Gladiator

Gladiator

Ridley Scott is an expert at fabricating highly visual motion pictures

with energetic, radiant stories. "Blade Runner" and "Alien" dazzled

the viewers with high tech action and suspense. Now the roman epic

"Gladiator" vividly captures the time period and atmosphere in which

its characters inhabit. With a star line up of actors (including

Joaquin Phoenix - 'Clay Pigeons', 'To Die For', Connie Nielsen -

'Devil's Advocate', 'Mission to Mars') playing the smaller parts of

the film, it was destined to be in the category for all time great

film.

The Main Character is a one general Maximus who is played by Russell

Crowe, who has stared in films such as 'Insider' and 'LA Confidential'

and his success with gladiator has seen him go on and make other

superior films such as ' Ocean's Eleven' and 'Three Kings'

The first scene is the most vital scene; this is where the viewer

needs to shocked at the immense quality of the film. Ridley Scott does

not fail to impress. The location of the opening battle creates a

sense of realism and with the costumes of the roman army it is shown

that a lot of time has been taken to research the costumes to make it

exact for the location. When entering battle music is played this

music makes the scene even more remarkable then it is already. It

creates a sense of heroism between the roman army and there leader

Maximus. The props used in the first battle is also immense for

example the weapons the

After the initial battle scene, Maximus is resting in his camp, the

layout of his room with the good use of props; again make the setting

have an effect on the viewer making it feel like it's genui...

... middle of paper ...

... of an injured Maximus and the emperor, with

Maximus winning the fight, and killing the emperor, Maximus is now the

new emperor, he asks for the empire to become a republic once more,

before dying of the wounds he was given before and during the fight.

With the music playing it gives you the sense of heroism once more.

When ordering for the empire to be a republic, Maximus has the vision

of walking through the grass towards the door. The difference this

time is that he actually gets to the door and is able to see his

family again. The death of Maximus is a very powerful ending, and the

music reflects that.

The storyline is great by its self, but I believe the film has become

greater still with the help of Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard, for

creating the powerful music, which helps depict the atmosphere of the

film.