Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
Gladiator (Three-Disc Extended Edition) DVD
Trying to find as many Joaquin Phoenix movies to watch, I finally, reluctantly acquiesced to watching Gladiator, even though I thought I'd hate it.....but it had Joaquin Phoenix in it.....and he was nominated for an Oscar for his performance. so......ewwww. I was pleasantly surprised and loved it. I ordered if off amazon.com and took it over to Dad's place for him to watch and he was pleasantly surprised.. His comment, "He sure went through a lot." That wasn't Joaquin, but for Russell Crowe's character. Every character in Gladiator was essential to the whole story, every line uttered was of utmost importance, it was so easy to keep my mind on the story - interesting when before I saw the movie, I thought it would be something I wouldn't have the least bit of interest in even thinking of trying to see if there was a way.....and I thought it'd be painful to watch. Instead, I was transfixed throughout the movie.