Gladiator (2000). ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This movie which starred Russell Crowe is a movie I could watch again and again. In my humble opinion, Mr. Crowe turned a gladiator into a super hero!
It's historical fiction. For the record: Marcus Aurelius was not murdered by son his Commodus like in the movie and he did arrange for his son to succeed him as emperor. His son was a horrible character as the movie depicted and according to historical records he was killed by a gladiator. Before he was ultimately disposed of, Commodus managed to outsmart and kill most of the people who opposed him. But in the end, the senators finally figured out a way to get rid of him!
The real history would have made for a good movie.
Nevertheless, whoever wrote the movie script decided to take some “artistic license”. Anyway! Who cares if the film was not historically accurate? It was a terrific movie!!
“Are you not entertained?” (Quote from the movie.)
Yes! Yes! I was very entertained. Best movie of the century!! 😊
Gladiator (4/8) Movie CLIP - Are You Not Entertained? (2000)
The two very best takeaway quotes from this movie, however, is not the quote mentioned above, but rather these two quotes below:
"Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity."
"Don't die. They will feed you to the lions. They are worth more than us."
Published this short review at Noise.Cash.
Published a detailed review at Medium.com.
More Reviews of Russell Crowe Movies:
Movie Review of Noah (2014) (Not Russell Crowe's best movie. Disappointing.)
Top 10 Russell Crowe Movies (I'm OK with this list since Gladiator was No. 1.)
Check out my other movie recommendations on Noise.Cash.
