Centurion

[Jules]

New Trailer

http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/07/...lls-centurion/

Niel Marshall and McNulty, I'm in.

[Grandmaster]

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Damn, I read it as Centurions and was looking forwards to hering someone say, "Pow-er, X-TREME!"

It always was a silly cartoon but a lot more fun than Thundercats.

[Banjaxed]

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Don't get your hopes up, guys. It's pretty disappointing given Marshall's talents. He's still yet to better The Descent. Fingers crossed for his next effort.

[Jules]

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You seen it?

I'm sure I'll ike it. I'm the only person I know who liked 'Dooms Day' (was that what it was called?)

[Banjaxed]

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It got a release in UK/ireland a few months back. A VERY short release. There was only 5 people watching it in my cinema.

I wasn't crazy about doomsday, but I'd rank this below it. At least Marshall is trying something different, but with this effort I think he may have strayed too far from where is real talents lie.

[Grandmaster]

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To be honest, I'd class the Romans as the baddies.
That aside, The Descent was dog pile, whereas Dog Soldiers was an awesome low-budget ride. I've yet to see Doomsday but will check this out.

EDIT: If The Last Legion got made, this one always had a chance. Fingers crossed it banishes the painful memory of King Arthur, which is conjured whenever anyone mentions Romans, Britain and film all in the same sentence. Hell, that film was f*cking bad.

[hscope]

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I love this stuff!

[Terrance Mulloy]

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Eagle of the Ninth looks badass too. I'm with Hscope. I'm a bit of a sucker for these type of movies.

[hscope]

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Eagle of the Ninth looks badass too. I'm with Hscope. I'm a bit of a sucker for these type of movies.

I didn't know about Eagle of the Ninth, now titled The Eagle, I believe, but it looks good, too.

Have you read Simon Scarrow's Eagle series of novels about a couple of Roman soldiers in Britain? Must be about ten of them. They're very good. And very similar in style to Bernard Cornwell's Napoleonic Richard Sharpe series.

[Grandmaster]

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South Essex!

EDIT: WTF? Why is it that whenever I type with CAPS LOCK on, I only get the first letter of words in capital?

[LauriD]

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Just watched this, since I like Michael Fassbender and sword-and-sandals (and recently visited Hadrian's Wall).

The script seemed amateurish to me -- just one one-the-nose or faux-profound line after another. The plot points thudded as they landed.

It managed to make only $123 THOUSAND domestic on a budget of $12 million, despite its seeming appeal to "300" fans.

Rotten Tomatoes gives it 59%, and films with worse numbers have done a lot better.

So what can we learn from the post-mortem here?

[christopher jon]

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I remember it being mildly entertaining, or was it The Eagle that was mildly entertaining?

I've seen both but remember very little of either.

Post-mortem: Insert Ridley Scott and Russell Crow and it's an easy 50 million opening weekend for either film.