Violent poetry

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2005)

Having seen Gladiator for the fourth time, this movie might be considered a routine tearjerker for me. Although there is so much cruelty, bloodshed and aggression in this story, it is of poetic beauty. Predictable but irresistible because true. Driven by the love for his wife and child M. minimizes the number of his opponents. Winning a fight means being closer to the realization that he has lost his greatest goal. And in the end we all will be reunited with our loved ones in Elysium. A movie for those who need to cry sometimes but need some help. Warning and comfort to all homophobic men: you will surely fall in love with Maximus.