[HumanaeVitae]

Looks like I'm going to be spending more time in movie theaters over the next few years than I have in the last ten. Looks like H-wood is finally getting the point: enough nihilistic trash about heroin-addicted transexuals, heroic lesbians/environmentalist activists/trial lawyers who Fight The System, or the ever-popular "it looks like a normal family on the outside, but behind closed doors they're really: (a) sex perverts; (b) serial killers; (c) religious people who are (a)perverts or (b) serial killers.

We'll see how they handle this stuff...might be a better culture ahead. Crossing fingers.

[VadeRetro]

Brad Pitt as Achilles. Was Leonardo di Caprio unavailable? Where's Robby Benson when we need him?

I'm just glad Homer isn't alive to see this.

[Burkeman1]

Ditto. The last thirty years have not been good for history buffs. The occasional good film dribbled out now and then but it has been pretty bleak. It is very sad to think that the only true epics I can remember that were produced in the last 20 years were both made by Television in the mini- series format (and both were good entertainment)- Shogun, and Marco Polo.

[Bryan24]

Would LOVE to see an accurate, patriotic movie titled "Our Sacred Honour, the Story of the American Revolution".

[Maceman]

I think this is a positive trend.

[GeekDejure]

Mel Gibson for EVERYTHING !!!

[Nitro]

They are just changing the time period of their crap...

they will never change the message...

now it will be historical figures being maligned!!

Albeit.. with nudity galore...

it's not like any kid between the ages of 13 and 18 knows anything about history...

it will be the same crap dressed in old clothes!!

[IronJack]

Since Hollywood hasn't had any original ideas in decades, it was only a matter of time before someone recycled the Roman drama genre. If they do their predictably crummy job, we'll likely see Madonna as Cleopatra, George Clooney as Julius Caesar, Britney Spears as Eurydice, and Jennifer Lopez as Electra. Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ramses II, and Vin Diesel as his Ninja sidekick.

How about a comedy sendup of The Trojan Women, with the crew from "Dregs in the City"?

Dear Heaven, don't let them remake a politically correct version of The 300 Spartans!

[Notforprophet]

How about Viggo Mortensen for Alexander?

"Let's hunt some orc!"

[RLK]

When Cleopatra failed to earn back a fourth of its cost,

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Liz Taylor has always been a pig. The peak of her career was National Velvet. The rest of her career consisted of her turbulent relationship with Richard Burton.

[RLK]

Crow had the stones to do Gladiator. That's what made the movie. The C. S. Forester Hormblower series begs tp be made into movies. There was one in the series done 50 years ago with Gregory Peck as Hornblower. While I disagree with Peck politically, he played a naval officer very convincingly. There was a horblower series on TV but the lead actor seemed like he should have been cruising gay bars. It didn't work.

There aren't enough actors at present with the ability to play strong roles.

[driftless]

My bet is that they'll fall on their politically correct faces. Hollywood always made a lot of crap, like "Cleopatra", to go along with the few really good movies. But today instead of a nine to one ration of bad to good movies its about ninetynine to one.

[A CA Guy]

As long as the explosions are bigger and louder...LOL