Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 4.0
Not Best Picture...........But an AWESOME FILM NO LESS!!!!!!
I agree that Gladiator should not have won best picture which should have gone to crouching tiger, however I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with these recent criticisms here that this movie was a waste of time. Gladiator is easily one of the top films to come out in the last five years. And although i also dont think Russell Crowe should have gotten best actor because Javier Bardem was amazing, Crowe's intensity still jumped off the screen. His performance was great. How can some people say the one liners were corny?! One liners are a necessity in these films and these were some of the best ive heard my favorite being "WHAT WE DO IN LIFE......ECHOES AN ETERNITY". However I must admit that "On my command...unleash hell" was pretty corny. All in all this is a film that like so many others, no one should pass up. The only reason I didnt give it 5 stars was that i thought some of the fight scenes could have been filmed better and in some scenes the editing seemed laughable (DID ANYONE CATCH THE SCENE WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE THE BARBARIANS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE SHAKING HANDS WITH THE ROMANS IN THE FIRST BATTLE?) It was just a split second but i rewound it and paused it. It was hilarous!Stilll.....WATCH THIS MOVIE OR BE QUARTERED PATRES!!!!!!!