Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
Not bad for an epic
As a historian, I found the inaccuracy of this film bearable as I have seen a lot worse, and we have to have a good story or it's not worth watching, right?However I found that the film was too long, especially the battle scenes and Russell Crowe's Aussie accent really got on my nerves. I don't think he deserved the oscar for this role, he should have got it for the insider but that is the way it goes.And I think by far the best performance was that of Joaquin Phoenix (Emperor Commodus), who not only looked like an overfeed ceasar, but convincinly played a madman obbsessed with winning the affection of both the populace and his sister and yet tormented by rage and jeleousy. The final mockery is when his body is left unheeded in the colosseum while maximus is given an emperor's send off.