[Crashpunk]

Watched Gladiator last night.

It had some great action scenes and a lot of tension. The story was pretty good as well, really sad at times and it was one of those movies where you really want the protagonist to win (or in this case, take revenge). A few nitpicks are I thought it was a pretty slow with it's pacing. You didn't see Maximus become a gladiator until about an hour in and sometimes I didn't really understand what was happening.

The one thing I really don't get is why did Maximus die at the end? He was clearly injured after getting stabbed but not enough to suddenly die? He was strong enough to fight and he was only stabbed in the back of the shoulder?

What's funny is after watching and loving Spartatus, I found it weird not seeing over-the-top slow motion and gore in a Gladiatorial combat environment. (Yes I know Gladiator was released way before Spartacus or 300)