This thing stinks like a gladiator (spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (23 September 2002)

I fail to see the importance of this film. The script was predictable, the dialogue weak and unrealistic. Russel Crowe was better in the Insider. Yes, it was a lovely film to look at. The computer graphics were stunning, the war scene very realistic (read gory). But I knew 20 minutes into it almost exactly what was going to happen and all the fighting that happened along the way was just fluff to fill out space in between the plot points. The love story is unconvincing and the villain, the emperor, is entirely evil with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, rendering no only unsympathetic but unbelievable. Since Russel Crowe's character is almost entirely good, he doesn't need an entirely evil character to counterpoint him. Don't see this movie for the story, see it for the special effects.