hmmmm.....

Rating: Null/10 (28 December 2003)

I must admit, I never wanted to watch Gladiator because of Russell Crowe - an ill mannered buffoon in my opinion. But I recently decided to sit down and watch the film due to many people telling me how good the film was. I was frankly quite surprised at Crowe's acting abilities (he was pretty damn good!), but overall, the film was lacking something. The effects were amazing, the directing pretty good, the score was fantastic, yet I didn't feel that it lived up to the hype. It just doesn't measure up to other epics such as Braveheart. I think too much time was spent on effects, so some of the heart of the film was lost. I'm sorry...I just can't pinpoint exactly what it is that I mean, but I would say watch it for the effects n Crowe n Joaquin Phoenix's acting, but don't expect it to be as good as it sounded.