Hey guys! How's everybody doing? Just wanted to let you know that Deadpool and Wolverine is going to be my next video. I remember some of you asked me to post my reactions to Blade and Logan so, I will watch those BEFORE Deadpool and Wolverine but I will post D&W first, since that's what people wanna see right now. I will post the Blade and Logan reactions afterwards, along with a horror movie because, ya know...it's October after all :)
Looking forward to both Blade and Logan. Literally just watched D and W, so looking forward to your reaction on that too. What is the horror film going to be? Hope you do Evil Dead 2, or Misery. ( if you don’t have a film in mind yet)
I’ve seen this movie several times, and have watched dozens and dozens of reactions, but I have never noticed, or seen anyone who has noticed that Maximus added his wife and child to his armor. I just wanted to thank you so much for noticing that and pointing it out for everyone.
where have you been? The reaction space is in dire need of quality people like yourself actually paying attention to the movie and not talking to hear the sound of their own voice. this was so enjoyable. I watched this twice and your terminator reaction . What a great Saturday!!!
Proximo: "We mortals are but shadows and dust." Maximus: "What we do, echoes in eternity. Strength and Honor." Two conflicting philosophies of the movie as the two men cannot agree on which is the way of Life.
ok, only few words to the beginning: the war depicted in the movie is called Marcommanic Wars (166-180 AD), of course movie is historical fiction, but if we want to go for localization, war was in today Moravia (part of Czech republic) and Southwestern Slovakia... in 180 AD war was almost in the end, last battle occured in place called Laugaricio in winter 179 AD, Legio II Adiutrix fought there decisive battle, under command of Marcus Valerius Maximianus and destroyed last army of Quadi tribe (germanic people living in territory of Southwestern Slovakia), Roman Legion after victory carved a memorial inscription into the stone - today it is located under the castle in city Trencin
I've seen this movie many many times and watched many reactions on top of it but it wasn't until you pointed out - I NEVER NOTICED Maximus added his wife and son to his armor. Thank you for providing, as always, quality content but also for enlightening me about something cool!
He took 2 horses so he could switch when before one tires of carrying him and his gear. A lot of cavalry takes more than one horse per rider because of this, it allows you to make better time and allows the horses to recover while on the march.
The actor who played Proximus (the Gladiator trainer) was Oliver Reed. He was an extraordinary british actor, with a very interesting, fascinating and atypical life. He also was known for his alcoholism, having some scandals on TV and cinema as a consequence of this. During the filming of Gladiator in 1999, he sadly passed away. He had been sober for months, but one night (during a break from filming the movie) in an Irish pub in Malta, he drank three bottles of Jamaican rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous double whiskeys and challenged five young English sailors of the Royal Navy to arm-wrestling at The Pub bar (which after this incident was called Ollie's Last Pub). His bill, which was never paid, is preserved in a decorative frame in the bar.
Marcus Aurelius was the last of the Good Emperors. After his reign the Roman Empire truly began its downward spiral into decay, division, and eventual collapse.
Pheonix did such a good job as emperor that the kid actor who played Geoffrey in Game of Thrones modelled his entire Goeffrey character after Emperor Commodus. When he was sure how to play a scene, he would think, "What would emperor Commodus do?"
When the man says "You have a great name. He has to kill your name before he kills you," he meansThe people love Maximus. His soldiers all loved him. His legacy will be remembered. They have to make him look pitiful and insignificant before killing him so he is forgotten.
Joaquin Phoenix should’ve won an Oscar for supporting actor, and Russell Crowe was phenomenal in his role as Maximus, this movie is in my top 5 all time favorite!
Lucius is the only heir to the throne. Commodus wouldn't risk his family's legacy without a new heir to replace Lucius. So if Commodus had gotten his way and had a healthy baby with his sister, Lucius would've died soon after.
Watching this movie introduced me a lot to stoicism and Marcus Aurelius. If you watch the entire movie again, Maximus represents the philosophy of stoicism and that would be courage, justice, temperance and wisdom.
I can’t believe out of all the times I’ve watched this movie that I’ve never noticed his family on his armor. I tuned into this video just for the entertainment and there she is showing me new things about one of my favorite movies of all time!
Loved it Amanda. Joaquin did steal the show. "Am I not merciful?!" Obviously the rest of the cast was incredible. Like you said - 'quality'. Top ten movie in my old life. Look forward to your next!
Commodus didn't kill Lucius (the boy) as he wanted to keep his sister on side - after she would have presented him with an heir, however, I wouldn't have bet on Lucius's chances...
Yes, that's the kid who played Giosué in *La Vita è Bella.* If you notice, he's speaking Italian in this movie, too. He says: "Mamma, i soldati!" and then runs down the road yelling "Papà! Papà!" Puedes entender lo que significa.
Marcus Aurelius is regard as one of the greatest Roman Emperors and the last Emperor of the Pax Romana. Commodus' reign, on the other hand, is remembered as one of great political turmoil masked by gladiatorial games. In regards to the standard Roman naming scheme, the order is Praenomen (personal name), Nomen (tribe name), and Cognomen (family name) with a few others occasionally added. Decimus is a praenomen and Meridius and Maximus are both cognomen. So his name shouldn't be Maximus Decimus Meridius, but Decimus Aelius Maximus Meridius (Meridius being an agnomen, an extra name or title). This translated to "Decimus of the Aeli Greatest of the South."
Couldn't overwhelm a lifetime of instinct and 50 pounds and 5 inches height and a warriors heart. Commodus learned everything in practice. Maximus even stabbed with a poison dagger in the hot sun dying is way way better in combat. One of 100 great metaphors in the last 10 minutes of the film
You're absolutely right about the formations of soldiers in ancient battles not that often disintegrating into wild frays. They stayed together. Romans repeatedly had instances where a group was surrounded and vastly outnumbered and most of them walked away leaving mounds of fallen enemies. The movie only shows them in the arena using such tactics. Other famous empires used shield wall formations, from the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians, Macedonians, greeks, Spartans, down to the middle ages and Renaissance years, like the Swiss pike squares and Spanish Tercios.
Gladiators were more prize fighters, deaths did happen but that was mostly accidentally. Gladiators were incredibly expensive to buy and maintain so it's not really good business to fight them once and dead.
It wouod have been normal for Maximus to sleep with a woman other than his wife as long as that woman wasnt already married to another man. The idea of that being considered “cheating” is a very recent post-modern social delusion, and in Gladiator II they confirm that is what had happened, without giving away a spoiler
No one has mentioned it, but the reason the senators couldn't do anything is because of the Praetorian guard, the soldiers in black and purple. There were no other soldiers stationed in Italy. The Praetorian guard was an elite force whose barracks were part of the city wall. Without a way to deal with the guard anyone going against the Emperor would have easily have been killed even if they succeeded.
Loved the reaction as usual, just fyi, every time you've added subtitles for yourself I easily understood what you were saying, in other words, they're not necessary, you're English is great.
My favorite movie of all time since it came out in 2000. Joaquin Phoenix is one of the greatest method actors in history. Great reaction. New sub here. ❤️
0:03 You've just been speaking english so much your genetics are mutating you into a mini albino cave ginger from Wales whose entire melanin content is now just going to maintaining hair color... And no I have no idea how that just came into my mind lmao but great reaction as always
Check your White balance for getting the colour correct / Background / Foreground / Subject ( You ) Meter the lights that you are using Wont take long. you will get is in no time
"Commodus is a bad person" may be my most favorite chapter title of all time... Your reactions never disappoint Amanda. Love ya! (and you are not pasty white, you are luminous!). That bed behind you looks like something a Gladiator would sleep on... please never sleep on it.
If you watch the part in the colosseum when the horse and chariot crash into the wall you can see a gas canister they used to propel the chariot and overturn it
The crowd was saying "Live" when Maximus was first revealed. I don't think Maximus cheated on his wife. I think the grew up with Lucilla and Commudus and was involved with her then. At least that is how I interpreted it.
4:25 if by turns, you mean the lines rotated out to give the men rest. Most large army combat were conducted in opposing lines. Depending on which era and battlefield, Roman legions were grouped in rows where the front soldiers are the only ones in combat at any one given time. It rarely is a free for all brawl
Amanda I’m pretty sure that when this movie was made that Maximus and Lucilla’s romantic past was supposed to have taken place before Maximus married. Rumors about the sequel coming out soon suggests otherwise which quite honestly I don’t like as it seems they did it just to give their new movie more more appeal. To me it takes away from the original…it’s just easy to tie it into this classic.
it could be either and it makes sense either way given how long maximum spent away from home literally years, given how close he was with the emperor and his family, given how many women would have been throwing themsleves at 1 of romes greatest generals... u think for year in end he would of had even the odd fling? seems unlikely
Hans Zimmer makes any movie infinitely better with his score. The director made a movie about the crusades shortly after this that had a pretty good story, not as good as this, but still good, but it suffers a lot from an inferior score.
Marcus Aurelius and Commodos were real people! Aurelius wrote a book (diary) that is really good based on Stoic philosophy. It’s called the Meditations. I recommend
what was called Germania was big region from river Rhine to the territory of western Ukraine, the war depicted in the movie is called Marcomannic Wars (166-180 AD), in today territory of Moravia (Czech republic) and in Southwestern Slovakia, in winter 179 Roman army fought decisive battle against tribe Quadi near place called Laugaricio, today Trencin in Slovakia (after battle they carved inscription into the stone, it is there till this times)
You saying you have a sore back at the start of the movie makes me think of when I saw this in the theatre. I had already seen a movie that was so bad I *HAD TO* buy a ticket for anything else to watch right after. It happened to be this. A total of four and a half hours sitting down and my butt was numb. But I still enjoyed Gladiator.
@@amandamiquilena It's about 2000 km from Germania to south Spain. The second horse was for when the first one died of exhaustion. Notice he only had one horse when he arrived.
@@amandamiquilena I think he took two horses, because he had no time for a pause and expected that his horse would die, due to exhaustion. A horse with no rider does not get tired so fast, he propably changed between them, to allow them to recover.
@@_Curanes_Rex Yes, couriers would often have multiple horses, or change them out at various posts along the way. An unburdened horse tires much slower than one burdened by a rider.
he did not need to cross the Rhine, as this war took place on the territory of today's Moravia (Czech Republic) and southwestern Slovakia, he needed to cross the Danube and then go along the Alps to Gaul and then to Spain
I totally agree that Phoenix made a fantastic villain here, with Commodus. Another standout portrayal of a villain is of Livia, played by Sian Phillips in I Claudius, a classic BBC TV series. Her character is one that stuck in my mind even more so over the years. I Claudius is quite a bit more stripped down than Gladiator, as it was filmed in 1976, and probably on a tight budget. But you get to see some serious acting power, with amazing performances by elite British actors of that time, and even a young Patrick Stewart playing the super-evil character of Sejanus.
They don't say specifically, but they imply that Maximus grew up with the Emperors children, Commudus and Lucilla, though I'm not sure how that would've been possible if he had never actually been to Rome before. Maybe they were brought up in Spain? Emperors didn't necessarily always rule from Rome. Anyway, my point is that the impression is that whatever romantic relationship that happened between Maximus and Lucilla, was probably when they were young. Maybe teenagers, but it might not have been politically or socially acceptable for them to be together, or maybe it just didn't work out for other reasons, but whatever happened, probably happened before Maximus met and married his eventual wife, so I don't think he was cheating on her.
Hey guys! How's everybody doing? Just wanted to let you know that Deadpool and Wolverine is going to be my next video. I remember some of you asked me to post my reactions to Blade and Logan so, I will watch those BEFORE Deadpool and Wolverine but I will post D&W first, since that's what people wanna see right now. I will post the Blade and Logan reactions afterwards, along with a horror movie because, ya know...it's October after all :)
Looking forward to both Blade and Logan. Literally just watched D and W, so looking forward to your reaction on that too. What is the horror film going to be? Hope you do Evil Dead 2, or Misery. ( if you don’t have a film in mind yet)
Or Get Out!
I just drank 5 shots of tequila, and ended up here.
hey can you please put gloves on and do a reaction to the movie Austin powers international man of mystery
I’ve seen this movie several times, and have watched dozens and dozens of reactions, but I have never noticed, or seen anyone who has noticed that Maximus added his wife and child to his armor. I just wanted to thank you so much for noticing that and pointing it out for everyone.
Same here, one of my favorite movies ever and somehow never noticed it
That's why you dont do drugs.
where have you been? The reaction space is in dire need of quality people like yourself actually paying attention to the movie and not talking to hear the sound of their own voice. this was so enjoyable. I watched this twice and your terminator reaction . What a great Saturday!!!
I watch all the gladiator reactions i can find, this was brilliant, your input and the editing was great. Nicely done
Proximo: "We mortals are but shadows and dust."
Maximus: "What we do, echoes in eternity. Strength and Honor."
Two conflicting philosophies of the movie as the two men cannot agree on which is the way of Life.
ok, only few words to the beginning: the war depicted in the movie is called Marcommanic Wars (166-180 AD), of course movie is historical fiction, but if we want to go for localization, war was in today Moravia (part of Czech republic) and Southwestern Slovakia... in 180 AD war was almost in the end, last battle occured in place called Laugaricio in winter 179 AD, Legio II Adiutrix fought there decisive battle, under command of Marcus Valerius Maximianus and destroyed last army of Quadi tribe (germanic people living in territory of Southwestern Slovakia), Roman Legion after victory carved a memorial inscription into the stone - today it is located under the castle in city Trencin
Hey, that was awesome. Thanks!
I've seen this movie many many times and watched many reactions on top of it but it wasn't until you pointed out - I NEVER NOTICED Maximus added his wife and son to his armor. Thank you for providing, as always, quality content but also for enlightening me about something cool!
He took 2 horses so he could switch when before one tires of carrying him and his gear. A lot of cavalry takes more than one horse per rider because of this, it allows you to make better time and allows the horses to recover while on the march.
Strength and Honour to the best movie reactor on RUclips
Hahaaaa, this is way too nice but thank you :')
Btw I have watched this movie many times and never noticed that he added his wife and son to his armor. So great catch.
I was going to say the same thing! Really cool how she pointed that out :D
I've never seen someone embody the 'surprised pikachu' face so well
The actor who played Proximus (the Gladiator trainer) was Oliver Reed. He was an extraordinary british actor, with a very interesting, fascinating and atypical life. He also was known for his alcoholism, having some scandals on TV and cinema as a consequence of this. During the filming of Gladiator in 1999, he sadly passed away. He had been sober for months, but one night (during a break from filming the movie) in an Irish pub in Malta, he drank three bottles of Jamaican rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous double whiskeys and challenged five young English sailors of the Royal Navy to arm-wrestling at The Pub bar (which after this incident was called Ollie's Last Pub). His bill, which was never paid, is preserved in a decorative frame in the bar.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing this. Very interesting 👍
Reed was a great actor.
Marcus Aurelius was the last of the Good Emperors. After his reign the Roman Empire truly began its downward spiral into decay, division, and eventual collapse.
Pheonix did such a good job as emperor that the kid actor who played Geoffrey in Game of Thrones modelled his entire Goeffrey character after Emperor Commodus. When he was sure how to play a scene, he would think, "What would emperor Commodus do?"
He wasn't cheating on his wife, he was in a relationship with Lucilla 8+ years ago, before either of them were married.
When the man says "You have a great name. He has to kill your name before he kills you," he meansThe people love Maximus. His soldiers all loved him. His legacy will be remembered. They have to make him look pitiful and insignificant before killing him so he is forgotten.
Like the final season of Game of Thrones lol
Bonus points for watching the extended version.
You should definitely watch the film ''Troy'' it's in 2nd place of my all time favourite films after Gladiator.
Joaquin Phoenix should’ve won an Oscar for supporting actor, and Russell Crowe was phenomenal in his role as Maximus, this movie is in my top 5 all time favorite!
Lucius is the only heir to the throne. Commodus wouldn't risk his family's legacy without a new heir to replace Lucius. So if Commodus had gotten his way and had a healthy baby with his sister, Lucius would've died soon after.
Watching this movie introduced me a lot to stoicism and Marcus Aurelius. If you watch the entire movie again, Maximus represents the philosophy of stoicism and that would be courage, justice, temperance and wisdom.
An arena with blood shed is basically what television is nowadays. Mind control.
Facts!
The slave train was going south to North Africa from Spain across from Gibraltar to Morocco, where Zucchabar was originally located
I can’t believe out of all the times I’ve watched this movie that I’ve never noticed his family on his armor. I tuned into this video just for the entertainment and there she is showing me new things about one of my favorite movies of all time!
Loved it Amanda. Joaquin did steal the show. "Am I not merciful?!" Obviously the rest of the cast was incredible. Like you said - 'quality'. Top ten movie in my old life. Look forward to your next!
Commodus didn't kill Lucius (the boy) as he wanted to keep his sister on side - after she would have presented him with an heir, however, I wouldn't have bet on Lucius's chances...
35:05 means that his reputation must be destroyed before he can be killed, otherwise there could be protest by supporters
More than 70% of gladiators were volunteers. They did it for money and fame. Like boxers today.
And to work off debt.
20:00 what made him fight? His default settings.... Even without revenge he would have fought by instinct
Yes, that's the kid who played Giosué in *La Vita è Bella.*
If you notice, he's speaking Italian in this movie, too.
He says: "Mamma, i soldati!" and then runs down the road yelling "Papà! Papà!"
Puedes entender lo que significa.
Thanks!
i just wanted to say you are awesome.
don't feel bad, you're a cute ghost
Yes she is!!
I cannot think of a better reward than at the end of life to see family and loved ones again. I take comfort knowing that is possible.
Marcus Aurelius is regard as one of the greatest Roman Emperors and the last Emperor of the Pax Romana. Commodus' reign, on the other hand, is remembered as one of great political turmoil masked by gladiatorial games.
In regards to the standard Roman naming scheme, the order is Praenomen (personal name), Nomen (tribe name), and Cognomen (family name) with a few others occasionally added. Decimus is a praenomen and Meridius and Maximus are both cognomen. So his name shouldn't be Maximus Decimus Meridius, but Decimus Aelius Maximus Meridius (Meridius being an agnomen, an extra name or title). This translated to "Decimus of the Aeli Greatest of the South."
Poison dagger to the heart
Couldn't overwhelm a lifetime of instinct and 50 pounds and 5 inches height and a warriors heart. Commodus learned everything in practice. Maximus even stabbed with a poison dagger in the hot sun dying is way way better in combat. One of 100 great metaphors in the last 10 minutes of the film
I agree. The most evil villain in cinema history. What an amazing performance .
You're absolutely right about the formations of soldiers in ancient battles not that often disintegrating into wild frays. They stayed together.
Romans repeatedly had instances where a group was surrounded and vastly outnumbered and most of them walked away leaving mounds of fallen enemies. The movie only shows them in the arena using such tactics.
Other famous empires used shield wall formations, from the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians, Macedonians, greeks, Spartans, down to the middle ages and Renaissance years, like the Swiss pike squares and Spanish Tercios.
Gladiators were more prize fighters, deaths did happen but that was mostly accidentally. Gladiators were incredibly expensive to buy and maintain so it's not really good business to fight them once and dead.
Decrease the aperture on your camera so less light gets through.
The guy in beginningthat tossed the head. "Ihr seid verfluchte Hunde!", which means "You are (a bunch of) cursed dogs!"
It wouod have been normal for Maximus to sleep with a woman other than his wife as long as that woman wasnt already married to another man. The idea of that being considered “cheating” is a very recent post-modern social delusion, and in Gladiator II they confirm that is what had happened, without giving away a spoiler
No one has mentioned it, but the reason the senators couldn't do anything is because of the Praetorian guard, the soldiers in black and purple. There were no other soldiers stationed in Italy. The Praetorian guard was an elite force whose barracks were part of the city wall. Without a way to deal with the guard anyone going against the Emperor would have easily have been killed even if they succeeded.
exactly they were like the city watch or royal guard.
The crowd was saying "Live, live,...." so the emperor wold show the thumbs up instead of thumbs down of death.
Loved the reaction as usual, just fyi, every time you've added subtitles for yourself I easily understood what you were saying, in other words, they're not necessary, you're English is great.
"Why did he take two horses?" Because he rode the first into the ground. Can things get worse? :)
By ancient Roman law no army was allowed to enter city. The last time it was Julius Caesar. And he became Rome's first dictator.
This was my first R movie. My friend’s dad took us to see it when we were 10. It’s still one of my favorite films of all time!
Sugar and rotten meat flies are actually great for infected wounds
You mean maggots, and yes they are great for cleaning wounds.
Why yes, I am entertained.
My favorite movie of all time since it came out in 2000. Joaquin Phoenix is one of the greatest method actors in history. Great reaction. New sub here. ❤️
Live, Live, Live. The power of fame.
0:03 You've just been speaking english so much your genetics are mutating you into a mini albino cave ginger from Wales whose entire melanin content is now just going to maintaining hair color...
And no I have no idea how that just came into my mind lmao but great reaction as always
Check your White balance for getting the colour correct /
Background /
Foreground /
Subject ( You )
Meter the lights that you are using
Wont take long. you will get is in no time
"What we do in live, echos in eternity" Maximus
34:09 I just realised how small your hands are😂
The Happy Roman 😜
They knew what they were getting into. I say, Let 'em CLASH!
Great reaction - and btw, a fair complexion is *beautiful, no matter what our rulers tell us!
"Commodus is a bad person" may be my most favorite chapter title of all time... Your reactions never disappoint Amanda. Love ya! (and you are not pasty white, you are luminous!). That bed behind you looks like something a Gladiator would sleep on... please never sleep on it.
38:44 so they ran the kid over with horses, nailed him to a cross, burned him, and then hanged him? That must have been a busy day.
Lucilla: "Go to them." 😭 Gets me every time. Great reaction ❤ Ciao
If you watch the part in the colosseum when the horse and chariot crash into the wall you can see a gas canister they used to propel the chariot and overturn it
The crowd was saying "Live" when Maximus was first revealed. I don't think Maximus cheated on his wife. I think the grew up with Lucilla and Commudus and was involved with her then. At least that is how I interpreted it.
4:25 if by turns, you mean the lines rotated out to give the men rest. Most large army combat were conducted in opposing lines. Depending on which era and battlefield, Roman legions were grouped in rows where the front soldiers are the only ones in combat at any one given time. It rarely is a free for all brawl
Kiss a tiger OMG those kitty lamp and other items make you a catwoman ,Love cats .
Amanda you're the best
(and you should be allowed to kiss the tigers)
WONDERFUL reaction and commentary, thank you! 👍☺
You’re too freaking adorable!
Amanda I’m pretty sure that when this movie was made that Maximus and Lucilla’s romantic past was supposed to have taken place before Maximus married. Rumors about the sequel coming out soon suggests otherwise which quite honestly I don’t like as it seems they did it just to give their new movie more more appeal. To me it takes away from the original…it’s just easy to tie it into this classic.
it could be either and it makes sense either way
given how long maximum spent away from home literally years, given how close he was with the emperor and his family, given how many women would have been throwing themsleves at 1 of romes greatest generals... u think for year in end he would of had even the odd fling? seems unlikely
You should watch these type of visual movies on a bigger monitor even the one behind you will be better than watching on your laptop.
While famous he cannot be assassinated.
bravissima
Hans Zimmer makes any movie infinitely better with his score. The director made a movie about the crusades shortly after this that had a pretty good story, not as good as this, but still good, but it suffers a lot from an inferior score.
I almost made it a FULL DAY without thinking about the Roman Empire...
And then this video drops.
I think they were an item before he got married.
Halloween is coming so maybe it's not bad to be a 👻
When are we getting Amandaween movies?
Amandaween that’s such a great moniker!
If u dont fight, u die. Its that simple D:
Marcus Aurelius and Commodos were real people! Aurelius wrote a book (diary) that is really good based on Stoic philosophy. It’s called the Meditations. I recommend
I already knew but thank you for the info :D and thank you for the Super Thanks! I appreciate it :)
You are one fine looking ghost 💯
What the Romans called Germania was Western Germany
what was called Germania was big region from river Rhine to the territory of western Ukraine, the war depicted in the movie is called Marcomannic Wars (166-180 AD), in today territory of Moravia (Czech republic) and in Southwestern Slovakia, in winter 179 Roman army fought decisive battle against tribe Quadi near place called Laugaricio, today Trencin in Slovakia (after battle they carved inscription into the stone, it is there till this times)
That they are making a sequel to this is offensive.
You saying you have a sore back at the start of the movie makes me think of when I saw this in the theatre. I had already seen a movie that was so bad I *HAD TO* buy a ticket for anything else to watch right after. It happened to be this. A total of four and a half hours sitting down and my butt was numb. But I still enjoyed Gladiator.
Love the lip x
Are those intentional roman numerals to your right? WVIIVIIVIIM?
Germania was not just Germany but everything around that area and including Scandinavia(upper Germania).
I always asked myself... how did Maximus cross the river Rhine on his way from Germania to Spain?
And more importantly: Why did he take two horses? If i don't get an answer, i'm gonna go with my own theory which is that he ate one lol
@@amandamiquilena It's about 2000 km from Germania to south Spain. The second horse was for when the first one died of exhaustion. Notice he only had one horse when he arrived.
@@amandamiquilena I think he took two horses, because he had no time for a pause and expected that his horse would die, due to exhaustion.
A horse with no rider does not get tired so fast, he propably changed between them, to allow them to recover.
@@_Curanes_Rex Yes, couriers would often have multiple horses, or change them out at various posts along the way. An unburdened horse tires much slower than one burdened by a rider.
he did not need to cross the Rhine, as this war took place on the territory of today's Moravia (Czech Republic) and southwestern Slovakia, he needed to cross the Danube and then go along the Alps to Gaul and then to Spain
I totally agree that Phoenix made a fantastic villain here, with Commodus. Another standout portrayal of a villain is of Livia, played by Sian Phillips in I Claudius, a classic BBC TV series. Her character is one that stuck in my mind even more so over the years. I Claudius is quite a bit more stripped down than Gladiator, as it was filmed in 1976, and probably on a tight budget. But you get to see some serious acting power, with amazing performances by elite British actors of that time, and even a young Patrick Stewart playing the super-evil character of Sejanus.
Marcus Aurelius was the first Dumbledore but his greatest role was in The Field, Aurelius died at the age of 58 Richard Harris looks 80
the man who succeeded Coomadus lasted 3 months and was killed by the Praetorian guards which set off the year of the 5 emperors
The Joker
the movie neglected to say that Commadus and his father ruled jointly for 10 yrs
They don't say specifically, but they imply that Maximus grew up with the Emperors children, Commudus and Lucilla, though I'm not sure how that would've been possible if he had never actually been to Rome before. Maybe they were brought up in Spain? Emperors didn't necessarily always rule from Rome. Anyway, my point is that the impression is that whatever romantic relationship that happened between Maximus and Lucilla, was probably when they were young. Maybe teenagers, but it might not have been politically or socially acceptable for them to be together, or maybe it just didn't work out for other reasons, but whatever happened, probably happened before Maximus met and married his eventual wife, so I don't think he was cheating on her.
Well, neither of them really knew how old each others kids were, so they definitely were not romantically involved while they were married to others.
How could she be so stupid to talk to his son about "Maximus the savior of Rome"?
" I would pay to see that." You were born in the wrong time period. 😂
Ghost or not, you are absolutely gorgeous, Amanda.😍
Pour le 12 octobre 1492 christophe colomb de ridley Scott aurait étais mieux !!!.
such a great movie
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