YOU DON'T GET MUCH BETTER

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2004)

Ridley Scott is a total legend in film making because of 3 major films which all started a revolution ALIEN, BLADE RUNNER, GLADIATOR all of which are brilliant. Gladiator is a superbly directed movie with stunning photography and 'OFF THE PLANET ACTING' from RUSSELL CROWE and an equally as good JOAQUIN PHOENIX. Both actors worked so hard to make this film happen. This film should have taken best DIRECTOR and BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR but of course those Academy Awards ar'nt always right. At least RUSSELL got the Oscar (A WELL DESERVED ONE). The score composed by HANS ZIMMER is BRILLIANT and massively powerful. Thats another one that 'well' deserved the Oscar........ Gladiator depicts the roman empire as it were all those years ago, 'spot on', no other movie has ever displayed such power before.. HIRE this movie its worth IT!!!!!!
Paul .................