After a journey to Rome recently I gathered enough courage to watch Gladiator. Or rather felt obliged to watch it. Not unexpectedly, it did not turn out to be the grand movie. The sets and the settings are good, and so is the acting. The complex character of Commodus is brought out rather well. But the other characters, including Maximus often seem undecided, and hence human. May be that was intended. Not much of Rome shown, not much of the senators shown. That makes it a rather one-track story-line. Sure, there are a couple of twists, but these are trivially overcome - at least in the movie.
Why don't slaves revolt? Why don't people revolt? Why don't we revolt?
Gladiator (2000) (6/10)
Monday, March 05, 2012
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