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Spartacus (DVD, 1998, Widescreen)
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I've seen a few recent movies from Stanley Kubrick. I've seen A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut. They're all different, but they all have a strangeness to them that can only come from the mind of Kubrick. And they're all excellent movies as well. Eyes Wide Shut got a lot of bad reviews, but I think it's a cult type movie that's similar to A Clockwork Orange (different story, but the same eeriness that's associated with the three films). There are a lot of undertones and read between the lines stuff that make this movie quite a bit underrated compared to what critics have said about it. With all that in mind, Spartacus is a much different kind of movie. It's an epic movie taking place in Biblical times, yet it's not a Biblical movie. I believe it takes place before Christ is born (not positive, but a young Caesar is a character in this movie, I think it's the same Caesar that Jesus faced in the Bible). Spartacus (played by Kirk Douglas) is a man who has lived in slavery his whole life. He finally gets sick of his treatment and attacks and bites a guard. For his retaliation he is supposed to be put to death, but instead he is sold to become a gladiator. That's where he meets his future wife, a beautiful servant slave who is given to the best gladiators to have sex with. Spartacus soon retaliates again and leads an uprising through Italy, with slaves following him to try to attain their goal of freedom. Meanwhile, the Romans continue chasing them through Italy because they want their slaves back. Along the way he meets up with the servant girl again and they become married. Spartacus can be compared to Gladiator a little, but the movie resembles Braveheart more I think, with freedom being the ultimate goal for everyone, even if costs them their lives. My favorite line in the film is when Kirk Douglas says that when free people die, they lose enjoyment; when slaves die, they escape the pain. I think this is a definite classic and it shows what Stanley Kubrick could do early in his career, he was only 31 at the time he directed Spartacus. To hand the controls over to such a young director was probably a risk at the time, but it proved to be a winning gamble. The film is among the best epic movies of all time.Read full review
As a matter of fact, I more than just "tolerate" it... I actually like it... but out of the number of the films he's directed that I've seen, it's the ONLY Kubrick movie I can stand. The one and only. And if I like it... ANYBODY would like it!! Enjoy yourself... "No, I'm Spartacus!!"
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I enjoyed Spartacus for various reasons. Firstly, I enjoy watching these big hero epics like Spartacus, Ben-Hur, Gladiator, and the like because I was a Classics major in college. In addition,I enjoyed the acting thoroughly, the beautiful clothes and the clear cut good-against-evil situation. Spartacus is a person who rightfully demands his right to be a free man and pursues his freedom in an ethical way. Historically spoken this is not correct. Spartacus' army of slaves plundered its way through Italy and that was one of the reasons that they didn't get out. Further was the historical Spartacus most likely a deserted soldier from one of the Romans' auxiliary armies, but this was obviously not heroic enough for Hollywood. But that doesn't matter. The movie brought me almost inside the story and let me live the story "for real". I did hate Crassus (Laurence Olivier) intensely and almost "felt myself fighting" in the gladiator school. Really a great spectacle, a classic. Everyone should see it!Read full review
This was very captivating as a long time follower of Kirk Douglas movies I say this is one of the top five. I pray Kirk live another 100 years as we watch many younger movie stars kill themselves with drugs alcohol and crazy life styles we are refreshed to know at one time Hollywood was held in high esteem a icon of quality and role models with such as Roy Rogers Dale Evans, Gene Autry, Charlton Heston, we still have a few good ones like Clint Eastwood Jon Voight and Katherine Hepburn. Hollywood has lost sight today of touching peoples lives they lost the vision of truth honesty integrity replacing it with political trash and one sided views. I once thought about visiting Hollywood but I won't now I should have 45 years ago when Hollywood was great. I give this a 10 plus Kirk and the others were fantastic. RCLRead full review
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This is Stanley Kubrick's one "normal" film and it truly stands the test of time. Great script, characters perfectly cast, and well-directed. A must-own!
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