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I have different expectations for different budgets. When I was a kid I expected more out of films like BEN-HUR, EL CID and THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE than I did from Italian sword-'n'-sandal films. As much as I Ioved the latter, I tended to find the Hollywood spectacles much more satisfying...

THE ROAD WARRIOR (1981) was an intense thrill ride/chase movie and the reason we didn't ask for more insight into the characters back then was because it was just an action movie and barely medium budget for its time. Nobody wanted or expected anything more. But when $150 million is spent on a...

Are there that many movies with real stunts anymore? Somehow I doubt they could come up with enough nominees. Maybe an Honorary Oscar occasionally when a film comes along that qualifies. Such a category would have been awesome back in the 1970s in the heyday of Hal Needham.