Recently Jessica and I have been watching a documentary series called Indie Sex which details the censorship of sex in cinema. Piquing our interest, we decided to watch one which was mentioned called Caligula.
Apparently Caligula is one of the only movies Roger Ebert has ever walked out on. Lots of people panned the movie due to the sexual acts depicted on screen. I'll admit, I was surprised at the topics, given the films origins in the 70's. However, I guess I saw the USA edited version on Netflix. At first I thought it was just an excuse to make a big budget sex film. But after the first half hour, I realized there was a story in there with some real quality actors like Peter O'Toole, Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren. The story probably could have been quite good too, had it been better actualized. Supposedly the movie was very historically accurate as far as events are concerned, and I'm glad they didn't beat around the bush when it came time for all the crazy stuff the Romans did.
Overall, probably only worth it for film buffs interested in the development of movies. The actual movie was fairly bad, but probably not as bad as critics thought. Prudish types should stay away. Eh, just some random thoughts.
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