Rated R for some bloody bad wordage.
At my signal, unleash Braveheartacus! The Next 184 Project gets into the issues of how Commodus (toilet!) is a “failson” and how the whole derivative story is a WWF-esque popularity contest. This Ridley Scott / Russell Crowe action flick that won big at the Oscars 20 years ago works even as well as it does because of Crowe’s humanity and even, believe it or not, humour. But, of course, there are a lot of bloody effective battle scenes too…and that’s the hallmark of this still-beloved picture. So plot your revenge as you long for your beautiful family and also your beautiful wheat, then make us all root for an empire to keep empiring as we hit you with some Gladiator.
Well, Actually: Crowe has died in at least 1 other movie (Les Insufferables). Also, Djimon Hounsou has indeed been nominated for 2 Oscars, not 3.
To stay awake long enough to kill the boss of an empire, you gotta get some Sparkplug Coffee. They continue to offer a 20% discount if you use our promo code (“top100project”) at checkout.
At our tweets, you should probably just unleash likes & retweets: @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis
LINKS:
2000 Academy Award winners and nominees
Oscar acceptance speeches: Picture, Crowe, Sound, Costumes and Visual F/X
Links to: Ben-Hur and Spartacus and Braveheart and L.A. Confidential and The Insider and Traffic and LOTR and A Beautiful Mind and Game Of Thrones
Previously on the Next 183 Project: Spotlight
March 2nd on the Next 185 Project: Pinocchio
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