Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Elizabeth Taylor's 1963 historical epic Cleopatra is brutally assessed by an expert, who calls the film's big naval battle scene “overall terrible.” The most expensive movie ever made at the time of release, Taylor’s sprawling star vehicle about the exploits of the famed Queen of Egypt became notorious as one of the all-time flops in film history.
Cleopatra has inherited the Ptolemaic fleet. The Ptolemies have traditionally had a fleet of very heavy ships. That’s actually one of the more accurate things they say in the film. Those ships are primarily designed, it seems, to do naval sieges. … where you want big ships that can have a lot of artillery pieces.
Throwing javelins is not going to stop you from getting rammed. It may prevent you from getting boarded. That could be a consideration if you think that ship is coming alongside you to board you, you're going to want to try to kill as many soldiers on the deck of the enemy ship to prevent boarding. You don't do that with a gladius. If you're boarding an enemy ship you're going to have your scutum and it's going to be messy and nasty and slippery and difficult. But you’re going to fight as best as you can, protecting yourself with your shield. The scene is just overall terrible. I’m going to give it a two .
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