Unique...wonderful.

Rating: 8/10 (26 December 2005)

This is along the lines of what every other comment has been getting at, but I can't stress it enough.
"Gladiator."...wonderful, dazzling, spectacular action scenes. Maybe the action is like that of "Troy"...
...but Gladiator is unique, unlike Troy, it is not cheesy...or corny for that matter. For it's genre, the epic, big screen epic film, it is unique.
We get our action and our beautiful sets and all that good stuff that Troy had....but we also get wonderful acting, good directing, good music...you name it, "Gladiator" probobaly has it.
Some might have gone in to the theater expecting a popcorn box-office summer hit that may get a visual effect nomination or a minor Oscar...but mixing the action that movies like Troy have, and combining it with the talents of Sir Ridley Scott, we get so much more then a summer hit.
We get an Oscar winning, unique, wonderful film.
...and even if one can not see what is so unique and non...cheesy about this film, then they can just enjoy the action, right?