Flash Gordon (1980)
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Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 24 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.5/10
Consensus:
Campy charm and a knowing sense of humor help to overcome a silly plot involving a spacefaring ex-football player, his adoring bevy of groupies, and a supervillain named Ming the Merciless.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis: New York football star Flash Gordon vaults into outer space to battle the nefarious Ming, supreme ruler of the planet Mongo. Ming intends to conquer planet earth, and hunky Flash teams up with several of his daring female admirers, as well as the brilliant Dr. Zarkov, in an effort to thwart the... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Max Von Sydow, Ornella Muti, Timothy Dalton
Director: Mike Hodges
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Taken solely as a pop wedge of cheese, it's beautifully realized. As for the empty-headed dialogue and the puerile plot, isn't it obvious those are both part of the point?
02/13/08
The film literally explodes with a festival of colors and opulent costume design. It lends the movie a majestic spilled-cocaine imprint that's unmistakable and urges the film into distinctive areas of presentation George Lucas could never follow
08/03/07
Young kids will probably enjoy this one, but anyone over 10 years old can forget it, as Lorenzo Semple's script pokes more fun at the audience's intelligence than at the story.
04/16/07
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The narrative is a little plodding, but adult punters will soon slip back into areverie for the lost visions of Saturday morning cinema.
01/26/06
Laughably bad and fantastically good all at once, this is a guilty pleasure that everyone can enjoy.
11/03/05
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Quite possibly the greatest movie ever made, and I thoroughly distrust anyone who suggests otherwise.
07/31/04
A soundtrack by Queen is one of the highlights of this film actualization of the comic strip. The crazy set design and costumes are also dead-on replicas of the strip.
03/10/03
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