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Summary: DONT BOTHER wait for the criterion DVD
Review: Dont buy this version, wait for the the new special edition coming from the CRITERION COLLECTION. Commentary, improved picture, improved sound, etc.
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Summary: Classy Roman epic
Review: Kubrick was brought in to finish this film at some point, so he probably thought the finished product was a botch. He objected to the script, among other things. But the moviegoer need not find flaws just because Kubrick was unhappy with Spartacus. It looks like a masterpiece. The conflict is based on an actual slave uprising, led by an actual slave named Spartacus. He probably didn't look like Kirk Douglas. The film portrays the class differences in Rome rather well, and it's one of the few Roman epics that doesn't look like a costume party. The cast is uniformly good and there are memorable scenes and quotable dialogue galore. Buy this now, and read some authentic Roman history later.
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Summary: Up there with epics like Ben-Hur but better.
Review: I watch this film every christmas and I'm still not tired of it. It is still is as fresh as the day it came out. Even though Kubrick disowned it , it is one of his best films.Spartacus also has a second to none perfect cast from Douglas to Olivier. Great for rainy Sunday afternoons.
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Summary: Great movie. Must have it...
Review: It's probably one of the best movies of Stanley Kubrick, full of feelings. Definitively a masterpiece !!!
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Summary: Kubricks BIG movie
Review: This gives meaning to the phrase 'They don't make 'em like they used to'. An unbelievable expanse of glorious sets, unending seas of extras, a wrenching score, and old fashioned action combine to make one enjoyable 'epic'. Mel Gibson mustve been taking notes, as its hard not to compare this to 'Braveheart'. Not exactly as smart or deep as Kubricks later films, but an important one nonetheless. The DVD digs up a scratchy old trailer, and gives some generous notes on the restoration of the film. A crisp picture and soundtrack only adds to the BIGNESS of the story. Just clear up three hours from your day and kick back with this one.
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Summary: This movie is awesome!
Review: Spartacus, born a slave and raised a slave, is a great movie based on the novel by Howard Fast. Starring: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Laurence Olivier, and Charles Laughton. Rated: PG-13. Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Summary: i am spartacus
Review: i was taught not to cry, but the epic of Spartacus touched my spirit and emotion as few other movies have. I can never watch the crucifiction scene - "Verinia...my love, my life", without going to pieces. Perhaps it is my homage to the romantic and heroic, but the values of the storyline resonate the historic struggles of man's desire to be free in juxtaposition to temporal political will.Let the critics, including my favorite director Mr. Kubrick, be damned! Spartacus is a film for the ages, and i force my family to watch it with me on special occasions. They endure, including the Kleenex moment at the end. There is so much more to be said about the acting, screenplay, cinematography et. al....but the botttom line is i have read the other wimpy reviews of Spartacus --- hey, guys and dolls ---"GET A LIFE"---Spartacus sure had a tougher one and we need to respect and appreciate that! If only we could all lead our lives with that conviction, the world would be a better place. of course, the alarming thing for me, a free, white, middle-class christian-raised United States citizen, is wondering if Saddam and others of his ilk think they are Spartacus! We need better emotional and cultural intercommunication! In closing this short diatribe on Spartacus, I might mention that the late Mr. Stanley Kubrick was one of the great visionaries of recent cinema. Please make it a point to see as many of his films you possibly can. He was a contemporary genius, and films like "2001" and "A Clockwork Orange" were a portent of events to come. Always ahead of his time, Stanley Kubrick, employing his perfect mastery of storytelling through cinema, brought to the screen very powerful depictions of man's struggle with moral, cultural and political forces that challenge us to this day. I will be first in line for tickets to "Eyes Wide Shut" late
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Summary: A Good Story Well Told.
Review: Let's be clear. Stanley Kubrick went on to make some of the major works of cinema. No one claims that Spartacus is one of them, but it is a well-made and intelligent movie. I find it quite irresistible, despite some of the weaknesses in an over-earnest, obvious script from Dalton Trumbo and some less than stellar performances (what was up with John Dall?). Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, and Peter Ustinov are more than sufficient reason to watch the film through. The battle scenes are impressive, and had an obvious influence on Mel Gibson's vastly inferior Braveheart. Overall, a film that takes itself a wee bit too seriously, but manages to stay afloat. Great fun for a slow Sunday afternoon.
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Summary: A very good picture a ture classic
Review: This is the type of movies that should be on dvd you can really enjoy the sound and picture this way.
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Summary: dvd is great. miracle of modern technology.
Review: In 1960 I was 14 years old and the film "Spartacus" had an incredible impact on me. This dvd version still holds the same magic and impact.
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