Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 2.0
I can't begin to tell you how dissapointing Gladiator was
Ridley Scott's made TV commercials before feature films. I never saw that style in his films (Alien, Blade Runner) before. In commercials there is not time to develop an idea so commercial makers get you aroused with style rather than substance. So it is with Gladiator. The fight scenes are exciting but meaningless. I couldn't really tell what was going on but it was exciting. Some of the transitions reminded me of a car ad. The dialog was not good. There was no economy in developing the characters so the movie is 20 minutes too long. If you want to see a great spectacle then rent Ben Hur.