Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
Not as good as I expected, but entertaining
I suppose my expectations of this movie were a bit too high. I expected a revival of the Roman Epic such as embodied by Quo Vadis and Spartacus. Unfortunately Gladiator does not quite reach that level. The plot is not strong enough and personnaly I found the use of computergravics to generate a crowd, or even a sky a bit annoying at times. This said, the movie fulfills it's most important task: It is entertaining. There is a lot of action, which looks good, (although again, the scene with the tigers features to much CGI at times) the acting is okay, with a splendid last performance by Oliver Reed and the costumes are a feast for the eyes. All in all, not bad, but a bit pretentious.