This shouldn’t have been made. I saw the original in the theatre with my crew. I remember cheering in the audience… I remember all of us cheering. Do not think this movie is that. 😢
'The Martian,' 'The Last Duel' and 'All the Money in the World' were all great. But one of the issues with deciding to shoot on digital is that it gives his latest films a cheap Netflix streaming movie look, especially for period pieces where it just looks like actors doing cosplay compared to when he used Kodak and Eastman anamorphic 35mm which made his films look like professional cinematic studio movies that were must-see "event cinema."
@@peterpetrov4809 Kingdom of Heaven was shot on Kodak Vision 2 500T and Eastman EXR 50D, not on digital, that's why it manages to avoid the cheap, actors-doing-cosplay look. For Prometheus and the sci-fi genre in general I think digital actually really suits the genre very well to give it that futuristic and clinical look (Oblivion, Tron Legacy, Blade Runner 2049).
Definitely so / exactly, just like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was an absolute disgrace to the original 3 movies (trilogy) of Indiana Jones
To be fair it was clear feom the original that the Spaniard was the kids dad. The scene where he mentions to whatever her name is that 'my son is aged 7 too' or words to that effect, was a giveaway
Even though the original Gladiator was also a sword and sandal crowd pleaser. It felt more grounded in reality with good setups for the heroes, the villains and the stakes at play. There was more to the film than watching Russell Crowe have cool fight scenes in the Coliseum. What made the movie so watchable and turned it into such a classic wasn't just its cool fight scenes. The motivations of all the characters, be it Maximus, Lucilla and Commodus was also written extremely well. Maximus, being the hero of the story was motivated by revenge for the brutal deaths of his wife and son. Lucilla, realizing the monster her brother Commodus was and how Rome will suffer under his rule, conspires to remove him from power. Commodus, being the main villain of the story wanted to be loved and adored by everyone but was also petty, vindictive, murderous and incompetent at ruling. This all made him a compelling antagonist to root against. We understood why he was so dangerous, and why he had to be stopped. The second movie tries its damnedest to repeat these same themes and story beats, but everything it did felt shallow and half baked compared to the original. Among its many problems, I think what really deflates this film is the fact that there is no central villain in this story. First its General Acacius, who is the reason Lucius becomes a gladiator after his legions conquer his new home of Numidia, where Lucius's wife was killed. The problem here is that Maximus's family was murdered under Commodus's orders out of spite. This gave him a strong motivation for revenge. And while Acacius was responsible for Lucius's wife's death, she wasn't killed out of malice, but in self defense. Then there's the fact that Acacius is married to Lucilla and is actually a good man that doesn't really deserve to die, while the "true" villains of this story were the two emperors, Geta and Carracalus. And while these two despots were shown to be sociopaths, they were nothing more but a pair of Saturday morning cartoon villains. We never get the sense of why they should be removed from power. Even though they are reported to be unpopular and corrupt, it didn't actually look like the city of Rome itself was suffering under their rule. Besides seeing a lot of beggars lining the entrance to the city, we didn't see any mass poverty or mistreatment of the citizens in the city itself that would signal to the audience why they have to go. Then again they served as nothing more than a plot device for the "true, true" villain of the movie, Macrinus to seize power from. He starts out as this film's Proximo, but quickly becomes a Little Finger-esk schemer and social climber with lofty ambitions. But just like the rest of this film's rogue's gallery, wasn't very compelling, not to mention his antagonism towards Lucius felt just as boring as the others.
Was looking foward to this movie, especially seeing the cast but thought it was pretty bad. Script was awful, character development felt rushed despite it been a lengthy movie. The whole back story of lucius just felt so contrived and although i rate Mascal as an actor he lacked the same screen presence and aura crowe brought with Maximus. Would of been better to see a Gladiator two in the same franchise but just completely unrelated to the first movie.
Ironically, I found the fact that Pascal *does* look like a Spaniard distracting. One of the things I had to work through in my mind for the first one was "Russell Crowe doesn't look Iberian, but this was before Moorish invasions, Jewish assimilation, other genetic drift. Besides, the Roman actors are always Brits, never Italians" But now I was thinking about how the swarthy Spanish features just skipped a generation and also the dilution of only having one Spanish parent
I was entertained, but I doubt I'll be buying the Blu-ray like i did with the original. Hope there is a directors cut as the ending was very rushed and there needed to be more backstory for the emperors.
When I get asked about this muddled mish mash... I'll refer them to your review of the film... Agree with you 90%.... Hell Cassius the real general should've been included instead of Pedro's throw away character...
'The Martian,' 'The Last Duel' and 'All the Money in the World' were all great. But one of the issues with deciding to shoot on digital is that it gives his latest films a cheap Netflix streaming movie look, especially for period pieces where it just looks like actors doing cosplay compared to when he used Kodak and Eastman anamorphic 35mm which made his films look like professional cinematic studio movies that were must-see "event cinema."
I saw the trailer and thought " it's practically a remake "..........and with the animals and gladiators stashed below the colosseum, why would they flood it? what writer thought that was a rad idea?
This movie was destroyed in the edit. There’s actually a very very good 3 hour movie in there. But they hacked it down to 2 and a half. As a consequence, you have a ton of stuff happening but not enough runtime to feel emotionally invested in any of it.
This is the best review that detailed my anger about the movie. If felt like a parody made out of spite the destroy the legacy of the first movie. I started laughing out of anger by the end
You should have talked about the ridiculous ending.Where denzel fights the gladiator for some reason an old man gives it to him better than anybody else so far. yeah right
I thought this was pretty good for a sequel to Gladiator, the action and violence is great, Denzel Washington is great and Paul Mescal is great with what he was given but no character has a back story at all that makes you care for them, it tried to kill off so many characters fast toward the end it didn’t feel like there was any stakes, I think Denzels character should’ve festered in high society Rome for longer to build up the finale of the film more. 7/10 for me, nowhere near as good as the first but a decent popcorn film
Ridley deciding to shoot 'Gladiator 2' on a digital camera for the sake of convenience makes it look like a Netflix streaming movie with that actors-doing-cosplay look compared to the gorgeous cinematic visual quality of kodak and eastman 35mm used for the first one where it actually looks like a professional studio movie from the big 5 (I watched them back to back as a double bill). The other letdown is that you don't really end up caring about any of the characters so you're not that emotionally engaged in the story unfortunately. Crowe, who has a magnetic screen presence, actually looks like a regal war veteran / Roman general rather than a guy you would see down at your local gym and his performance manages to provoke you emotionally. The first 2 minute entrance alone into the colosseum before Maximus instructs the gladiators to stick together just for sheer thrill-factor, soundtrack, tension building..etc from the first one is far better than the entirety of Gladiator 2 (5.5). Ridley is great when he has a good script to work with (The Last Duel / The Martian) but his directorial style can't elevate a lacklustre script in the same way that someone like Spielberg can.
As Scott has expressed contempt for historians who objected to his mashup of Napoleon i will NOT be watching anything of his that pretends to be historical.. just as i rejected Mel Gibson back in the 1990s for that atrocious abortion which was "Braveheart"
Way too harsh, the film was great, not better than Gladiator 1 but it's definitely good enough to sit at the table with Gladiator 1. i don't understand this ridiculous hate why are people making so many damn comparisons to the first one? if it was identical then what would be the damn point? Gladiator 2 is an extension of the first and a fresh new breath of life into the now saga... both films stand on their own and both are incredible, Gladiator II is the best film i have watched this year and i loved Dune 2, in fact the only things i would critique is some questionable CGI in a certain scene, aside from that i loved every second of it & it pay massive homage to the original.
Im gonna tell you one thing, and im not ashamed to say this: My estimation of Ridley Scott as a director hasn't changed bc he hasn't had anything impressive for awhile despite overly ambitious ideas. James Cameron ova here.
Lucius doesn't become a leader " just because". He's shown at the beginning as a very effective and skilful leader already, and some of the others with him in Rome would have served under him in Numidia.i think you're trying to hard to tear this movie down. You hate nearly everything about it when there’s actually a lot to like.
I can't agree with you more about the screenplay to Gladiator II being lazily written. Its as if Ridley Scott didn't put any effort into writing the script and probably did get ChatGPT to do it for him like a kid who is too lazy to write their own book report that's due the next day. I'm no script doctor, but the way I would have improved the story would be to pull from real history. For example, maybe like the first film, at the very start of the movie they could have given us a wall of text to explain what happened since Maximus's death. Maybe, just like in real life, Commodus's demise created a succession crisis, which resulted in the Praetorian Guard auctioning off the position of emperor to the highest bidder. How about in this story, it was Septimius Severus and not Julianus who bought the throne, and ever since they took power, he and his sons, Carracalus and Geta have made corruption in Rome get even worse. Perhaps we could have been shown how much worse things have gotten since Commodus's death with the city now suffering from growing wealth inequality, a rise in poverty and terrible standard of living for the average citizen. This bleakness can be by shown with Roman citizens dressed in rags, lining up for bread while rich senators are passing by on their palanquins, and some of the destitute can even be seen selling themselves or their children into slavery to clear their debts (which also happened in history). Maybe have some of these indebted slaves be used as cannon fodder in the Coliseum. This can explain why the two emperors are so unpopular, and why Lucilla and Acacius are plotting to overthrow them. You could also make the Praetorian Guard another source of all the corruption and mismanagement by explaining that under the new regime, they only grew in power and have been getting away with all manner of abuses such as shaking citizens down, while the emperors do nothing. Maybe we should have that epic battle in the end where Lucius takes up command of Acacius's legionaries and they defeat the Praetorian army and kill the two emperors, thus freeing Rome from their oppression. I would also make it so that Lucius reveal his true identity in the Coliseum like Maximus did, and the emperors try to assassinate him as he has become too popular to kill outright. Maybe this revelation could also be a rallying point for the citizens of Rome to start rioting, and for the army to march to his behest, unlike in the movie where he kept his true identity a secret and everyone was sure he was dead.
I wouldn’t call it boring. It was certainly entertaining. Paul Mescal however was terrible. He had zero charisma and is a very poor actor. I liked Denzel and Pedro Pascal’s performances and some of the battle scenes were cool despite dodgy CGI. It’s not a patch on the original and Russell Crowe was a million times better than that laughably bad Paul Mescal. No idea why he’s getting all these Hollywood roles. Obviously it’s a Ridley Scott film so don’t expect any historical accuracy and the writing was nonsensical at times. 5/10
It would have been much better if Denzil had been the central character and his story. The Lucius as Maximus son story is pretty weak and it wasters Pascal and Nielsom. It is one of Scoot's better recent efforts, but your right he has been off-form for over a decade now with the exception of the Martian which he didn't generate but directed for hire. It will probably make its money back but you left with feeling ... why?
Hollywoods squeal/remake failure-thon continues! Truly we are in the most creativity bankrupt eras of all times. Money and automation has completely destroyed the movie industry on so many levels, it’s sickening. This will continue as along as Hollywood is solely focused on profit margins and world wide box offices.
I think part of the problem is How people consume movies today. Before, people get to Go to the movie theaters because of the experience to Go there, not always to watch an specific movie. Now people get movies in theirs houses so, to Go to the movie theaters, It nerds to be something that you know or something Very, Very Big!
Naa you can’t compare alien Romulus to this… Romulus was actually good, and completely brought back the alien franchise from near death after Prometheus (even though I don’t mind Prometheus). But gladiator 2 was just… mehhhh
I have friends who have seen this movie and they say it's great . The violence is astounding . Some people didnt like it , but that's fine .I'm so looking forward to this movie . Why bother comparing to the first movie which is legendary
Well, That naval battle is the most faithful thing that the film has to reality, indeed the Romans did that and I'm sure that Ridley Scott recently found out about this detail and said " bloody hell I should have done this in the first one" So he tortured us with this crappy movie to fulfill his dream
I like Prometheus. Its flawed but has thought provoking themes and ideas. The C section scene is one of my favorite in all the alien films. I think its the best Alien film after the first two.
Kids who never watched the original have this opinion. A near perfect sequel that follows the themes of the by turning them from the child returning to his family
Denzel is the only halfway entertaining guy in this - and he doesn't fit into the movie. Even the colosseum scenes disappoint. I wasn't invested emotionally at all. Also, the final scene is just shameless. I'll leave it at that.
G2 was an awful mess. Silly unnecessary sequel. Bad exposition. Terrible CGI. Unmemorable new score in comparison to Hans Zimmer's haunting phenomenal G1 score. No emotional heft in G2. The central hero doesn't have the gravitas of Russell Crowe on G1. I don't understand why Denzel's getting so much Oscar buzz.
But what would Ralph Cifaretto think?
Asking the important questions!
He would appreciate the lack of flat tops
He has come to claim ROME!!!
What no flying dragons like in Syracuse....
Ralphie would be rolling in his grace.
THERE WERE NO FLAT TOPS IN AGENT ROME.
2:28 "my Nero" is such a great pun.
This shouldn’t have been made. I saw the original in the theatre with my crew. I remember cheering in the audience… I remember all of us cheering. Do not think this movie is that. 😢
You got a crew? You some sort of 90's gangsta rapper?😅
After what Scott did to Napoleon and now the reports of this, I think it's high time he packed it in. He's just ruining his legacy now
Ridley hasn't been the same since whatever happened to his brother Tony.
Whatever happened there?!?
I mean, he's also really old
'The Martian,' 'The Last Duel' and 'All the Money in the World' were all great. But one of the issues with deciding to shoot on digital is that it gives his latest films a cheap Netflix streaming movie look, especially for period pieces where it just looks like actors doing cosplay compared to when he used Kodak and Eastman anamorphic 35mm which made his films look like professional cinematic studio movies that were must-see "event cinema."
@@thetalentof Kingdom of Heaven and Prometheus were shot on digital. And they both look great. The problem it's not the digital camera itself.
@@peterpetrov4809 Kingdom of Heaven was shot on Kodak Vision 2 500T and Eastman EXR 50D, not on digital, that's why it manages to avoid the cheap, actors-doing-cosplay look. For Prometheus and the sci-fi genre in general I think digital actually really suits the genre very well to give it that futuristic and clinical look (Oblivion, Tron Legacy, Blade Runner 2049).
Yeah, the whole "turns out Maximus was cheating on his wife" choice is baffling
About as baffling as cancelling out his sacrifice in the end.
I'm pretty sure it was a one time fling before he had his son
Maximus was not cheating, he had a fling with Lucilla earlier before he got married to his wife. Watch the first movie again.
Wasn't it about the same time, I think they said their kids were about the same ages in the original.
Another movie nobody asked for.
Artists don’t need to be asked. They just make
Gladiator is one of my favorite movies. This "sequel" is a disgrace. I'd rather spend 20 years in the can than watch it.
Definitely so / exactly, just like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was an absolute disgrace to the original 3 movies (trilogy) of Indiana Jones
To be fair it was clear feom the original that the Spaniard was the kids dad. The scene where he mentions to whatever her name is that 'my son is aged 7 too' or words to that effect, was a giveaway
This Scott guy has got his head up his ass, THIS is a great Gladiator movie? THEY DIDN’T HAVE SEQUELS IN ANCIENT ROME!
Turns out maximus was a married man with a gumar
Even though the original Gladiator was also a sword and sandal crowd pleaser. It felt more grounded in reality with good setups for the heroes, the villains and the stakes at play. There was more to the film than watching Russell Crowe have cool fight scenes in the Coliseum. What made the movie so watchable and turned it into such a classic wasn't just its cool fight scenes. The motivations of all the characters, be it Maximus, Lucilla and Commodus was also written extremely well. Maximus, being the hero of the story was motivated by revenge for the brutal deaths of his wife and son. Lucilla, realizing the monster her brother Commodus was and how Rome will suffer under his rule, conspires to remove him from power. Commodus, being the main villain of the story wanted to be loved and adored by everyone but was also petty, vindictive, murderous and incompetent at ruling. This all made him a compelling antagonist to root against. We understood why he was so dangerous, and why he had to be stopped.
The second movie tries its damnedest to repeat these same themes and story beats, but everything it did felt shallow and half baked compared to the original. Among its many problems, I think what really deflates this film is the fact that there is no central villain in this story. First its General Acacius, who is the reason Lucius becomes a gladiator after his legions conquer his new home of Numidia, where Lucius's wife was killed. The problem here is that Maximus's family was murdered under Commodus's orders out of spite. This gave him a strong motivation for revenge. And while Acacius was responsible for Lucius's wife's death, she wasn't killed out of malice, but in self defense. Then there's the fact that Acacius is married to Lucilla and is actually a good man that doesn't really deserve to die, while the "true" villains of this story were the two emperors, Geta and Carracalus. And while these two despots were shown to be sociopaths, they were nothing more but a pair of Saturday morning cartoon villains. We never get the sense of why they should be removed from power. Even though they are reported to be unpopular and corrupt, it didn't actually look like the city of Rome itself was suffering under their rule. Besides seeing a lot of beggars lining the entrance to the city, we didn't see any mass poverty or mistreatment of the citizens in the city itself that would signal to the audience why they have to go. Then again they served as nothing more than a plot device for the "true, true" villain of the movie, Macrinus to seize power from. He starts out as this film's Proximo, but quickly becomes a Little Finger-esk schemer and social climber with lofty ambitions. But just like the rest of this film's rogue's gallery, wasn't very compelling, not to mention his antagonism towards Lucius felt just as boring as the others.
The critics are fans tells you all you need to know.
First Napoleon, now this, THEY DIDNT HAVE FLAT TOPS IN ANCIENT ROME.
Was looking foward to this movie, especially seeing the cast but thought it was pretty bad. Script was awful, character development felt rushed despite it been a lengthy movie. The whole back story of lucius just felt so contrived and although i rate Mascal as an actor he lacked the same screen presence and aura crowe brought with Maximus.
Would of been better to see a Gladiator two in the same franchise but just completely unrelated to the first movie.
Ironically, I found the fact that Pascal *does* look like a Spaniard distracting. One of the things I had to work through in my mind for the first one was "Russell Crowe doesn't look Iberian, but this was before Moorish invasions, Jewish assimilation, other genetic drift. Besides, the Roman actors are always Brits, never Italians" But now I was thinking about how the swarthy Spanish features just skipped a generation and also the dilution of only having one Spanish parent
Stop looking into it so deeply.
I was entertained, but I doubt I'll be buying the Blu-ray like i did with the original.
Hope there is a directors cut as the ending was very rushed and there needed to be more backstory for the emperors.
thanks. I will probably never bother with this.
When I get asked about this muddled mish mash... I'll refer them to your review of the film... Agree with you 90%.... Hell Cassius the real general should've been included instead of Pedro's throw away character...
Which Alien sequel was bad? Not Prometheus or Covenant
Damn good points made. Half of me thinks it's not worth watching, half of me is curious despite criticism against it.
Ridley hasn't done a quality film since Black Hawk Down
'The Martian,' 'The Last Duel' and 'All the Money in the World' were all great. But one of the issues with deciding to shoot on digital is that it gives his latest films a cheap Netflix streaming movie look, especially for period pieces where it just looks like actors doing cosplay compared to when he used Kodak and Eastman anamorphic 35mm which made his films look like professional cinematic studio movies that were must-see "event cinema."
I saw the trailer and thought " it's practically a remake "..........and with the animals and gladiators stashed below the colosseum, why would they flood it? what writer thought that was a rad idea?
Finding out he was Maximus' son was like Vader revealing the same to Luke... Well... Color me dumbfounded...
They didn’t have flattops in Ancient Rome!
They didn't have flat tops in ancient Rome...😂...Ralphie
Should have been a stand alone title .Maximus can't be recreated
Agreed, Gladiator should’ve been a stand-alone, and just like Indiana Jones also should’ve been a trilogy
This movie was destroyed in the edit. There’s actually a very very good 3 hour movie in there. But they hacked it down to 2 and a half. As a consequence, you have a ton of stuff happening but not enough runtime to feel emotionally invested in any of it.
This is the best review that detailed my anger about the movie. If felt like a parody made out of spite the destroy the legacy of the first movie. I started laughing out of anger by the end
You should have talked about the ridiculous ending.Where denzel fights the gladiator for some reason an old man gives it to him better than anybody else so far. yeah right
I thought this was pretty good for a sequel to Gladiator, the action and violence is great, Denzel Washington is great and Paul Mescal is great with what he was given but no character has a back story at all that makes you care for them, it tried to kill off so many characters fast toward the end it didn’t feel like there was any stakes, I think Denzels character should’ve festered in high society Rome for longer to build up the finale of the film more. 7/10 for me, nowhere near as good as the first but a decent popcorn film
Ridley is breaking more rules than the Catholic Church
Ridley deciding to shoot 'Gladiator 2' on a digital camera for the sake of convenience makes it look like a Netflix streaming movie with that actors-doing-cosplay look compared to the gorgeous cinematic visual quality of kodak and eastman 35mm used for the first one where it actually looks like a professional studio movie from the big 5 (I watched them back to back as a double bill). The other letdown is that you don't really end up caring about any of the characters so you're not that emotionally engaged in the story unfortunately. Crowe, who has a magnetic screen presence, actually looks like a regal war veteran / Roman general rather than a guy you would see down at your local gym and his performance manages to provoke you emotionally. The first 2 minute entrance alone into the colosseum before Maximus instructs the gladiators to stick together just for sheer thrill-factor, soundtrack, tension building..etc from the first one is far better than the entirety of Gladiator 2 (5.5). Ridley is great when he has a good script to work with (The Last Duel / The Martian) but his directorial style can't elevate a lacklustre script in the same way that someone like Spielberg can.
As Scott has expressed contempt for historians who objected to his mashup of Napoleon i will NOT be watching anything of his that pretends to be historical..
just as i rejected Mel Gibson back in the 1990s for that atrocious abortion which was "Braveheart"
It was not as good as the first Gladiator, but I was entertained!😂
How did the Romans capture Sharks in the 1st place? Some of those speeches were cringy.
Besides young Lucius in real history died during the Antonine plague...
Way too harsh, the film was great, not better than Gladiator 1 but it's definitely good enough to sit at the table with Gladiator 1. i don't understand this ridiculous hate why are people making so many damn comparisons to the first one? if it was identical then what would be the damn point? Gladiator 2 is an extension of the first and a fresh new breath of life into the now saga...
both films stand on their own and both are incredible, Gladiator II is the best film i have watched this year and i loved Dune 2, in fact the only things i would critique is some questionable CGI in a certain scene, aside from that i loved every second of it & it pay massive homage to the original.
Im gonna tell you one thing, and im not ashamed to say this: My estimation of Ridley Scott as a director hasn't changed bc he hasn't had anything impressive for awhile despite overly ambitious ideas.
James Cameron ova here.
Who does Scoot know that he keeps getting a pass after multiple multimillion $$$$$$ bombs?
It's not all bad. The Martian made $630m on a budget of a little over $100m. Big hit.
@@johncarroll5178 outside of the Duelists and Alien, never liked his movies
@@anthonydileonardo8156 Not even Blade Runner?
@@johncarroll5178 only Rutger Hauer.....and Hannibal, in which he changed the novel's horrific ending.....and that's about it
I like Gladiator II. Went to see it with my dad and brother. A worthy successor to the first film, which is a rarity of a sequel.
Not great not terrible?
Proper reflection saw it 6 out of 10 I think Scott is past it as a director the original film streets ahead
Uncut...like anteater or helmut?
I'm cut like 90% of American men.
Training day meets gladiator I heard.
Gladiator 2?.... whatever happened there.
Lucius doesn't become a leader " just because". He's shown at the beginning as a very effective and skilful leader already, and some of the others with him in Rome would have served under him in Numidia.i think you're trying to hard to tear this movie down. You hate nearly everything about it when there’s actually a lot to like.
Should've done the movie about Jugurtha instead.
I can't agree with you more about the screenplay to Gladiator II being lazily written. Its as if Ridley Scott didn't put any effort into writing the script and probably did get ChatGPT to do it for him like a kid who is too lazy to write their own book report that's due the next day. I'm no script doctor, but the way I would have improved the story would be to pull from real history. For example, maybe like the first film, at the very start of the movie they could have given us a wall of text to explain what happened since Maximus's death. Maybe, just like in real life, Commodus's demise created a succession crisis, which resulted in the Praetorian Guard auctioning off the position of emperor to the highest bidder. How about in this story, it was Septimius Severus and not Julianus who bought the throne, and ever since they took power, he and his sons, Carracalus and Geta have made corruption in Rome get even worse.
Perhaps we could have been shown how much worse things have gotten since Commodus's death with the city now suffering from growing wealth inequality, a rise in poverty and terrible standard of living for the average citizen. This bleakness can be by shown with Roman citizens dressed in rags, lining up for bread while rich senators are passing by on their palanquins, and some of the destitute can even be seen selling themselves or their children into slavery to clear their debts (which also happened in history). Maybe have some of these indebted slaves be used as cannon fodder in the Coliseum. This can explain why the two emperors are so unpopular, and why Lucilla and Acacius are plotting to overthrow them. You could also make the Praetorian Guard another source of all the corruption and mismanagement by explaining that under the new regime, they only grew in power and have been getting away with all manner of abuses such as shaking citizens down, while the emperors do nothing. Maybe we should have that epic battle in the end where Lucius takes up command of Acacius's legionaries and they defeat the Praetorian army and kill the two emperors, thus freeing Rome from their oppression. I would also make it so that Lucius reveal his true identity in the Coliseum like Maximus did, and the emperors try to assassinate him as he has become too popular to kill outright. Maybe this revelation could also be a rallying point for the citizens of Rome to start rioting, and for the army to march to his behest, unlike in the movie where he kept his true identity a secret and everyone was sure he was dead.
I wouldn’t call it boring. It was certainly entertaining. Paul Mescal however was terrible. He had zero charisma and is a very poor actor. I liked Denzel and Pedro Pascal’s performances and some of the battle scenes were cool despite dodgy CGI. It’s not a patch on the original and Russell Crowe was a million times better than that laughably bad Paul Mescal. No idea why he’s getting all these Hollywood roles. Obviously it’s a Ridley Scott film so don’t expect any historical accuracy and the writing was nonsensical at times. 5/10
It would have been much better if Denzil had been the central character and his story. The Lucius as Maximus son story is pretty weak and it wasters Pascal and Nielsom. It is one of Scoot's better recent efforts, but your right he has been off-form for over a decade now with the exception of the Martian which he didn't generate but directed for hire. It will probably make its money back but you left with feeling ... why?
Hollywoods squeal/remake failure-thon continues! Truly we are in the most creativity bankrupt eras of all times. Money and automation has completely destroyed the movie industry on so many levels, it’s sickening. This will continue as along as Hollywood is solely focused on profit margins and world wide box offices.
I think part of the problem is How people consume movies today. Before, people get to Go to the movie theaters because of the experience to Go there, not always to watch an specific movie. Now people get movies in theirs houses so, to Go to the movie theaters, It nerds to be something that you know or something Very, Very Big!
Naa you can’t compare alien Romulus to this… Romulus was actually good, and completely brought back the alien franchise from near death after Prometheus (even though I don’t mind Prometheus). But gladiator 2 was just… mehhhh
You right I see it . The Movie is allright but it's not as great as the first movie.
American gangster being a Roman politician... Same schtick
My Nero
You think Ralph would like dis 😂
If this movie is a borefest than all movies are borefest!!!!
I dunno what you watched but I was totally blown away by it
I have friends who have seen this movie and they say it's great . The violence is astounding . Some people didnt like it , but that's fine .I'm so looking forward to this movie . Why bother comparing to the first movie which is legendary
I agree! I think you will enjoy it. Much better than fanatics will have you believe.
Well, That naval battle is the most faithful thing that the film has to reality, indeed the Romans did that and I'm sure that Ridley Scott recently found out about this detail and said " bloody hell I should have done this in the first one" So he tortured us with this crappy movie to fulfill his dream
He wasn’t making a Western there
The film was great. Action packed
I like Prometheus. Its flawed but has thought provoking themes and ideas. The C section scene is one of my favorite in all the alien films. I think its the best Alien film after the first two.
Do critics really like it? All my go to guys gives it a thumbs down.
Brilliant film much much better than the first
Entertaining, of course. A lot that is good. Cinema at the level of the original? No.
Kids who never watched the original have this opinion. A near perfect sequel that follows the themes of the by turning them from the child returning to his family
It was utterly loathesome. No tension. No logic. Just nothing. A crime against cinema.
6/10.
The movie is grear
clearly you have watched this trashy movie so I don't have to.
for that i offer my grateful thanks
It is an absolute disaster!!!
Not at all.
Gladiator 2 was uninspired, cynical and LAZY..
This crap movie kept reminding to go watch a better movie - the original.
I will go with “disaster”.
Crap movie.
Denzel is the only halfway entertaining guy in this - and he doesn't fit into the movie. Even the colosseum scenes disappoint. I wasn't invested emotionally at all. Also, the final scene is just shameless. I'll leave it at that.
I could sum it up quicker.
Was crap
No it wasn't 😒😒😒
I was somewhat entertained but forgettable meh... Next...
But there other reviewers saying its great, so why should we listen to your opinion?
This guy wasn't paid for his review.
It was good. Watch it for yourself.
@@OAlexable saw it yesterday, it was about what I expected. Good, but not better than the original
G2 was an awful mess. Silly unnecessary sequel.
Bad exposition.
Terrible CGI.
Unmemorable new score in comparison to Hans Zimmer's haunting phenomenal G1 score.
No emotional heft in G2.
The central hero doesn't have the gravitas of Russell Crowe on G1.
I don't understand why Denzel's getting so much Oscar buzz.
They actually did have ship battles n the coloseum. Trash movie though
I hated this movie. Complete waste!
Your channel is a borefest 😂