I watched the Blu-Ray version of Gladiator the other week.
Admittedly I thought it wasnt that much better than the 4 disc version whcih I bought a couple of years back. Picture quality is great, but so was the other version. Sound is slightly better though, and of course, there are numerous extras which are about the same as the other version. I did buy this from Amazon which is a lot cheaper than HMV.
I sometimes wonder if its another con by the studios to get movie buRAB constantly digging deep into their pockets.
After all they were very good at doing this a couple of years back releasing special editions after an initial release, then Directors Cuts, then another special edition with more scenes added etc. Well, you get the picture.