Why on Earth Did Everyone Like This Movie?

Rating: Null/10 (28 July 2000)

This movie is bad. Not extremely bad, but bad nonetheless. It was extremely long and boring, seeing as the plot was paper-thin. The characters were dull. I couldn't care less, if Russell Crowe won in the end. I didn't feel sorry for his character at any point in the movie. In fact, by the second hour, I found myself wishing for his immediate death so they'd end the movie. I blame most of the movie's problems on director Ridley Scott. He's a hideous director, and I don't know why everyone keeps confusing him with a good director. During half of the fight scenes and during the battle scene at the beginning, it took the entire scene just to figure out what was happening. You could never tell what was going on. Thus, this movie isn't even good for a few cheap thrills. It isn't good: C-