Ben Hur (1959) or Gladiator (2000)?!
Question: Which of these two epic roman battle movies to you prefer and say why?
Answers: Which of these two epic roman battle movies to you prefer and say why?
Ben Hur.
A much better film with a superior story and better acting by the main characters, things that were lacking in Gladiator.
Oscars score:
Ben Hur 11
ACTOR -- Charlton Heston {"Judah Ben-Hur"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Hugh Griffith {"Sheik Ilderim"}
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Robert L. Surtees
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Elizabeth Haffenden
DIRECTING -- William Wyler
FILM EDITING -- Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Miklos Rozsa
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Sam Zimbalist, Producer
SOUND -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Milo Lory
Gladiator 5
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Russell Crowe {"Maximus Decimus Meridius"}
COSTUME DESIGN -- Janty Yates
BEST PICTURE -- Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, Producers
SOUND -- Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston
VISUAL EFFECTS -- John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey
Gladiator.....Russell Crowe is better looking than Charlton Heston
Gladiator because Ben Hur is really really long
Ben Hur with the classical chariot race.
BenHur~Chuck Heston for one~
gladiator!just love the evilness that joaquin phoenix played..he's so talented.
Ben Hur is the quintessential 'historical epic story' dude, it revolves around the whole period of that particular era. I've got the 'gladiator' film & watched it few times but for sheer quality of acting/filming/directorship etc., & historical content there's no contest in my viewing!....
HBO's Rome seasons 1 and 2
I, Claudius
.
Far better shows about ancient Rome.
The high spots in Ben Hur (sea battle, chariot race) were brilliantly staged, given the special effects on offer at the time. They have quite rightly become classic sequences.
But overall, it has to be Gladiator. The powerfuly emotive, relentless storyline wins out over Ben Hur's occasional tendency to lapse into inertia. Plus the fact that the battle in the German forests in Gladiator is one of the most stunning of its kind ever filmed.
both for different reasons
Ben Hur!
Gladiator. I didnt enjoy it that much the first time I watched it but Ive seen it a few times since and I love it. I couldnt really get into Ben Hur
ben hur, because its a classic.