High Spirits

 Released Year: 1988

Directed by Neil Jordan

Casted by:

Daryl Hannah as Mary Plunkett Brogan
 Peter O'Toole as Peter Plunkett
 Steve Guttenberg as Jack
 Beverly D'Angelo as Sharon
 Liam Neeson as Martin Brogan
 Jennifer Tilly as Miranda
 Peter Gallagher as Brother Tony

 Story: 

Peter Plunkett, the owner of a dilapidated Irish castle which has been converted to a bed and breakfast supplying the only employment for the local villagers. Owing money to an American businessman, Plunkett has the idea to turn the castle into "The most haunted castle in Europe" for the tourist trade. He and his wacky staff of Irish characters set about creating ghost costumes and effects for their first group of American lodgers.

At first annoyed by the inept hauntings, the American guests soon get what they paid for as the genuine ghosts of Castle Plunkett take umbrage with being cheaply exploited and stage a full scale paranormal event.

Two of the castle's ghosts, Mary Plunkett and Martin Brogan become romantically entangled with Guttenberg and D'Angelo's characters. This romantic twist is the focus of most of the plot.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

One of my favorite black comedy + romance movie during my very very young time. Me and my sister are a real big fans of this movie, we will repeatedly watching it again and again in one day~ we can even memorize most of the dialogue of this movie, just imagine how good this movie is~ a great movie to share with all of ya :) 

Caligula

Released Year: 1979
Directed by Tinto Brass

Casted by:
Malcolm McDowell as Caligula
Teresa Ann Savoy as Drusilla
Helen Mirren as Caesonia
John Gielgud as Nerva
Peter O'Toole as Tiberius
Guido Mannari as Macro
John Steiner as Longinus
Story:

Caligula, the young heir to the throne of the syphilis-ridden, half-mad Emperor Tiberius , thinks he has received a bad omen after a blackbird flies into his room early one morning. Shortly afterward, Macro, the head of the Praetorian Guards, appears to tell the young man that his great uncle (Tiberius) demands that he report at once to the Island of Capri, where he has been residing for a number of years with close friend Nerva, Claudius, a dim-witted relative, and Caligula's younger stepbrother, Gemellus, Tiberius' favorite. Fearing assassination, Caligula is afraid to leave, but his beloved sister Drusilla convinces him to go.

At Capri, Caligula finds his uncle has become depraved, showing signs of advanced venereal diseases, and embittered with Rome and politics. Tiberius enjoys watching degrading sexual shows, often including children and various freaks of nature. Caligula observes with a mixture of fascination and horror. Tensions rise when Tiberius jokingly tries to poison Caligula in front of Gemellus. After Nerva commits suicide on the prospect of Caligula's rule, Tiberius collapses from a stroke, leaving Macro and Caligula planning a way to hasten the latter's ascent to the throne.

Late one night, Macro escorts all the spectators out of Tiberius' bedchamber to allow Caligula the opportunity to murder his uncle, but when he fails, Macro finishes the deed himself by strangling Tiberius with a scarf. Caligula triumphantly removes the imperial signet from Tiberius' finger and suddenly realizes that Gemellus has witnessed the murder. Tiberius is buried with honours and Caligula is proclaimed the new Emperor, who in turn proclaims Drusilla his equal, to the apparent disgust of the senate. Afterwards, Drusilla, fearful of Macro's influence, convinces Caligula to get rid of him. Caligula obliges by setting up a mock trial, in which Gemellus is intimidated into testifying that Macro alone murdered Tiberius. With the powerful Macro gone, Caligula appoints Tiberius's former adviser Longinus as his right-hand man, and pronounces the docile Senator Chaerea as the new head of the Praetorian Guard. Drusilla endeavours to find Caligula a wife amongst the priestesses of the goddess Isis, the mystery cult they secretly practice. Caligula only wants to marry Drusilla, but when she refuses because she is actually his sister, he spitefully marries Caesonia, a known courtesan, but only after she bears him an heir.

Caligula proves to be a popular, yet eccentric ruler, cutting taxes and overturning all the oppressive laws that Tiberius enacted. The senate begins to dislike the young emperor for his eccentricities and various insults directed towards them. Darker aspects of his personality begin to emerge as well; he rapes a bride and groom on their wedding day because of a minor fit of jealousy and orders the execution of Gemellus merely to provoke a reaction from Drusilla.

After he discovers Caesonia is pregnant, Caligula suffers severe fever, but Drusilla nurses him back to health. Right after he fully recovers, Caesonia bears Caligula a daughter, Julia Drusilla, and Caligula marries her on the spot. During the celebration, Drusilla collapses in Caligula's arms from the same fever he'd suffered. Soon afterwards, Caligula receives another ill omen in the guise of a black bird. He rushes to Drusilla's side and watches her die. Caligula experiences a nervous breakdown, he smashes a statue of Isis and drags Drusilla's body around the palace while screaming hysterically. Now in a deep depression, Caligula walks the Roman streets, disguised as a beggar. After a brief stay in a city jail, Caligula becomes determined to destroy the senatorial class, which he has come to loathe. His reign becomes a series of humiliations against the foundations of Rome; senators' wives are forced to work in the service of the state as prostitutes, estates are confiscated, the old religion is desecrated, and he initiates an absurd war on Britain to humiliate the army. It is obvious to the senators and the military that Caligula must be assassinated, and Longinus conspires with Chaerea to carry out the deed.

Caligula wanders into his bedroom where a nervous Caesonia awaits him. The blackbird makes a final appearance, but only Caesonia is frightened of it. The next morning, after rehearsing an Egyptian play, Caligula and his family are attacked as they leave the stadium in a coup headed by Chaerea. His wife and daughter are brutally murdered and Chaerea himself stabs Caligula in the stomach, to which he defiantly whimpers "I live!"

As Caligula and his family's bodies are thrown down the marble steps and their blood is washed off the marble floor, Claudius is proclaimed the new Emperor.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

A Penthouse production with a several version after changing for a few times. It has a lot of sex scene which can satisfy a slut like you~ lol. Though Caligula's period is famous of his control of the sexual activities in Rome, but how true is it the film has shown? Is it a bit too much? Lol~

Troy

Released Year: 2004
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen

Casted by:
Brad Pitt as Achilles
Eric Bana as Hector
Orlando Bloom as Paris
Diane Kruger as Helen
Rose Byrne as Briseis
Peter O'Toole as King Priam
Brian Cox as King Agamemnon
Story:

King Agamemnon lead the Greece to conquer a lot of places with the join forces with Troy and their best warrior Achilles. Back in the Sparta, Menelaus celebrate their victory with the 2 troy's prince, Prince Hector and Prince Paris. Paris has been having an affair with Menelaus' wife Helena "Helen" and brought her away back to Troy on the next morning. Hector wanna send Helen back to Sparta to avoid war between the 2 countries but Paris insists to go back with Helen and force Hector no choice but to bring everyone back to Troy.

Back in Troy, King Priam accepted Helen to be in Troy and believe the Troy's wall can defense any attack. On the next day, King Agamemnon & King Menelaus already led 1000 ships of warriors to attack. First ship is by Achilles and he succeeded to won the first war and Hector's cousin sister Briseis was caught. On the next morning, King Menelaus fight with Paris and Paris cowardly ran away and Hector killed Menelaus. This pissed off Agamemnon and he wanted to take over Troy.

Achilles safe Briseis when the warriors wanted to rape her, brought Briseis back to his own camp, Achilles has sex with Briseis instead. On the next war, Hector has scared off the Greece's warriors by his braveness and King Agamemnon wanted Achilles to fight for Greece. But falling in love with Briseis, Achilles refused to help. But Achilles' cousin Patroclus pretend to be Achilles and lead the team to fight with Hector. Hector cut off Patroclus' throat and only realize that is not Achilles but just only a teenager. Achilles get angry and ignore Briseis' beg and went to fight with Hector.

One to one, Hector lost to Achilles and stab to die. But the night before the fight, Hector inform his wife Andromache to lead the people to run through a tunnel if Troy is attack by Greece. Although Hector was killed, but Greece is still unable to went into Troy. Greece then make a wooden trojan horse for Troy with warriors hidden inside. The silly King Priam thought the Greece has give up the attack due to the protection of Apollo and took the big trojan horse in the city and celebrate. At night, the Greece sneak out from the horse and slave the whole city. Andromache led the people away from the tunnel together with Helen.

Achilles went in to safe Briseis before the spartans got her. Paris shot Achilles' heel with an arrow. The weakness of Achilles' strength and he cannot stand and fight anymore. Paris shot a few arrow and took Achilles' life.

L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

The only selling point of this movie is the 3 hot guy's sexy body, Diane Kruger's juicy breast and nothing at all. Seriously, i don't know who write the dialogue, its dumb and stupid. They spend so much on the production and actors, but why can't they write better dialogue and script?

But based on the true story, Helen of troy is same like Chan Yuan Yuan (陈圆圆) in dynasty Ming. Both woman has caused an empire to be vanished because of their beauty. And i found it quite silly an unacceptable...

The basically the 6.5 i gave is for Eric Bana 2 + Orlando Bloom 2 + Brad Pitt 2.5

p/s: Achilles Heel - Deadly weakness in spite of overall strength, that can actually or potentially lead to downfall (wikipedia)