see him freak out and decapitate people with a ninja-sword to save the film. So sue me.
Hey, that "gay little guy that died off" was one of the best kings in history. To be a leper in that time and still have the respect of the people so many years after you died? Not to mention he died young. He's better than you ever could wish to be.
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This might be good after all - Ingrid Pitt certainly needs a break after some recent howlers to get back into the horror mainstream. Her role of Sybil would suggest to me that it is to be set at the time of Minoan civilization ? Not many openings for Sybils in the employment pages of late! Be great if shot on location in Heraklion, wonder if they will get the labyrinth right? This is Greek for two axes - Two large headed axes crossed in an 'X' was the symbol of the Minoan household before it evolved to mean the maze in which the Minotaur was captive
shareIt's good that the SciFi channel can still pull some decent ideas out its ass but I'm a little surprised at the rating being so high.
shareI saw it. I was pleasantly surprised at it, and at the Minotaurs appearance (really friggin bestial, not like how we always pictured it). Anyway, it was surprisingly entertaining, but then again, I've been brought up on this type of stuff, an Greek Mythos is still a hobby of mine, so it's cool. Some of the acting was a bit over the top, and normally I hate Sci Fi, but with this, and Amazing Screw-On Head, they might have a better chance than a paper dog chasing an asbestos cat through hell. Overall score, a 6.5/10. Probably being a bit generous, but hey, I love this stuff.
shareR u joking man? The movie should be named Minokrios or Minogoat, because the creature in there resembled more like a goat than a man with a bull's head. If you can't give a good presentation of the actual myth, then DON'T DO IT. Eliot 1 gave a proper description of the fable. Since the cretin that made this *beep* didn't have the intention to follow the myth at all, why bother doing it in the first place? Just to piss off greeks, including myself, who pray each time to see a good production over a nice story, and end up with this type of *beep* But I guess, no one would pay attention to their crapy plot and sterile imagination, so they had to use a well known name, like Minotaur to attract audience and make some cash.
Someone needs to tell these guys that if those greek myths endured throughout millenia to this day, it's because they were nice and fetchy as they were. This movie has been so far the worst distortion of greek mythology I've ever seen. Mercy! Can't take this anymore!
Potentially good acting, crap interpretation/storyline of the myth.
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