Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
Good, but not great
(Note: This is a review of the VHS version, not DVD. If anyone has a DVD player, they can give it to me if they want.)First of all, this movie is pretty gory. Most of it happens so quick that you won't have time to look away, though, so it's not that hard to take. But make sure you tell the kiddies to go play with their barbies or something. This will scare the wee ones out of their wits. They'll cry to you hours into the night, you won't get ANY sleep. and your day will be lousier.The best part of the movie is how it truly captures the terror of being a gladiator. That must've been a horrible job. But those are also the most gory parts, so be warned.I though the movie overall was a good experience. I was satisfied when it ended, but I wasn't all that emotionally touched. Just satisfied, basically. Also, the movie is sort of long, which I felt it was just so it could say it was "an epic." I feel it could've been shortened down a tad bit (maybe take out the subplot about the incestous relationship between Caesar and his sis).