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Summary: This one is a MUST SEE FILM!
Review: I have seen the movie now twice and have found it be be one of Ridley Scotts best yet.Russell Crowe made the role his own. He draws you in to the arena for some mind blowing battles. For those among us who like good period action films, it is a ,ust see movie.
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Summary: Hack and Slash
Review: Personaly I thought GLADIATOR was going to be a Saving Private Ryan want to be. But I was wrong. The movie was too cool. The plot was ok, but the action and the ending put this movie in my all time greatest list. In my opion, it is even better than Saving the Private. Can't wait to get it home.
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Summary: I can't begin to tell you how dissapointing Gladiator was
Review: Ridley Scott's made TV commercials before feature films. I never saw that style in his films (Alien, Blade Runner) before. In commercials there is not time to develop an idea so commercial makers get you aroused with style rather than substance. So it is with Gladiator. The fight scenes are exciting but meaningless. I couldn't really tell what was going on but it was exciting. Some of the transitions reminded me of a car ad. The dialog was not good. There was no economy in developing the characters so the movie is 20 minutes too long. If you want to see a great spectacle then rent Ben Hur.
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Summary: ASTOUNDING!
Review: Yes, when I first saw this movie, I thought, "Oh, another Ben Hur" or another "Spartacus 2000." Yet when I sat my behind down in that theater, I was nothing but wide-mouthed astounded and amazed at the picture that director Ridley Scott had in store for this summer. From the beginning I knew it wasn't like anything I had seen in a long time. Russell Crowe was just...superb in this very different role. Joaquin Phoenix was a great image of an evil character, although there were motives behind his behavior that made you feel just a little sorry for him. "Gladiator" made my eyes water not much with sadness, but at the beauty of this remarkable storyline of strength, honor, betrayal, and the fall of both the hero as well as the villain. I don't know how long they took to make a movie like this, but it doesn't look like the typical "eye candy" that was put together by computers in two days. This one's a keeper and a treasure in anyone's movie collection. This is clearly the best film Ridley Scott has ever directed, and I think in his heart, he knows this. Watch this one without expecting it to totally change your life, and you will see the reason for most of the good reviews.
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Summary: The worse movie since "The English Patient."
Review: I just got to tell you that I was just bored to tears watching this long and stupid movie. This one doesn't earn the rights for an Academy Award :-(
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Summary: Awesome Movie!
Review: One of the great Roman epics of all time! Russell Crowe should win the oscar! I was glued to the story from beginning to end.
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Summary: Ridley Scott Does It Again!
Review: You can't talk about movies of the yar 2000 without mentioning gladiator. By far the best movie of the new millenium. Ridley Scott triumphs with this epic tale of love, hate, revenge, and war. This movie surpasses all of Scotts other movies, including Alien, in my opinion. This movie surpasses all of Scotts other movies best qualities. It has more action than Alien, more visual beauty than Legend, and more compassion than Thelma and Louise. Rusell Crowe gives an oscar worthy performance,as does Oliver Reed and Richard Harris. The visual and sound effects in this movie are beyond amazing. If you can only see one movie in 2000 see this. You will not be dissapointed at all.
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Summary: Le meilleur film de l'année
Review: J'ai été voir ce film sans aucune attente et je n'ai pas été deçu. Une pure merveille, autant du realisateur que des acteurs. Russell Crowe démontre qu'il n'est pas le premier venue et que ce role lui va a merveille. Je l'ai vue 2 fois et s'il etais encore au cinéma j'y retournerais. Un délice pour tous.
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Summary: A grand vision that flounders at points
Review: Gladiator was a movie on a grand scale. Sometimes this culminated in awe-inspiring vistas and sweeping scenes. Sometimes it left the lesser characters behind. The story of a Roman general become fugitive become slave become gladiator, it paints a picture of life in the Roman empire as seen from several social levels and explores the gritty life of the gladiator. Crowe's character, Maximus, is oringal and a good mix of tough and tender. Unfortunately most of the other characters are not written with such insight and come across as two dimensional. This movie truly is carried by Crowe. The plot is quite predictable at points but the end surprised even me (I have seen so many movies that I can easily spot a cookie cutter plot and usually know how it will end half way through). It was a refreshing change. The computer graphics were amazing, especially the shots of the Colesseum, and there was a good balance between the grand sweeping shots and the small private moments that really let the audience get to know the characters. It would have helped if the moviemakers would have let the audience get closer to Phoenix's and Nielsen's characters but they seemed intent on making the first purely evil and the second a helpless victim. One thing that the movie did eccel at was recreating the glory and spectacle of the Roman Empire. Roman culture was well represented and history well meet if stretched at points. Another triumph of Gladiator was the soundtrack. It provided a beautiful counterpoint to the big events and subtly underscored the smaller moments. Plus it blended perfectly with the action in the battle scene and the death scene and really brought Elysium to life. Gladiator may not be on par with the other cinematic Roman spectacles but it is one of the better ones to come out of that genre.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This movie could have been great. Russell Crowe is, despite the not so well written screenplay and mediocre plot, very convincing in his role, in fact he is the only one who makes a pretty good job in this movie - Phoenix was not bad. But that just because Russell Crowe in an excellent actor. The movie fails because it was bad told, and not well directed. You couldn't identify nor share the characters feelings because of the large distance there seemed to be between them and the audience, and that's where the director fails, in the telling of the story.
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