HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Benas Mcloughlin Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

ma-cortes This vivid storytelling about the Caesar life is one of the greatest stories ever told.This Roman story told in impact form on a great scale with several spectacular scenes, though is a fairly standard for epic TV.Lavishly TV miniseries from Sulla government until death Caesar.It concerns about his infamous existence, feats,political greed,corruption,tragedies,wars and lovers.One of the last television's most prestigious production with electrifying performances,this is definitely the best TV version available about the famous historic character developed of the following way : The tyrant Sulla(Richard Harris) defeated to Marius and conquers Rome ,Julius Caesar(100-44 BC),as nephew of Marius,is condemned to death,but helped by Pompeius(Chris North)flees towards Orient where is kidnapped by pirates asking a ransom.When is freed,he returns to Rome where is married with Calpurnia(Valeria Golino) and begins the political career.Meanwhile,his daughter Julia marries with Pompeius and Caesar asks him his army to fight against the barbarians.But Caesar conquers whole the Gaul.The final defeat takes place at Alesia where Vercingetorix(Heino Ferch) is definitely vanquished and coerced to handcuffed parade through the Rome streets.Julius Caesar is appointed as Consul for life and crossed the river Rubicon.Pompeius and Cato(Christopher Walken) fear that Caesar will use the troops for ruling the empire and declare himself king and they flee to Greece and are defeated in Farsalia.Pompeyo escapes to Alejandria, Egypt where is beheaded by Tolomeo and Potino. Of course also is developed the usual version of the Egyptian temptress'lust for Caesar,young royal,Cleopatra(Samuela Sardo)wants to rule Egypt and she seduces the conqueror to gain the kingdom and he helps her gain control of Egypt.Later they return to Rome,but the thing don't turn out so well.An old man prevents him on the Ides of March.Caesar is murdered by his nephew Brutus(Ian Duncan) and Cassius(Tobias Moretti) and senators,starting the second triumvirate by Marc Anthony,Lepido and Octavius Augustus .The son of Caesar and Cleopatra -Caesarion- was assassinated by order of Augustus.This stylish,visually stunning epic-scale Roman biography contains,drama,action,romance and overwhelming battles including the computer generator soldiers,though the crowd is most part by ordering ,in spite of it, still looks great.The movie displays a few top American stars in main characters somewhat at variance with an array of notable British acting talents.There are memorable performances from leading roles and the movie's wealth of expert personages-drawing extends rightly to the minor roles,one of which is played by Richard Harris,he seems terrific in his last performance.Harris whose memory the movie is dedicated but he died during the filming.Directed with imagination by Uli Edel,the picture proved that the public would go for epic series if the impact was strong and the performance attractive enough.Lovers of Sword and sandals genre and good acting will find much that is rewarding. Anothers versions about Caesar life are : The classical by Josep'h L. Mankiewicz(1953) with Brando and James Mason and by Sturat Burge(1970) with Charlton Heston and Jason Robards.

ozthegreatat42330 Time constraints did not permit all of the details to get into this film, but what was there was worth watching. Jeremy Sisto's Caesar was an excellent performance. For once in a historical feature about Caesar they started back early enough in history to bring Sulla into the picture.For historical accuracy: Marius, seven times Consul of Rome tried to break the back of the aristocracy. Sulla, representing that group finally got Marius banished and was declared Dictator of Rome for life, at which time he started to eliminate anyone opposed to him. Caeser, although a patrician was not very wealthy, and in order to work his way up in power had to become a man of the people. Which he remained to the end. After Sulla's death Gnaeus Magnaus Pompey tried to become the big name in Rome but was unable to accomplish it by himself, ultimately having to share power with Marcus Crassus (of the Spartacus Revolt fame) and Gaius Julius Caesar. Crassus did not last long being too old, but Caesar went on with his campaigns. This leads pretty much into the story presented here. This film presents all of this fairly well, even if it does take a few short cuts. Caesar's major failing was his predilection for pardoning his opponents and letting them into his favor, like the brutish Brutus who was nothing like the noble assassin in Shakespeare's play.A good feature, well worth the watching.

sourjellybeans56 Oh my gosh. I love this movie. We watched most of it in one of my classes and I fell in love with Jeremy Sisto. He has the best voice ever! The acting was great. This was one of Richard Harris' finest performances, and just at the end of his life! I loved how in depth the movie went into the character of Caesar. It showed more about his personal life and family. It helped me realize that he wasn't some distant political ruler. He really cared for his wife and daughter. I didn't get to finish it but hopefully I'll be able to buy it and watch the rest, even though I already know how the story of Julius Caesar ends. This is definitely a movie I would watch multiple times, even if it was just for Jeremy Sisto!

patlightfoot I actually watched this while studying the Roman Republic at University. It inspired me actually. For those historians amongst viewers, they will realise Julius was no wimp, and actually hunted down those pirates and crucified them. It was a set up from Rome too, if I recall. Sula (Richard Harris) was an awful man, and died from a worm infestation that consumed his flesh and body, and that he was rather sexually deviant.And from what I remember it was a 'reasonably' historically accurate adaptation of Julius Caesar's rise and fall. Probably could have expanded more on regarding his relationship with a rich and powerful sponsor who really gave him a lift. And I can't remember who this was in history??? (So much for Uni study). But I hired the DVD again to look at Tobias Moretti (Cassius) who played Inspector Moser on Kommisar Rex,(Inspector Rex) and in Australia they have just screened Moser Tod. (Moser's Death).I think for a TV mini-series, and considering they didn't use blue screen backing for the action scenes/battles it was excellent. The set was built in Malta, and the Gallic battle scenes filmed in Bulgaria. And they achieved the filming in only three months. This TV series was excellently produced and deserved a high rating than 6.6.