"oh Brother..." hasn't been to our town, I definately prefer to see Mr. Clooney on a large screen :-)

As for charactor dev in "Gladiator", it seems to me that the weapons and blood and guts were the main charactors. I have to admit that action adventure is not my favorite genre, and when it comes to action adventure I probably like more emphais on the adventure, and less on the action. But then I think "Road Warrior" is one of the 20th centuries best, so who knows how my mind works :-)

And I agree with you re the accent stuff.