Only one winnerrrr for me and it's gladiator...,.
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The best movie for me was gladiator I should have of course made that more obvious from the title :D
Apocalypto wipes the floor with both of them imo.
Gladiator. One of the best ever, though I watched Braveheart again last year and it was really good.
Not quite sure why they are comparable...
Where's the cross over?
Gladiator. I can only enjoy Braveheart if I treat is as a fantasy vehicle for Mel Gibson's hatred of the English.
Indiana Jones would batter all of these films.
Are you not entertained
Both films belong in the best film ever discussion. I feel they are comparable because they are both very very emotionally powerful and both have an amazing performance from the main actor and both have great battle scenes with swords. I slightly prefer Braveheart as even though I really like English people when I left the cinema back in the day I genuinely felt like I wanted to attack and kill English people with a sword
Gibson has admitted its not very accurate but if it was accurate it would be a much weaker film
Braveheart by a good margin
I never got into Gladiator. Braveheart far more engaging.
Both films are very good. I prefer Braveheart, its more gritty and has better battle scenes.
The Shawshank Redemption was more liberating than both
Must ask my son as he watched Braveheart at school at the age of 8 :-(
Neither film comes anywhere near a best film list.
Gladiator hands down for me although I do like Braveheart. Braveheart is pretty much a vehicle for Mel Gibson whereas with Gladiator you get Russell Crowe, `Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris and Derek Jacobi.
Braveheart was memorable. Maybe cause it was shot in Ireland etc etc etc.
I can't remember Gladiator at all. Maybe 'cause I saw it on the small screen. Or maybe because Russel Crowe.
in what class?
Can't remember he might have been younger. Every Wednesday the kids would bring in a video and the whole school would watch it in the afternoon in the main hall of a small country school. The teachers would then disappear into the staff room. So one day when a kid turned up with Braveheart it was stuck in the video player and the teacher went off to the staffroom.
I'm sure things have changed that must have been 20 years ago. He doesn't seem to have been damaged too much by it.
Decent big budget historical epics are rare these days so I'll take what I can get without prejudice. Both are fantastic films.
Braveheart. I like medieval war films and Braveheart is one of the best.
Love this scene with Patrick McGoohan as Longshanks.
It's not just not very accurate, it's borderline insulting if you know anything at all about English history. It's about as historical as The Lord of the Rings.
Gladiator for me hands down, the opening battle scene was awesome, and the music was class.
I would imagine historical accuracy wasn't high on the agenda for either film.
The new Gladiator is Paul Mescal appaz. Russell and Mel would both bate him in a fight I'd reckon, at least when they are younger. Fair play to Paul though, massive role.
It's a tad inaccurate alright. They didn't have cars in those days.
'The trouble with Scotland is, its full of Scots.' Patrick McGoohan as Long Shanks is brilliant, Gladiator is too long for me. Didn't like the inaccuracy of the instruments, uilleann pipes are not war pipes. You only hear the highland pipes during the mooning session on the battlefield. Rob Roy with Liam Neeson was another one that came out at the same time. Probably the same companies who tried to outdo each other with their volcano films: Volcano and Dantes Peak and the asteroid ones as in Deep Impact and Armageddon.
Gladiator has a few bloopers also, i think there is a plane in one shot and when the chariot crashes in the colosseum fight you can see a gas tank. Also Maximus says to “unleash hell” at the opening battle, the Romams wouldn’t have called it hell.
Yep, I find that funny. It happens a lot . Twin films !
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Gladiator for me. It achieved a similar emotional punch as Braveheart without resorting to a contrived love story and really ridiculous romantic device about Mel bedding a French princess.
It's crazy to me that Gladiator is never high up in the best films of all time list. It's pure snobbery. It ticks every box as far as what constitutes a great film. Great directing. Great cinematography. A fantastic plot that while wasn't historically accurate was very true to the setting of Ancient Rome.
Casting and performances pitch perfect across the board. Epic and memorable soundtrack. Apart from one or two gaffes, incredible CGI and visual effects which really sold it to the audience but importantly, combined with plenty of physical effects and stuntwork which meant it was always very believable. The first battle scene is still probably the best reenactment of Roman battle tactics committed to film.
Armageddon or Deep Impact?
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