I am Spartacus!

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2004)

That very scene, that very line -- was what drew me into this film when I was a mere five years old.
This is an epic film of a man who grew to be the most unlikely leader...a film that should be viewed over and over and over again for its brilliance, its acting by the great Mr. Douglas, it's direction by Mr. Krubeck, it's locations and story.
It's been a LONG time since epic movies have been made, everyone is after the almighty dollar and want things resolved in a hour and twenty minutes. But some films don't deserve these chops and back in the day when we had films such as Lawrence of Arabia, the Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, and Spartacus who cared how long they were, they were brilliant films.
I'm writing this in 2004 where we are not seeing films such as Gladiator, The Harry Potter Series, The Lord of The Rings Series, Master and Commander from the Far Side of the World, etc., going over that two hour mark and people actually sitting through them -- enjoying the film experience for the entertainment and epic grand tales of these stories. Just like back in the day with Spartacus. I say, its about time, bring them on. For the rising costs of film to sit in a theater, now having this new wave of movie going experiences like Spartacus is as great way to bring the recent movie going public BACK to these films and to be able to sit down and watch them for the brilliant films they are.
Spartacus is one of the top 100 Films of all time.