Great technical achievement

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2001)

I admit walking into the theatre to watch 'Gladiator' I thought that it was going to be just a rip-off of 'Spartacus.' I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't the case. 'Gladiator' was a very visualy rewarding film, it was probably the best technical achievement that I seen last year, but on the other hand for it to get an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture was a little much. I believe that it no doubtly deserves to clean up the technical Oscars, but just because it is visually a great film, I don't think that makes it one of the best films of the year. I said the very same thing about 'Titanic' which was an amazing technical film, but to say that it was the best film of the year, or in some cases I heard some people say that it was the best film of the decade, was ubsurd. Just because you spend a lot of money on a film does not mean that it makes it a great film. I feel that it is the same case with 'Gladiator.' Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed this film, but sometimes hype can get the best of me.