Gladiator

• Gladiator is a delight: the storytelling is smooth, the duels are superb, Russell Crowe's performance is wonderful, and the French tigers are particularly fierce.

• Stupendous cinematography, among the most beautiful in cinema history, impeccable technical craftsmanship, and a gorgeous soundtrack. Gladiator is a milestone in world cinema, a classic and exquisite masterpiece by Ridley Scott.

• Scott relies not only on thorough historical and archaeological research, but also on a highly skilled technical crew operating at an unmatched level: from the actors to the score. We are in the presence of a great work that evokes genuine emotion, capable of telling an important and complex story like Rome's in an impeccable and masterful way, an artwork of pure emotional resonance that pierces the heart of anyone who experiences this immense film.

• Russell Crowe is perfect as the simple, loyal farmer, and Joaquin Phoenix is even more perfect as the spoiled, perverse boy. Rome is portrayed as a gray world, full of huge buildings and busy streets. The visuals of the city, the tigers in the Colosseum, and the light above the city exhibit a degree of grit and imperfection that grabs your attention all the more.

• There is in Gladiator a tragic dimension and a grand theatrical sweep that recall the epic power of Titanic, except that here the adventure and drama prevail over the romance.

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