I decided to go see this with a m8 last night since I knew it was a Ridley Scott film and I thought if it was reminiscent of Gladiator then it's probably worth a watch. Empire gave it 3 stars and imdb's was 7.3/10 which are decent ratings, so as far as I was concerned I thought the film was a go. When I got to Odeon I was shocked to find that the ticket price was 7.50 quid. I was wondering when did Odeon start charging such extortionate prices and I was regretting that I'd lost my NUS card. Anyway back to the film, it started off promisingly and seem gladiatoresque in its direction. However as the film progressed it seemed to degenerate in terms of character development and I found it hard to empathise with Bloom's character and to get into the story. The set pieces of action were impressive but I don't think they're on the same level as Gladiator's and the film just seemed to drag on a little with the action and I was getting bored. In the end I thought the film was ok but nothing special which is disappointing maybe because I expected too much from it. If you want something like Gladiator then don't go see this and I might be being harsh but it just didn't do it for me.


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. Anyway back to the film, it started off promisingly and seem gladiatoresque in its direction. However as the film progressed it seemed to degenerate in terms of character development and I found it hard to empathise with Bloom's character and to get into the story. The set pieces of action were impressive but I don't think they're on the same level as Gladiator's and the film just seemed to drag on a little with the action and I was getting bored. In the end I thought the film was ok but nothing special which is disappointing maybe because I expected too much from it. If you want something like Gladiator then don't go see this and I might be being harsh but it just didn't do it for me.

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