Caligula - the movie - anyone seen it?
 

So I rented it this weekend and WOW, what an intense and FUCKED UP movie!

Anyone else seen it? I know it was banned up here in Canada for a long time, no surprise considering the content! :warning
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080491/

If you've seen it (it's from the 70's, starring Helen Mirren and Malcolm MacDowell and John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole etc) what did you think? Did it offend you? I must say when Caligula fucked the guard in the ass with his big ring on the guard's wedding day I was kinda like 'WOW' - that was NOT what I was expecting to see! :1orglaugh

Poor guy ended up getting his cock sliced off and fed to the dogs.........!!!!:error :1orglaugh

thank goodness we don't live in the days of Roman debauchery and decadence! :warning Now THAT would be scary shit!

It's basically just a porno.

it was a little twisted

:1orglaugh did you watch it Brad?? I love the orgy scene, but I'd definitely say it's a little more than 'just a porno' - to have BIG names like that in there, the acting is quality, the storyline actually exists :winkwink: and it's not just gonzo porn in any way

It's a film for the ages imo, and definitely worth watching, but it's still messed up LOL

I watched it probably 20 years ago. Didn't finish it, it just totally grossed me out. The ring in the ass, the filling the guy up with wine then splitting his gut open, etc......It wasn't a porn movie by any stretch of the imagination to me.

One of my favorite movies. I paid more than three times the normal price to have the unedited director's cut imported from the UK when they released it. Truly a groundbreaking movie in many ways, and one of Malcolm McDowells more amazing performances.

It's a historical film based on an actual historical character. Think Roman debauchery, now think Roman debauchery committed by a man who thinks he is a god, and has everyone else convinced of it too, and they will obey him without question.

The "porn" part comes at the very end of the flick... it's like a 30-minute orgy.

I watched it a few years ago when I was invited by a gal to go catch it with her after work on Sunset...

I still remember my plea to get out of work early that day: "A chick wants me to go watch a porno with her, boss... can I get out early?"

It's an amazing and daring picture... :)!

yeah it's an observation of what happens when you believe you are a GOD and you can do anything you like to whomever you like, and how very very BAD that is for everyone

It's a history lesson - DON'T DO THIS!! :winkwink: and I agree, it's definitely very graphic, even for todays standards on some of it

Fascinating movie, and amazing acting. I don't know how some people kept straight faces, but it was really well acted and portrayed. A little bit Clockwork Orange, a little bit Alexander, with some good 70s style nudity to round out the equation. :)

I had it on laser disc many years ago.. i loved the movie..

hahaha.. yep, bush city!! :winkwink:

I've heard about this movie, but never had a chance to watch it, maybe I should rent it tonight

looooooooooooooooong ago yes

the poolscene I still remember

"Come to me my little fishies"?

I agree. That movie was just too over the line for me.

A good warmup movie would be Rocky Horror Picture Show. :)

yeah it wasnt really a porn movie

And lets not forget under the effects of extreme lead poisoning like most of the Romans.

most expensive porn ever

Will be a classic FOREVER. The head chopping machine scene was a bit much, but it was entertaining none the less.

I heard Hollywood is planning to have a remake of that movie..

It was a very costly movie, and very wierd. Probably captured Caligula's personality as he was crazy....on a personal note....first movie I ever rubbed one out to. no joke.

Even the sadism and debauchery depicted in it pales compared to the reality.

The chopping machine did actually exist. Romans were fascinated by all sorts of killing apparatus.

Also, between gladiator combats there would be live porn shows where things like bestiality were commonplace.

That was one of the most bizzare movies when it first came out

The Romans did indeed become fucked up. They perfected a lot of shit, invented some, stole and improved others and were the worlds largest super power. Hell no cities would ever reach their size again for a thousand years.

Yet most of them had gone severely mentally ill, due to their facination and rampant use of lead. Between that and them fucking up their own rivers they literally could of stayed rulers of the world.

BTW Nero was way more fuckered up than Caligula. :upsidedow Scary eh?

I wanna bang Ruth ...does that count?
:winkwink:

It would have been better without the Penthouse involvement in the editing. That said, I can never hate a young Malcolm McDowell..mmm

a real masterpiece

Yeah...like 15-20 years ago. I don't remember details, only that it was a good movie, but a bad porno.

I've seen it a couple of years ago and I can't say it's a porno movie.

the scene wear caligula bangs the bride of one of his soldiers on her wedding day was killer...oh and the orgy had some great bj's scenes.

Yeah, the porn angle was an afterthought and if you pay attention to the edits you can clearly see they were independent of the original movie, to the point of almost comical. Where some "unrated" movies get an R-rating by cutting scenes out, Caligula was an R-rated movie that Bob Guccione added porn scenes to and created the "unrated" version..

I'd like to see the R-rated version one day to see if anything more than actual sex scenes are missing.

I miss Malcom McDowell:(

I watched it when I was about 19. Didn't he also fuck a horse or something? I seem to remember a really pretty white horse.

Is that the version with the horse scene?

Not yet, but I definitively will do!