Gladiator won best picture, best actor, best sound, best costume design, and best visual effects at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001. It is also a film about heroes rebelling against the corrupt rule of Rome, the protagonist Maximus finally pays the price of his life to return to personal honor and restore the country's democracy, and the fierce struggle in Rome's various large and small arenas brings the slaves' pursuit of freedom to the screen again. These two major points are similar to "Bin Hun" in 1960, which won the Oscar for best film.
Gladiator poster
The two films have a lot in common, both tell the story of the characters in the context of the Roman period, and the protagonists of both films are mainly stories of resistance to the oppression of domination. Perhaps it was the first film in film history to win 11 Oscars, and so far only three films have been able to pursue such honors, namely titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. After so many years, people's praise for "BinXu" is also high, and the release of "Gladiator" is similar to that of "Binxu". Compared with the two, "Gladiator" does not have too many slots, and it is also a good film. Unfortunately, the 2016 Timo remake and directing of the film "BinXu" did not evoke the audience's feelings of that year, which was a failure.
Timo directed the failed remake of the 2016 version of "Bin Hur"
"Gladiator" has two touching tears, the first is the choice of Maximos at the beginning of the film, he has been out fighting for many years and has been physically and mentally exhausted. After winning the last battle, returning to the Roman Empire, the first wish was that the Emperor would return to the field to accompany his wife and children. However, due to the turbulent political situation in the country, he was entrusted with the important task of succession by the emperor. A general who has laid a grand blueprint for his country, enjoys supreme honor and prestige, but does not have the free time to return home to visit his family, and has not been able to return for many years. How outstanding the merits on the body are and how great the honors given by the state are, how deep the plot of homesickness in the heart is. At night, under the lights, Maximus looked at his family carved from wood in his hands for a long time, how the family plot in his heart was dispatched, and the current political struggle always involved him. Complex and changeable emotions, so that a victorious general who is invincible on the battlefield, but in the faint candlelight seems small and helpless, at that moment, let people sympathize with tears.
Old Monarch of Rome
If he returns home, the regime will be abused by others and will be detrimental to the people of the country. Therefore, his choice is actually one of the common manifestations of helplessness in life, and this plot portrays the two sides of heroes and ordinary people into three points, which makes people move to tears. Ordinary people face difficulties and can be so desperate that they shout and cry to release their emotions. And because of the mission on his shoulders, the hero faces no matter how great the threat, he can only hide his emotions or hold back his tears and continue to face the difficulties.
Maximusla is homely
The second tear point is the heroic feat of Maximus at the end, he desperately killed the tyrant, and he himself died, and finally returned to his hometown. Exchange the price of his own life for the peaceful and democratic system of the empire. Compared with the tyrant who fell to the ground and died, people ignored him and instead crowded up and carried out maximus's body, and the heroic lament was nothing more than this.
On the left are Roman monarchs
"Gladiator" was filmed around 2001, and the shooting technology is more mature than that of "Bin Hu" in 1960, such as picture texture and sound effects, costume design and computer special effects and other technologies have been mature for many years. In addition, this kind of theme is a large-scale film, and it always brings people shock and surprise on the movie. However, compared to the shooting in "BinXu", it is still a little worse. The characters and scenes are not so real and shocking, there is really no contrast, there is no harm.
1959 edition of "BinXu": oil painting-like picture quality
After watching so many movies, in terms of picture texture, I feel that the movies before the 2090s are the most comfortable to watch. Oil painting-like texture, the color is delicate and soft but not sharp, there is a kind of hazy beauty. Unlike most movies now, either the picture is dim and you can't see anything clearly, or the lights are bright and dazzling, the color gap is strong, and you are dizzy to see. At that time, the photographic equipment was not so advanced, the characters were not clear enough, but they were good at using light filling and makeup techniques, and the scenery and objects were physically photographed, and they were rarely synthesized with computer special effects. For example, the Arena of Ten Thousand People in "BinXu" was specially built for filmmaking. Therefore, the audience can truly feel the scene environment in the movie, and the sense of substitution is strong and not exaggerated. How much you really pay for the movie, usually how many viewers will buy it.