Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
A little addition up on Crowe
Gladiator was an excellent movie, definitely timeless. Crowe carries the show on square shoulders. The rise and fall of a powerful man, a man in his humility and a man set in his want of vengeance. I would like to point out that Crowe is at this point in more than 20 films (I read a review that said 4 or 5) though his first noteworthy in the US was in 92 with 'Romper Stomper'.The rest of the cast does quite well. Joaquin Phoenix does a great job as the loathesome Commodus, at times when I saw it in the theatre he actually had people booing him or calling him a 'wuss' out loud but it was by no means against his acting in the movie, it was playing his character to the hilt.The action scenes are done very well especially in the gladiatorial arenas. I felt the first war scene in the movie was a bit to choppy and moved around a bit too much. Still, I found myself tensed up and having to remember to relax, it is a movie after all.The computer visuals add to the great action. The dawns in Rome are magnificently done, the costumes well made and each 'gift' the movie, such as Maximus' gladiator armor, is delivered with a strong background to it.Sure to be an epic classic.