Movies Gladiator vs No Country For Old Men

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

Gladiator (2000)

Synopsis: A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.




No Country For Old Men (2007)

Synopsis: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

 

[Cole train]

Gladiator for me

No country is great as well but i have zero desire to rewatch it while gladiator you can put on any drunken night

 

[revoltub]

No country is better I think.

 

[Edge Wise]

Gladiator better ending

 

[stalehotdog]

NCFOM.

“What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?”

 

[PBAC]

gladiator

i watched no country once and was like meh

 

[Sweater of AV]

No Country is the better film by a fair bit imho.

Gladiator is better for just throwing something on when you just want simple entertainment.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

I chose gladiator........ obviously.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

gladiator

i watched no country once and was like meh

 

[TheRash]

Both great, but NCFOM is a better film from the script to the acting, and by far cinematography.

 

[Bacco]

Il Gladiatore for sure

 

[blaseblase]

Every now and then I'll have the urge to rewatch Gladiator. I've never had that urge with No Country For Old Men. Great movie, but I've only seen it twice and have no desire to watch it again. Feel like I got everything out of it and it doesn't hold any nostalgia value for me.

 

[MLarson]

No Country For Old Men.

Gladiator was a bore.

 

[Yorick]

As has been said, I watched NCFOM once and was mildly impressed. The undercurrent of menace, hoping for mercy for characters that never comes, etc.

Gladiator is a period piece excellently done IMO. Not necessarily a Russell Crowe fan but he nails it. And Joaquin Phoenix is magical.

The final scene where the gal kneels next to the dying Maximus and says "Go to them" always gets me right in the feels especially with the hauntingly beautiful song sung by Lisa Gerrard.
*grabs tissue

 

[tobiaswins]

Gladiator is a better story and overall more epic, No Country is a better film. It’s tough but If I can only choose one I’ll pick No Country.

 

[Thai Domi]

I'm not a huge Gladiator fan. It's entertaining and the ending is pretty good, but I've never really had the desire to rewatch it. No Country is a classic, friendo.

 

[theleerygoose]

No Country is the better film by a fair bit imho.

Gladiator is better for just throwing something on when you just want simple entertainment.

Are you not entertained?

 

[Natural Order]

Gladiator is a badass man flick. No Country is one of the best movies ever made. I guess it's about what you want, but from a critic perspective these aren't in the same league imo.

 

[LEWIS540]

I put Gladiator in the same league as likes of Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.

Great fun, well made, but don’t see them as masterpieces like a lot of people do. Basically pop corn flicks, and that’s not a knock.

No Country is obviously not as obvious as those, but it’s a lot more layered and deep, and that is pretentious!

 

[Starck]

The highs of Gladiator were higher, but No Country was more consistent throughout. Gladiator has some really boring scenes thrown in.