I've given up on this series after two episodes. Its primary purpose seems to be showing violence, gore and really nasty men doing nasty things. I am old enough to be a huge fan of I Claudius, made back in the late 1970's and still as good today as it was then, which was an accurate and relatively bloodless account of the lives of the Caesars. This new mini series has reduced one of history's greatest stories to a cross between Gladiator, Hercules and Dallas. As for this nonsense about vestal virgins being involved... No, if they wanted to make a completely fictional uber series about Romans why not invent the entire thing instead of picking and choosing the bits of history that suited? As another reviewer very wisely said, the real story is far more interesting than this nonsense, why not either tell it like it was, or leave history out of it.
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Plunkett & Macleane
(1999)
I loved it!
20 November 2004
I loved this movie - it had the kind of understated and subtle, intelligent humour that is all too rare these days. Witty, acerbic and thoroughly scurrulous. A titled brat with no brains and a very canny artisan who are both wanted by the law reluctantly join forces as highwaymen. Historically only as accurate as it suits the story at the time, it has a surreal quality that is enchanting. If you like intelligent, funny movies with a twist, this one's worth a look. A bit graphic in places, both sexually and in terms of violence, but what's a bit of the clap between friends!? I don't understand how this movie made so little impact on the movie going public but it deserves cult status as far as I am concerned.
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