gladiator/ ordinary film with an extraordinary title.

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2000)

i guess maybe i was expecting too much of this film, and you know how it is, when you go in with high expectations, you almost always come away feeling a little cheated when it does'nt live up to the hype.. that's the way this gladiator was for me. the shots went so quickly i could'nt tell what was happening from a blow by blow standpoint and it made me dizzy. the best movie in my opinion that recreated sword,arrow, knives and other weapons of distruction in a period that was before the gun was braveheart... that's is what i measured this movie up to, and it did'nt measure up. along with battle scenes being frought with and overabundance of quick cuts, there were some non battle scenes that were just too long and boring.. so in my opinion battles scenes to quick short and jerky and a plot that an 18 yr old high school student could have written.
if you want to see good fighting and heroism, do not see gladiator...save your money and rent braveheart instead.