Overly rated but good action/drama...

Rating: 6/10 (6 May 2001)

1st watched 5/7/2001 - 6 out of 10(Dir-Ridley Scott): Overly rated but good action/drama from director Ridley Scott. The cinematography was great, and Joaquin Phoenix as the Caesar was excellent(which should have won him an Oscar), but of course Crowe won for an ok performance as best actor. The film was directed well by Scott, but our appeal to the characters was lacking as opposed to a similar Oscar winner in "Braveheart" in that it had a lot of violence but Gibson was wonderfully captivating where Crowe was again just ok. It seems like Oscar always tends to like a overly-produced epic know matter how good it is these days. I hope that it returns to simple storytelling for it's best picture winners (aka. Chariots of Fire, Driving Miss Daisy etc...) in the future.