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Posted by Don Anderson (Member # 397) on 05-06-2005, 12:32 PM:
 
Boring. If it wasn't for the tons of violence, I would have fallen asleep. 145 minutes too long. You could easily leave out 2 reels and NOBODY could tell a difference. Beautifully photographed, great costumes, but otherwise Boring as hell.
 

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Posted by Lee Michael Breese (Member # 3056) on 05-06-2005, 04:17 PM:
 
I agree with Don the movie was boring and even the violence in it was brief. I didn't see charater development but also I lost intrest in the first 30 minutes.
 

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Posted by Nicole Halper (Member # 2299) on 05-06-2005, 07:43 PM:
 
Well...
I guess the nice way too put it, is that it could have been a bit more complex. You know it wasn't that straight forward in history.
Also could have cut out the last reel...the end dragged on the most. I mean, they lost the city (historical fact..not so much spoiler)...and it should have been over with then.
Yes, Orlando Bloom may be nice to look at(haha) but that didn't save the movie for me.
In short...Not terrible...and not great...rather mediocre.
 

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Posted by Michael Barry (Member # 237) on 05-06-2005, 09:35 PM:
 
Nothing great, nothing not-to-great. Just Ridley as usual.
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 05-09-2005, 09:56 PM:
 
This film did not move like Gladiator did, it was decent but there was nothing there like in Gladiator...Orlando Bloom wasn't horrible...but you can really tell he has trouble carrying two hours on his own...even with the strong supporting cast this film just didn't move and have the pace that it should of.

I watched this with two friends and one walked out about an hour and half in and I made the other stay, telling him, "Theres only an hour left, the battles will start!" Which they did, making it a little better but not much. All in all a poor outing by Ridley.

I give it a out of

This film will have a real hard time recouping its $100 million budget domestically
 

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Posted by Christian Appelt (Member # 1067) on 05-12-2005, 05:21 PM:
 
All scenes with man-to-man combat were laughable. When the fighting starts, the camera starts shaking (get a fearless cinematographer!) and the well-known small-shutter-angle-strobing sets in. I tried to stay awake by remembering better battle scenes like the attacks in THE VIKINGS and THE WAR LORD (minus 199.000 extras, but 200% more fun).

Some nice acting, but there should have been a director on the set.
 

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Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 05-14-2005, 10:41 AM:
 
I agree with Don: two reels could have been cut. The film would have been far less boring. Problem is, Scott is a Big Director, and no one can (or will) tell him to cut his 'vision.' I'm also tired of films where the main careactor supposably shuns killing, but ends up doing nothing but. Special effects were cool, though.
 

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Posted by Daniel Burns (Member # 1549) on 05-18-2005, 02:50 AM:
 

quote: Kurt Zupin

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I watched this with two friends and one walked out about an hour and half in and I made the other stay, telling him, "Theres only an hour left, the battles will start!" Which they did, making it a little better but not much. All in all a poor outing by Ridley.

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