not that impressive *spoilers*

Rating: 6/10 (14 February 2010)

since it's release i've caught parts of the film but never saw the full thing, last night i finally did. To be quite frank, Russell Crowe's performance bored me to tears. I couldn't believe in his portrayal of Maximus, there just seemed to be something lacking. The only scene in the film that he actually made me believe was when he was speaking to Marcus about his home and how he didn't want to be emperor. There I was convinced after that... nothing. Joaquin on the other hand did a phenomenal job. He was ruthless and i literally couldn't wait to see what he would do next. To me he was amazing as Commodus. The fight sequences were a little drawn out but I feel that way about most fights in movies and they weren't bad but just a smidgen over done. The scenery was awesome and the sets had a great WOW factor to them but thats all that was really good about this movie. The ending ticked me off the most. I hate movies were from the beginning you know the main character is going to die. I mean why even bother with it? They should've at least had one of them live, maybe it would've made it better I don't know. I think this is one of those movies where you either love it or hate it no matter what and despite the issues with it, I have to give it a thumbs up.