Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 4.0
A Good Movie
I wanted to see Russell Crowe in his other movies after seeing him doing such an AMAZING job in "A Beautiful Mind". Joaquin Phoenix did a AWESOME job as a manipulative, deceiving, sickening jerk. The special effects and the sets was pretty amazing too.Russell Crowe did a good job too. The scene where he found his son and wife crucified and burnt just broke my heart. It seemed to me that the character of "Maximus" was stoic(sp?) most of the time. The only thing that disappointed me was the ending. I could've lived without the ending. It was also difficult to find a plot. I'm NOT bashing the movie at all!!! Like I said, I think I need to watch it more than once. The more I watch it, the more I like it.The DVD features are cool. I like to watch the montage of unused scenes with the beautiful music playing in the background and the "Making of" featurette.Speaking of the music, the music in this movie is so beautiful and haunting.Overall, it's entertaining. I DO recommend it!!