Wow! Such a good movie.

Too much of everything

A different way of telling a story

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This series has stolen my heart! I even went to the set last summer still standing partly in Rome. This series is an inspiration for many other series like Spartacus which profits from the early stop of Rome. The last season supposed to be adleast 2 other seasons cutting into just 1 season during the high costs, and the back then upcoming serie game of thrones. This series is almost perfectly historically accurate, and beautiful written and put together. The details on the set and clothing of the characters are amazing. The early stop of this show has disappointed a huge loyal fan base which is still active on other social media platforms hoping for a film which should have been launched in 2011 but sadly never came. Which again disappointed the fan base. Never the les this series is great to wach. And hopefully HBO wil continues something similar which will make allot of people happy

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.

There simply isn't another show this kind that has such attention to detail alongside with as much historical accuracy as you can get whilst keeping the show entertaining. Everything from costumes to detailed sceneries without using cgi. The show also introduces the life of regular Roman citizens in the slums and portraying the crime going on in there. Besides that you also get a glance at how the Roman military worked and how it would have been for a regular Soldier.Here you'll even get a taste of faction politics and a possibility to spectate a couple of large scale battles. All of which happened during the lifetime of Gaius Julius Caesar. Shame that in season 2 they didn't show a very important battle, they just skipped to the part when it was over, most likely because of the budget, which is also the reason why they cancelled this show after making only 2 season with a regret of doing so afterwards.

I have been interested in Greek and Roman history since I went to school. I was looking forward to a serious production. I had no preconceptions and did not know which era of the long history of Rome would be addressed.This had the potential to be an amazing series given all the plotting and political intrigue that went on in ancient Rome over many centuries. Instead it is reduced to the level of a soap opera.This series is just plain awful. Where to start - poor acting, poor dialog, sex every few minutes, nudity, jerky plot, no introduction as to who the protagonists are and their back story? This along with Spartacus is not wholesome family entertainment.I gave up on this dross after one episode.