Review of Flash Gordon (1980) by Kai82 — 11 May 2020

This is finest B-movie nostalgia, so bad that it is good and has an awesome soundtrack from Queen. Like I said you should expect an enjoyable and hilarious performance not a Shakespearean movie. I would even say anyone who criticizes this did not know what to expect.

You would also not watch a Godzilla movie for its dialogues or Monty Python for realistic historical representation. For the movie itself I feel I have already said everything there is to say. The story is good B-movie material, the actors do the best they could within the scripts and the special effects have aged well for its time.

I know some people will use the Jurassic Park argument here. Jurassic Park still holds up and if you judge anything against it for holding up it loses. This was not my point. The soundtrack however from Queen is what makes this movie so famous.

I have yet to find anyone who dislikes it. The Flash Gordon song is so powerful that it becomes a (positive) haunting melody. My conclusion is also the initial sentence “Finest B-movie nostalgia, so bad that it is good and has an awesome soundtrack from Queen”.

My only warning is that the so bad that category does not apply to everyone. Bonus film knowledge: Bud Spencer was in line to play the role of Vultan.