I haven't watched the Guns of Navarone so I can only surmise that
with the caliber of acting compared to this movie. It had to be better .
And after reading up on the plot of the actual books , the Guns of Navarone follows the books plot more closely compared to Force 10 which does not. Now lets get to this movie - after watching it a couple times , i got to see some of why it didn't do well . The dialog is really bad at times with characters delivering lines that were probably not supposed to sound comedic but come across as silly. The acting is average at best , we have some miscasting as well - While Shaw is good as Mallory , Fox is not right for the role of Miller - the character in the books is supposed to be American but here he is a wise cracking boring Brit and rather wishy washy. Ford also I think is miscast as Colonel Barnsby , Ford was only 36 ,still looking very young at the time and just off Star Wars so I didn't buy it , that and in real life , to make Colonel would take 20-25 years meaning he would have to be in his 40's or 50's. His acting is a bit stiff too. Franco Nero was handsome and good in the role of the spy . Carl Weathers did not belong in this movie nor did his character , it was almost a move to include a black actor to be politically correct , his acting was terrible and his character was no more than comic filler and irrelevant. Richard Kiel was a joke and looked like a corny bond villian. Barbara Bach's character had too much screen time and according to the books writer was not a main character so why did she get more time , probably to show her boobs for the guys in the audience. 7/10 - Shaws prescence helps but not enough to carry the whole movie , Weathers ,Bach and Kiel drag it down . Ford and Fox phone it in pretty much.
And after reading up on the plot of the actual books , the Guns of Navarone follows the books plot more closely compared to Force 10 which does not. Now lets get to this movie - after watching it a couple times , i got to see some of why it didn't do well . The dialog is really bad at times with characters delivering lines that were probably not supposed to sound comedic but come across as silly. The acting is average at best , we have some miscasting as well - While Shaw is good as Mallory , Fox is not right for the role of Miller - the character in the books is supposed to be American but here he is a wise cracking boring Brit and rather wishy washy. Ford also I think is miscast as Colonel Barnsby , Ford was only 36 ,still looking very young at the time and just off Star Wars so I didn't buy it , that and in real life , to make Colonel would take 20-25 years meaning he would have to be in his 40's or 50's. His acting is a bit stiff too. Franco Nero was handsome and good in the role of the spy . Carl Weathers did not belong in this movie nor did his character , it was almost a move to include a black actor to be politically correct , his acting was terrible and his character was no more than comic filler and irrelevant. Richard Kiel was a joke and looked like a corny bond villian. Barbara Bach's character had too much screen time and according to the books writer was not a main character so why did she get more time , probably to show her boobs for the guys in the audience. 7/10 - Shaws prescence helps but not enough to carry the whole movie , Weathers ,Bach and Kiel drag it down . Ford and Fox phone it in pretty much.
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