Best movie of the year!

Rating: 9/10 (23 February 2001)

Gladiator was, without a doubt, my favorite movie of 2000, thus far. I am not a huge action kinda guy, but this movie actually had a tremendous storyline and magnificient performances by Russell Crowe and Joaquin Pheonix. With staggering battle scenes on the battlefields and in the collesuem, this film was absolutely the definition of a great epic. Crowe's performance deserves an Oscar for Best Actor, though I am sure they will give it to Tom Hanks or Ed Harris, which is fine by me. I am sure Crowe will get his Oscar in the future sometime. Richard Harris's role as the aging emperor is also good, and should have been noticed for Best Supporting Actor. All and all this film is truly and beautifully shot and exciting action/drama worth seeing 50 times.