Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 1.0
Russel Crowe: Actor or large brick?
I went into this film with and open mind and a sense of excitement. I left however, bored and baffeled. Bored because the plot of this movie was ridiculus and insulting, but above all dull and cliche. How many times am i going to see this movie? Correct me if i am wrong but "man of power runs into bully king, becomes slave, rises back to prominence via ancient athletics" is that not the plot of Ben Hur.That was a dull movie but more compelling due to Chuck "Gunrack on my golfcart" Heston's 4 facial expressions as oposed to Mr Crowe's 2. Yes I said two, along with his time tested "angry" face good old Rus dusted off his brand new (what I like to call) "Brooding" face. If a man doesn't deserve an Oscar for being slightly less expressive than Mr Potato Head, then I don't know what he'd have to do. Another problem with this movie is that nobody had a conversation. Every charactor belted out a series of monologues in an apearent attempt to be powerful and moving. I guess i am old fassioned but when i watch and epic I expect a moving story, great acting(or over the top acting from Chuck), and movie style dialoge not this Stoner Shakespere meets Sparticus Vs Ben Hur movie i was unwittingly subjected to. ps this movie wasn't very good