Review of Gladiator (1992) by Bradysmith — 18 May 2013
A decent movie, with good acting, exciting action, a large scale, and moments of brilliance sprinkled throughout, but it's also a film which contains a lot of bland and boring sections. At times Gladiator can have a great atmosphere, but it doesn't like to stick with it nearly as often as it should.
The visual effects add a tremendous upgrade to the scale of things but are very inconsistent. They range from barely passable to impressive. The best visual effects scene is probably the one where the gladiators enter the coliseum for their first time.
Like I mentioned before the sword fights are very good and the performances are also good, but there is too much which is uninspired in this good movie for it to become great. It's full potential has been denied.
It still might've deserved best picture for its year though.
This review of Gladiator (1992) was written by Bradysmith on 18 May 2013.
Gladiator has generally received positive reviews.
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