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Summary: rubbish
Review: this comes from an action fan, and this aint no action film i was expecting something to keep me excited and on the edge of my seat. no way. there are like 4 fighting scences, and admitedlly these are very good but that does not lift the whole film, the dialogue in between these fight scences is laughable, i went to sleep 4 times in the cinema. now some people might like borin "chat" but i dont if a film is goin be based on the talking it should at least be well written like shawshank redemtion but this is borin i repeat borin borin borin. i know a lot of people will disagree with this but then maybe they werent expecting an action fest like it billed. so if u like boring chatter (a lot of) and a fighting (not much of) then buy this but i personally would not buy it. the end of my rant :)
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Summary: Ridley Scott does it again!
Review: Once again Ridley Scott, one of the best directors in modern cinema, resurrects an old and trite genre. He did for Roman epics, what Alien and Blade Runner did for their respective genres. In this movie, he brings the fanatic and edge of your seat excitement that Saving Private Ryan and Braveheart had to the epic roman battles. This film had it all, from a great cast to wonderful cinematography and editing. The only fault I could find was the somewhat anti-climactic ending, but I heard that it was due to some storm that destroyed the sets for the grand epic battle. I wonder if they will shed more light on that subject, but still it was a great movie. It made a star out of Russell Crowe, a great actor who has been in some very good movies, among my favorite, is LA Confidential. The special edition DVD is defiantly worth a look at, I can't wait to buy it!
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Summary: MAXIMUS ,MAXIMUS, MAXIMUS !
Review: Ok, the only thing I could say about this movie besides the name of the hero is: EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING! , WOW!. I am not a gore or epic movie's people, but this let me in total astonishment, it was so real, so great. I am not a movie's specialist, I am just a "watcher",I mean just a movie's fan, and this was great, rome, the colliseum, the battles, the feelings, the drama, the performance. This movie is on it way to the Oscar's, and so are Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe, they really deserve it. I cannot wait to buy my DVD,
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Summary: One of the few good films of the summer!
Review: The critics lovd it, and almost everyone who went to see it at the movie theater i worked at did as well: even I enjoyed it! Gladiator was a film that actually took the heroic plot and turned it into a grand epic, that I would have to compare to my movie going experience when I saw "Titanic" in December of 1997. Russell Crowe plays Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman General, who is at the command of Marcus Aurillius, an aging Emperor. While Marcus's son (Joaquin Phoenix) is supposed to be the next ruler, Marcus wants Maximus to lead Rome to a new future. But upon hearing this news, Marcus's son Commodus destroys him, and proceeds to have Maximus killed as well as his wife and son. Maximus survives, but soon finds that he has been enslaved. Wanting revenge for this deed, he uses his skills as a general to make it all the way to the great Colliseum, where he befriend several other gladiators, and with their skills, they triumph in the face of the evil Commodus; but that's not the end of the story;) Mill films does a grand job for a European FX company in relaizing the Colliseum and shots of a city that no longer can be constructed in our world. The shots at times cut short and seem to be filmed on separate kinds of filmstock, but the cinematography is much better than what John Woo did on MI2. On a final note, there isn't as much blood and gore as most would think, but still, if you have children, I caution you to not let them watch this. Even though Maximus is a heroic general and all, be responsible with what your children view.
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Summary: THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN!
Review: The Best MOvie I have even seen. Great directing and acting! Has everything you want, action, love, romance! It has it all!
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Summary: MAGNIFICENTLY DONE IN ALL REGUARDS
Review: The plot is original in most respects although it is not for the faint of heart. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone as the casting was excellent and the scenery was extremely well designed and chosen. The movie was very well shot. There are only three things that are still bothering me. The first is when Maximus (Russell Crowe) is being brought to the slave market, I thought that the floating effect that they do goes on a bit too long and does not serve any greater purpose. The second is at the end they showed the compputer generated view of Ancient Rome. That "shot" has always bothered me. I felt that it is not needed and is not relavent to the story they told. The story is of the Gladiator and his perils not about Rome at all, other than the fact that it takes place there. The third thing is in the the final battle Maximus is wounded before hand and with a woulnd like he had he would have been much less alert than he was. I understand that they want to show his perserverance but it is not realistic at all. Overall the movie was execellent.
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Summary: Best of the season!
Review: This was the best action film of the summer, the story keeps you interested from the very beginning to the end, I have not seen anything lately comparable to the fight with the charioteers in the circus!
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Summary: Russell Crowe is the next Mel Gibson
Review: When I went to see the movie I did not know what to expect. This movie surpassed my hopes. Russell Crowe, besides being sexy, gave a superior performance. From the beginning I was thorougly involved in the plot. When he won his fights it was so hard no to stand up and cheer. I saw Russell Crowe in the insider, his performance in this film was superior to the insider. Can't wait to get it when it comes out. Hope the mail gets it to me fast.
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Summary: So Close, but so far away...
Review: Personally, I have anticipated a LOT from this film, because of the director Ridley Scott as well as my favorite film composer Hans Zimmer who is a genius, as well as the cast, including a fine cast: Russel Crowe and Richard Harris and Joquin Phoenis and others. But I was very, very disappointed with this film. First of all, this was a very beautiful film. This was a very well-photographed film, but not the right way. There are certain ways you shoot a film depending on its genre. Epics such as this film should be shot in a grand way such as THE LAST EMPEROR(which was probably the BEST photographed film[Vittorio Storaro])and it can't be shot in a way that films such as THELMA AND LOUISE was, for example, which was a Ridley Scott film. The murky look of the Roman Empire as well as the shot of the Roman city and the Colussium was shot in a way that closed off the grand view from the viwers. Were some shots grand? Yes, but the shots weren't edited right. Many shots in this film were shot in a way that closed off from the audience of what the Roman Empire, the full scale of Roman Empire might have looked like. Also, the script. The script actually didn't have THAT many problems. But a little more character development for Djimon Hounsou might have been nice, as well as a little more look at what Joaquin Phoenix did after being the friggin Emperor of ROME might have been nice as well! The music: HANS ZIMMER and LISA GERRARD RULE!!!! I loved the soundtrack. I bought it because I HAD to listen to this finely composed music as well as Lisa Gerrard's beautiful vocals.(especially the ending) The cast was very very fine. Exceptional work by Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, and others have pulled off arguably the best ensemble casted in a film this year. So why do I say "So Close, but so far away..."? Well, all the ingridients for a very very VERY fine epic film are here: Ridley Scott, one of the most influential film director, Hans Zimmer, God of film music, cinematographer who can pull off beautiful images, and a very fine cast, but WHAT WENT WRONG???!!!! Well, I guess it was just bad choices by some of the people during the production, but I must say, this COULD have been an AWESOME film...
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Summary: 3 star bust
Review: Too much plot. Too much unbelievable plot. Pacing is off and battle scenes become progressively less engaging. Special effects are wondrous, but whoever wrote the script doesn't even have a passing acquaintance with Roman history. And Mr. Phoenix cries, weeps and sobs with impressive femininity.
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