# What do you think of Krull? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511 "2009-09-17T23:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/1 "2009-09-17T23:51:32Z")
It was on TV last night and a friend and I were discussing its merits. I don’t care for it especially. He thinks it’s a great epic, of a set with Dune. I’m curious what the Cafe thinks of this particular flim. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/2 "2009-09-17T23:52:54Z")
I’d say that comparing it to _Dune_ is pretty apt. Whether that’s a compliment or not is debatable. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/3 "2009-09-18T00:05:41Z")
Krull isn’t fine theater, but when I was ten, it was _the greatest movie in the whole world_. Flying horses, space aliens, a cyclops, a disappearing castle, a giant killer spider, and that boomerang-like thing with the blades. It’s got its flaws, but I loved it as a kid. And HBO would play it again and again and again… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/4 "2009-09-18T00:08:17Z")
I own it. It’s got some nifty cinematogrophy, some decent ideas and occassionally some decent execution. It occupies a space right next to **Clash of the Titans** on my shelves. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/5 "2009-09-18T00:11:27Z")
I’ve never seen it, but I did star in the film. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/6 "2009-09-18T00:14:20Z")
I loved it as a kid, but I never watched it as an adult. Imho, I would rather cherish my memory than ruin it through adult eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/7 "2009-09-18T00:16:55Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I loved it as a kid, but I never watched it as an adult. Imho, I would rather cherish my memory than ruin it through adult eyes. This. I remember is being slightly above average back then. Lets just leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/8 "2009-09-18T00:17:19Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It occupies a space right next to **Clash of the Titans** on my shelves. And in my mind. Campy, cheesy, but oh so good. I especially like it when the wizard gets possessed and his eyes turn all black. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/9 "2009-09-18T00:26:48Z")
I used to love it, but now I see how cheesy it really was. Still, it does have Liam Neeson, Lysette Anthony (badly and horribly dubbed), Alun Armstrong, and Robbie Coltrane in it, amongst other fine British talent. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/10 "2009-09-18T00:39:01Z")
Camp classic, up there with **Plan 9 from Outer Space.** ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/11 "2009-09-18T00:42:29Z")
It’s no _Flash Gordon_. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/12 "2009-09-18T01:04:55Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > This. I remember is being slightly above average back then. Lets just leave it at that. I learned this lesson after tracking down a copy of “The Last Starfighter.” When I watched it again, I realized how little actual action there was. There’s only 1 space battle, the rest is all stupid 80’s comedy and cheap jokes about people who live in trailers. Films that sucked after I grew up: Return of the Jedi Big Trouble in Little China (Can’t watch it without thinking of Sex in the City) Anything with Jean Claude Van Damme except Bloodsport The Color of Money (Why was the editing so horrible?) Other films I’m trying to avoid: The Last Dragon Enter the Ninja Clash of the Titans Manitou Indy 1-3 Films that actually got better after I got older: Short Circuit The Chinese Connection The Matrix The 5 Deadly Venoms The Empire Strikes Back Godfather 1-2 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/13 "2009-09-18T01:19:12Z")
I thought it sucked a whole lot. And I liked Dune, sorta. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/14 "2009-09-18T02:00:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’d say that comparing it to _Dune_ is pretty apt. Whether that’s a compliment or not is debatable. Both have Francesca Annis (Lady Jessica in Dune and the Widow in the Web in Krull). But yeah, I’d say Krull was pretty standard 80s fantasy. Oh and I will have words with anyone who says Big Trouble in Little China sucks at any age. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/15 "2009-09-18T02:12:49Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Oh and I will have words with anyone who says Big Trouble in Little China sucks at any age. If I put a post it over that chick from Sex in the City, it’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/16 "2009-09-18T02:24:21Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Both have Francesca Annis And Freddie Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/17 "2009-09-18T02:45:19Z")
Romancing the Stone and it’s illegitimate sequel. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/18 "2009-09-18T02:54:13Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > It’s no _Flash Gordon_. But a bit less gay. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/19 "2009-09-18T03:11:34Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Indy 1-3 1 and 3 still kick ass. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511/20 "2009-09-18T03:39:15Z")
Was _Krull_ the movie where the Cyclops fought against his own destiny in order to save the hero, and ended up being squashed to death? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-krull/510511.md?page=2)