Jason (Roland Carey), Orpheus (Massimo Girotti) and the Argonauts in THE GIANTS OF THESSALY (1960)
There are some movies I feel I've covered every aspect about here on the blog. And I also feel there are some movies that I haven't really written a lot about because of No 1. Well, THE GIANTS OF THESSALY is one of them. I've written extensively about it, including a review. I love it. It's great but I feel I don't have much to add to the discussion. The one thing I'm waiting is a beautiful HD copy of it. I believe I'll have a lot more to write once a pristine print of this becomes available. For now, since it's not in HD anywhere, I'm like...I'm waiting here. We're the HD print? This is the second film on the Argonauts after HERCULES (1958).
For those who want to read the review I wrote decades ago (lol!), it's at Featured Films listed on the panel on the left side of the blog. Click here. I wrote it a long time ago and re-reading it, I stand by it even though I view it even better now (and could view it differently with an HD version...).
4 comments:
Can you link to the review you wrote, I cannot find it
I updated the post with a link to the review.
Great review. The scene of Jason climbing the statue really impressed me and this is one of the best Peplum. It borrows nicely from The Odyssey, to craft a decent ending, whereas Harryhausen's film, which I love, has a weak ending that does not complete the tale. Of course, for either film to do that and follow the original myth, we would have the murder of Jason's children, etc., definitely not a family film. If you ever see Pasolini's barebones Medea (1969), you will see the bloody version of events.
Thanks. I think most of Greek mythology is a mix of everything, including bloody tragedies. I think of Jason as an adventurer. Not much of his personal life, even though I'd be fine seeing it.
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