Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Madamelejuge I know my review is like 10 years after the show, but I've just bought the DVD, and I kinda wish I didn't!I won't talk about the unnecessary and pointless nudity, I got used to it with the most recent shows now. I've noticed that it was a low budget production from the start, you can see it from the clothes, the jewelry and of course the setting itself, the buildings were far bigger and more glamorous. On the other hand, there were a lot of actors that I liked, the directing was good and the story wasn't bad, so I kept watching it. It's not 100% historically accurate, but so are all the historical based shows nowadays, I watched it then as an ordinary TV show "inspired" by true events. However, we must respect a minimum of accuracy. So when I've reached episodes 7 and 8 of the first season that were in Egypt, I started laughing out loud for the following reasons: There was a mosque in the background (you can see it when Mumbay arrived Egypt in episode 7). So Egyptians believed in a religion that appeared 500 years later ??!!I've actually understood the language spoken by the Egyptians in the episodes (I'm Egyptian btw), it was modern Egyptian, which is mainly Arabic!!! The Arabs didn't invade Egypt until late 400 or early 500 AD, and it took us centuries to use Arabic in our language!! there are a lot of books on ancient Egyptian language used at that time, why not applying it like any other decent show or movie did??? Better yet, just make them speak English like the rest!of course the costumes are not right (Arabic style, really??), the desert was only used for cemeteries and not even to imprison a princess like Cleopatra. We were a rural society, and we still are. We hate the desert, and we still do. Egypt was a great and civilized nation at the time, why is it looking like it's comprised of a couple of nomad tribes? American (or English) stereotypes much, even in historical shows??Last, but not least, with all my due respect to the actress, she's ugly to be Cleopatra. And Cleopatra wasn't so juvenile like that, she was known to be mature comparing to her age.I'll continue watching the show (I wrote this review in the middle of ep. 8, couldn't resist!!) as I bought the DVD

Tweekums The history depicted in 'Rome' may not fully match the known details but given a little dramatic license it is close enough. Over the course of two seasons we see Roman history from the rise of Gaius Julius Caesar to the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra. Much of what we see is shown by looking at events as they impact on two soldiers; officer Lucius Vorenus and rough and ready Legionary Titus Pullo. Over the course of the two seasons this pair manage to be involved in just about every major event of the era! There is also a focus on the household of Julius Caesar's niece, Atia of the Julii, as she schemes to maintain a dominant position in Roman society.This is definitely not a series for the easily offended. We don't get too much in the way of pitched battles, that would have been too expensive, but there is a lot of fairly brutal violence during frequent more small scale skirmishes. There is also quite a lot of sex and nudity, both male and female, as well as language that may offend some viewers. If all this doesn't bother you though this is a gripping series that is exciting and packed with interesting characters. The, mostly British, cast that includes plenty of familiar actors does a really good job; most notably Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson as Vorenus and Pullu, Polly Walker as Atia and James Purefoy as Mark Antony. Ciarán Hinds is also really good as Julius Caesar until his death at the end of the first season and Lyndsey Marshal is memorable as Cleopatra despite only appearing in five episodes. It is a shame that it only lasted two seasons, and because of this the second season does feel a little rushed as the creators pack in so much history that was intended to be spread over a longer time. Overall I'd heartily recommend this to anybody who likes things like 'Game of Thrones'; this may be more grounded in reality but it contains many of the elements that make that show so gripping and popular.

Aristides-2 Technically a very good visual product. However the story introduces and drops characters, something a good film project doesn't do, i.e. the only survivor of Vorenus's slave investment, a young boy, is 'saved' by Vorenus, introduced to the family and then disappears. Another example is the chief of Egyptian security/army who we are told has a force of 100,000. He is pleaded with by Cleopatra's top two officials, says he "has to think about it" and then is never seen again. Then in the final episode we have the terminally wounded Vorenus, in an un-canopied WOODEN wheeled cart, making it across what appears to be an Egyptian desert under days of blazing sun and heat.....for 30 days. 30 days to cross from the boonies of Egypt to Rome! How can some of you give this atrociously written movie 4 and 5 stars. Finally, and this is directed to the folks who absolutely loved "Rome", do understand that you cannot think of it as even remotely historically accurate; Julius Caesar WAS NOT killed in the regular Roman senate building. It was under repair in 44 BCE and so on March 15, the senate met in a chamber next to the Theater of Pompey, where he was slain. We also regularly see a group of perhaps 3 or 4 senators who are suggested are the main assassins. It was more likely a group of up to 33 senators who were the plotters and assassins. In conclusion, though there's much more to be said, I would invite the people who liked Rome a lot, other than for it's porn and violence, to do some reading about its history. The reality of those times is so much more fascinating than what this mass entertainment portrayed.

zucccchini-81274 This HBO Series was excellent. I looked forward to each episode and was a little miffed when I found out it was going to be canceled. The actors/actresses were extremely talented and kept me IN the story through out. There are few movies, or TV series that keep me entertained in their entirety but this did. I was not aware of it at the time but the series had been canceled and the second season had to be shortened. The writers did an excellent job of incorporating the present with the hurried future. I am not a history buff so perhaps it was my lack of knowledge of history making it seamless. It was a different look into the lives of the Romans. We are use to getting the stories of the lives of the leaders and the historical events surrounding them rather than what the pubic and individuals directly beneath experienced. It was a different avenue and approach to producing historical drama in my estimation.