Ah the Hollywood studio system...Ah the Costume Epic...Ah the Swashbuckler.
There are many films that fans of romantic escapism can enjoy and this is one of them. This type of thing set the Women's hearts on fire and this is what passed as rousing adventure for the pre-media generation of young and virile men.
It was a time when movies were making the popular culture transition from ink to celluloid as the preferred mass communication. Literature and the projected light would co exist as the masterful dual dynamos of popular entertainment until post War civilization was awakened to a new form of radiated consciousness.
To call this kind of stuff dated is accurate if meant in a respectful manner, because it is, but it is also wonderful, and artful and a beautiful time piece of a more innocent time. This has all the ingredients of that period and place when expectations were of virtuous, larger than life, handsome, and beautiful people beyond the realm. These actors would never mumble and these characters would never fail to inspire and Good won out over Evil.
This is a spot on delivery of such glorious fantasy. A reminder that we were not always as cynical as popular culture devotees, but for better or worse, we were more naive.
There are many films that fans of romantic escapism can enjoy and this is one of them. This type of thing set the Women's hearts on fire and this is what passed as rousing adventure for the pre-media generation of young and virile men.
It was a time when movies were making the popular culture transition from ink to celluloid as the preferred mass communication. Literature and the projected light would co exist as the masterful dual dynamos of popular entertainment until post War civilization was awakened to a new form of radiated consciousness.
To call this kind of stuff dated is accurate if meant in a respectful manner, because it is, but it is also wonderful, and artful and a beautiful time piece of a more innocent time. This has all the ingredients of that period and place when expectations were of virtuous, larger than life, handsome, and beautiful people beyond the realm. These actors would never mumble and these characters would never fail to inspire and Good won out over Evil.
This is a spot on delivery of such glorious fantasy. A reminder that we were not always as cynical as popular culture devotees, but for better or worse, we were more naive.