Frighteningly beautiful

Rating: 9/10 (21 July 2000)

This is one of the best movies ,and the first Roman-epic-kind movie I have ever seen. It is powerful, the story superb and the lion scenes reduced me to a weeny cat. Incredibly stylish with computer-generated graphics, it did not look very convincing but-I know it may sound strange-in a way it adds to the intensity of the film, so CG served it's purpose. Who said violence had to look totally realistic?
The story and sword-fighting aside, I found the acting is just as good. Russell Crowe delivers the emotions very well...the best I'm-very-p***ed-off-right-now face I've seen! And Joaquin Phoenix also did an excellent job. He looked like he was born with the evil glint in his eyes. Very, Very good.
This movie is breathtaking. Go see it once or twice, you won't regret it.