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/MikeSizemore 21h ago
Zardoz triggered my parents having ‘The Talk’ with me, but during commercial breaks so it didn’t get in the way of the movie. I was maybe ten and it was on TV quite late at night and my mum walked in at the point there were a lot of erections and diagrams.
‘He shouldn’t be watching this!’ ‘He’s fine,’ said my dad, rolling his eyes.
They then argued a bit about my exposure to tits while I tried to work out what the floating head was doing. Then the ads kicked in and I got a rough breakdown of the birds and bees. All went a bit over my head as I just wanted to watch Connery shoot people with his revolver.
Still one of my favourite movies.