Hollywood finally tells a good story again!

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 2000)

Gladiator is really a sweeping epic of a film! It is truly something else. I've been waiting for this type of film to be made again. It's a lot like the great big films of the late fifties. There's no sex, no foul language, and no nudity - instead they tell a gritty, fantastically engrossing story that kept me white knuckled throughout most of it.
The acting is superb and the casting is dynamite. I really despised Phoenix's character - just what I was supposed to feel. I had never thought much of this younger brother to River Phoenix, but now I see that he really can deliver. And Crowe, well, let's just say I've been waiting for the U.S. to realize what a great actor this man is.
Gladiator and U-571 are two of the finest films Hollywood has cranked out in decades. They've really told stories and stories that don't need the "F" word peppered throughout it (tell me where the difficulty there is for screenwriters to come up with that word?) I'm very liberal and not much bothers me, but I'm sick to death of cursing in movies when it doesn't add to the film and it just seems to be in there for shock value.
So, now I can really say, "Hurray for Hollywood!"