I just watched this amazing film again, which I never got to see at the movies.
Those of you who did: Do you remember any good audience participation/reactions? Good atmosphere? I'm sure the scene where the slaves win their first match and Maximus reveals his identity got some good audience reactions. Not to mention early in the movie when he escapes execution and methodically eliminates several Praetorians.
I did. Great theater experience, the crowd reacted really well to the big moments.
One of my favourite movies.
I remember it well. Loads of disappointment aplenty and people being annoyed with the shutter cam in the fight scenes. Lots of headaches. And the story was simpler and more derived than Avatar.
We saw it in theater, and enjoyed it. That said, we didn't have much in the way of audience participation as we went the last week it was showing and there were a grand total of 4 people there.
I saw it and Hated that film.
Audience loved it though!
When I went no one really showed any kind of emotion at all in the theater, so I stood up and punched the guy next to me in the face and shouted "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?"
thanks for the replies. Sure the movie is derivative (what isn't?) and employs cheap manipulation on occasion, but comparing it to Avatar? That's just low.
American Film Institute
* AFI's Top 10 Films of the Year (winner) 2000
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* Best Picture (winner) 2000
* Best Director (nominee) Ridley Scott 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee) David H. Franzoni 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* John Logan
* 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* William Nicholson
* 2000
* Best Actor (nominee)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
* Oliver Reed
* 2000
* Best Music (nominee)
* Hans Zimmer
* 2000
* Best Music (nominee)
* Lisa Gerrard
* 2000
* Best Cinematography (winner)
* John Mathieson
* 2000
* Best Production Design (winner)
* Arthur Max
* 2000
* Best Costume Design (nominee)
* Janty Yates
* 2000
* Best Editing (winner)
* Pietro Scalia
* 2000
* Best Sound (nominee)
*
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (nominee)
*
* 2000
* Best Makeup and Hair (nominee)
*
* 2000
* Orange Audience Award (winner)
*
* 2000
Broadcast Film Critics Association
* Best Picture (winner)
*
* 2000
* Best Actor (winner)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (winner)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Cinematography (winner)
* John Mathieson
* 2000
* Best Production Design (winner)
* Arthur Max
* 2000
* Best Composer (winner)
* Hans Zimmer
* 2000
Directors Guild of America
* Best Director (nominee)
* Ridley Scott
* 2000
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
* Best Picture - Drama (winner)
*
* 2000
* Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominee)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (nominee)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Director (nominee)
* Ridley Scott
* 2000
* Best Original Score (winner)
* Hans Zimmer
* 2000
* Best Original Score (winner)
* Lisa Gerrard
* 2000
National Board of Review
* Best Picture (nominee)
*
* 2000
* Best Production Design (winner)
* Arthur Max
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (winner)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
Screen Actors Guild
* Best Actor (nominee)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Ensemble Acting (nominee)
*
* 2000
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
* Best Actor (winner)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Art Direction (nominee)
* Arthur Max
* 2000
* Best Art Direction (nominee)
* Crispian Sallis
* 2000
* Best Cinematography (nominee)
* John Mathieson
* 2000
* Best Costume Design (winner)
* Janty Yates
* 2000
* Best Director (nominee)
* Ridley Scott
* 2000
* Best Editing (nominee)
* Pietro Scalia
* 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* David H. Franzoni
* 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* John Logan
* 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* William Nicholson
* 2000
* Best Picture (winner)
* David H. Franzoni
* 2000
* Best Score (nominee)
* Hans Zimmer
* 2000
* Best Sound (winner)
* Scott Millan
* 2000
* Best Sound (winner)
* Bob Beemer
* 2000
* Best Sound (winner)
* Ken Weston
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (winner)
* John Nelson
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (winner)
* Neil Corbould
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (winner)
* Tim Burke
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (winner)
* Rob Harvey
* 2000
* Best Picture (winner)
* Doug Wick
* 2000
* Best Picture (winner)
* Branko Lustig
* 2000
American Society of Cinematographers
* Best Cinematography (nominee)
* John Mathieson
* 2000
Just sayin'...
I saw it in the theater. But there never is any audience participation/reaction around here, at least, I've never experienced any except for laughing during comedies.
I saw it opening weekend, and I remember the audience being rather sedate; no big reactions one way or another.
I also recall not being overly impressed with the film--I didn't dislike it, but I didn't see what all the fuss was about. I've since seen it on cable quite a few times, and I like it better each time I see it.
Now, something like Jaws, Alien, Raiders, Star Wars, and so on. Those were something to be in the audience for. Gladiator....well.....heck, Tombstone had better audience response.
I like Gladiator a whole lot. It's just not that kind of movie.
Saw it in the theater, saw the tractor tracks in the field of corn, saw the chemtrails too - spotted a bunch of anachronisms but my inner nitpicker didn't give a damn. He was too busy having a great time.
Haven't been able to watch it again on the small screen. Just doesn't have the vibe somehow.
Never saw it in the cinema, saw it twice on dvd......it has it's moments, but i cried both times at the end...NO MOVIE PUSHES ME AROUND LIKE THAT!!!!...(well yeah, they do....)
I can't watch it anymore due to a growing dislike for Crowe.....same thing is happening to me with Bale....he's really starting to pee me off....
Rich
That's what I am going to do if I ever meet Ridley, sucker-punch him and tell him "I WAS NOT ENTERTAINED!"
El Duderino said:
yeah the audience started cheering at the end when Cuba Gooding Jr was boxing and Oh wait wrong Gladiator
When I saw it in the theater the audience was mostly quiet, there were a few cheers during the first arena scene but otherwise crickets
Last edited by dbalschi; Apr 13, 2011 at 5:07 PM.
I was actually managing a theater and saw it many times on the big screen. The audience was very enthusiastic about it, good vibe (though I don't much like the film myself, on my first two or three viewings I was pretty into it).
Ho hum reaction in the theatre when I saw it. It had its moments, but was holed below the waterline by Crowe when he wasn't fighting and by his helmet when he was. That helmet was the cheesiest phoniest thing I'd seen in the cinema for decades. Looked like it was made out of plastic and designed by a 14 year-old sword and sorcery fanboy who had never seen a Roman artifact in his life. If you don't want your pretty star's face to be obscured by a genuine-looking Roman helmet, then don't make films about gladiators - or at the very least, don't claim, as Scott did, to be making the most authentic Roman movie ever made. Or at least try to make something up that looks the faintest bit Roman, you know?
Saw it in the theatre, liked it, but don't recall too much reaction from the crowd.
It's not like 2000 was a year of great films, though. They have to give these awards out to somebody.ob1al said:
American Film Institute
* AFI's Top 10 Films of the Year (winner) 2000
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* Best Picture (winner) 2000
* Best Director (nominee) Ridley Scott 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee) David H. Franzoni 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* John Logan
* 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* William Nicholson
* 2000
* Best Actor (nominee)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
* Oliver Reed
* 2000
* Best Music (nominee)
* Hans Zimmer
* 2000
* Best Music (nominee)
* Lisa Gerrard
* 2000
* Best Cinematography (winner)
* John Mathieson
* 2000
* Best Production Design (winner)
* Arthur Max
* 2000
* Best Costume Design (nominee)
* Janty Yates
* 2000
* Best Editing (winner)
* Pietro Scalia
* 2000
* Best Sound (nominee)
*
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (nominee)
*
* 2000
* Best Makeup and Hair (nominee)
*
* 2000
* Orange Audience Award (winner)
*
* 2000
Broadcast Film Critics Association
* Best Picture (winner)
*
* 2000
* Best Actor (winner)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (winner)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Cinematography (winner)
* John Mathieson
* 2000
* Best Production Design (winner)
* Arthur Max
* 2000
* Best Composer (winner)
* Hans Zimmer
* 2000
Directors Guild of America
* Best Director (nominee)
* Ridley Scott
* 2000
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
* Best Picture - Drama (winner)
*
* 2000
* Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominee)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (nominee)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Director (nominee)
* Ridley Scott
* 2000
* Best Original Score (winner)
* Hans Zimmer
* 2000
* Best Original Score (winner)
* Lisa Gerrard
* 2000
National Board of Review
* Best Picture (nominee)
*
* 2000
* Best Production Design (winner)
* Arthur Max
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (winner)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
Screen Actors Guild
* Best Actor (nominee)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Ensemble Acting (nominee)
*
* 2000
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
* Best Actor (winner)
* Russell Crowe
* 2000
* Best Art Direction (nominee)
* Arthur Max
* 2000
* Best Art Direction (nominee)
* Crispian Sallis
* 2000
* Best Cinematography (nominee)
* John Mathieson
* 2000
* Best Costume Design (winner)
* Janty Yates
* 2000
* Best Director (nominee)
* Ridley Scott
* 2000
* Best Editing (nominee)
* Pietro Scalia
* 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* David H. Franzoni
* 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* John Logan
* 2000
* Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
* William Nicholson
* 2000
* Best Picture (winner)
* David H. Franzoni
* 2000
* Best Score (nominee)
* Hans Zimmer
* 2000
* Best Sound (winner)
* Scott Millan
* 2000
* Best Sound (winner)
* Bob Beemer
* 2000
* Best Sound (winner)
* Ken Weston
* 2000
* Best Supporting Actor (nominee)
* Joaquin Phoenix
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (winner)
* John Nelson
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (winner)
* Neil Corbould
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (winner)
* Tim Burke
* 2000
* Best Visual Effects (winner)
* Rob Harvey
* 2000
* Best Picture (winner)
* Doug Wick
* 2000
* Best Picture (winner)
* Branko Lustig
* 2000
American Society of Cinematographers
* Best Cinematography (nominee)
* John Mathieson
* 2000
Just sayin'...
Each to their own.
I think its a cracking film and clearly the academy and lots of other awarding bodies thought so too.
It doesnt make the fact that you dislike it invalid, cinema is a subjective thing after all.
Last edited by ob1al; Apr 14, 2011 at 9:12 AM.
It was pretty darn good, but I was somewhat disappointed with certain parts of the dialogue. I expected better from Ridley. He has gotten a bit mainstream lately.
Still prefer Blade Runner.
Saw it in the theater twice.
I either fell asleep or left the second time - not because it was a bad movie, but due to other circumstances.
I enjoyed the film for what it is was. I'm still not sure if it deserved the Best Picture, but I guess I'm kind of glad that they chose to recognize this type of movie - especially seeing how the Academy usually seems to look down of these types of movies.
Yeah, you know, if it hadn't been by Scott I would've looked more positively on it. Commodus was good, Reed was good, a lot of the fighting was great, and I loved the arena in the desert. But this was the guy who had given us the dialogue/character/design perfection of Alien and Blade Runner, and in that context the movie was a shocking disappointment to me. And I wanted to grab him by the throat for that ridiculous helmet, lol!ob1al said:
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