Basil Poledouris’ score for CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982) is one of the greatest ever composed for a fantasy film.
Written as a full operatic narrative, it carries entire sequences with the music alone.
The usage of maille (and other traditional forms of armor) in WW1 is fascinating.
You'll be looking at pictures of soldiers posing with their bolt action rifles and suddenly one of them looks like they're gearing up to enter a medieval battle.
Scarface: The legendary lion who ruled his territory for over a decade, defeated rival males, outlived his pride, and even kicked crocodiles off his land, entering the final rest of his life.
No longer do we see the standard of playwriting provided by Shakespeare, nor do we see a level of acting such as Laurence Olivier's performance of "Now is the winter of our discontent''
(famous opening line from Shakespeare's play, Richard III, spoken by the villainous Duke of Gloucester and (later) Richard III). Actors today rarely have the vocabulary, let alone the ability to perform entire scenes so seamlessly. Compare this one scene to the modern entertainment industry, and you'd have to be blind to think that we've moved forward instead of backwards. 🎭⏳️