Bad epoch adaptation, extremely over-acted

Rating: 5/10 (8 January 2005)

I know its an epic movie and they usually have over-acting conceded, but add that to a bad epoch adaptation (screenplay, customers, make-up, manners, crafts, everything...) and the result is this gladiator-lordoftherings-wannabe that falls very short at the attempt. Shoudn't get any academy awards nominations, except maybe for visual effects or ... i don't know... hair-styles? But who knows, we've seen other overrated movies win a lot of Oscars before, like Titanic, where each statue represents like xzillion dollars invested which represent a lot of jobs.... (remember folks: to win Oscars you don't have to make good films, you need a lot of investors). The screenplay was probably the worst, with acting (influenced by the plot) a close second. A 5 is more than enough.