For the guys

Rating: 2/10 (16 August 2000)

Fans of repetitive blood and gore will have a field day with this pretentious epic-scaled spectacle. Sentient human beings (read women) will simply be bored -- although Mel's body has seldom looked better. In fact I would have been less outraged at Mel winning best actor for this mess than best picture and best director. The camera techniques and art direction ARE excellent. But the gaffing, sound mixing, editing, and most of all the interaction of the strengths of the performances were strictly amateurish. Nowhere was restraint exercised. If this is the 63rd greatest movie of all time, then I am the 63rd stupidest women who has ever lived. It's a shame that fans of an historical epic such as this have no sense whatsoever of cinematic history. If you are female and over 30, do NOT waste your time on this drivel.