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Re: Gladiator
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Fri, 19 May 2000 02:32:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Simpson writes:
> Gladiator rocks!!!!!! I've seen it 3 times (Can't wait for that bad boy to hit
> the dollar cinemas.) Sure, it was predictable, but very well done, nonetheless.
> I don't really expect unpredictablility from an action movie, I just hope that
> the predictably is done well. I've decided that Gladiator is my 3rd favorite
> movie - behind Brave Heart and A Thin Red Line.
This was an excellent movie--as a movie. All the technology of "Star Wars
Episode 1: The Letdown" at the service of a fresh story! Just keep in mind it
was TOTAL FICTION.
I'm going to see it a few more times (two is not enough) and maybe I will
nitpick the costumes and production values, but in broad strokes the events are
MAKE BELIEVE.
Just a little sample: Marcus Aurelius made Commodus "Caesar" or co-emperor about
3 years before he died. It is written that he showed very bad judgment in this.
Maximus is fictional. Commodus enjoyed 13 years as Emperor after the death of
his father, during which he became obsessed with fighting as a gladiator. He was
murdered by his own staff--a fate also suffered by his successor, Pertinax, who
had a very short reign (short like Commodus' in the movie.) Lucilla had 2 of 4
children grow to adulthood though their fates are unknown (I guess murdered to
put them out of the way.)
Throw these bits together in different ways to please your imagination and you
get a terrific plot for a 2:45 movie!
I crave the big Roman epic movies (Spartacus, Masada, etc.) and this was a real
treat. (As an aside, those other epics are just as fictional.) This is a great
time to be an Ancients buff!
So, was that battle better than anything in 'SWEp1' or what?
I'm going to have to make some custom Lego parts now. (:
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