Five Stars: ˜˜˜˜˜
The word “hero” gets thrown around a lot these days. This 2000 epic explores the concept of a true hero in the setting of ancient Rome. In a time of bread and circus much like our own, everybody fight. The question which defines heroism is the why: what are you fighting for? For power, for love, for entertainment, for justice? When civilization itself balances on the edge of a blade, how you use that sword matters. A good question for modern America, this movie fully deserves all its acclaim.
MEMORABLE QUOTES
“Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to.”
“Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.”
“There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile.”
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