Gladiator

Gladiator The movie that I chose to watch that had a strong social theme was Gladiator. The movie was written and directed by Ridley Scott. Gladiator tells the story of Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius, played by Russell Crowe. Maximum defeats the rebellious Germans in battle, and Caesar asks him to become Protector of Rome during a transition back to the Republic. Maximus does not want this; he tells Caesar he only wants to return home to Spain, to his wife and son. The story continues as the honorable Maximus is captured and sent to slavery in a completely different city. Maximus is unrenowned and unknown to the world of peasantry and slavery. He went from the General of a prestigious army to a slave. (Movieprop.com, 1) This film uses images of slavery, family, and violence to create a political morality tale with an apolitical hero. The struggle of Maximum Meridius depicts the struggle of a democratic capitalist society as ours. As we progress through a society that continually demands more from us, we are sometimes forced to depend on our roots to help us succeed. Some may fight for years to become maximus, social, movie, man, forced, society, help, gladiator, fight, webb, struggle, son, slavery, political, meridius, maximum, continually, back, army, wife, views, today’s, tells, succeed, story, slave, shows, senate, rule, rome, rely, power, personal, people, over