Gladiator

Finally! A movie that makes me feel real emotions. Even though there were a lot of scenes that reminded me of Spartacus I am so pleased that there is finally a movie that can make me feel something.  The other movies, though they were good movies, did not make me feel any sort of connection to the characters and I found myself being board with a lot of the scenes.  With Gladiator, the way that it introduces the main actor makes me feel an instant connection to him and that was something that I had not felt with any of the other movies. I think Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix are both really good in this movie and I think that they are both great actors.  I loved Joaquin Phoenix in Walk The Line and I found it amazing how he can portray all of these different characters and the way that he can change his voice for an entire movie.  Even though Russell Crowe is supposed to be the protagonist of this movie I think that Joaquin stole the show by how much life he was able to give his character.  Russell did a fantastic job at making the audience like him, just like his character made the audience from the gladiator matches love him.  I liked the blue tint of the movie, I have always liked blue tint on movies I especially like watching blue tint movies when it is raining outside because the blue tint makes me feel like I am in the similar type of weather, were it is cold in the movie and where I am at and can feel like I am there and am experiencing what the characters in the movie are feeling. I thought it was a great movie and though it was a little too violent for my taste I still did not mind it too much because I was so glad that I could finally watch a movie that was not four hours long and that formed a connection between the characters and the audience.  My favorite movie so far.