The best Ridley Scott

Rating: 6/10 (6 May 2000)

I'm not much of a Ridley Scott fan... His movies always look good, but leave a lot to be desired other than that.
This movie was carried by Crowe, who must have sold his soul to be as good as he is.
There are TONS of anachronisms... forks in 180ad, longbows, etc.. but my biggest beef with the movie was the soundtrack. It wasn't bad, it was TOOOOOOO much and TOOOO loud!! I think there was all of five seconds that didn't have soundtrack. The (I assume, as there wasn't any credit given) Lisa Gerrard stuff was great, but the Holst/Planets ripoff stuff was pretty dull...