Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 1.0
Fake Just like Hollywood
Historical hokum is what this movie is all about. Crowe's character was made up along with the whole story. Any man or woman that knows anything about Roman history should be offended by this movie. I guess the producers and directors thought by showing you good costumes and battle scenes assumed they could trick you into not thinking for yourself. The sad part is they probably were successfull with a minute exception of viewers.The movies finale speaks for the entire film. A roman emperor doing battle with the gladiator in the colliseum. The absurdity of portraying something like this shows Hollywood's true arrogance. The real shame is that the same type of movie could have been just as or even more entertaining based on historical reality.