Gladiator (2000)

What a waste of my time!!!

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Gladiator is just greatness...normally I can think of a way a movie can be improved....well with a 10/10...nope. Its so good. Russell Crowe is amazing. Caesar is a good villain too. The movie moves you....and that ending ....so sad yet satisfying. A true classic and the best ancient based movie to date I thnk

This is an amazing piece of work by Ridley Scott. When I first saw it I liked it so much that it became my favorite movie and no other movie since then has been able to dethrone it. There is nothing about this movie I didn't like and I am an avid movie goer. I will not get into the plot lines or any other aspect of this movie for to do so would ruin your enjoyment at seeing it for the first time. Trust me when I say, if you haven't yet seen it then by all means do so now!

I guess this film could use another review.This is still my number one after 1000+ films watched (alongside the LOTR trilogy). It simply has it all and is close to perfection in all the areas that count.A solid revenge tale, with a larger than life hero to root for and a despicable villain to hate. Excellent pacing - at two and a half hours, it never begins to drag. Phenomenal acting across the board. A great script full of memorable quotes and rousing speeches (ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!). One of the greatest scores from one of the best film composers. Plenty of action, from the opening battle to the smaller scale (yet equally intense) gladiatorial combat. And possibly my favourite 10 minutes of any film to end it all.10/10

In the event of his death, ageing Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) intends to leave his trusted Hispano-Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe) in charge of Rome, instead of allowing his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) to become his successor. Commodus has other ideas: he murders his father and orders Maximus to be executed. Maximus, not one to give up quietly, makes a daring escape, and, badly wounded, heads for home, where he discovers that his wife and son have been crucified on Commodus' orders. Passing out from the pain of his injury, Maximus is captured by slavers, nursed back to health and forced to fight as a gladiator. This new life eventually leads him to the Colosseum of Rome, where he finally comes face to face with the man who betrayed him.From director Ridley Scott, Gladiator is a historical epic to rival the classics from the 'golden age' of Hollywood. Opening in 180 A.D., with a brilliantly orchestrated battle between the Roman armies and the tribes of Germania, Scott's film grabs the viewer's full attention from the outset and doesn't let go until the end, having delivered an Oscar-winning central performance from Crowe, a memorable score by Hans Zimmer, excellent supporting roles from the likes of Harris, Phoenix, Connie Nielsen and Oliver Reed, and some of the most impressively bloody scenes of hand to hand combat ever filmed.If I were to choose my favourite scene, it would be the 're-enactment' of the battle of Carthage, a savage piece of action cinema in which Maximus and his fellow gladiators are ushered into the arena like cattle to the slaughter, only to turn the tables on their attackers, winning the hearts of the Roman masses in the process. A rousing, blood drenched spectacle, it's a fine example of Scott's expert direction, a masterclass in camera placement and movement, editing (the violence is extreme, but the film doesn't wallow in the gore), sound design and special effects, which still thrills even after all of these years.