A damn fine film...cept for a few things

Rating: Null/10 (8 December 2000)

I expected another poorly executed sword-slashing film when I entered in to see Gladiator. I walked out of my computer room (watched it on my DVD player on my CPU) feeling very satisfied. The action sequences, editing, cinematography, and use of 48, 24, and 12 frames were spectacular. The acting was very well done as well, not the greatest, but certainly good. I thought the plot was also very good, though there were some shades of Spartacus and many other films I've seen before. However, I found one weak feature, the ending. The last twenty minutes I thought were very weak. It seemed as though the screenwriters didn't know where to go once the end was in sight. Well, it's certainly a good film, I think it deserves a some kind of technical oscar nods. Oh yes, the score is absolutely brilliant, it deserves an Oscar nod. Zimmer deserves it! -PMB