A highly overrated film.

Rating: 5/10 (2 April 2001)

How can a film this simple, without a coherent script, no real lines ("What we do in life echoes in eternity" is not one of the lines, it's the only real good line), without a director (this Ridley Scott can't be the same that made Alien, Thelma and Louise or even Hannibal) and with only shadows of actors (don't tell me that Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix or Connie Nielsen are really acting. The same can be said about Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi and Oliver Reed, the best actors of that film, but working with an auto-pilot) and a very weak soundtrack could win all those Oscars or even nominated for them? Furthermore, a film that isn't able to win the oscars for the script, the editing, cinematography, actors (besides Crowe, i've already told my opinion about that), director, music and soundtrack (these are really the oscars that award a film and make it good or bad) awarded with best film of the year?
i think that everyone who knows anything about films understands my position. I don't consider Gladiator as one of the best films for 2000 (a rather weak year for films, by the way), i consider it as one of the greatest disappointments of the year. Sorry for those who don't share this opinion, to those i can only say: Learn something about cinema before issuing an opinion!!!