Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 1.0
traffic was better
This movie was okay, and maybe i should have given it at least a three, but what I am trying to stress is that this movie, while good, was totally filled with holes in its story that it wasn't even funny. And Russel Crowe' performance was [bad]! The only good scene was when he was crying, with how he acted the rest of the movie, they probably had to zap him with a cattle prod for him to do it. The Academy made one of their worst mistakes this year. They gave Gladiator an oscar for Best picture, and it should have been given to Traffic. And Russell Crowe won the award for Best Actor instead of Ed Harris for Pollock! ( the Academy was probably making up for when they didn't give Crowe an Oscar for "The Insider") Ed Harris was excellent in Pollock, the story of Jackson Pollock a painter who was really crazy, and had a pretty bad life. Traffic was so much better than Gladiator, it makes you wonder how the Academy sleeps at night. Traffic is about the war on drugs. I would tell you more about Traffic, but I want the film to intrigue you from beginning to end as it did me. While I am outraged at the Academy for their mistakes I realize that Academy Awards mean nothing, and it is really if you like the movie or not. So go see Pollock, The Insider, or Traffic. They are excellent movies. Don't waste your money on this garbage.