"Top 10 Films about the Roman Empire" (Part 2)

[jimvs1]

First,"Ben hur" is the BEST Roman Empire film of ALL time.Simply because it has the message of salvation,and "Spartacus" dose't.If we were judging on who was better looking,Charton Heston or Tony Curtis(antonivis)it would be Tony Curtis in Spartacus.:)

Also,"The Fall of the Roman Empire" was better than "The Robe".The Robe had the truth and joy of the mesage of Christ,but Richard burrton is not nearly as handsome as Stephen Boyd in the fall of the roman empire.

God Bless,

I enjoyed,thanks! :)

-D

[TheVaughan5]

William Wyler's film of Ben-Hur, despite some weakness, has to be the pinnacle of ancient epics produced in Holliywood. The Fall of the Roman Empire should have been as good, if not better, but failed to deliver. Sparticus had too many boring scenes, the other 2 are entertaining but not to be compared to Ben-Hur.

[jimvs1]

@TheVaughan5

The reason "The Fall of The Roman Empire failed to deliver is this:No book except for the Bible had evr been so widley read in the case of "Ben Hur".It was astory of people who were more than just fiction to us.We came to love and cherish them,and they were even more brillent on screen.It captured the hearts of viewers,and brought all of Hollwood to it's knees.The cast was exelent.Ben Hur tells of redemtion and God's love,and The Savior.Ben Hur:A Tale of The Christ,

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[aacugna8]

Todas las naciones que se convierten en grandes imperios lo hacen explotando a otros pueblos. ¿Donde está la decadencia moral de Roma si todos los imperios son iguales?

[csnc82]

@aacugna8 Tu mismo estas respondiendo tu pregunta; por el solo hecho de explotar a otro ser humano para enriquecerte promueves la decadencia y el salvajismo, por ende, SI...todos los imperios y sociedades que fomentaron la trata para mantener su status económico y social (en este caso de los patricios, la alta milicia y la aristocracia) son repulsivos, incluso si no eran "imperios" literalmente, ya que en esa época Roma era un pseudorepública.

[aacugna8]

Acaso no ves que las grandes potencias se apoderan de nuestras riquezas impunemente e invaden a los países que tienen grandes riquezas (Guerra de los Boers para apoderarse de los diamantes de Sudafrica, Guerra Hispanoamericana para robarle las colonias a España, Guerra del Opio para venderle opio a China, Guerra contra el Terrorismo para apoderare del Petroleo de Irak).

En Chile los ingleses se apoderaron de nuestro Salitre y ahora nuestro cobre se lo llevan los gringos.

[csnc82]

@aacugna8 Vuelves a responderte a ti mismo y validas mi respuesta al confirmar que todos los imperios abusan del poder, por ende los "valores" decadentes provienen del esclavismo en el caso de Roma, y en el capitalismo voraz y la expropiación de recursos naturales en los ejemplos que citaste después. Punto aclarado. No es necesario que extiendas aun mas tu argumento.

[aacugna8]

csnc82 Tu dices que el imperio romano, basaba su "poder" en el esclavismo. Como todos los grandes poderes centralizados o imperios de la antigüedad su economía se basaba en el impuestos, tributos y en el mercado de esclavos. Ahí esta la decadencia.

¿AHÏ ESTÁ LA DECADENCIA... ? ¿Cual decadencia?... TODOS las grandes potencias basan su poder en los impuestos , los tributos y el mercado de esclavos.

[aacugna8]

csnc82 tu dices que ¿En el momento de Espartaco Roma se encontraba en "decadencia", pero s la decadencia de Roma se inició en el siglo III d.C.

[aacugna8]

Tu dices en la última pelicula del video que el esclavo espartaco conduce a una rebelión violenta contra un decadente Imperio Romano.

¿De donde sacaste que en el momento de la revuelta de espartaco Roma se encontraba en decadencia?

Estas mal pues en ese momento Roma era muy poderosa.

[csnc82]

@aacugna8 El imperio romano, basaba su "poder" en el esclavismo. Como todos los grandes poderes centralizados o imperios de la antigüedad su economía se basaba en el impuestos,tributos y en el mercado de esclavos. Ahí esta la decadencia, tanto moral como en su fragilidad económica. De hecho en la actualidad los Estados Unidos son militarmente hablando una "superpotencia", pero su economía y su sistema de valores son decadentes y van en picada. ¿Ahora lo entiendes?

[wham13456]

cant watch video theres an ad on it must go somewhere eles

[csnc82]

@wham13456 What are you talking about? O_o

[wham13456]

@csnc82 r u blind

[csnc82]

@wham13456 Maybe you mean the youtube-google policy of publicity...BTW that´s not my fault. I'm not blind, but you are uneducated.

[TKDLION]

Does anyone know the movie where a bronze gladius is chopped in half by an iron sword?

[Oz1788]

@TKDLION It was in The Egyptian, an Egyptian sqord cut in half by Victor nmature

[TKDLION]

@Oz1788 No wonder I wasn't getting any results to my searches. Thank you very much

[Olekander]

how bout some modern ones.

[Gramscifreedom]

Good Choices. I particularly agreed with your number 1 choice. It also demonstrates how awful modern films are at depicting Ancient Rome (Gladiator aside).

[Irukku]

speeding up the movies like that, plus the music, looks creepy... but thanks for the movie suggestions :)

[thezazomen]

what is the music of this video??

[Gawaine687]

all the other choices are good, but what is barrabas doing here?! i thought that movie was very boring! the only interesting part was the crucifixion where they got footage of a real eclipse.

[ClanLoyal]

The fact that one of the greatest films about the Roman Empire (TITUS - with Anthony Hopkins) is not on this list tells me you haven't seen it...

Though it may be done with a modern twist to Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, it is an incredibly profound piece of art that tells an amazing story...

[SavageVandar]

Spartacus - Kubrick's best film, because he merely directed it rather than having any input on the script.

[raymondlang]

I saw a few of these Roman movies when I was a kid in the early 60s, and I am sure I must have seen european films dubbed in English, as none of those films has ever come to the surface.

I remember one scene where the good guy has to fight (on horseback) 2 other romans, and end up in a forest battling it out.

Another I just remember where some kind of cyclops is in a pit!!!

Probably Italian or Spanish films, and probably I will never see again.

[lebarosky]

How about the ten best actors with cleft chins?

[kentucy9999]

Nice job csnc82. I've seen all of the movies you included. Some I've seen 4 or 5 times and others I've seen portions of but never sat down and watched the whole film. One thing most of these films have in common is they are pretty lengthy. I'm not sure Caligula should have been on the list...........not because it isn't interesting but a tad below the quality of the others. Well done.

[SPVTrading]

Just saw Spartacus. Not a big fan of that movie. Kirk Douglas hardly acted at all and the music score did not fit, imo. L.O. was great as always, though.

[flex709]

does anyone know of any good gladiator films?

[MistaChubbz1]

Spartacus is great

[dastlion]

Where is Quo Vadis?

[csnc82]

In part 1.

[diddymuck]

ahem...

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Forum ...remarkably funny but true to the era as well!

Roman Scandals staqrring Eddie Cantor. Likewise.

[jamarsano]

I love Ben Hur and Spartacus. I can't decide which I like better.

A great list! I want to see them all again now!

[uiopytrre]

The Fall of the Roman Empire is my favorite movie

[lastpatriot1776]

I was dissapointed to see that "Julius Caesar" with Marlon Brando was not on this list. It is by far the best film adaptation of Shakespeare's play ever made, and Brando's portrayal of Marcus Antonius is one of his greatest performances.

[rozinfo]

What's the purpose here. To showcase Glass's music (which has nothing to do with these movies) I presume cause it certainly doesn't do the films justice.

[ludocrat]

Not sure I agree with this. I think it works rather well - a sort of modernist epic soundtrack to silent movie versions of these swords and sandals classics.

[rozinfo]

Hire it. Its only watchable in its full format.

[biigzen]

I want to watch the fall of the roman empire online! Anyone know where its streaming? I NEED to watch this flick!

[pspboy7]

Yeah, Fall of the Roman Empire was a good one, you can't beat the old classics, they didn't cheat with computers back then, they had to hire literally thousands of stand-ins to do films and they used huge sets. Now we cheap-up on movies. They look good, but they don't looks as good as the real thing in my view. I remember the Robe as well, lots of god movies back then.

[vanfree56]

the gladiator is the copy of "THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE " and the music of"CLEOPATRA "

for me THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE is the best movie

[donmanowar]

very good yes the las legion of rome is a good one too

[airtube66]

All those Hollywood productions from the 50's & 60's are splendorous, but one movie I would recomend for Roman Empire lovers is the BBC series I Claudius Emperor or the newest HBO production named Rome!!!

[MarcusTulliusCicer]

Ben Hur is more beautiful than Spartacus (also for the music score). I prefer Charlos Heston on Douglas...Heston is more beautiful and strong.

But the top film about the roman empire is The Gladiator, maybe because is more realistic than '50/'60 film (anyway...they are better than fucking shit films which make today).

Here my list (provvisory):

1)The Gladiator

2)Ben Hur

3)Spartacus

4)QVO VADIS

5)The Robe

6)The Last Legion (new...but very affilictive! Isn't follow the history reality!)

[donmanowar]

i agree with the gladiatior is more ralistic but the old ones had a magic touch that i loved

[MarcusTulliusCicer]

yeah...anyway, manowar rulez! :D