Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
What was all the fuss about?
This movie was overrated. While it's an okay adventure film, the story's plot holes are large and glaring and rather frustrating. The acting was workmanlike, but really undeserving of any extra praise, and Crowe certainly did not give an Oscar-caliber performance.Additionally, the film was disappointingly historically inaccurate. Commodus reigned as emperor for about thirteen years, was a physically imposing individual of daunting martial prowess, and his death was the result of intrigue and poison rather than as portrayed in the film.I wish I'd rented this, rather than having bought a copy for my extensive dvd collection. Oh, well.