Hmmm... a plot...interesting...

Rating: 9/10 (30 July 2002)

There is an ever more popular trend in Hollywood movies now-a-days. The trend is taking a substance, called plot, out of scripts by mass amounts and filling these gaping holes with another substance called action. Now dont get me wrong action is fine in the right amount of dosage and for the right movies however now thier seems to be an overflow of this stuff. As you can tell by the sarcasm in my comments that i like this movie and i like the fact that it takes the time to set up a story rather then jump into a bunch of bull. And becuase of an overdose of this plot this movie gets a bad wrap. I personally love this movie and was what turned me on to history. Now with that out of the way lets talk about the movie. I must say that nearly every aspect of this movie, from the extensive amounts of weaponry created to the acting and directing impressed me. Ridley is a fantastic director and does a phenominal job with this movie, using old techniques of movie making with modern day technology was a stroke of genius. The historical accuracy ( the armor, arms, and buildings. Not the story ) was amazing, from the blade of a sword to the grandure of Rome astonished me. Music! The music makes this movie and sets the mode so well it almost makes you weap ( well, not really but you get the picture ). Hans Zimmer is truly a god at music, i respect him a great bit now. All actors in this film do a great job, however Jaquin Pheonix really stills the show. Playing the very disturbed and conflicted Commodos, Jaquin does a great job expressing conterdicting emotions and facial expressions. Though the story is well told and petty solid ( with exception of some historical inaccuracies ) it is not that original, of course then again what is now-a-days. And.... geez i didnt realize how much i loved this movie well lets cut to the chase. Im not gonna insult you or call you an unitellectual if you didnt like this movie or thought it was boring, becuase i can understand what your complaints are. I just dont agree with them. But if you liked BraveHeart or Spartacus you will not be let down by this movie. I think this movie deserves a 9/10 ( sorry only Shawshank and Requiem get a 10 in my book ).
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General Maximus, "Gladiator"