Pompeii (2014)
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
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Redundant and unnecessary.
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
This adventure movie is based on a real event, the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. It is not meant to be a documentary about the event itself. As an adventure-romance it is excellent. Story, acting, and special effects all work well together to move the story along to the spectacular climax. It is irelevant whether the facts are accurately portrayed anymore than they are in Ben-hur, the Ten Commanments, or any other epic fictional piece. The only way to judge it is does it hold your attention, do you care about the characters, and is it enjoyable to see. In this, Pompeii exceeds the general run of the mill adventure movies and remains one of my favourites, whether or not it is factually correct,.
The only good thing about this movie was Ariadne's (Jessica Lucas) bust...
This movie is what happens when you are trying to create Gladiator and Titanic, but if the Titanic was sinking slowly and nobody was dying for it, Gladiator was ornamental, John Snow looked uninteresting, the hottest lady around is that lady from Sucker Punch, Jack Bauer was evil and bored and Killer Croc... well, he kept his standards, while Trinity looks bored.For history fans, it is offensive over the limits. For science fans, it is terrible. For physicists it breaks every rule known. For toxicologists is laughable. For love story fans, it is really boring. For action fans it is overly long and terribly edited. For CGI fans it is terrible. For practical effects fans... Pfft. Keep dreaming. It offers nothing to anyone. Even at the end you just want it to end before you actually take your life out of boredom. (I wanted it to end around 45 minutes earlier, but beggars can be choosers)Dull at its finest. Cliché to a maximum level. They tried to make it a safe movie and ended doing a boring mess. I give it a point because my fan fiction about Trinity giving birth the dancer from sucker punch, which marries Jon Snow, whose best buddy is Killer Croc, While Jack Bauer tries to conquer Westeros is a million times better after watching this abomination.
Why all the hate for this movie? It's not that bad. Yes i agree , it's cliché and the screenplay is a little one dimensional bur it's easy tio follow and not pretentious. On the other hand , I've never seen a gladiator movie with a natural disaster before. That's something new. And the special effects are beautiful, must be spectacular in 3D. I enjoyed watching the movie as popcorn flick nothing more. 6/10 for the sword fights and special effects. 2/10 for story