In the performance, what I liked most was the scene in the film where the Spartacus uprising successfully escaped from Capua, leading all the gladiator slaves, and met his admired female slave Varonia. These two desperate people, who thought they would meet indefinitely, did not expect to meet again in this situation-Spartacus is no longer a gladiator for entertainment and killing, and Varonia also flees. He became a slave owner and became a free man. Here, Varonia’s actor, Gene Simmons, is amazing. At first she had tears in her eyes, not believing that Spartacus escaped Capua alive; then she and Spartacus complained of her divorce, talking about emotional breakdown, sobbing loudly; after finally stabilizing, she wiped. Tears while talking about how he jumped out of the slave owner Batites' car, Batites was too fat to catch up with her. Hearing this, Spartacus couldn't help laughing, and Varenia also laughed, laughing so hard that she could not breathe. After the turbulent mood swings ended, the two finally embraced each other deeply and rode together to share the world. Here, Gene Simmons' performance is full of layers and touching.
Another touching feature of the film is the contrast between the two auxiliary characters, the dictator Krasu and the democratic politician Grakus. Crassou is dictatorial and brutal, but his love for Rome is true and credible. He sincerely believes that only under his strong leadership, Rome can maintain the purity of order and the prosperity of the empire, by beating the uprising slaves. And Gracus, who promoted democracy, was indeed an out-and-out "businessman". In order to maintain the democracy of the Roman Parliament, he did not hesitate to give up part of his established interests, willingly traded with Cilicia’s pirates and released Spartacus. Fleeing is despised by the alliance Caesar; and after failing the secret fight with Krasumi, in order to mentally attack Krassus, he is willing to use all his wealth to save Varonia from the cage, even though he himself does not believe in the equal rights of slaves. . These two full-featured sideline characters are extremely interesting, especially Grakus, who loves food and respects women. If not for political sleek and dirty, he is really a very attractive old man.
Although the protagonist Spartacus is shaped like a cliché, it is not useless. After the success of the Capua Slave Uprising, the nobles who once sat in the stands were dragged by the gladiators to the center of the arena and forced to fight each other. Spartacus stood up and said the most exciting sentence in the film: I would rather Die, I don’t want to see two people fight and die again!
Revenge is easy-take up a weapon, kill the nobleman who has harmed you, and get gratitude.
The real difficulty is to establish a new order and faith. Spartacus himself did not realize this at first. He only achieved a spiritual sublimation after a life-and-death battle with the slave Doroba, who would rather die than take his life, from revenge to The demand for equality and freedom. Unfortunately, this part only accounts for a small proportion of the whole film, but it is my personal favorite piece.
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