Film Is Gladiator the best film this century? | Yes
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I think the first half of WALL-E is 10/10 stuff. The second half, whilst still good, was more a 7/10. That first half is still the best thing Pixar has ever produced.
Man of steel?!
No country for old men
Is this a real opinion? Gladiator was fecking stupid.
Romper Stomper is a great film, but more of a cult classic. The soundtrack is something else.
You wash your mouth.
That part was kind of funny. Never heard of Marcus Aurelius wanting to restore democracy.
If people aren't including Children of Men, There will be blood, Mulholland Drive, Zodiac... then you all deserve @Sweet Square to make fun of you.
There will be blood is probably the one film I have watched in the last 20 years that really stuck with me. Nothing has really come close.
By a feckin mile
Let's put this way, I was certainly gladiator when it ended.
I know I've commented already but I just thought of this
I know I've commented already but I just thought of this
Werckmeister Harmonies
There Will be Blood
Dogville
There Will be Blood
Dogville
Couldn't get through 20 mins of that. Bored me to tears.
i’m with you there, col, but that’s largely because i’m such a history buff, that i couldn’t look past the inconsistencies. i’ve been to rome, the coliseum is all old and crumbling, scaffolding all around it, no floor on the inside, no hint of a lion.
yet in the film, is gleaming and has a floor and a lion and stuff. it’s like they think we’re idiots.
It's one of the best films I have ever seen though I can see why it's maybe not for everybody.
I find it hard to comprehend how you can be bored through the beginning of that film, it's just fecking mesmerizing. Film-making in its purest form.
There Will be Blood was fantastic and that scene with the priest at the end was something else, a really disturbing piece of cinema.
Not as good as Gladiator though.
Not as good as Gladiator though.
It’s miles better. A completely different level of filmmaking. There will be Blood is about as good as filmmaking gets. Gladiator is a nice blockbuster, that’s it.
I watched a documentary about Gladiators prior to seeing the film. There were so many historical inaccuracies so as to make the film unwatchable.
The bit when Kevin Costner dies is brilliant.
My personal pick will always be Children Of Men. It’s the one film that really captures the 21st century.
Because it looks really great but the plot is boring and predictable?
My personal pick will always be Children Of Men. It’s the one film that really captures the 21st century.
You find the plot boring and predictable?!
Somewhat. And it lacked subtlety for my taste. I like the movie, though. Just wouldn’t classify it as a masterpiece or something like that. The one area it really manages to stand out in is the cinematography. Which is truly brilliant work from Lubezki.
He was just grunting and bashing things from what I remember. There were three of us watching it and one started to give out and was giving off this is shit vibes so that could have affected me as I'm a bit susceptible that way.
I could give it a go again on my own.
Boring movie - scenery looks great, but the story lacks substance and the acting is awful. It feels to me like they go from adventure to adventure with no story ark thus rendering it a long movie about walking. Big fan of Tolkien's books but this was not it
The dystopian plot of people not able to have children and Clive Owen arc of finally believing in something again is used to highlight the end of history era we are currently living in.
It’s been since I’ve watched it but doesn’t he break his leg and then get himself out of the hole and then crawl for miles on his own back to reach safety.
Imo it’s a good introduction to the main character and the will power he has.
You’re point being?
Can I put a shout in for Parasite?
Parasite.
Parasite.
Amazing film.
I would recommend you to do so. It's masterful filmmaking, and it serves a purpose in building the character.
Oh god it is so much better than Gladiator (and I like Gladiator) - it's a masterpiece and one of the great American movies of the modern era.
No wonder you support Spurs.
There's a porno called Glad-he-ate-her that is better than Gladiator.
Because I have taste?
It's hard to find a lot of films where the level of acting from the main characters is absolutely top class.
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielson, Oliver Stone, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, the Tiger, upper body of the Amazonian were all just brilliant.
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielson, Oliver Stone, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, the Tiger, upper body of the Amazonian were all just brilliant.
Not the best film ever. Also not a terrible film like some caf hipsters are saying. Thought it was great fun if laughably inaccurate. Though I realise they were going for Hollywood blockbuster, not documentary.
Why on earth is Ridley Scott making a Gladiator sequel after all these years?!