A Work of Art

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2007)

This movie is a brilliant work of art; from director to cast it was preformed perfectly. The opening of the movie was well executed and I was so overwhelmed that I wasn't listening to what the characters were saying until probably the third time I saw the film. The way the director Ridley Scott recreated Rome and its military and political struggle was a masterpiece, from the language used to the accuracy of the structures it was almost as if it really was still there to see.
The way the characters like Maximus (Russell Crowe) fit in to the character was phenomenal the performance gave the audience the real feeling of being a general who was betrayed, then became a gladiator and obtained his revenge. Definitely a gladiator who defied and emperor is the best way to describe how he executed his role, even cast who aren't famous Hollywood material managed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats and showed them the a replica of Rome. This movie is definitely one of the greatest works of art I have ever seen as far as enactments of early ages of man.