Historical movies & T.V shows

I would love to hear from those ATS'ers that are fascinated with ancient history as to what there favorite " historical " T.V or movie was .

Myself , I really enjoyed Rome , the T.V series and as for movies , I loved Frank Miller's 300 , even if it had a " fantasy " element to it .

reply to post by Max_TO

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WOW

Where to start

I have been a fan of these type of shows for as long as I can remember.

300 was excellent, but the actual historical account was far more exciting in my opinion.

I love The 10 Commandments.. Great acting and a superb storyline. The special effects are not up to today's standard, but they were state of the art back then.

Troy, with Brad Pitt had the whole package as well.. Great story and action and special effects.

But perhaps Alexander was my favorite of all time.

Semper

reply to post by semperfortis

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Yes , the Ten Commandments does deserve mention

I , like you , have loved these types of movies for as long as I can remember .

I just recently picked up the 94 episode box set of the Mahabharat T.V show and am looking forward to checking it out !

reply to post by Max_TO

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'Little Big Man" (the only "western" to ever show gender-bending amongst native peoples).
"Philedelphia" and recently I saw "Goya's Ghosts". It really haunts me.

reply to post by Max_TO

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I've never even heard of that

Can you give us a "teaser"?

Semper

reply to post by halfoldman

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I am certainly learning a lot here. That or making me a busy guy in front of the TV in the coming future

What exactly is Goya's Ghost about? Never heard of it.

Semper

reply to post by semperfortis

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I can do better than that ....

YouTube Link

Edit to add .. It's subtitle , there is no english audio version out there . If that doesn't bother you than sit back and enjoy

1 of 94

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reply to post by Max_TO

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Thank you

Subtitles don't bother me a bit. In fact I've discovered some great classics by making it a point to watch movies that are in different languages.

I'll watch that tomorrow

Semper

Where to start?
Rome is defn a firm fav!

El Cid.
Gone with the Wind
Clan of the Cave bear
Ben Hur (cmon the chariot race!!!)
Sparticus, cause I love a underdog story
Quo Vadis

Elizabeth
Mary Queen of Scots (the 70s movie)
Roots (mini series)

Exodus with Paul Newman

Breaker Morant
Gallipoli
The madness of King George
Amazing Grace and Amistad

Master and commander
Gladiator

OK Ill stop, movies and history are my bag! S & F

Seinfeld, Larry David majored in history, and when he was with the show there were many hilarious history references. Seinfeld rocks.

reply to post by zazzafrazz

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I had forgotten a lot of those!!!!



My Favs from your list

Clan of the Cave Bear
Gladiator
Ben Hur (Oh Yeah)
Sparticus (May be the best of all time)
Roots (Excellent)


I guess I am going to have to get Rome and watch it as it is on a lot of peoples lists

Semper

Hmmm...


Troy
Gods and Generals
Gettysburg
Flyboys
Band of Brothers
Patton
Hamburger Hill

just a few from my movie shelf... sure I could think of a few more

reply to post by Max_TO

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Hello Max-TO

10,000 BC

Kingdom of Heaven

Goya's Ghosts centers around the painter Goya during the Spanish Inquisition and the Revolutionary French period. Goya becomes more of an observer, especially of the opportunist Lorenzo, who first heads the tortures of the Inquisition, and later becomes the leader of the atheistic French revolutionary invasion of Spain.
Those investigated by the Inquisition are "put to the question" through torture whereby they will confess to anything, although the church's logic is that God will give the innocent the strength to withstand the tortures. This was quite an important question around 2004/2005 when the USA used rendition and torture in its "war on terror".
There are many websites on the film. Wikipedia has a very average synopsis that doesn't quite do the film and the topical questions it raises justice en.wikipedia.org...'s_Ghosts
Another must-see take on history is "Breakfast on Pluto" about an Irish transgender drag queen who lives through the violent politics of the 1970s. However, the troubles of reality play second fiddle to her fantastical make-up and wardrobe. Excellent scenes and a killer soundtrack: en.wikipedia.org...(film)

As far as prehistoric themes go, I was personally very disappointed by 10, 000 BC (although some of the dreadlocked actors come from Cape Town, and I've seen one a few times on my campus). The mammoths look like bunnies when they run. The unsurpassed classic of the genre is Quest for Fire, and just looking at the images gets me all nostalgic for the 1980s and excited. The period also brought us the main historcal film classics - Amadeus and The Mission.

(For some reason the Wiki addresses above linked me to the movies, but here they link to the books - oh well, the titles are there for anyone interested in viewing the films.)

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Some great movies mentioned so far !

As for BC era movies I really liked The Quest for Fire .

10,000 BC??? Really?

A lot of good ones were mentioned.

I'd add the two Elizabeth movies also...and there are tons of excellent WWII movies.

I'd also add Cleopatra to the list...

The Tudors is a good show about Henry VIII. I believe it is a joint Canadian/Irish made show.

Rome is my favourite though. I heard they were doing a movie to, in effect, finish off the series. Apparently, the series was written to last several seasons. When they got word that there would only be two seasons, the writers compressed the story greatly to the point where they left a whole bunch out. I hope they come through with this.



en.wikipedia.org...

reply to post by Gazrok

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hello Gazrok...

get off your high horse.. mr super mod.......

The op asked for ANCIENT history........

Is 10,000 bc ancient enough for you?

Elizabeth was just a skanky, redheaded hoe in the middle ages......... stay on topic..... mr super mod.......

Can I use the timber when you've finnished crucifing me?