Gladiator - Extended Edition (Three-Disc Extended Edition)
by Ridley Scott
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Actor: Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Russell CroweDirector: Ridley Scott
Brand: GLADIATOR
Producer: Branko Lustig
Producer: David Franzoni
Writer: David Franzoni
Producer: Douglas Wick
Producer: Laurie MacDonald
Writer: John Logan
Writer: William Nicholson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 155 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dreamworks Video
DVD Reviews of Gladiator - Extended Edition (Three-Disc Extended Edition)
DVD Review: My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius...
Summary: 5 Stars
"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." --Best quote from any movie I've seen to date!
Believe it or not the first time I watched this movie I didn't like it. It didn't turn out how I expected or had hoped. You know, the typical Hollywood ending where Maximus would ride into Rome with his armies at his back to conquer Commodus in an epic battle of good vs. evil. Instead Commodus cheats and kills our hero. After watching it a second time, however, it became my favorite movie of all time and that still holds true today almost 10 years removed. The real story is Maximus' enduring honor, pride, and devotion to family, country and his morals. I could go into greater detail, but there are better wordsmiths who have gone to great lengths to write some awesome reviews. I just thought I'd throw my two cents out there.
If you haven't seen the movie, buy it! You won't regret it!
DVD Review: Gladiator
Summary: 5 Stars
I was pleased with the quality and promptness of my purchase. It was a good buy.DVD Review: Powerful Movie That Just Takes You Out Of Your Seat!
Summary: 5 Stars
I think that this movie is by far one of the greatest movies Russel Crowe has done. His performance is excellent and the storyline just moved me. It was great how a man who was once a General leading the Roman Empire to victory could become a slave and forgotten. Then return as a Gladiator and steal the hearts of the Roman Empire once again.
The ending is moving but he is home with his family! The Best!
DVD Review: Much more comprehensive than original DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
I already owned the original signature series DVD of Gladiator and was completely satisfied with it. A friend of mine, who is very much into deleted scenes, director's commentary and other extras had purchased the Extended Edition and said that it was very good. I was never curious about it until I learned that my younger sister did not have the movie Gladiator and was having a difficult time finding it for herself. I purchsed the Extended Edition for her because I wanted her to have the best version of the movie available and I wanted the one I gave her to be more than what she was expecting to find. She was very excited to receive it and was surprised by all the additional content. It was worth the money I spent (over what the 2 disc version cost) and I am certain I will experience the same success/satisfaction with my future Amazon purchases. Gladiator - Extended Edition (Three-Disc Extended Edition) DVD Review: Gladiator
Summary: 3 Stars
There is a fight scene in this film where Russell Crowe takes on about 6 opponents. Dispatches them easily until he gets to the last one who he disarms and impales with two swords either side of his victims chest, who stands there stunned mortally wounded but not dead yet. Crowe stops, looks at him,his head cocked to one side with a slightly rye expression on his face quickly pulls out both swords and decapitated his victim to the roar of approval from the crowd. Incensed he throws one of the swords narrowly missing a high ranking member of the audience and screams at the populace in the amphitheatre " Are you entertained"? Well yes, for all the wrong reasons. And for the same reasons why this genre was rightly discontinued about four decades ago it fails to engage outside of the fight scenes and cannot be taken seriously. Good fun though. Average aged pitched at for content I would put slightly below 15. (One performance to watch this film for is the characteristically over the top Arab slave trader and ex-champion gladiator played by the late Oliver Reed. At one point he accuses an inn landlord of selling him " queer giraffes" because he couldn't get them to mate. Only laugh out loud joke of the film though.)
Description of Gladiator - Extended Edition (Three-Disc Extended Edition)
A Roman general is reduced to slavery as a gladiator when he suspects the new emperor of killing the beloved old emperor to gain power prematurely.No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: GLADIATOR
Title: GLADIATOR
Street Release Date: 08/23/2005
Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
A big-budget summer epic with money to burn and a scale worthy of its golden Hollywood predecessors, Ridley Scott's Gladiator is a rousing, grisly, action-packed epic that takes moviemaking back to the Roman Empire via computer-generated visual effects. While not as fluid as the computer work done for, say, Titanic, it's an impressive achievement that will leave you marveling at the glory that was Rome, when you're not marveling at the glory that is Russell Crowe. Starring as the heroic general Maximus, Crowe firmly cements his star status both in terms of screen presence and acting chops, carrying the film on his decidedly non-computer-generated shoulders as he goes from brave general to wounded fugitive to stoic slave to gladiator hero. Gladiator's plot is a whirlwind of faux-Shakespearean machinations of death, betrayal, power plays, and secret identities (with lots of faux-Shakespearean dialogue ladled on to keep the proceedings appropriately "classical"), but it's all briskly shot, edited, and paced with a contemporary sensibility. Even the action scenes, somewhat muted but graphic in terms of implied violence and liberal bloodletting, are shot with a veracity that brings to mind--believe it or not--Saving Private Ryan, even if everyone is wearing a toga. As Crowe's nemesis, the evil emperor Commodus, Joaquin Phoenix chews scenery with authority, whether he's damning Maximus's popularity with the Roman mobs or lusting after his sister Lucilla (beautiful but distant Connie Nielsen); Oliver Reed, in his last role, hits the perfect notes of camp and gravitas as the slave owner who rescues Maximus from death and turns him into a coliseum star. Director Scott's visual flair is abundantly in evidence, with breathtaking shots and beautiful (albeit digital) landscapes, but it's Crowe's star power that will keep you in thrall--he's a true gladiator, worthy of his legendary status. Hail the conquering hero! --Mark Englehart
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