Whoa! Did anyone mention The Thirteenth Warrior yet?

JSA

I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet. The greatest "bad" movie of all time also happens to be a fantasy flick. (kind of...)

Yor, the Hunter from the Future

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Here's one review:
"Yor, Hunter From the Future easily falls into the "it's so bad it's good" category. I have never laughed so hard in my life at a film. No comedy has every produced the side-splitting, tear inducing laughter that Yor has. It's too bad this film was not intended as a comedy, but rather as a science fiction/ fantasy epic.

This movie just screams cheese. It features a story riddled with plot holes (caveman on a quest to find himself runs into a superior race of beings that want to kill him... but don't explain why); randomly occurring events (random laser fire demolishing cavemen villages); criminally bad dialogue; an 80's cheese rock score; horrendous special effects (lasers firing out of weapons at obviously wrong angles); and possibly one of the most ineffective movie villains of all time: THE OVERLORD.

It's so bad it has to be seen to be believed."

The Viking Sagas! Oh, how easily I forgot that little gem.

How could you forget "Red Sonja", and what about "Beastmaster?" :D

Mel Gibson's "Hamlet" if that hasn't been mentioned.

A movie I saw a long time ago bears mentioning-- although I will understand if you wince at the title. It is called "Revenge of the Barbarians" and is truly not as bad as it sounds. It is a Swedish film, made in Iceland set in the days of the Viking raids. One could say it has to do with sowing and reaping (not in an agricultural sense by any means).

Again, I hesitate to acclaim it too highly after so long a time, but I seem to remember being a bit impressed with the earthy realism of it-- costume, weapons (seax etc. more than swords). No idea if its on DVD or even available any more.

David

A Danish/Icelandic movie from the late 1960's, Hagbard and Signe -- just remembered it. It has a Romeo and Juliet style plot and is set in Iceland, I think. It has some fighting in it. It's been a long time since I've seen it, but back then I thought it was pretty good.

This seems like as good a time as any to mention my wife's film fesitval. On Saturday, April 17, the 2nd Annual East Stroudsburg University Medieval Film Fesitval will strut its stuff. Five films will be shown so it is an all day affair. Coffee and doughnuts will be served at 8:30, lunch at 1:30, and a pizza dinner at 7:00.

Here's the film schedule:

9:00--13th Warrior
11:00--Excalibur
2:30--The Adventures of Robin Hood (with Errol Flynn, still the greatest of them all)
4:15--Braveheart
8:00--Becket

If anybody's in the East Stroudsburg, PA area, feel free to come by and catch one film or all five. All this entertainment and it's all free of charge. My wife will be the one in the wench outfit. We might even have some of our medieval swords on display as well.

Regards

How about one of Ridley Scotts' best? "The Duelists" with Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel.
This one definately Buckels the Swash

How about Hrafninn flýgur- "When the Raven Flies " and Í skugga hrafnsins -"In the Shadow of the Raven "? Two films about life and, more predominantly, conflict on Viking age Iceland.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087432/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095346/

Hmm... Just noticed that someone had already mentioned the first one. :confused:

One I saw last week, good, but strange..starring Tim Roth and Gary Ouldman called "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead".

A wierd take on Hamlet.

Thread, I raise thee from the dead! [/me takes off necromancers hat]

I saw a great movie last weekend on TCM: "Knights of the Round Table" from 1953. I put it on expecting not much and intending to watch it with just half an eye, but this one really surprised me. Heroes wearing helmets, with face guards even. Real maille, not knitted wool painted silver. No SFX to speak of in those days, so when you see a couple hunderd knights on horses charging eachother, you really see that (impressive!). And then there's the sword fighting. It's hollywood-esque of course, but you see people halfswording and doing mortschlage and quite a few other techniques. I was really pleasantly surprised by it all. Much better than what you get these days.

Lots of good choices there, and some incredible cheese!

I must say if you haven't seen a Knight's Tale, its one of the best medieval movies ever. While the costume, armour, and modern soundtrack put some off, it manages to several layers of medieval themes while still being rocking good fun, something that had eluded many other medieval movie makers...

Have fun!
Cole

The Seventh Seal.