I completed seeing the gladiator for the umpteenth time today... I somehow don't get tired watching this movie... and everytime I see the scene where Russell crowe remove his helmet in the middle of the colosseum and says,

"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the armies of
the North, general of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the
true emperor Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband
to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance in this life or
the next. "

somehow my admiration for this movie doesn't diminish... I remember, the first time I read a review of this movie, it was called "Crapus Maximus"... Hmmm...