Review of Gladiator.

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Nitesh Khetani 10T        English coursework

Before watching the film I thought that this film was about a war of some sort, I thought a gladiator was a type of warrior, and I had no knowledge of the storyline before I had seen the film. By looking at the posters I saw a man dressed in armor that made me think that the film was set sum time in the past. I think the director is trying to show with the picture, that the film will have a lot of action to attract more viewers. I see the picture is colored with a lot of dull colors witch makes me think that there may be tragic scenes in the film. To me it looks like the man in the picture is holding his sword down because he is showing confidence, it looks as if he doesn’t need to be on his guard and isn’t at all afraid.

        In the opening scene we hear slow music and the word “Gladiator” appears into the Roman Empire. When we first see the character of Maximus he is in a cornfield, he begins to daydream about happier times as he strokes the corn as he walks through the cornfield. While he daydreams warm colored lighting is used where as when he thinks of the battlefield darker colors are used, the only bright color used is red which to me signifies the color of blood. We do not see the whole person in the daydream, we see his wedding ring witch looks rather classy, this shows he is married and quite wealthy. The person behaves calm and peacefully, he seems happy and as if he has nothing to worry about. As Maximus is a man of peace I believe he would rather be at home. This shows the audience what kind of attitude he has towards fighting, he doesn’t believe in it and only dose it necessarily.

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        In the battle scene the director uses Maximus actions to show that Maximus is wearing wolf skin around his neck and metal armor. The things he wears on his shoulders symbolize power and authority. During the battle Maximus confronted one of his own soldiers and smiled, that tells the audience he is calm and doesn’t show fear. This also tells us that Maximus is a good leader. The music slows down during the battle scene to change the feelings of the audience, the audience isn’t dragged into it, and it allows the audience to reflect on what happens. When Maximus ...

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