Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
I'm not going to change your mind, but...
By this point, it is ridiculous to write another review for "Gladiator" (Right now it has around 1300 reviews), but if you're reading this and considering buying it, please do yourself a favor and rent it instead.It's a good popcorn flick that makes a great rental, especially to watch with friends. Everybody has already mentioned the dazzling visuals, so I need not go on further. Great action, great fight scenes.But the acting ranges from melodramatic to slightly less melodramatic, and the script is pure cheesiness at its worst. The movie has no depth at all, which is why most sane people question why it won an Oscar for Best Picture. The lesson in this movie is "If you have a problem, kill somebody." They say this (almost literally) several times within the movie, which just makes it seem like it was conceived/written by a six year old.If you are just looking for some action scenes, then here ya go. Everything else is sold separately.