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Actors: Russell Crowe, Richard Harris, and Oliver Reed
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Gladiator |
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This is a very good movie but it's not just about him fighting it was about him getting to his family
--kyle , Resident Scholar
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A general that becomes a slave. A slave that becomes a gladiator. A gladiator that defies a ceaser. An excellent adrenaline pumping movie. Dazzling. Spectacular.
--Justin Tread, Resident Scholar
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A general loyal to his emperor is taken as a gladiator and his family is brutally murdered when the emperors power hungry son takes his fathers thrown.The general must fight for his life and more importantly for justice.
--SID, Resident Scholar
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This film can be dismissed as a gorefest masquerading as a movie, but there actualy is a point to it all, and thats why it did so well at the Oscars, if you really want my opinion. General Maximus, a Roman hero, is sold into slavery after the emperor's son takes power. He ends up as a gladiator in the arena, and seeks revenge.
--Dave, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Gladiator |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 25%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 15%
Time/Era of Movie:
- ancient rome
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- power struggle between good/bad govt factions
- deposing an evil leader
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
- Mercenaries
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- slave
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- happy
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
- dictator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
- Greece
- Germany
- Spain
- Eastern Europe
Desert?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- thousands
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- hand to hand
- knives
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- decapitated
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
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