Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 1.0
Another one bites the dust
I don't get it. Everytime I see one of these mega-movies they all look the same. The filmmaking style just bored me to tears. Talk about a formula. All the elements are just recycled from every other period action/adventure film. They lost me with the opening battle scene.By the way, If you want to see a great battle scene with a wonderful score check out "Ran" by Kurowsawa. He turns the battle sounds off and turns up the score, for a truely amazing experience.Everytime the action is indoors we get a cut and a close up every 4 seconds. No hold on the master shot where the actors are free to move within the frame. Terrible filmmaking (editing). I felt like I was watching TV with an overblown budget. Needless to say I "walked out" on this one early and never finished the DVD. I'd rather "read the book" and use my imagination.I give it one star for the effort it took to stage the opening battle scene. But then again, most of it was probably computer generated. No soup for you! Zero stars.