One of my favorite bad movies from the 80's. Saw it on HBO (I think) initially. The year it came out, it had to compete against Return of the Jedi. I just found the acade game of the movie at some third rate Chuck E. Cheese's wannabe. This movie, essentially, is a "remake" of Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope.
I can't believe Peter Yates directed this thing! The same year, he directed the GREAT and MASTERFUL
'The Dresser'.
Not my favourite sword and sorcery movie by any means, but still pretty good. Yates direction is absent-minded, acting so-so, but the settings, FX and music alone make it almost great, and the script is clever enough to borrow all the ingredients you may like to find in this kind of films, and in the exact doses.
Plus you gotta love the ride of the fire mares scene. Never cheese was played with a more straight face.
I own Krull on DVD.
It's a fun movie! (even though it is kinda cheesy)
Andrew has reviewed it HERE (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/krull/index.html)
I always liked Krull - have a VHS copy. I saw it in the theatre when it was first released and thought it was a lot of fun. It's a good one for a game of 'spot Liam Neeson.'
Krull is a good movie. It has, quite literally, everything. Space ships, robots, monsters, lasers, swords, volcanos, caves, swamps, deserts, good, evil, heroism, cowardice, manly men, buxom women, Eric Idle, bad blue-screen effects, gooey latex costumes ...
Never will its like be seen again.
Are you sure we saw the same movie? Robots? Spaceships? Eric Idle?!?!
Does this have anything to do with "Kull the Conqueror"?
I always mix the two movies.
Nope, but they probably took the title from that character, you know, to cash in for the whole "sword & fantasy" trend.
Alan Smithee Wrote:
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> Are you sure we saw the same movie? Robots?
> Spaceships? Eric Idle?!?!
I thought the bad guy's soldiers were robots. The "castle" was shown flying through space during the opening credits (at least I remember it that way). I would have sworn Eric Idle played the shape-changing amateur wizard, but the IMDB says no.
Oh, well.
The henchmen always seemed to be aliens, that's why when they were killed, a slug would pop out of its head and burrow into the ground. That petrified log/fortress never struck me as a battleship. But there isn't any outer space action in this movie.
Alan Smithee Wrote:
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> The henchmen always seemed to be aliens, that's
> why when they were killed, a slug would pop out of
> its head and burrow into the ground. That
> petrified log/fortress never struck me as a
> battleship. But there isn't any outer space action
> in this movie.
I saw the movie just a few weeks ago, akiratubo is right about the space mid-credits scene. It's not that weird if you think that the whole action seems to take place in another planet.
Neville Wrote:
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> I saw the movie just a few weeks ago, akiratubo is
> right about the space mid-credits scene. It's not
> that weird if you think that the whole action
> seems to take place in another planet.
>
Wasn't the idea that everyday the castle appeared in a different location? Did it 'fly' from one place to another, or just appear?
(Though I've seen it bunches of times, it has been several years since my last viewing).
Yes, when it was on a certain planet, it would move from place to place, just by appearing / disappearing. But at the same time, it is implied on the prologue that Krull is not the first planet it attacks, and i think this is also mentioned at the beginning of the film.
The only two things that I remember about this movie are the cyclops and the Budweiser horses.
I always figured they added the "flying through space" credits as an afterthought to appeal more to the Sci-Fi audience. For all intents and purposes, it is just a Sword & Sorcery film with a few Sci-Fi trappings.
Ergo the Magnificent: "Short in Stature, Tall in Power, Narrow of Purpose, and Wide of Vision" is played by David Battley has appeared in many movies/TV shows, but I always associate him with WILLY WONKA in which he plays Mr. Turkentine, the school teacher who asks the children how many Wonka bars they've eaten to illustrate a math problem.
Kull the Conqueror (Kevin Sorbo!) was a rip-off of Conan by, I think, a contemporary of Robert Howards.
The Glaive from Krull gave an entire legion of D&D players the wrong idea as to what a glaive looked like. Gotta love remote controlled flying switchblade circular saws...
What the hell is a "glaive"?
I guess is the ultra-cool weapon the main character uses throughout the movie. Imagine the boomerang version of Freddy Krueger's blades, or even better, go check out Andrew's review, he probably took an image of it.
This is the Glaive:
(http://www.badmovies.org/movies/krull/krull8.jpg)
Personally, between you all & I:
If I were in Colwyn's position, about to throw the Glaive after I busted my ass and almost got killed trying to retrieve it and Ynyr stopped me and said, "Not until you need it."
I would say, "Get f*cked old man!" and throw that damn thing as far as I could!
Yeah....Krull would be very different if I'd wrote it. LOL! :)
That "glaive" looks like The Predator's razor-sharp disc.
Shadowphile Wrote:
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> Kull the Conqueror (Kevin Sorbo!) was a rip-off of
> Conan by, I think, a contemporary of Robert
> Howards.
Actually Kull was another character of Robert Howard's. Many of his protagonists resembled Conan.
Now that was depressing to learn...
I actually thought Kull was supposed to be Conan's dad or something
Speaking of which, shame we never got to see John Carpenter of Mars as a movie (although his stuff wouldn't play to the PC crowds these days, I imagine)
I's John Carter of Mars, Fearless Freep, not John Carpenter. Most people think one Mars movie by John Carpenter was more than enough...
And about John Carter, there's a movie on the works. Robert Rodriguez was supposed to do it, but he abandoned the DGA a few months ago for some discrepancies on how the credits of "Sin City" should acknowledge Frank Miller & Tarantino's help, so he's not longer eligible, because the project is in the hands of a big studio. But I'm sure I heard of this project afterwards, with another director attached.
I's John Carter of Mars, Fearless Freep, not John Carpenter. Most people think one Mars movie by John Carpenter was more than enough...
Boy did I screw that one up... and yet it makes some sort of humourous sense that way. I read a bunch of the John Carter Of Mars books years ago...and saw Ghosts Of Mars as well...
Thanks for the info on the movie in the works...I'l have to watch for it
If "John Carter of Mars" is anything like "Ghosts of Mars", I'm NOT watching it...
So far all the information available is this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/
We'll have to wait and see.
This "John Carter" sounds like a mix of Flash Gordon and Indiana Jones to me...
Actually, there are quite a few actors in the film, who are "associated" with other roles: Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Bernard Bresslaw, and before they became famous:Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane.. But, my favorite actor in the film, who is associated with another role, is Ken Marshall, who is probably best known for playing the role of Michael Eddington on "Star Trek: Deep Space 9."
As an added note, this has always been not only one of my favorite fantasy films, but one of my favorite films, period. Now, if I can only get around to watching my dvd version of it.
I would definitely like to see a well-done movie of the Edgar Rice Burroughs' book(s). They are probably one of my favorite old science fiction series, especially the first three. An intelligent movie adaptation would do quite well.
BoyScoutKevin Wrote:
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But, my favorite actor in the
> film, who is associated with another role, is Ken
> Marshall, who is probably best known for playing
> the role of Michael Eddington on "Star Trek: Deep
> Space 9."
Eddington was played by Ken Marshall??
I had no idea that was him!
John Favreau is directing the movie. I believe he'll do a good job. He directed Zathura (sequel to Jumanji) and I loved the 30's style space ships and robot they used.
You can check out the latest news about the movie here (http://www.johncartermovie.com/movienews.shtml).
I love 'Krull' because it's a good reminder of when Ken Marshall still had a full head of hair.
KRULL is a true classic. A very dated and not actually very good classic.
Good stuff though.
If I'm remembering my plot points right, the bad guys were interplanetary conquerors.
The film is full of memorable images. The bizarre character design of the beast, the quicksand, the black eyes of the changeling, the black widow's nest, the room where the characters die by impalation and, my favorite, the cyclops getting smushed.
Wasn't KRULL released as sort of a fantasy answer to STAR WARS?
Hey, it's a good movie, alright?
Say:
who would you cast as John Carter?
Mofo Rising Wrote:
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> Wasn't KRULL released as sort of a fantasy answer
> to STAR WARS?
>
> Hey, it's a good movie, alright?
These days, I'm probably a bigger fan of 'Krull' than 'Star Wars' simply because it doesn't take itself too seriously in general. I will say that the acting in 'Krull' is actually great.