My favorite historical movie

Rating: 10/10 (8 March 2014)

In modern times people used to be selfish, egoistic and greedy. They can do everything to reach their goals – even they can kill their relatives. People always were the same. They never change. Even in Roman Empire people used to be such.
Ridley Scott clearly knew that and decided to make a movie "Gladiator". The whole crew and cast are fascinating: Ridley as a director, Hanz Zimmer writes soundtrack, Russell Craw and Joaquin Phoenix as a main characters – it's definitely a masterpiece!
The plot of the picture is that Emperor Marcus Aurelius' was killed by his son Commode, and Commode unfairly became Emperor and made general Maximus a slave. Maximus' family was cruelly killed also by Commode. And Maximus began to revenge for justice. This movie is a big adventure of one person who didn't want to accept what is happening in his homeland. He is the only one who wanted to change something. And he changed.
I am really proud that the world have such great people like Maximus. He is the one to which all people should be equal. People betray, take bribes, do unfairly things. And Maximus is impersonation of justice, devotion and all virtues. The film touched a lot of topics: politics, problems of higher and lower societies, compression of the old and new generations, respect for traditions and history and a lot of another life problems. It can be good ground for reflection. "Gladiator" – it is like the Pacific Ocean – very extensive and full of mysteries, intrigues and adventures.
In my opinion it is legendary movie that people will watch at any time. "Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back." – Marcus Aurelius