Discuss The Colossus of Rhodes
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Is this worth a blind buy?
posted by tmdb82469342STAFFMOD on August 25, 2019 at 11:50 AM
I own and love all of Sergio Leone's other films but have never seen this one.
Should I let my Leone love outweigh my hatred of "sword-and-sandal" peplum and buy it?
Reply by bratface
on August 25, 2019 at 6:21 PM
I suppose it would depend on how much you are willing to pay? It's certainly cheesy, the 'acting' is abysmal, BUT as a Saturday afternoon movie, it is entertaining.
Peplum? I think you mean 'pablum'? A peplum is a type of skirt/overskirt/frill.
Reply by tmdb82469342
on August 26, 2019 at 12:59 AM
Peplum (film genre), a genre of Greco-Roman era costume adventure films, mostly made in Italy, also known as "Sword and Sandal".
Reply by bratface
on August 26, 2019 at 1:34 AM
Well I guess we are both right. Also, it really is true, you learn something new every day. I had never heard that term used in that way.