Film & TV Gladiator

[DutchMakaveli]

Okay, so I'm a little late with this one, but I just saw it last weekend.
Borrowed the DVD from a friend of mine who practicly forced me to watch it. Apparantly it was the extended edition with 17 minutes of extra footage.

Being an avid non-fan of Russell Crowe, I have to say that he didn't annoy me as much as I had expected.

I thought it was a pretty decent movie with an extraordinary soundtrack. Nothing more, nothing less. Beautiful sets, brilliant music, but the story was a bit poor in my opinion.

Why exactly does nearly everyone consider as a brilliant movie? It's even in IMDBs top 250 (although that doesn't count for much, I know).

Drop your thoughts.

 

[S. Fourteen]

I think Gladiator is a mucho-blow em up-pink mist-kill em all-flick without being obvious, it hides behind the historical-epic-intelligent mask (which is not a bad thing imo). The film is supported by good acting and it is visually stimulating but after all said an done, it's just a good movie. Nowadays I'm satisfied with watching that one scene where Crowe murder all those fighters by himself, instead of watching the whole thing.

 

[Lord Tyranus]

Ive tried to watch that movie a few times but couldnt get through it. Iam not a fan of Crowe. The only flick i love with Crowe in it is LA Confidential

 

[stefanwzyga]

Iam not a fan of Crowe. The only flick i love with Crowe in it is LA Confidential

He is a great actor. In "Beutifull mind" he was outstanding.


I did'nt think much of gladiator either.

 

[PuffnScruff]

its a crappy movie. the continuity in that movie was so bad. i never knew they had guys in white tshirts and blue jeans operating cameras on a tripod back in that century.

plus tire tracks in fields. that was nice. didnt know they had suv's and trucks back then.

that movie had soooo man mistakes in it i cant even watch it anymore.

 

[pclvson]

Wow???????

 

[DutchMakaveli]

Wow???????

You have a different opinion?

 

[Cooper]

I liked it.

 

[Flipmo]

One of the my fave movies. Crowe was excellent in it.

 

[Duke]

I think Gladiator is a mucho-blow em up-pink mist-kill em all-flick without being obvious, it hides behind the historical-epic-intelligent mask (which is not a bad thing imo). The film is supported by good acting and it is visually stimulating but after all said an done, it's just a good movie. Nowadays I'm satisfied with watching that one scene where Crowe murder all those fighters by himself, instead of watching the whole thing.

Agreed. It was good without becoming great. The fight scenes were dope and Crowe is a good actor.

I didn't like the bad guy. Their emperor was lame. Although he played a good part at looking totally psychotic, his head wasn't evil enough.

 

[Lord Tyranus]

Agreed. It was good without becoming great. The fight scenes were dope and Crowe is a good actor.

I didn't like the bad guy. Their emperor was lame. Although he played a good part at looking totally psychotic, his head wasn't evil enough.

Now the emperor is the one thats dope. Jaquin Phoenix (sp?) is a great actor! He was awesome as Johnny Cash in Walk The Line!

 

[Glockmatic]

I liked this movie, the setting and battle scenes were great. Some parts were boring (well, almsot everything that doesn't involve fighting) but I enjoyed it

 

[S O F I]

its a crappy movie. the continuity in that movie was so bad. i never knew they had guys in white tshirts and blue jeans operating cameras on a tripod back in that century.

plus tire tracks in fields. that was nice. didnt know they had suv's and trucks back then.

that movie had soooo man mistakes in it i cant even watch it anymore.

Star Wars and LOTR are considered to be excellent movies, yet they top the chart on the amount of mistakes.

www.moviemistakes.com

 

[PuffnScruff]

Star Wars and LOTR are considered to be excellent movies, yet they top the chart on the amount of mistakes.

www.moviemistakes.com

yea but i really cant stand crowe:laugh:

there are some funny continuity errors in star wars films. lucas is known for not giving a shit about stuff like that.

lotr is too boring for me to watch so i cant speak for that film

 

[DutchMakaveli]

Agreed. It was good without becoming great. The fight scenes were dope and Crowe is a good actor.

I didn't like the bad guy. Their emperor was lame. Although he played a good part at looking totally psychotic, his head wasn't evil enough.

This sums it up quite nicely.

I thought the emporer looked liked a famous Dutchman, and no, that's not a compliment.

 

[Duke]

^^ lol!

Now the emperor is the one thats dope. Jaquin Phoenix (sp?) is a great actor! He was awesome as Johnny Cash in Walk The Line!

Yeah hes a good actor but his head didn't fit an evil emperor. I dunno. Some things about Gladiator were "not right".

 

[DutchMakaveli]

^^ lol!

You know which one?

Xander de Buisonjé (or however the fuck you spell that).