Heard a lot about the film, and decided to see it after finding out Peter O'Toole and a few credible actors were in it. After watching this movie, I couldn't believe someone actually committed this screenplay to film. Storywise, let's just say it's Alex from "A Clockwork Orange" living out his life in Roman times. For those who haven't seen "Clockwork", basically a spoiled brat interested in perversities. Yes, a lot of the scenes are just plain gross and shocking, but not necessarily in a good way. If you consider Let's just say that half of the movie is a combo of a S&M and porn director's movie with a colossal budget. This would have been a better movie if it explored Caligula's mind and at least tried to analyze why he performed the atrocities he did. Any person who has read or seen documentaries on Caligula could see that the director chose the most depraved acts and committed it to film, yet nothing is mentioned about his megalomaniac thoughts on being one of the gods and how this really lead to his subsequent demise. To think that actors of O'Toole's and McDowell's caliber actually appeared in this film is unthinkable.
