Sandie Paul

For a fact this movie was beyond disappointing,NOT even Brad Pitt or Olander Bloom could get me to give them a thumbs up 👍🏽,or save this pretty poor portrait of a movie 🎥 and that’s saying something,although all the actors are movie gold standard royalty,so what went wrong you might well ask?Simply put they all needed a huge syringe full of emotion to give this very powerful historical story what was desperately missing in action,this part went A.W.O.L.when you can’t experience the emotional aspect’s of the character’s portrayed as deserving victims of a loss curse who are going through an emotional rollercoaster of events that are destined to be explored in the public arena of a ruler who acts like a demented bully on a authorised power trip,(was he right to feel betrayed by his wife?Was she right to seek out love else where?Who cares?)My point,if you are going to make a movie about what kicked started a war & the emotional side of it’s character’s then my God show it,these actor’s came across as cold & soulless,right down to the end,I can’t believe I put myself through that,my recovery was slow & painful believe me. Their individual delivery of this script was excruciatingly difficult to watch,a bit like having root canal with out the anaesthetics,yes ouch indeed,my god I just couldn’t care less,and neither will you,or may be you will?Depending on your specific views on compassion & emotion and how it should relate well within the actors portrayal of the characters from their own individual script’s,I felt nothing at all for any of the characters,it didn’t touch my head let alone my heart,the great love story that started a war was very weak(I’ve had stronger cups of tea)they all came across as cold soulless wonder’s fighting for what exactly?This... I know this story well so I thought,and I have seen it twice just to make sure I wasn’t mistaken as I like to be fair,in stark contrast my siblings love it?(to each his own,proof that you can lead a man to knowledge,but my God you can’t make him think)I really wanted to love this movie,but I really can’t bring myself to say anything good about it. Do yourself a favour,do something that you will NEVER regret,turn that packet of cold soulless nonsense off right now,that movie should have come with a government health warning,as it was obviously meant for Zombies,don’t do it,you are smarter than you think. if you want an historical epic story were it’s characters are the Diamond standard of retelling a power Ballard of truly deep emotional intelligence,from the writing,directer producers & editing team to the costume designer’s Makeup Artist,great soundtrack,excelling cinematic photography,each head shoot is an “A” plus in art,then experience the excellent emotional intelligence in the actor’s portrayal of these characters everyone a true star in their own right & they owned that part like a “Boss,”like a refreshing breath of fresh air breezing an aura of mere perfection,there is only one movie that embraces you to love & care very much about all those characters,and what they are going through,as their story unfolds into an undeniable passion burning through like a warm bowl of readybreak’s on a cold winter’s day,then look no further,have you guessed it yet? Well am off to see it again & no regret’s... That’s right...GLADIATOR.A true class act of a movie 🎥 Need I say more! To the MAXIMUS everyone 💋0/5