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Summary: DVD's FOREVER - view, examine ALL the extras, then review
Review: DVD's like this are loaded for our entertainment and enjoyment. Some background information is good but when there is an abundance like this set, stand back and enjoy the ride. This 2 DVD set is absolutely a marvel to watch. Here special effects are used to show us the Rome we have only seen in lavicious paintings. Now we can be absorbed into the plot and character roles without distraction from poor effects. The story line and actors chosen for this epic were excellent choices. I just want to say watch this movie (Disk 1 uninterrupted for almost 3 hours) then watch the 2nd Disk; the deleted scenes (adds to the story line/plot immensely), the making of, and the real Gladitor Story (an amazing tale). With all this information return to review the movie once again for an entirely new perspective. If you liked Spartacus (1960) you'll love "The Gladitor" (2000). You'll be watching this movie again. A great addition to the DVD library.
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Summary: This is the best DVD out there. PERIOD!!
Review: This DVD set is packed with extra features, including an amazing movie. It took me ages to get through all the material included. There are some features which were shown on TLC which give some great insight into the real lives of a gladiator. I found it to be very interesting. There is also a look at some storyboards of scenes that never made it into the film. For example there is this on fight scene between a couple of Rhino's which I could understand why that didn't make it; the cgi effects for it would have cost a lot.The movie itself is an epic blockbuster. Tons of awesome action sequences which keep you on the edge of your seat. Particularly the scenes in the Colesseum. This movie is a must have for anyone with a dvd player!
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Summary: It's A Watch Once Film
Review: It was quite a spectacle; I'll give it that.
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Summary: Cinematic tour-de-force
Review: I was very impressed with the production values of both the original film and the DVD. The movie is rendered with excellent skill on virtually all levels: camera work, lighting, musical score, sets... everything. It stands as a stunning tour-de-force of the cinematic arts. The actual screenplay and the rendering of it are a little less impressive. While it certainly makes for enthralling viewing, there are several instances where the story drags, becomes unnecessarily complex, or leaves leaves plot complications dangling unresolved. For these minor sins I rate the movie four stars instead of five.
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Summary: A great movie to have for any DVD collection
Review: Gladiator is an excellent movie to have in anyone's DVD collection. I have X-Men on DVD as well and I like Gladiator over X-Men because of the terrific storyline. Be warned: I wouldn't let young children watch this movie because it has some very gory scenes (like Saving Private Ryan) but this makes the movie very realistic. Also, if your DVD player and receiver have DTS decoding, watch (and hear) this movie in DTS surround (especially the scene where Maximus is fighting the other gladiator with the tigers coming from the ground). All hail Maximus!!
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Summary: One of the best in a long time...
Review: This is one of the best films that I've seen in a long time. It has all of the criteria for a great epic film, betrayal, revenge, romance... well, not so much romance unless you have an appetite for incest as did the Prince in the film... but more importantly, the majestically depicted never tiring story of the struggle between good versus evil. Of course, there's a fair share of gore in the film, but the emotions brought on by the film far outweighs the Hollywood "Terminator" style of photography. In short, this was a film that brought my family and I to a standing ovation in front of our living room television set!!! Surely, it will do the same for you.
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Summary: Incompatible with PC DVD
Review: I bet it's a great movie, but it won't play on my new Asus DVD ROM drive which other DVD's I've rented play on just fine. This uses some "PC Friendly" branded software front end that my DVD couldn't negotiate, it did not see a disc in the drive. I'm looking for technical info to explain this problem so I can avoid renting or buying such DVD's in the future.
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Summary: Just more hollywood.....
Review: You could get the same effect of watching this movie by playing Enya at full volume all the while stabbing your leg with a fork. This movie falls way short of Braveheart by focusing too much on wooing the audience with digital effects. The soundtrack mimics Titanic by pulling at the heartstrings with cheesy vocal sonets that overlap every interesting part in the movie. It doesn't get anymore melodramatic than Gladiator.
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Summary: A Great Epic For the Ages
Review: For a while I thought the "Sword and Sandal" movies were over, until I saw "Gladiator". The movie changed how I see great epics. A little bloody, but after all that was the way of the world back then, right? Ridley Scott again amazes the audience with great scenes, excellent plot, script, and acting, and dazzling special effects. Like the movie "Saving Private Ryan" the main character is a man that is not normally violent, but has a killer instinct, and isn't afraid to use it, that to me, is a true man, and Maximus, is a man.
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Summary: A film not to be missed..
Review: This film is one of the greatest of it's kind.The acting is superb, particularly the brooding intensity we see in Joaquin Phoenix's Character, Commodus.He will become highly regarded and sought after as a leading and supporting man after this film.. The Dvd offers spectacular bonus features and a host of interesting deleted scenes.Ridley Scott has succeded, once again, in bedazzling moviegoers with his vision and flair for effects. This is the best movie he has directed since Blade Runner back in the 80's. He has seen to it that the DVD is as special as possible. Further, this movie is also priced quite reasonably. It could easily have been the type of new release that one could have found priced at 35.00 or more - and people would likely have paid. This is a film not to be missed.
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