14 Replies to “Best Gladiator Movies [Dan Collins]”

1. McGehee says:

   October 15, 2006 at 8:43 pm

   There was this movie one about a cannibal whose wife was a total nag. I remember that at the end he was…

2. Big Bang hunter says:

   October 15, 2006 at 8:44 pm

   – “Samson and Delilah” – hands down. This epic celluloid collossus had it all. Love, passion, anger, fear, faith, religious fervor, hope and despair. The quintessential heart throb male and female leads in the persons of Victor Mature, and Hedy Lamarr, under the expert hand of that all-time hall of fame director, Cecil B. Demille. I rate this film as the “Casa Blanca” of its genre’.

3. Big Bang hunter says:

   October 15, 2006 at 8:52 pm

   – And not that it matters, but I’m wearing the usual Sunday getup of pith helmet, scoobie-doo shades, and camo Jodhpurs, with crop, the sort of ensamble I imagine Demille sporting in ‘49, when he made this classic….

4. ahem says:

   October 15, 2006 at 9:00 pm

   Samson and Delilah is hard to top, but I have a sentimental fondness for Quo Vadis and the brilliant performance of Peter Ustinov as Nero.

5. Big Bang hunter says:

   October 15, 2006 at 9:01 pm

   …I left out intigue, murder, and treachery….

   …and sex…

   …and Narrcissism…

   …and betrayal…

   …and clandistine haircuts…

   and, and….Hedy was even working on an invention for radio during the war as a spy for the Army…….hand me the popcorn….

6. Captain Oveur says:

   October 15, 2006 at 9:16 pm

   I asked Joey if he liked gladiator movies, but he never answered me.  Also, I should add he has never seen a grown man naked…

7. Big Bang hunter says:

   October 15, 2006 at 9:36 pm

   ….People crushed under falling Pillars, combatents smashed under the wheels of Chariots, Lions and tigers, dogs and cats playing, men dancing with their wives….fire and brimstone disasters of biblical proportions….. Fresh Kreplach being consumed in copious quantities….Nnnnnngggggg

8. Dan Collins says:

   October 15, 2006 at 9:47 pm

   Men dancing with their wives?  Weird.  I’ll have to check it out, BBh.

   I’ve always wondered about the expression, “of biblical proportions”; does that mean measured in cubits?

9. Biblical Women says:

   October 15, 2006 at 10:24 pm

   “of biblical proportions”; does that mean measured in cubits?

   We wish.

10. Big Bang hunter says:

    October 15, 2006 at 10:58 pm

    “Cubits”…. wasn’t that a former video arcade game, starring “little short men”?…..”short little men?”….. “men in shorts”?….Kim jong-Il widdle-slong?….”…Missle erections lasting less than 6 seconds require immediate medical attention….”

11. Paul Moore says:

    October 15, 2006 at 11:32 pm

    Anything with STEVE REEVES!!!! (Thunderclap soundFX)

12. Ardsgaine says:

    October 16, 2006 at 1:41 am

    There is only one gladiator movie: Spartacus.

13. john higgins says:

    January 2, 2007 at 8:15 am

    In regards to the old gladiator movies then it has to be Demetrius and the Gladiators by quite a wide margin. It was released in the mid 1950s as a sequel to the boring movie The Robe. But this sequel delivered the goods unlike the earlier over pius film. It starred Susan Hayward as evil empress Messalina and Victor Mature as the errant christian she forces to fight in the arena for her pleasure.
    
    At first he refuses but events finally have him entering the arena – it was worth all Messalina’s efforts because he kills five gladiators – count ‘em – right of!
    
    Of course – being hollywood – our hero finally regains his faith and renounces his violent ways but not before there has been a lot of very suggestive dallying with Ms Hayward.
    
    I first saw this at 13 and – needless to say – it brought a “big” response from me.
    
    If anyone wants to chat about these kind of movies then feel free to email me at –

14. edgar says:

    April 23, 2007 at 4:00 pm

    Hello People of the Internet
    
    I need help finding and old gladiator type movie for my dad-his birthday is on the 28 of this month. He only describes the movie as having the gladiator being supported by a family of craftsmen that make pottery. In fact the warrior wears the family crest on his chest everytime he goes on to fight. I think the name of the movie might be one pertaining to a name of a flower or tree. Mhhh… I had trouble finding it can anybody please help? My favorite gladiator movies are= Conan The Barbarian-Gladiator- Troy- and some of the Excaliber movies and the Beastmaster.I like this website. good luck thanks!

Comments are closed.