Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 2.0
Crude
I am amazed by the number of people who seem to think that Gladiator is a great movie. I was extremely disappointed. Is everyone blind to the plot? It is so simple-minded and crude. I have seen better cartoons. Certainly, a couple of action-sequences are interesting -- but is that all you expect from a movie? And the ending is corny. And now some people are actually hopeful that this movie will get an Oscar for Best Picture. How sickening! But then these are the same people who gave Titanic two dozen Oscars. I say don't waste your time or money: get a movie by the Japanese directory Akira Kurosawa if you are interested in similar themes.