Great film this is

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2015)

Magnificent work by Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe. I watched both versions - the long and the short one, and I have to say that the short version of the film is no doubt better. It is like with many other films. I find that this movie shows real character, amazing battle scenes which do not take the attention away from the narrative. I liked being immersed in an epoch I know nothing about. I don't know if it is historically correct and I suspect it is not, but still it is a beautiful movie about real (well, in fact fictional) heroes, how can you go wrong :) Of course I will recommend this to others, to kids and grown ups alike. Nicely done work. I am giving it 9 out of 10 because of the longer version, which was on the verge of boring.