Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
Gladiator, the best film of 2000.
Ridley Scott silenced naysayers with his fantastic Roman Epic, Gladiator. I absolutely love some of earlier Ridley Scott's films, and any Ridley Scott fan would absolutely love gladiator. It is a very visually slick film, the cinemetography is top notch. The look and feel is amazing. The action is supurb. Part of the popularity of this movie has to deal with the amazing fight scenes that are portrayed in this movie. Yes, the fight scenes are incredibly directed and are very intense.Even with all its technical prowess and action spectacles, Gladiator is not great because of this. These aspects just greatly enhance what underlies it all: A fantastic story about a man and his longing for home. The story and interaction between the characters is fantastic. The general who became a slave, the slave who became a gladiator, the gladiator that defied an empire..... it is often an epic and ever engrossing film.My only complaint with the film (and keeping it from being a modern classic) is some problems with the script.... I would have liked to see more of the senate and the political dabblings of these corrupt individuals. Oh well, can't ask too much. Gladiator should and deserves the oscar award. This is one of Ridley Scott's finest films.