Gladiator

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Summary: What a movie
Review: Finally yestarday i saw the film,... but the fact is I enjoyed a great production as some many people has said, i purchased this film from Amazon and it has an amazing sound quality and picture. Russell Crowe interpretation of General 'Maximus' is magnificent, he puts so much reality on it that you think you suffer the same for the lost of his family. Other thing I like from the movie, is the end, this is not the typical "Hollywood's end', where the hero kill all the bad guys and go home happy with his family, this is a real end..., and even if it seems contradictory

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Summary: realy good
Review: The acyion sceans were toataly cool and the story was general but when they were wraped up into one seqence it made a really good moovie. It's about a general who is sent to die but escapes and when he gets home his family has already been murdered by Cesars men he faints and when he wakes up he is being carried in a gurrny like thing. Ther's your intro.

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Summary: What Happen To Our Choice of Viewing Format?
Review: I recently purchased a DVD Player, and choose Gladiator as my first DVD movie purchase. I will be the first to admit I did not understand the technical factors involving aspect ratios and their final effect on the viewing size of the movie on my television. I currently own a 35 inch 4/3 aspect ratio television, and I expected to see a full screen version when viewing this movie. Instead, I was presented with a "ribbon" of a picture, barely 13 inchs high, on a screen capable of showing nearly 29 inchs of vertical picture. I owe my thanks to anamorphic widescreen 2.35 to 1 technology. I did not enjoy the movie, due primarily to eye strain trying to watch it. What is the purpose of having a 35 inch TV if you are forced to watch a "ribbon" of a movie on it with no options for a different format, such as "letterbox" at 1.77 to 1 or even full screen at 1.33 to 1. If this is a veiled attempt to move me to the purchase of a new widescreen HDTV, it is a failed attempt. According to my calculations, a widescreen TV with a 16/9 aspect ratio would still not format Gladiator at full screen, thanks to the 2.35 to 1 aspect ratio of the DVD. I do not intend to purchase any additional DVD's that provide only the 2.35 to 1 ratio. Thanks to anamorphic widescreen 2.35 to 1 technology, I will continue to watch my movies in VHS format.

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Summary: Best Movie!
Review: I love this movie. Russell Crowe demonstrates why he is the best actor for 2000. The DVD alone is worth the money as it includes many bonus features like never-before seen portions of the movie and the making of gladiator.

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Summary: Own the legend:
Review: Gladiator is a great movie. I saw it in the theatares. I loved it. I own it on DVD. It has two discs. One has the special features and the other one has the movie. It's about a emperire who became a slave and then becomes a gladiator and then goes into battle with his enemy. That's all I'm gonna say. Watch it for your self. One last thing, It's kind of gory so no one under 16 should watch it. Buy it.

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Summary: One of the greatest movies of all time
Review: This movie is simply excellent! I was captivated in the theatre and have since purchased the DVD and watched it several times! This DVD won't dissapoint and I would suggest purchasing it to everyone!

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Summary: UNBELIEVABLE!!
Review: I cannot say in words how much I like this movie. Russel Crowe does the BEST acting of his carrier, along with Jaquin Phoenix who does an extremely good job of a bone-chilling villain. I wish I could give this movie a hundred stars!! The action is great, and their is little gratuitus violence.

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Summary: An Embarassment
Review: This has to be the worst movie ever to win an Academy Award for best picture. The opening battle scene is impressive, but the movie takes a nose dive from there. The plot is incoherent. The action sequences are edited in such a way as to completely obscure the action. The acting is not terrible, but the script is simply ludicrous from beginning to end.

This movie wasted two and a half hours of my life that I will never get back.

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Summary: Woderful Epic
Review: This was a great movie. It was sad, and intense, exactly the kind of movie I like. Russel Crowe has been dissed for his acting, but my most humble opinion is that he did a good job. The movie is one of the best I have ever see. It is worth all of the money, you will spend on it. And don't worry that it's not historically accurate, it entertains :) and that is exactly what it is meant to do. Oh yeah, and if you are over emotional like Me, you will probably cry through the last twenty minutes! The ending is fitting however. One cannot acheieve much more than the status of a hero.

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Summary: Great dvd treatment of a very good film....
Review: Now the very first thing I have to say is that I was one of the ones who was disappointed when Gladiator won the best picture oscar this year. Having said that, let me make it clear that while I thought there were better films last year, I still enjoyed Gladiator quite immensely and would put it in my top 10 of the year without a moment of hesitation. The epic proportions of the production were a daunting task to pull off properly and Ridley Scott, along with cast and crew did a magnificent job here of creating a mood and a period in time perfectly.

The story is one of a man named Maximus [Russell Crowe] and his fall from a general in the Roman Empire, to a slave being sold for combat in the massive coliseums of the day. His fall is brought upon by the jealous son of the Emporor Of Rome, who wants to step up to command Rome, but knows his father would never allow this, as he wants Maximus to rule. His family is slaughtered, his position in the army taken away, and he begins a new life, as a slave to used for comat to amuse the masses. Once set loose on the file of battle he quickly shows amazing skill and wins fight after fight eventually performing in the massive Roman Colliseum before the very man who sent him away so many years before.

Video is in 2.35:1 lbx and looks fantastic throughout the entire film, with sharp edges, great color saturation, and very little grain. Sound is presented in a spacious Dolby Digital 5.1 mix that makes nice use of both the sub and the rear surrounds to place the viewer in the middle of the battles that take place throughout the film. This is a two disc collection, with the film on disc one and tons of extras on the second disc, too numerous to begin to try and list. The entire package is wonderful, a great film treated the way all movies deserve to be on dvd, so please pick it up and enjoy it.