An empty, corny horrible movie made up of cheap thrills
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Gladiator
LetThemEatCake01 — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 08:54 PM)
That's all it is. It's just a bunch of cheap thrills to elicit a reaction from the audience with no real emotion or logic to back it up. And Commodus could have killed Maximus in his cell right after the first fight.
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ViddyThisBrother — 9 years ago(December 03, 2016 04:51 AM)
Gladiator is one of the greatest films of all time.
I feel that Transformers is more your level. And there's nothing wrong with that. Culture isn't for everyone. Some people like fillet steak. Some people like a Big Mac. -
LetThemEatCake01 — 9 years ago(December 03, 2016 11:07 AM)
I've never seen a Transformers movie in my entire life, and there is nothing cultural or elevated about Gladiator. Literally nothing. It is vapid, empty, cheap entertainment for the masses, nothing more. No artistry, no real content, nothing, just something that appeals to the lowest forms of emotion, just like Titanic.
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FrozenNachos — 9 years ago(December 27, 2016 05:27 PM)
Get off your high horse please. The fact that you think this is the height of cinema is laughable. The story is linear and the characters doesn't have much depth. Even the action could be a lot better, something which this film should EXCELL at. It's not very thought provoking. Don't get me wrong, I still think the movie has its qualities, but you're making it out to be something it's far, far from.
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ViddyThisBrother — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 04:52 PM)
The story is linear
Is there meant to be something wrong with that?
Even the action could be a lot better
The action sequences are superb.
It's not very thought provoking
Sooooo thought provoking soooo incredibly thought provoking. In fact while I was watching I was begging them to stop being so thought provoking, because my thoughts literally couldn't take any more provocation.
Don't get me wrong, I still think the movie has its qualities
WOW that's big of you Mr Kubrick, I'm sure you could make a masterpiece if only
I see you gave Scarface and Apocalypse Now only 6/10 each.
You think Don Jon is better than Apocalypse Now and Scarface
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ViddyThisBrother — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 07:11 PM)
Commodus couldn't do that, Maximus was a Roman hero so he had to kill him in public in what would at least
appear
to be a fair fight.
It seems to me that you don't fully understand the finer points of story telling, maybe you should stick to more basic fare.