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Awix (3310 KP) rated Starcrash (1979) in Movies

Apr 25, 2019  
Starcrash (1979)
Starcrash (1979)
1979 | Sci-Fi
7
6.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Frankly astounding Star Wars rip-off featuring the likes of Christopher Plummer, Caroline Munro, and David Hasselhoff; none of them talk about it much these days, funnily enough. The plot concerns an oddly familiar mixture of inter-galactic royalty, space smugglers, evil space stations, vaguely-explained mysticism and laser-sword fights; none of it makes a great deal of sense, naturally.

Much to enjoy here, obviously: my favourite bit is possibly Elle the robot sheriff, who is basically a hillbilly with a bucket on his head, although Zarth Arn and his Doom Planet are also highly entertaining. Impossible to take remotely seriously, of course, but in a sensible world you would say the same thing about many film and TV series which people take very seriously indeed. When asked why he made this film, Christopher Plummer explained it was because the studio was in Rome - 'I'll do porno, as long as it's in Rome,' he said. I suppose making Starcrash was a reasonable silver medal if there was no porno available.
  
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Andy K (10823 KP) Apr 25, 2019

i know what you mean. I have a few films on my watch list like this.
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Andy Walker (4885 KP) Apr 26, 2019

I saw this on Amazon Prime a few days ago. It is awful.
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Otway93 (580 KP) rated What? (1972) in Movies

Nov 15, 2019  
What? (1972)
What? (1972)
1972 | Comedy
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Well Improvised (1 more)
Humour
Story (1 more)
Acting
Rather pointless...
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Despite the controversy surrounding Roman Polanski for the past few decades, he has made some astounding movies over the past 50-something years, Rosemary's Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Pianist, and many others.

Unfortunately, this 1972 x-rated comedy doesn't come up to their standards, it's rumoured that the whole point of the film was so he could see Sydne Rome naked, which would explain the lack of effort put into this film.

The film itself has very little story, a woman (Sydne Rome) escapes from 3 rapists and comes to a luxurious Italian house full of strange sexual deviants, all of whom fit perfectly in with 1970s sex-comedies, but couldn't really do serious acting. That's basically the film.

The script itself is for the most improvised, and the humour from this is probably the best thing about this film, and does cause some funny moments.

For the most part though, the film is only good for those with a particular sense of humour, not dry, but also not crude, somewhere inbetween.
  
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Book Divas (227 KP) rated Sands of Time (Fate of the True Vampires, #1) in Books

Dec 12, 2017  
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Sands of Time (Fate of the True Vampires, #1)
Christine Church | 2015
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
What an extraordinary and well written novella. It was as if Kesi herself was right next to me relating her story. I was quickly pulled in and hung on to every word and I traveled from ancient Egypt to Rome and Scotland and so many other destinations. This is truly not a typical vampiric read and I wish I could give it more than five stars. I can't wait for the release of the second book and I applaud this author's ingenuity.
#savethevampires
  
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graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Stardust Time in Books

Feb 15, 2019  
ST
Stardust Time
Marti Jones | 1995
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
<b>3.5 stars</b>
I found this to be a sweet story. Not the best time-travel romance I've read, but it is far from the worst. Rome and Adrian were pleasant characters, although Adrian's constant questioning and thought process could get annoying at times. The end was a bit rushed and I wish it could have been a little different, but it was decent. Still, I thought it was a lovely story with likeable, and one not so likeable, characters.