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The Long Ships
The Long Ships (1964)
Nice idea; too many holes
24 December 2003
A good story idea with the wrong actors. Several interesting plot twists make the movie worth seeing as long as you don't pay too close attention. A bell made of gold won't ring when struck, it will thud. And this bell floats on water (I'm not kidding). A solid gold bell would deform dramatically if, for example, dropped from a cliff, but this one doesn't.

Despite these (and other) problems, it's a fun movie.
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Crack in the World
Crack in the World (1965)
2/10
Absurd and ridiculous but entertaining
3 January 2002
Warning: Spoilers
This movie must rank as one of the most absurd ever. SPOILER PLOT SUMMARY: setting off a nuclear weapon to poke a hole in the MOHO layer to release thermal energy of the mantle for use in generating power. A crack is formed which starts to spread. They attempt to stop it by setting off another nuclear weapon in a volcano. This causes the crack to loop back to the starting point at which time the "pressure" of the mantle blows the piece of the crust out into orbit forming a new moon. 1. There is no MOHO layer. Even so, volcanoes pierce the "layer" and do and do not cause "cracks". 2. No one can drill to the mantle on a continent. The ocean floor is much thinner - and it's still too thick for a hole to remain open. 3. The creation of a new moon from the crust of the earth would be a catastrophe that would destroy life on the planet - and the heroes watch this from a couple of hundred yards away! Ridiculous, but fun, if you have a lobotomy first.
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