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Summary: A good movie, but the book is better
Review: This is a good movie. I enjoyed watching it and I will watch it again. However, it is not very faithful to the book by Lloyd Douglas. If you have a choice between the two, choose the book -- it is very well written.The Robe is a story about the Roman soldier, Marcellus, who wins Christ's robe at the cross. He becomes convinced the robe is cursed and travels the Palestinian province to find the truth of the Robe. There, he finds redemption and salvation. At the same time is a romantic sub-plot between Marcellus and Diana (his boyhood love). Marcellus' slave, Demetrius is used as the catalyst for his journey. The cinematogrpahy is OK. You can't expect something like Ben-Hur here, but is definitely a fun movie to watch. Acting is pretty good and the story is engaging. I'd give this movie a PG rating.
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Summary: Hard one to call
Review: This film is so embarassingly bad that it can almost be a camp classic, which is why it is difficult to decide whether to give it one or five stars. The painted sets are dreadful, the acting laughably pathetic, but biggest golden turkey has to go to one of the most nonsensical screenplays I have ever experienced. I absolutely howled with laughter at some of the scenes, the unintentional homo-eroticism at times reminding one of the cheapest of cheap gay porn. The reason why the one star instead of the five won through, was that the amusement eventually became irritation, as the film far outstays its camp potential. I know a lot of people will argue that the film dates from the fifties and can therefore not be judged by today's standards, but please: there are some truly great films from that age. This one is merely a badly timed joke.
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Summary: A masterpiece.
Review: There have been some very ... strange ... remarks made about this film up above. Ignore the negative reviews - this is a CLASSIC. Extremely well acted, very good sets, and the story is wonderful. This one gets the Christian message out, folks. Absolutely wonderful.
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Summary: Why isn't this on DVD?
Review: This is really a 3.5 star movie, but I rounded it up. Acting that seems a bit cheesy or unsophistocated by today's standards was the cream of the crop for the time it was released. Victor Mature and Richard Burton's performances are the most memorable. This is a sweet and endearing film, but slow in quite a few places and often directed as though it was a play instead of a movie. As the first film to be shot in Cinemascope, it is a historical film for film buffs and students. The backdrops and costumes are good and this is a story you can safely watch with your kids. This is a show that typically gets air time only during the Christmas season and near Easter, but not enough air time... I've only seen it shown on TV twice ever. It would be nice to have this on DVD with interviews with the cast and crew... even though the majority of the cast and crew have now passed away, there were still interviews with these stars after the film was released. Clips of Oscar ceremonies where this film and stars received nominations would also be a nice touch, as would commentaries by film historians, etc. Not a film for those who are phobic of religious-based film, but a nice epic-looking film that has a lot of tender moments.
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Summary: The valour that is Rome
Review: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons and the rest of the excellent cast speak volumes on the non-glamourous lifestyle that is the product of a society that idealises war, bravery, valour, long-distance love whilst acknowledging the romance of it all. If you're looking for grand spectacle, magnificent battles, sparkling and witty conversation, look elsewhere. This film has spectacle, battles, but these are more earnest whispers in the dead of night than the glorious war cries of Braveheart. The film captures exquisitely that feeling of dreaded anticipation over the adrenalin-rush of victory, the chains rather than the power of responsibility. When the handsome, Roman tribune is forced to leave his decadent lifestyle after incurring the wrath of a shrewd political opponent, he arrives in Jerusalem in time to be part of the strange happenings that occur during during the Passover and becomes embroiled in an unusual court case during his duties as a peace-keeper. Throughout, the soundtrack is a magnificent accompaniment.
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Summary: NOT A GOOD MOVIE--TOO BAD
Review: The Robe is a movie about the Roman's during the time of Jesus. It describes events surrounding a 'robe' that Jesus wore before his crucifixion. But the story is not simple focused around the robe. Instead it includes many sub-plots such as a love story between Marcellus, the main character, and his childhood friend whom he promised to marry years ago. This robe is supposedly cursed and affects the main character in terrible ways. The story shows life at the time of Jesus' crucifixion. However, this movie leave the viewer with much to be desired. In fact, the movie was terrible. The characters in this movie were terrible. The acting was not believable. For example, when Marcellus' slave (a was too busy thinking about when the movie was going to be over to note his name, although I was trying to take notes to keep from falling asleep) is whipped by the Romans as Jesus is carrying the cross (in actuality Jesus didn't carry the entire cross but really just one beam, the other was already staked into the ground) I simply did not believe that he was in pain. And then he got up after the kind woman cleaned him off and started walking directly toward the camera, like he was a rabid dog, was simple bizarre. I got confused in this scene because of the poor filming. When the camera changed I thought there were others whom had also been whipped and that there were four people in the scene (two people that had been whipped) In actuality the angle on the two people (slave and kind woman) had changed dramatically. This movie's redeeming factors were supposed to be the costume design, set decoration and art direction, for which this movie won Oscars for this things (please note that the movie didn't win for any acting, directing, producing, ect categories) Yet in today's word of movies these things didn't seem at all important. It was hard to focus on the fantastic set when I was trying very hard not to fall asleep This movie was the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, but I was not impressed. You would think they could have done a better job with cutting it down to TV size. At the beginning, some of the names on the opening credits were cut off, quite annoying. And even in the movie people were talking when they were not on stage. The Robe was based on a book. And for the readers of the book, I hope they found the books more interesting than the movie, because I would rather gag myself with a wooden spoon, and then stick my tongue into a food processor (maybe not) then watch this movie a second time. The tittle, The Robe, simply explains what this is going to be about. But the movie would have been more interesting if it had simple been about a talking robe. The people who had speaking roles in this movie did not deserve them. This movie was written during the 1950's. Perhaps it were better liked then, in the culture without the Internet, ect. It was not written during a war, but I wish I would have been-then maybe it would have been destroyed in combat before it could have even been mass produced. I think I might devote my life to ridding the world of this terrible movie as a public service,--NOT ONE ELSE SHOULD WASTE THEIR TIME WATCHING IT AGAIN. This movie was written almost two millenniums about the events happened. Therefore the writers of the script (which was terrible) really did not know what they were talking about. For example: no one spoke English in Rome. I wish this movie was in Latin, (without subtitles) therefore the only people who could understand it were those who were patient enough to learn fluent Latin. The would definitely improve this movie for the simple reason that it would stop people from seeing it. There is no other ways to improve this movie, it is simple too bad to make good. Time to start over.
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Summary: Interesting concept - poor presentation
Review: I cannot be the only baby boomer who enjoys this film annually - more because of nostalgia than presentation. The concept - the effect of Jesus on the least expected! - is quite intriguing. However, the script is uneven, the acting below par, and the connections between one event and another very contrived. The annoying 1950s-60s staple of a "faceless" Jesus is more trying every year! For believing Christians, there is little here in the way of "inspiration" - despite one moving segment involving the apostle Peter (admitting to his weakness and denials) and a young woman who was cured by Jesus, not of her enduring physical illness, but of an attitude that crippled her the more. Though the Robe's odd attributes seem more the Roman's subconscious outcry (or something!), it smacks of making Jesus rather a spiteful magician. Still, it is an enjoyable afternoon of viewing.
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Summary: Uh uh
Review: Try roman Holiday instead of this.It's trash.
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Summary: I love it
Review: This is my favorite film next to The Scarlet and the Black.Check both of these films out.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I expected this to be great.I can't stand this.
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