The first film we watched this year was The Gladiator. I have never watched the movie before this class but I now understand why this movie is considered a classic. What I found most intriguing about this movie is how the producers and actors portrayed Maxiums Decimus Merididius' passion and his commitment to avenging his family's death. This movie evoked many strong emotions in me. There was such a wide array of various acting techniques utilized in the movie which stimulated emotions such as happiness, pride, solemnity and sorrow when Maximus died.
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The overall underlying theme of the movie was to fight for what you believe in. This theme was brought to life when Maximus decided to go against Commodus and fight for his family and the betterment of Rome. By doing this he fulfilled Marcus Aurelius' dying wish to return Rome to the people. He fulfilled his own wish of being with his family again in the afterlife.
Overall, I thought this movie was entertaining and informative and should be continually shown in this class.
1 comment:
Nice post Alexa! The life of Maximus certainly exhibits the theme of "fightng for what you believe in." I hope you're enjoying the class thus far.
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