THE BEST!!

Rating: 10/10 (15 February 2002)

Well, Gladiator is definitely my favourite movie to-date. I mean I am not really a movie fan, but I went to see it twice cos I just love it so much. This movie has everything -- Action, Drama, Politics, History and Romance (but not too much of it which is good). The action sequences are superb, both the battle scene and the fighting scene. Every details are captured tastefully, & not too gory. The acting is always superb. Russell Crowe was such a natural. I love him!! and his character, Maximus. I'm so glad he won an Oscar which he rightfully deserved. At last not least, the soundtrack was so great that it sounds good just by itself (I still listen to it everyday!!). Also I should not forget to mention the special effect like the reconstruction of the ancient Rome and the Colosseum. I felt like looking at a real living city as it was New York or London or something. After I watched Gladiator, I also watched Ben Hur just to satisfy my thirst for blood. But nah, Ben Hur is not even half as good as Gladiator.