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Summary: One of my all-time favorites
Review: This is a great movie. It is in my top 5 list of all time. And the DVD is great quality. An epic.
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Summary: Not just DTS
Review: The info sais it's DTS but that's not the whole truth. It is one of the few titles currently that have it's audio encoded as DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete Surround which means 7 separate channels giving you the best possible audial experience.
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Summary: best movie ever!!
Review: and I do mean EVER! This is a really awesome movie!!!
this is an awesome movie a movie you have to see more the once!!! so you should buy it! this is a movie you can see a again and again!!! I did't even know who Russell Crowe & Joaquin Phoenix was till I saw this movie and now I'm a big fan of Them!!!
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Summary: Gladiator
Review: The movie, on DVD, is so wonderful! The clarity of sound, color and action cannot be duplicated. The movie reels you in and you feel like you are there in that time period. The acting giving by Russell Crowe is overwhelmingly great along with the other actors portrayals.
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Summary: awesome!
Review: this is an awesome great movie.. I saw it right after I lost my dad.. it really help me in that time...it really DID see this movie and buy it!
I know in just some of the reviews some people did't like it and to those who did't like it I have this to said to them...
maybe you just did't lose someone you love will all your heart, This world is full of pain and sorrow.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: What can I say, another powerhouse performance from Russell Crowe, with Riddley Scott putting together a great story and directing, it doesn't get much better than this.
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Summary: Award winning Mediocrity...
Review: The cinematography in this film is great, as well as the casting and effects.. yet for some reason it just didn't seem to live up to the hype surrounding it.. So many other movies were better than this, and it's hard to understand why it was considered an Academy Award winner... Technical merits aside.. the story just doesn't live up and isn't worth a second viewing... My husband was excited to purchase this film & once viewed, he was sorely wishing he had spent his money elsewhere.... Save it for a rental night.
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Summary: Remember what good ol' Dr. Lecter used to say:
Review: " First principles, Clarice. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself?"Answer on GLADIATOR: A turkey. P.S.: Richard Harris doesn't even look like Marcus Aurelius, but he sure resembles Ron Moody's Fagin in 'Oliver!' (see for yourself). Too bad director Scott didn't make this a musical!.
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Summary: When was the last time we've seen a decent movie....NOW!
Review: This movie is great. It has great action and Russell Crowe fits the role of Maximus perfectly. The special effects are sweet! This is a MUST SEE MOVIE!!!
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Summary: Exciting, enjoyable, magnificent!
Review: This film is fortunate in that it is built round the very strong central performance of Russell Crowe. Otherwise its credibility would have been compromised by a series of blunders inexcusable is such a big budget undertaking from such an experienced director. To make a list seems churlish, so I will do so.
1. The sounds of the battle scenes are so obviously dubbed on afterwards. The battle scenes are very ambitious, full marks to Scott for 'having a go' at showing what it is really like in battle, but the dubbed soundtrack, invasive music and good grief, even dialogue out of synch just make this look silly.
2. The plot is predictable. it is obvious the son will kill Caesar, obvious that Gladiator will spurn the new Caesar, obvious he will escape execution, and obvious his family will be killed
3. The characters are ciphers, the same few people we have seen in every Roman Empire film from Ben Hur to the present day - you almost expect Lurcio to pop out and begin the prologue!
4. The scene where the boy is trampled by horses is predictable and it looks like they are using a dummy
5. The opening battle scenes somehow have the speed tampered with. they look a bit like a Ray Harryhausen battle scene only not as good. There's odd little bits of CGI used here for no apparent reason.
6. Richard Harries (presumably fatigued from holding down his weekend job as the Bishop of Oxford) gives a rather camp 'by numbers' performance of the exiting emperor. This is his last chance for him to give the world his King Lear and he's obviously determined to make sure we get it!
7. Joaquim Phoenix's diction is at times unintelligible.
8. The obvious CGI work on the flock of crows flying past the coliseum
9. The inclusion of Derek Jacobi. He's a fine actor, but his presence merely reminds us that the BBC has done Rome before, and better than this in I Claudius
But there are some merits to this film. Despite being long, its pace never flags. Crowe does some of his best acting when he is silent. As any actor will tell you, this is the most difficult type of acting, and it is unusual for the lead character in a film to have so much of it. But Scott shows great sensitivity in lingering on Crowe's expressions for just long enough to convey the emotions, and credit must go to the editor for this.
Oliver Reed is just superb. What a shame he was killed before the film was finished, because it could do with a bit more of him. I am certain Russell Crowe's Gladiator voice was modelled on Reeds. Compare them and I think you will agree.
The feeling of the bloodiness of battle and the empire is so well conveyed that you can almost smell the blood.
The staging of the battle scenes and the skill of the stunt men is unquestionable. But the camera is in close up for far too long and it's confusing. You only really know the outcome of a skirmish at its end. Some close-ups are needed in this type of film as it's tempting to let the big budget sets and crowd scenes leave you with only long shots and huge pans, but this isn't the right place for close-up work.
The scenes with the Gladiator riding cross country are good, reminiscent of the best scenes from Blackadder. If you don't believe me, watch it!
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