r/movies • u/vexerplusone • 1d ago

Discussion Any thoughts on Zardoz?

I saw this movie when I was in a vacation when me and my brother stayed up and we were 10 and 12. It’s super bizarro with ultra violence, and lots of nudity, and Sean Connery flying around in a stone triangle. So much to unpack it ha to be one of the strangest big celebrity movies I have ever seen.

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u/NoPossibility 1d ago

I really like it. It’s insane, obviously made by people on drugs, but the central idea of the film was great and very original for its time. Too original in many ways. It’s also a British psychedelic satire kind of sensibility which I don’t think many general viewers will have developed a taste for. You have to kind of watch it seriously, but be open to the intentional absurdity of some elements and just let the film play out on its own terms.