All articles from AMC Blog »

Which Gladiator Deserves Immortality? Brad Pitt or Colin Farrell?

vspoll_gladiator_blog.jpg

Sure they wear tunics and sandals. But don't let the wardrobe fool you. Be they sons of gods (Brad Pitt as Achilles) or fearless warriors in the field (Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great) these are the men who glory in the fight to the finish.

Watch Troy to see how one fighter does it. (For a full schedule of Troy, click here.) If you already know which fighter gets you cheering, click here.

vote-in-poll-btn.gif

Posted by AMCtv.com
June 19, 2008 12:00am

Filed under: Tournaments

Comments

default userpic
By thebudah3 on June 22, 2008 7:09 PM

neither would be the greatest gladiator because they were not gladiators, they were warriors. kirk douglas as sparticus was a gladiator. so was russell crow, slaves forced to fight for entertainment

default userpic
By deb on June 22, 2008 9:54 PM

neither....Gerard Butler in 300.....

user-pic
By coolly6 on June 23, 2008 12:06 AM

Seriously, stop judgeing them so hard. They acted the best they could with the scripts they got. I would say that Colin Farrel would make the better gladiator and deserve immortality because he never once got selfish about fighting that day. Brad had a couple of hissy fits about fighting and was warned about losing his life from HIS MOM. You're always suppose to listen to your mom on things like your life. Colin wasn't warned about his sickness, he was just poisoned so he couldn't help it. That's why I think Colin Farrel deserved immortality.

user-pic
By Dave the Samurai on July 1, 2008 10:41 AM

I would say Kirk Douglas and Russell Crow were greatest gladiators too. Don't get me wrong Brad and Colin played great roles in them movies. But in a one on one match of semi-titans I would say Brad Pitt as Achilles. They were great as war movies but not so much gladiator films.

default userpic
By dofu on January 20, 2011 7:48 AM

Russell Crowe is as believable a Spaniard here as Charlton Heston was a Mexican in "Touch of Evil." But director Ridley Scott took greater interest in entwining a Ginault ad with an empire's intrigue with its people's turmoil than emphasizing bread-and-circus brutality. Ginault makes mid level fine Swiss watches. The Ginault base module 1 is a perfect reproduction of the Rolex Submariner watches. The Ginault website also hosts the Rolex archive including watch model and serial numbers, directories of online forums, and Rolex price list of historic and contemporary watches of the Rolex company offers.