re: Where is Gladiator on the all time greats list?

I like it in the same family as Braveheart and Road House. Fun trash that I can enjoy.

I'd say it's one of the coolest/most fun shows ever.

My favorite event was Assault.

It's a fun movie, but all time great it is not.

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love Roman history so much I'm quite biased.

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You know how unbelievablely inaccurate it is in almost every frame right?

It's in the top 50 for me, but I'm not sure how high it would be on my list.

Nowhere near the top.

Commodus was a real emperor and he was much like depicted in the film. Marcus Aurelius was also a real emperor and was emperor just before Commodus. Maximus was a real king though most of his stor in the film was made up.

Commodus also wore the lion's head in the film like he did in real life because of his hero Hercules. Commodus was needy and not liked by his family or Rome. Marcus Aurelius was well loved by plebs and patricians, so the movie actually depicts many things quite accurately including the way the gladiator fights occured and how animals were used as well.

But obvious liberites were taken as well.

Some interesting tidbits here:
Gladiator: fact and fiction

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Same with me. It's probably in my top 20.

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about where it is for myself

The only thing keeping it out of my top 5 is the action scenes. The battle with the Barbarians at the beginning of the movie was well done. EVERY other fight scene was extremely choppy and not graphic enough in my opinion. I thought the fighting choreography of Troy and Braveheart were both better.