new found respect for the movie

Rating: Null/10 (14 May 2000)

confession, when i first saw the trailer, i was like rolling my eyes at this braveheart cum saving private ryan remake. ididn't care for the director, actors and the roman empire. but can i tell you: i am not only in awe of russell crowe and gang, if i had a time machine i'd bring myself back to those times and live there for like forever. it's hard to describe the movie without using superlative words like absorbing, spectacular or emotional, but the fact is that the movie is all of those. and the amazing thing about this is that the story is done umpteen times. this is what i call a movie. thumbs up (and the colassium roars with approval!)