Quo Vadis
1951 Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann
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Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.
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**Part of the Best Picture Project**
Quo Vadis is unmistakably an epic film, and while its early 50s sense of theatricality and melodrama might turn people off, it is still an extraordinarily accomplished film.
Here's a film that not only feels big, it looks it too. While the conflict in the story is certainly interesting enough to hold your attention, the spectacle is the star. Giant sets, and thousands upon thousands of extras. Some effects like the burning of Rome may have dated a bit, but they're surrounded by even grander effects that still wow your eyes.
The film's villain is Nero, played by Peter Ustinov. Here, Nero is portrayed as an impulsive child filled with his own delusions of…
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A massive film that would be almost impossible to create now without using CGI. The heavy Christian message of the film is the downfall to this film.
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**Part of the Best Picture Project**
Quo Vadis is unmistakably an epic film, and while its early 50s sense of theatricality and melodrama might turn people off, it is still an extraordinarily accomplished film.
Here's a film that not only feels big, it looks it too. While the conflict in the story is certainly interesting enough to hold your attention, the spectacle is the star. Giant sets, and thousands upon thousands of extras. Some effects like the burning of Rome may have dated a bit, but they're surrounded by even grander effects that still wow your eyes.
The film's villain is Nero, played by Peter Ustinov. Here, Nero is portrayed as an impulsive child filled with his own delusions of…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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I liked it more it was "The Robe". The lead is a block of wood, and Deborah Kerr is wasted here. The best parts are Peter Ustinov as Neo torching Rome and Leo Gun as the witty senator. But they cannot sustain a full three hour epic also-ran.
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A massive film that would be almost impossible to create now without using CGI. The heavy Christian message of the film is the downfall to this film.
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Nero fiddled fabulously
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This film is BIG. It's just so grand in it's scale. Watching it I just thought to myself: "This must have been so damn hard to make." So even though it does drag a bit at points and has a very heavy handed christian message, it's a huge stepping stone in filmmaking and a great movie.
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Hollywood roman epics don't get more epic and Hollywood than this.
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It's not much more than your average Sandals and Swords epic but it is beautiful to look at it and it features a strong performance from Peter Ustinov