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The Magic Sword (1962)
Delightful fantasy!
Take me back to the good old days of $2.50 Saturday matinees, a bucket of butter popcorn and a cold coca-cola. The Magic Sword is an innocent foray into childhood boyhood fantasies. Whether it's intended or not this film is humorous and simple in it's aim, "Let's have fun" It's your typical sword and sorceror movie with all the cliches, fire breathing dragons, boulder tossing ogres and evil minions. The sets and costumes fit in perfectly for the early sixties. I loved the script and special effects. Surprising enough the laserdisc version is quite good in transfer quality with big bold colours. Hopefully the DVD will be good also.
Billy Budd (1962)
Riveting Performances
One of the best dramas of the sixties. The acting in this movie is superb. With an all star cast of Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas and Terrance Stamp you can't go wrong. Filmed in glorious black and white. Ustinov at his best as the perplexed Captain and my favorite Robert Ryan as the sadistic Master of Arms. Billy Budd is a high seas adventure which won't disappoint.