Jump to content

The Panda

The Final Countdown: BOT's Top 100 Movies of All-Time - The List is Complete, The Empire is Dead, I Now Go to the Grey Havens

By The Panda, in Archived Lists and Countdowns

Recommended Posts







The Panda Global Phenomenon

The Panda

Posted
  • Author
Posted

gladiator-552287e940958.jpg

 

Number 38

Gladiator (2000)

Dreamworks Distribution, Directed by Ridley Scott (70 Points, 20 Votes)

gladiatorbg.jpg

 

"Are you not entertained?!"

 

Top 5 Placements: 1

Top 10 Placements: 2

Top 25 Placements: 4

Previous Rankings: 2016 (Unranked), 2014 (Unranked), 2013 (66, +28), 2012 (59, +21)

Awards Count: Won 5 Oscars, Including Best Picture

Tomatometer: 77% (7.2 Avg Rating)

Box Office: 187.7m (318.9m Adjusted)

Synopsis: When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.

Critic Opinion: "Jagged and impressionistic in a way clearly influenced by “Saving Private Ryan,” 10-minute opening battle is a savage spectacle, as General Maximus (Crowe) commands his troops to “unleash hell” on their overmatched adversaries with a deluge of arrows and flaming canisters that set the barbarians’ protective woods on fire.But as external conflicts are put to rest, internal trouble is only beginning. The arrogant and unbalanced Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) arrives at the front, along with his beautiful older sister, Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), just in time to learn that his ailing father (Richard Harris) has named the triumphant Maximus his successor as emperor. For his part, Maximus, a Spaniard who has never seen Rome and, far more important, has been separated from his wife and son for nearly three years, wants no part of this plan.But Maximus makes the mistake of spurning Commodus. After killing his father in a fit of jealous spite, the insecure new emperor orders the execution of the popular general. The resourceful Maximus escapes this fate but reaches home too late; when he arrives, he finds his wife and son dead, his farm torched. In the poetic manner of Sergio Leone, Scott uses a man of action’s bitter and idealized memory of his lost family as a motif and a motive for the single-minded pursuit to which he devotes the remainder of his life." - Todd McCarthy

User Opinions: "Love this movie. Crowe's performance is excellent, Phoenix's performance is excellent, Zimmer's music is awesome, and the story is compelling."  - @redfirebird2008

 

"Just finished watching the extended version. The score from Hans Zimmer was perfect for this, and i teared up throughout the movie during a few scenes that had his excellent score in the background. Solid performances from everyone and solid direction and script also. The end is heart breaking.

 

Probably one of my all time favorite - I regret not watching it earlier." - @ChD

Commentary: Ridley Scott comes into the list for the second time with his sword-and-sandals Roman Epic, Gladiator.  Gladiator is one of the last truly great historical epics we've had, almost like a reflection back on a genre that's (for the most part) been left in the past in this modern blockbuster world.  The film is filled with gritty, intense and pretty awesome action and battle sequences.  While the film has been criticized for its pretty blatant historical inaccuracies, the film has a beating heart at its center that drives the plot and makes a film set 2000 years ago resonate deeply with a modern audience.  Surprisingly, this film had missed the last two times we did the list, but it received pretty broad support this go-round, as it ended up on 33% of the list submitted.

Decade Count: 90s (14), 10s (12), '00s (10), 80s (9), 70s (6), 60s (5), 50s (4), 40s (2), 30s (1)

Tomatometer Count: Over 90% (50), 80%-90% (11), 70%-80% (2)

Adjusted Box Office Count: 1b+ (1), 900m (2), 800m (1), 600m (1), 500m (1), 400m (7), 300m (5), 200m (8), 100m (13), Under 100m (22)

Director Count: Alfred Hitchcock (3), James Cameron (2), Damien Chazelle (2), David Fincher (2), Stanley Kubrick (2), Richard Linklater (2), John McTiernan (2), Martin Scorsese (2), Ridley Scott (2), Lee Unkrich (2), J.J. Abrams (1), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), John Avildsen (1), Ash Brannon (1), Frank Capra (1), Ron Clements (1), Joel and Ethan Coen (1), Francis Ford Copolla (1), Alfonso Cuaron (1), Stanley Donen (1), Clint Eastwood (1), Victor Fleming (1), Milos Forman (1), Terry Gillam (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Gene Kelly (1), Akira Kurosawa (1), John Lasseter (1), David Lean (1), Ang Lee (1), Spike Lee (1), Sergio Leone (1), Katia Lund (1), James Mangold (1), Michael Mann (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Hayao Miyazaki (1), John Musker (1), Christopher Nolan (1), Jordan Peele (1), Roman Polanski (1), Harold Ramis (1), Rob Reiner (1), Russo Brothers (1), Gus van Sant (1), Steven Spielberg (1) Bryan Singer (1), Andrew Stanton (1), Isao Takahata (1), Quentin Tarantino (1), Guillermo Del Torro (1), Gary Trousdale (1), King Vidor (1), Orson Welles (1), Peter Weir (1), Robert Wise (1), David Yates (1)

Franchise Count: Best Picture Winner (7), Pixar (3), Star Wars (2), James Cameron (2), Marvel (2), Toy Story (2), Studio Ghibli (2), WDAS (2), 'Before' (1), Blade Runner (1), Monty Python (1), Alien and Predator (1), X-Men (1), MCU (1), Captain America (1), Terminator (1), Die Hard (1), Harry Potter (1), Rocky (1), Oz (1), Indiana Jones (1), Steven Spielberg (1)

Genre Count: Drama (22), Adventure (19), Thriller (15), VFX Driven (15), Fantasy (15), Sci-Fi (13), Comedy (13), Action (12), Epic (12), Romance (11), Period Piece (10), Family/Children (10), Novel Adaption (9), Crime/Noir (9), Indie (8), War (8), Sequel (7), Animation (7), Tragedy (7), Horror (6), Musical (6), Cult Classic (5), Western (4), Foreign Language (5), Christmas (3), Melodrama (3), Spy/Detective (3), Romantic Comedy (3), Sports (3), Superhero (2), Comic Book (2), Bio-Pic (2), Satire (2), Remake (2)

 

gladiator-5.jpg

 

 

 

  • Like 17
  • Thanks 1
  • Disbelief 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites






Ethan Hunt Global Phenomenon

Ethan Hunt

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, Critically Acclaimed Panda said:

From my experience there’s a decent segment of people who really don’t like the movie

Where are these people? I would like to be friends with these havers of good taste 

  • Disbelief 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites


Cap Summer Tentpole

Cap

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Critically Acclaimed Panda said:

Number 40

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

1288549668_4.jpg

 

Howard Ashman was an immense talent who we lost too soon.  "Tale As Old As Time" is so simple yet earnest as sung by Angela Lansbury. His lyrics are top notch throughout, particularly in the unsung hero of the show: “The Mob Song.”  What a climax! Panicked! Fast! Crazed Madness! I also love the story that Alan Menken wrote part of the fight scene in like ten minutes as a placeholder, but when he went back to write the “real part” they couldn’t think of anything better.  True geniuses.

 

Beauty and the Beast is Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s magnum opus; not only is it one of the best movies (live action or animated) of all time, it is one of the best musicals of all time.

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites














Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.


×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Guidelines. Feel free to read our Privacy Policy as well.

  I accept