The Gladiator
Wow! What a great movie! I’ve just been in the cinema and seen The
Gladiator — and I liked it very much.
The plot revolves around the great Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) who it betrayed by Emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) and becomes a slave. He is then trained to be a gladiator, but being a great warrior already, he meets little resistance on his way to Coliseum in Rome. Because he is such a good fighter, the crow is very pleased with him. The Emperor had to decide whether a gladiator should live or die, and because Maximus has become so popular, Commodus can’t just turn his thumb down and get Maximus out of the way. But he tries, and Maximus is helped by Commodus’ own sister, Lucilla (Connie Nielsen — a Dane :-)
There’s a lot of different things in this film that makes it great. First
there’s the battle-scenes — and there’s many of them. They are all very
brutal, the cutting is fast and you makes you kind of confused. That just
help to emphasizes the chaos that rages on a battlefield. But although the
pace is fast, the choreography is very good — they move and fight in a
very spectacular way, using all sorts of weapons.
Later when we see Rome, you’ll notice how beautiful it has been recreated. The Coliseum is just so big! You really get to see Rome as it properly looked at it’s greatest. One cant help but marvel when you think about the sheer size of the city — 2,000 years ago they had a fully functional city with many of the things we have in a modern city.
There’s also scenes without the constant sound of swords clashing together.
Scenes where the actors show their emotions, and are very good at it. The
film is also about things like honor and justness. Maximus possesses all
these virtues, whereas Commodus doesn’t (of cause :-)
It’s a long movie — about two and a half hours — but it’s well worth it. Go see for yourself.
zino:
salut ca va je cherche le filme de gladyatour
27 March 2006, 5:07 pmthe game:
Maximus is the best aktior ! he is the best of the best !!!
5 June 2007, 6:22 pmswatkhaoula:
hi gladiator is the best
6 February 2010, 3:23 pmintissar:
the photos it’s very good adn i crazy about it
17 February 2010, 8:06 pm