Should I buy Gladiator or Spirited Away?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-04-30 12:42am

What the hell kind of Latin speaking Romanophile do you call yourself? Gladiator. Trajan would have wanted it that way.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2003-04-30 12:44am

Spirited Away is pretty, but Gladiator has such supreme coolness that it isn't really fair.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-04-30 01:29am

RedImperator wrote:What the hell kind of Latin speaking Romanophile do you call yourself? Gladiator. Trajan would have wanted it that way.

Screw Trajan, deified Octavius demands that you buy Gladiator.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-04-30 01:37am

Spirited Away would be my first choice between the two.

Between the two, my second choice would be Amadeus.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-04-30 06:13am

*Browses thread for currently used quotes*

"ON MY SIGNAL, UNLEASH HELL!"

That's my answer unless you can afford both.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-04-30 07:11am

Very well.

ROMA VICTOR!

Spirited Away I'll get eventually.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-04-30 11:46am

I'm terribly vexed........by this dillema. How about GLADIATOR first, then Spirited Away later? Gladiator had many a flaw. but any movie on ancient Rome where the hero ISN'T a Christian is refrehing. If you're still in the "Roman" mood, try a SPATACUS and BEN HUR combo(Although the a bit too preachy at times)

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-04-30 11:48am

Hey! I've got it!!

Who would win in

MAXIMUS X WILLIAM WALLACE?

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-04-30 12:01pm

This should not even be a debate. Gladiator. Maybe if this was a choice between Spirited Away and ST:V....nope I would still get ST:V....maybe Spirited Away and Signs.....Hmmmm....I Think I would get Signs. Ok, one last try Spirited Away and Voyager Season 1.....Damnit, I would get Voyager Season 1. I guess I won;t be seeing Spirited Away anytime soon.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-30 12:08pm

Ouch, Stravo, that's very fucking harsh...

Miyazaki run over your dog or something?

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-04-30 12:09pm

Hmm, haven't seen the movie recently enough to quote anything from it, so I'll just do the thumb thing:

Thumbs up = death, right? Thumbs down = life...so...thumbs to the side = buy Gladiator!!

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-04-30 12:19pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Ouch, Stravo, that's very fucking harsh...

Miyazaki run over your dog or something?

Actually Spanky I liked Princess Monikee, but I am just not a fan of anime. I saw Akira (my first experience with modern anime) and my sole reaction was "WTF was that and can I get the two hours of my life back?" So it takes ALOT to get me to watch anime. I am VERY skeptical that I will like or "get" the anime. Not that I am one of these anime bashers, just for me personally it doesn't do it for me.

ALTHOUGH your fanaticism about Evangelion got me to "experiment" and rent the first two DVDs. I like it, very cool.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-04-30 12:20pm

Stravo wrote:This should not even be a debate. Gladiator. Maybe if this was a choice between Spirited Away and ST:V....nope I would still get ST:V....maybe Spirited Away and Signs.....Hmmmm....I Think I would get Signs. Ok, one last try Spirited Away and Voyager Season 1.....Damnit, I would get Voyager Season 1. I guess I won;t be seeing Spirited Away anytime soon.

How about Spirited Away or Fraudzilla? Or maybe Spirited Away or Battlefield Earth? And I haven't even started with the Poke'mon movies...........

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-30 12:56pm

Stravo wrote:Actually Spanky I liked Princess Monikee, but I am just not a fan of anime. I saw Akira (my first experience with modern anime) and my sole reaction was "WTF was that and can I get the two hours of my life back?" So it takes ALOT to get me to watch anime. I am VERY skeptical that I will like or "get" the anime. Not that I am one of these anime bashers, just for me personally it doesn't do it for me.

ALTHOUGH your fanaticism about Evangelion got me to "experiment" and rent the first two DVDs. I like it, very cool.

That's understandable, but you I think that you at least give Spirited Away a chance (if you haven't seen it, that is). I thought it was better than Princess Mononoke, personally.

And good to know that my "fanaticism" (heh

) for Evangelion perked your interest enough to see some of it. Keep it up and remember: Subtitled only, because the dub is pretty lame (and they cut out the vocal sounds of the EVAs

).

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-04-30 01:31pm

Stravo wrote: I saw Akira (my first experience with modern anime) and my sole reaction was "WTF was that and can I get the two hours of my life back?"

Well I'm a die-hard anime fan and that was my reaction

Akira isn't a good choice for a first anime because of how it tries to compress a long manga into a single movie.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-30 01:40pm

Give Bebop a shot too, it's an anime for everyone, even hardcore anime-haters.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-04-30 02:47pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:... (and they cut out the vocal sounds of the EVAs )...

Oooh, how deliciously evil. Now people who hadn't noticed before are going to go check, and they'll have to listen to the dub to do it! Yes, soo evil....

the pain....

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-04-30 02:49pm

Durran Korr wrote:Give Bebop a shot too, it's an anime for everyone, even hardcore anime-haters.

Actually Strombringer has had me watch a few episodes and I was VERY impressed. Particualrly liked the Ballad of the Fallen Angel.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-04-30 03:24pm

Stravo wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:Give Bebop a shot too, it's an anime for everyone, even hardcore anime-haters.
Actually Strombringer has had me watch a few episodes and I was VERY impressed. Particualrly liked the Ballad of the Fallen Angel.

Gunfight + Church = Goodness.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-04-30 03:25pm

XaLEv wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:... (and they cut out the vocal sounds of the EVAs )...

Oooh, how deliciously evil. Now people who hadn't noticed before are going to go check, and they'll have to listen to the dub to do it! Yes, soo evil....

the pain....

The English EVA noises are funny, especially for the production ones. They had to cut them because they were on the same audio track as the Japanese VAs and not the SFX part as normal.

Setzer · Post by **Setzer** » 2003-04-30 03:29pm

Buy Spirited Away. I'm an extremely unemotional person, and I burst into tears after watching Spirited Away. I think the soundtrack was what pushed me over the edge.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-04-30 04:25pm

HemlockGrey wrote:
ROMA VICTOR!

NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

you ass!!!!! I wanted to use that one

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2003-04-30 06:57pm

Spirited away. I am at a loss for words as to how much I like it.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-04-30 07:18pm

Do not get Gladiator. Please don't get Gladiator. Don't get Spirited Away, either, however.

Get The Fall of the Roman Empire, directed by Anthony Mann and starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, and Christopher Plummer, with a soundtrack by Dmitri Tiomkin. It's been released on DVD, for that matter. It's one of the great and most lavish of the old Roman epics of the 50s and 60s, and is based on the same historical events as Gladiator. It's cumbersome in some parts, but the soundtrack is immensely impressive and the scale of the production is awesome. Well-worth watching and a far better handling of the times than Gladiator IMO.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-04-30 08:16pm

I've actually been searching for FotRE, but I can't find it anywhere.

So my current list of purchases I must make is:

1) B5 2nd Season
2) Gladiator
3) Back to the Future, full set
4) FotRE
5) Spirited Away
6) Alien
7) Amadeus

...anyone got any cash?

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Should I buy Gladiator or Spirited Away?

Which DVD should I buy?

Neither One.