Too many fans seem to be blown away

To me, this movie is perfection.

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I hate fact twisted into some overdone fantasy/historical fiction called epics. This is one of the worst. I am obsessed with Celtic culture and I look it up endlessly. I have no problem in creating epics with a touch of unrealism. It's fiction. I like adding spin to it. But I absolutely hate it when people take history and completely ignore facts to add their own "idea" of realism.Boudicca is one of my heroes. But she was usual for her time. The actress played her well, but the whole idea of Boudicca should have been left to true, hard-core lovers of Celtic culture.One day,maybe, someone will get it right. The actors were fine: the writing was WAY overdone. Stilted and unimaginative.

The acting was good, the picturing of that time was OK. But! Sick movie producers alert! After 30 minutes there is this horrible scene where young Nero has a sexual relation with his mother, and they show everything. I don't care if they want to show Neros sick mind, I don't need pedophile flirting in movies. You can tell such things in a movie without tongue kissing and breast sucking thrown into the face of the watcher. I turned the movie off and I suspect I'm not the first doing so.Don't see this movie. Watch something else.

If this is going to have a theatrical release in the US this is going to bomb big time. A very dissapointing film, with the occasional good momment, but the worst thing is the typical trates of ITV dramas that have crept in. The tendancy for everyone behind the scenes to try and stand out from the crowd by throwing in their own little bits. As a result what could have been a good film was pretty much destroyed.The beginning and ending was just downright patronising and the scenes in Rome (which seemed there entirely to emphasise that Nero was as nutty as a fruit cake) were pretty redundant. There were however a few good battle scenes and some good acting. On the whole though it was just bad camera work, bad directing, poor script, feeble attempts to shock the audience and very little genuine authenticity.I rated this at a 4/10 but had it not been for the unprofessional start and end it could have scrapped a 6/10 because there was enough reasonable content here to make this film enjoyable at least for a one off viewing. If you see this film on TV and like ancient history and legends it's worth a watch, but whatever you do don't pay to see this in a movie theatre because this is a long way off being anything other then a TV movie.

Possible Spoilers. OK, no one expects 100% accuracy. There are 100% accurate productions - they are called documentries. A film/programne can be historically inaccurate and be a darn good spectacle (Gladiator, Braveheart) but it is a different kettle of fish to insult the viewing public with a cheap, badly written and produced item like this. The Roman Army in Britain seemed to consist of about 10 people,Paulinius the Roman commander apparently makes his way from Angelsey to Rome (and back to his army) without anyone noticing, the aforementioned Roman Army was run ragged on numerous occasions by a bunch of children, there was some sub-plot about the murder of Nero's mother which had no relevance to the rest of the story, what appeared to be an absurd (and scottish) wizard running around with a magic mirror (which he should get serviced as all the Britons ended up getting killed) and the depictions of all the male British leaders as chauvenistic pigs which needed the fiesty Boudica as a leader (notably Prasutagus who must tie with Arthur Fowler of Eastenders as the wettest most whining character ever - three hearty cheers when he finally whimpered, rolled over and died) It is some achievement though, to do all this with such a fine collection of actors. (and Alex did look good) British companies should realise that if they do not have the finance to produce epics they shouldn't try, but stick to such subjects as Sharpe or Hornblower with their small band of followers on secret missions against the french. These are within the budget, are exciting, and allow our actors to carry the production with their acting skills and their very presence. (and I do believe we have a good percentage of the best in the world) For a good fictional account of Boudica's Rebellion which also shows the brutality and savagery of Rome I would recommend "Imperial Governor" by George Shipway (its in print) In short, is there anything that can save our reputation for historical dramas? Yes, there are quite a few Sharpe novels unfilmed!