In reality, many gladiators survived defeat if they were judged to have fought well and earned the favour of the crowd. This happened much more often than the gladiator being killed. They would simply raise their forefinger to ask for mercy. Crying or begging probably wouldn't have helped his cause. Edit : I'm getting a lot of responses saying that gladiators were rarely killed because they were valuable. That's true. It doesn't invalidate my point however as their value was linked to their success\popularity. My initial response was strictly in relation to how gladiators faced defeat and the possibility of death
Commodus was THE character that made me take notice of the whole "acting" thing when I was a kid and didn't know much about anything. I had seen villains in movies by that time of course, but none quite like this one. Joaquin's Commodus is probably my favourite performance I've ever seen.
This movie was and still is incredible. The fact it was made so long ago and still holds up well is a testament to the quality of the entire production and cast.
It’s not that old fr. I think late 90s early 2000s was a prime time for these kinds of movies. Filmmakers really pushing the limits of what can be done with special effects before the complete dominance and reliance on cgi
This shows Ridley Scott's cinematic genius! I love how, he actually creates pictures before telling the story, so all of his movies are like reading books
So long ago? Dawg, watch Taxi Driver, Rocky, better yet; Seven Samurai. True art doesn’t age. There’s more out there than the garbage pushed out in the early/mid 00’s.
I really love that this scene shows how effective and important a shield is. Many movies ignore it and focus on the weapon, but the way he uses a shield is so good that even the tigers had trouble breaking his defence at first.
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@@KayGeee86 It makes perfect sense, the protagonist has armour covering most of his shoulders and some of his next, it seems likely that the tiger being confused from spenting time in a dark room and suddenly being let out in a sunny stadium filled with noise, and people pulling it that it would miss his neck and hit the armour in the few seconds that it has availlable to it.
Depends on the situation, when in water...a tiger looks mundane ( altho if i had a tiger swimming behind me i wouldn't think it's so mundane 😆) versus a great white shark 😜
@@liamjones6604 yeah iv kind of recently moved to a bush block so I knew it was only a matter of time befor I saw one, better a tiger then a brown I guess but I still had to catch him and move him well away from my kids and dog.
No dramatic music, no overuse of slow motion or other pointless effects, and just pure action from start to finish. This is how a fight scene should be.
They did the fog of war bit from Saving Private Ryan in the opening battle... ringing ears, slow mo... but then again everyone did it after Private Ryan came out. Gladiator's soundtrack is still one of the best I think.
Agree I enjoy slow motion if it's very little or sprinkled in but I wish movies would not be so reliant on its why I like older movies that don't use all the fancy editing to make a scene look cooler
@@patrickobrian9669 Yeah we built our society upon Christian values which evolved to moderm ethics if i'm not wrong. But if law and society's ethics were as brutal as back then we might have had another colosseum
For years I've seen people making fun of the fact that he gets stabbed in the foot, yet bleeds from the mouth. I've even done it myself. I finally realized, though, that the blood is from being hit in the face with the shield a second before, not the stab in the foot.
yeah, that was an amazing crunch to the face that probably left him completely dazed. The seemingly "beautiful" brutality of this movie always returns to my mind. "Cool" fight scenes, sure, but it adds up to so much more.
It's hard to catch, but yeah he grabs the shield and nails him in the face with it really hard. I just can't imagine how he caused that much damage being that he threw it on his back. But hey, it's the movies.
I love the scenes where we see the face of the completely exhausted warrior ( 3:30 and 4:03 ), he's afraid of dying but at the same time unable to do anything to avoid it. Also The fans who idolized him before are screaming for his death now
@@papaparsley7695 well, according to historians (and not pop culture) deaths were very rare and unfavorable. Usually the fight ended when one of the gladiators was unable to fight any longer. Because of that, restraining tactics were very popular, where nets or straight up brute force was used to immobilize the opponent. Like, this scene in particular, where every single audience member wants one of the gladiators to kill another would be as surreal in ancient Rone as it would be surreal in today WWE match for the whole audience to yell to one of the fighters to kill another one.
I remember watching this movie on repeat as a kid. It's insane how many times I watched it. As an adult, I rewatched it and everything other than this scene did not register with me. It was like a whole new movie.
I remember watching it as a kid and fast forwarding the video tape to all the different fight scenes. I completely destroyed that tape due to all the rewinding lol. It was only years later that I came to appreciate the entire movie so much more. Definitely one of my favorites along with Braveheart.
That's psychopathology plain and straight. They see the people as mere objects they can use for whatever they wish. Only the rulers now are not allowed to show it openly like back then.
I've always loved that the undefeated gladiator says " We who are about to die salute you " and he's the only one who salutes, thus he is the only one who dies.
This movie is an absolute masterpiece. From casting to costumes. The entire work is a piece of art. I still remember watching it for the first time in the theaters when it came out..
Roman gladiators are pro athletes of their time, and I don’t think they’ll kill off each other. Most dead gladiators are likely captured POWs forced to fight.
I saw this when it was first released at the cinema - and then I bought the VHS (ask your dad). What a genuine timeless masterpiece. Barely aged a day.
Gladiators in movies: FIGHT TO THE DEATH! Historically accurate gladiators: Aaah you bested me, welp see you next week, it’s off to the showers. Good fight btw, and tell the family I said “Hi”.
Plus gladiators where flabby, like having dad bods because all they ate was tons of porridge made with barley and garlic (and probably a lot of bread). And they don't kill each other, just scar each other when fighting just to drop some blood but never murdering each other. Basically medieval WWE, lol.
Gladiators were basically the professional athletes of Rome, including the fame and fortune. Lots of people died in the arenas, but they were prisoners who were sentenced to die that way, not the trained gladiators (most of whom were only slaves on paper, as a legal technicality).
@@alltat yeah, criminals and POWs turned gladiators were either pitted against each other, not against slave gladiators, or became venators against animals
The amount of people in the comments who are like “hit in foot bled from mouth????” is unbelievable. It’s almost like taking a full force heavy shield bash to the face when your mask is up will cause bleeding.
@@bobbybernard5977 Yea if you fall onto your back it'd be entirely possible to drown in your own blood from a wound that bad. People don't think about how much blood a healthy tooth can make when ripped out of your gums
I think it would’ve made more sense if the showed the blood pouring our from the chin instead. I for one was incredibly confused about it, too. I wouldn’t be surprised if he lost several teeth because it was in that area of where the gums are. Just imagine if he got hit in the nose.
I'm convinced that there can be no gladiator fight scene without some beauty highness looking concerned, lowkey having a soft corner for the challenger lol
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back. Nothing happens to anyone who isn't fitted by nature to bear it. One of the greatest movies ever♥️
In the end, he seemed merciful in sparing the undefeated gladiator, however it was in direct defiance of Commodus, showing him as well as the people that he operated on his own terms, not falling for public pressure either. In the eyes of all, he seemed to challenge the legitimacy of the emperor himself at that very moment, a reason Commodus felt he had to fight him.
@@blob2092 even if Commodus just had him executed right then and there, his legitimacy would still have been openly challenged, and his popularity would have suffered further. Maximus was essentially setting himself up as a martyr if Commodus outright killed him, which he didn't for that very reason.
@@CassieAngelica Thumbs down was referenced to mean death as the performance of the gladiator at their mercy was too poor to keep alive or if the crowd booed him enough into a frenzy hence the thumbs down for the sake of pleasing the crowd. That is historically how the thumbs down was used and depicted as in writing and in stone(It dates before Rome too since gladiator matches existed before the Roman Empire).
This is the first movie I watched of Joaquin Phoenix and immediately realized what a brilliant actor he is. He makes you hate his character. Finally the Academy Award committee recognized his brilliance and gave him the Oscar for Joker which was one of the finest performances in cinematic history. Even though it was based on a comic book character they couldn't ignore his performance.
I recommend to anyone interested in this to learn more about gladiatorial combat. I see lots of people saying this, but just as many denying for some reason. Most fights were not to the death and if they were it was usually pre-planned and ticket prices were increased. Makes sense when you think how some gladiators had multiple losses on their record. Most trained and lived together as well, so killing each other wasn't on the top of the list. If they were to get injured though, which was likely, they would get the best medical care Rome had to offer. Slaves, and criminals actually had the right to buy their freedom back as well, with most who did returning back to the arena.
@@DatBrasss It's still real combat where you could easily get an injury severe enough to cripple your quality of life, or get an infection and die later.
3:04-3:32 Really shows how much Maximus respects Tigris ability as a gladiator and how cautious he is. Even with Tigris screaming in pain and blood poring through his face guard, Maximus keeps his distance before kicking him over. When he lifts his visor with the axe blade, he avoids bending over and potentially being stabbed by a hidden dagger. If Tigris had tried to grab the axe or Maximus by the ankle, Maximus is alert and quick enough to get away.
@@kd3045 now this reminds me of that fight in GoT where oberyn died because he didn't keep his distance from clegane, even tho he could've won that fight easily
I love how Maximus recognized the helmet's worthlessness as a defensive tool, and immediately started striking the "Mask" part of it with his shield at every opportunity. It was designed to be pulled over the face and lacks any protection for the jaw, and everything directly behind the mask. It was like ringing a bell. The other gladiator's face is completely deleted by the time the fight is over from having that stupid mask on. It's details like this, that only a seasoned soldier would look for that makes Maximus so dangerous and makes the movie so great. A lesser fight would have had Maximus use some stupid bullshit like making him run into a wall to defeat him.
@@ForzaMonkey He could wear it as one. In the arena your image was likely just as important as your arm. If people found you to be just another boring brute you probably wouldn't survive long.
@@StonedCabbage ....The irony. I don't disagree with you, first of all. But a funny thing about this film is that the CGI Colosseum shots in this film where one of the reasons we have so much of it now. Gladiator broke ground on CGI scenery, specifically on the Rome scenes.
No, that is a bullshit lie a historian made up. It was typical for them to die when the crowd said they died. Not when the Sponsor could not afford to pay for the games in the first place. A historian looked up prices, and noticed that you paid moree if the gladiator died versus if they lived through the match. This makes sense because the gladiator who is dead needs replaced. But the idea that they could not afford gladiators is wrong. In fact, the Twelve Caesars specifically mentions how Julius Caesar recycled gladiators once the crowd lost favor with them and they would be executed by their opponents. This is because the crowd, not the sponsor who hosted the game like the Emperor, usually were deciding who lived and died. Countless gladiators died, and other historians have even proven this with records, not Revisionist theories that get spouted to discredit Hollywood, and any History with Glory or Bloodshed involved, a rationalist Historians worst enemy.
@@mitchellslate1249 its not BS he didnt say they couldnt afford it he said it was expensive yes a lot died but a lot didnt and alot could of left but wanted to stay and fight because they loved it
Gladiatorial fights were waaay closer to the WWE than you might think, there were storylines and surprises. Most fights were just done until someone was on the ground and gladiators were trained to aim for non lethal blows, training a gladiator was expensive after all, even the slave ones. The crowd would almost always chant micio (Mercy!). In the golden days of the empire gladiatorial fights were a wwe show sandwitched between some convoluted hunting shows inside the arena of exotic animals, and military excersices. The actual fights to the death: the executions of criminals, christians, etc, were done relatively quietly during break time, which was just throwing them unarmed against beasts or well equipped executioners. Watching an underfed prisoner get mauled by a tiger gets old fast so they weren't as popular.
@@johnythepvpgod1470 you can only see forward. You completely lose your peripheral vision and have a blind spot in your center vision. Effectively eliminating about 60-70% of your field of vision. You might as well be blind.
One man in the crowd: "Maximus, Maximus the merciful" The Mob: "laughs", and shows his hunger for blood. Maximus in his head: "Are you not entertained?!"
I believe the entire message of not killing was to be defiant towards Commodus. This showed Commodus that the crowd not only praised Maximus but also supported him as merciful making him good compared to Commodus's evil. Since Max didnt need to kill to win over the crowd, it was a slap in the face towards the emperor as a message...You dont rule/control me!
I give my standing ovation of applause to the man in the mask, the extremely difficulty of fighting with mere low if not zero peripheral visibility is incredible, the other guy, maximus, he was extremely lucky.
Watched gladiator the other day. My dad came home just around this scene. He told me im actually in family with the guy who plays the undefeated gladiator. Most awesome shit ever.
Technically he did, the truth is: Thumbs down meant to spare, and thumbs up meant killing him. This is how it was supposed to be, not the other way around
Maximus showed them that there is honour in mercy, by denying Commodus his wish it is revealed not only his defiance to the emperor but that he stands alone as his own man who is willing to die for his convictions, the people may cry out for death but what they really desire is to see that an individual can stand before the gods or god (Commodus) and say no.
@@absolutegarbage3654 uh, yeah, that’s the point. What he mean’t by, “their desire to see an individual stand up before the gods” refers to how Emperors are worshipped as gods in the Roman Empire.
Johnny Cash loved Gladiator. He knew all the lines, and especially loved Joaquin’s performance so much, it’s the reason he chose him for Walk the Line.
No...the vast vast vast majority of gladiatorial combat was for entertainment, they were trained combatants. That training takes time and a good chunk of money, they were too expensive to just slaughter every single bout. The only ones that ended in death were when it was a criminal vs a gladiator, a pre arranged death match, or accidents
02:42 I remember seeing a documentary about the production of this movie. In this scene Russell Crowe has a bisquit/cookie in his hand and the tiger on him is chasing it 😂
I like how basically he stands there and waits for what the emperor wants him to do so he can intentionally defy him. Part of me believes that if the emperor wanted him to live he would have beheaded him.
I love replaying the tiger death in slow motion to see behind the curtains of movie magic. It's hilarious watching how much that big fat kitty wants da treats, lmao. every time it zooms out from the "definitely stabbing" the tiger's face is shoved in his hand nomming whatever's there. xD and then it's just playing in the dirt, so cute. That being said, re watching it in context of the whole movie I'm always still involved in the fight. Great editing and great acting.
Actually, i think it was a dummy tiger that they rigged up for the scene. They carried it around on a little trolley I believe. Could be wrong, but google could tell you.
@@KilluhCrocz half is dummy for stabbing, but when it zooms out its definitely a real tiger. Slow down when it "pounces" on him and takes him to the ground, its definitely going for a treat in his hand and following the hand all the way to the ground. It may even be a stunt double animal trainer.
@@kentakicheeken4471 In the arena, choosing to spare someone can mean that you acknowledge your opponent. In this scenario there is no bigger honor. though at the same time he may have wished to die given the circumstances.
Regarding the comments on Tigris spitting blood after taking the foot stab..Maximus landed several blows to his helmet (the first being with shield) that almost peeled back the face of Tigris helmet. The helmet was more ornamental, basically having a metal box around the head. Maximus ,being the strategist that he is, knew this and continued to focus on that particular area. Tigris eventually gave in to serious concussion and head trauma. EDIT: Blood probably came from having teeth knocked out.
He did bash him in the face with the shield possibly going a bit under the mask. It is shown that Titus has a linear cut on his face implying that a sharpish edge hit there.
Fair enough but Maximus was lying on the flat of his back with a full grown dead tiger laying on him. A one armed, vertical swing with no wind up shouldn't have done anything to him, ornamental helmet or not. So, unless Ant man went back into time and gave Maximus Captain America's shield, the blow shouldn't have exploded his head like a watermelon. It wasn't a morning star he got him with and he wasn't fighting glass Joe either. Earlier strikes mentioned didn't appear to make him concussed and off balance during the rest of the fight. Also, the blood probably would of shown below his helmet sooner if so. I love this flick as much as rest but let's be real, the plot armor turned invincible for certain parts of that fight. How about the tiger not getting it's teeth into Maximus' exposed neck immediately or even knocking him down? That is how they hunt. Just the force from that blindsided attack would flatten practically everyone. Not to mention the shield shrug to get the tiger off of him like he was swatting away a fly, even though it was twice his size, speed, and 5x strength (on his back). Anywho. I am done. Still love watching the fight.
I thought the middle finger was a throw back to the “ archer’s finger “ that would be severed if you got captured. This is one a fifth grader ought to know.
Maximus is not just fighting a gladiator in the Coliseum...but literally against the entire corrupt Roman Empire. They made it at least 3x harder with the tigers trying to kill him on top of the undefeated guy with the sole purpose of killing him. Maximus' purpose is too great to lose and his act of mercy is really an act of defiance against Commodus. Thank you Ridley Scott for this legendary film.
"The meek shall inherit the earth...", that word "meek" in the ancient Hebrew has a delineation that refers to those that know how to use swords, but keep them sheathed. Mercy is what changes men, not might.
@@mde3370 As far as the Bible, Matthew 5, I read the KJV. Concerning studies on Greek and Hebrew, I don't know, I read and come across many articles and excerpts over the years. An ex-soldier myself, I tell people I used to soldier for a lie, now I soldier for the Truth.
Maximus was a warrior, him sparring the fighter was not about mercy and had everything to do with spiting the king. If this was under different circumstances maximus would have beheaded that man without thinking.
That was damn good With the tigers it really gave that thrill of wild power The flurry of the veterans attacks were relentless Yet the skill of Maximus was composed and a few critical strikes brought down the veteran Mercy was his final trait of valour, a true warrior and a legend in the arena
The best part was besides Maximus beating the undefeated gladiator but the Emperor ordering Maximus to kill him and he defies him. Showing that he was a soldier not a murderer like Commodus.
It surprises me how quickly Maximus was able to understand the strengths and weaknesses of his opponent and go for his vulnerable part which was the mask, all the while fighting off Tigers and killing one. LEGEND!
be serious. his opponent had ZERO body armour. and the mask and helmet was nothing else but fancy dressing. in fact the mask would make your eyesight extremely poor.
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“Are you not entertained” going down as one of the best lines EVER!!
and its not even part of this scene....but glad you remembered
oot, but remind me of Blizzard company's "do you guys not have phones"? xd
Using by Shao Kahn in MK11
Along with "is this what you left me for, is THIS.....what you left me for ?
I would agree ! When he does state it in the movie !
He had the coolest gladiator armor I’ve seen. That helmet was awesomely designed.
He looks like Heracles/Hercules wearing the pelt of Nemean Lion. Pretty badass.
Tiny eye-holes would have limited his ability to fight
He would see like homer when he had a bucket on his head
@@josephgrmovsekcollaredcons6085 Probably why he got hit by that shield. Still very beautiful helmet nonetheless.
He took a few hits to the face during the fight which may have reflected his obscured vision and slower reflexes with “old age”
Can’t believe this movie came out 21 years ago. Definitely a timeless masterpiece.
@@getflawlessed5535 gladiator
@Doctor Love woo
@@MastaLadbrokes Wooooo
Well said
Way to absolutely crush whatever youth I thought I was hanging on to with that simple fact.
I like that once defeated he doesn't cry or beg for mercy. He knows he is defeated and accept his fate. A true warrior.
He was dead from bad wine later that night.
In reality, many gladiators survived defeat if they were judged to have fought well and earned the favour of the crowd. This happened much more often than the gladiator being killed. They would simply raise their forefinger to ask for mercy. Crying or begging probably wouldn't have helped his cause.
Edit : I'm getting a lot of responses saying that gladiators were rarely killed because they were valuable. That's true. It doesn't invalidate my point however as their value was linked to their success\popularity. My initial response was strictly in relation to how gladiators faced defeat and the possibility of death
He also read the script from the movie lol
@@robertdeboer1683 You're saying the person in this video wasn't actually facing death or resigned to his fate?
you mean sigma 😂
"ARE YOU NOT INTO TRAINS" one of the most iconic quote in cinema history.
Way ahead of it's time.
"What's a train?" the crowd, probably
@@llorttaf just like the camera man
I do actually. Wish my country has a nice one like Japan
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Love how the tigers were like, "oh there done fighting, we can just chill then."
Yeah, action dies down + they did see the guy cut up the other tiger
That's why taming a tiger is important
They’re *
@@nicholasmargagliano1833 - 'You're*.....a Grammar Nazi.
They saw their Big Brother gets stabbed
Crowd: wants death
Commodus: approves death
Gladiator: accepts death
Maximus: no. no I don’t think I will
yes thats exactly what happened
@@boterhamboy Anything for likes. It's a sad life humans lead. Even if it means regurgitating the obvious that occurred in the clip everyone here saw.
@@akumabazooka9169 makes me depressed
This is a pathetic retelling of what I just witnessed. You need to stop 🛑. Hold a cold steel rod that’ll make you a man 👨. 💪 get some in you ⬆️
@@akumabazooka9169 Show me one comment you have made on RUclips that got 130 likes?
Joaquin truly excels at trying to keep calm but being incredibly angry on the inside. I loved how he played Commodus.
He should have gotten more recognition for his portrayal, as terrific as his Joker portrayal.
@@AtomicExtremophileI would say that he did better with Commodus, because he had more to do from the script.
Not only angry, but also quite excited by the violence. Genius portrait of a pervert by Joaquin Phoenix.
Commodus was THE character that made me take notice of the whole "acting" thing when I was a kid and didn't know much about anything. I had seen villains in movies by that time of course, but none quite like this one. Joaquin's Commodus is probably my favourite performance I've ever seen.
Great actor, terrible human being.
If this was made today, every gladiator would have been played by the rock
and it would have been garbage
Truee
God this got me actually lol.
Not taking anything away from Dewayne, but yes. It probably wouldn't have been good at all.
The rock couldn't do the role justice he's to theatrical and full of silicone. Russell crow is the man.
The “undefeated” gladiator looks like he could be a boss in Dark Souls
He’s already in DS2 as Looking glass knight
Yeah, i can see him calling a big ass tiger in phase two. After spitting his blood out in the cutscene.
It's basically fighting the Looking Glass Knight + Lud and Zallen at the same time
Absolutely
And Maximus is the speedrunner not giving a damn
Tiger:"gets impaled by a sword"
Also the tiger:"makes jaguar noises"
CG and green screens
When you're about to die it doesn't matter who you are....
That tiger sexually identified as a jaguar
Bruv who cares
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This movie was and still is incredible. The fact it was made so long ago and still holds up well is a testament to the quality of the entire production and cast.
It’s not that old fr. I think late 90s early 2000s was a prime time for these kinds of movies. Filmmakers really pushing the limits of what can be done with special effects before the complete dominance and reliance on cgi
@@stabbityjoe7588 the movie is roughly 20 yrs old, Russell Crowe made this when he was in his early 30s
This shows Ridley Scott's cinematic genius! I love how, he actually creates pictures before telling the story, so all of his movies are like reading books
@@tashadent150 yeah it’s crazy what getting a little older does to your perception of time.
So long ago?
Dawg, watch Taxi Driver, Rocky, better yet; Seven Samurai.
True art doesn’t age. There’s more out there than the garbage pushed out in the early/mid 00’s.
Considering his opponent came out of retirement for this, one can only imagine how badass that guy was in his prime.
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I guess he didn't need the help of man eating tigers back then.
@@captainh3831 mhmm i don´t think the tigers were biased
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Yea, I'm thinking Russell Crowe would have won either way, his opponents age need not matter. Its just a plot!
“Maximus the merciful!”
Dead tiger: am I a joke to you?
Bawahahaha
Self defense 🥸
😂
@@mugiwara9507 You don’t have to kill someone to use self defense 🤓
@@monke7845 if it's a fucking tiger that is on top of you and is trying to eat your face then you do 😁
I really love that this scene shows how effective and important a shield is. Many movies ignore it and focus on the weapon, but the way he uses a shield is so good that even the tigers had trouble breaking his defence at first.
I agree💯 👍 but Watch Captain America. They too show the importance of a shield 🛡
@@joeyj5924So true lol
@@corndogink2424 😁 I'm glad you got the joke and didn't start name calling and being childish like so many others I've come across when joking around in the comment sections lol🤜🤛
@@joeyj5924 🤜🤛
Considering it is a medieval age, shields are at the same level as a nuclear bomb. In terms of effectiveness.
Not a phone in sight in the audience, glad everyone is living in the moment 🎉🎉
Back then it was required to check their phones in before entering the stadium
@@biznatchHo no back then phones were too expensive for the average person, only the rich had
That shot of the blood running out of the Mask's mouth is so awesome
That was a hard hit especially when he was laying on his back
Strange that blood comes out of his mouth when he’s hit in the foot?
@@stefanthorpenberg887 bro 2:58
@@stefanthorpenberg887 I think it was from the shield hit just before it.
Maybe he bit own tongue because of the pain..
I can see someone is a good actor when u hate his character, Joaquin u're a beast.
Facts...I still hate him every single time I see him because of this performance.
Same 🤣
playing a villain is easy, carrying the stigma of being hated from movie to movie is dedication of a great actor.
I can’t believe this same guy played the Joker
@@namedclaiming821 there's actors. Then there's people with talent like Joaquin.
Hats off to the cameraman for going back in time and recording all this for us
bro this is a movie. no one went back in time. everyone was just acting
@@michaelspoto8720 bet ur fun at parties
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@@michaelspoto8720 r/woosh
this joke was never funny
2:46 Sound designer: How unrealistic do you want the tiger to sound?
Director: Yes
Ridley Scott: have you ever heard a Tiger before?????🤨😇😇
"Maximus! Maximus, the merciful!"
My boy memed it in like less than a second. Meme level Lord.
Maximus the Merciful, sounds good, too.
Don't think a "meme" is the best word but I see what you mean
Uncredited voice cameo by BRIAN BLESSED
He probably saw the movie before to a friend
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Joaquin was just perfect as commodus. No other actor could've done such a layered character
I disagree, the actor who played Joker (2019) could do as well as him.
@@Husky828 it take me a solid 1 minutes to get that joke, iam so stupid
Shrek could have played him.
@@hentaiconnoisseur2413 i don't get it
@@walnuttao8115 It's the same guy that played Joker
The fact that Maximus opted to spare his life makes this scene so much more memorable, imo. Terrific writing by Scott.
It was a middle finger to the emperor when he spared the gladiator's life. "I'm not listening to you."
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Both.
He’s the director not the writer.
I think I’d rather be put out of my misery than spared after that
Well yeah that was the point, Maximus isn’t just another Gladiator
"What we do in life echoes in eternity," Maximus. Movie for all the time.
And I truly believe that. 👍
When an adult bengal tiger jumps and bites your neck, but you're the protagonist so you just push it off without a single scratch ;)
Nice to be the movie hero 😅
Look closely, tiger didn't actually bite his neck, just jumped on him
@@fJ3K01Sp You describe it visually, but we meant that it makes no sense.
@@KayGeee86 It makes perfect sense, the protagonist has armour covering most of his shoulders and some of his next, it seems likely that the tiger being confused from spenting time in a dark room and suddenly being let out in a sunny stadium filled with noise, and people pulling it that it would miss his neck and hit the armour in the few seconds that it has availlable to it.
@@zinzorius313 Okay, that's an alternate version. Makes sense, too.
Introducing tigers into any situation makes previous obstacles look mundane.
Depends on the situation, when in water...a tiger looks mundane ( altho if i had a tiger swimming behind me i wouldn't think it's so mundane 😆) versus a great white shark 😜
...Space
I was burning off today and I found a tiger snake right where I was working, that was probably as scary as a chained up tiger, I swore.
@@williamcozbie1233 its that time of year mate, had a young tiger snake wandering through the front yard a couple days ago
@@liamjones6604 yeah iv kind of recently moved to a bush block so I knew it was only a matter of time befor I saw one, better a tiger then a brown I guess but I still had to catch him and move him well away from my kids and dog.
No dramatic music, no overuse of slow motion or other pointless effects, and just pure action from start to finish. This is how a fight scene should be.
Medieval fights, but not fantasy fights tho, it have different vibes
Different
They did the fog of war bit from Saving Private Ryan in the opening battle... ringing ears, slow mo... but then again everyone did it after Private Ryan came out. Gladiator's soundtrack is still one of the best I think.
Agree I enjoy slow motion if it's very little or sprinkled in but I wish movies would not be so reliant on its why I like older movies that don't use all the fancy editing to make a scene look cooler
Yeah, only 1232164 uneccessary cuts to make most of the moves impossible to follow, because that's easier than actually doing a coordinated fight
The shot where the blood drips from the galdiators mask is just so cinematic I love it.
"Maximus, Maximus, The Merciful" and the crowd roars in laughter
This adds so much to the context and reminds you of the train of thought people had back then
People were absolutely savage back then lmao
@@triv4555 they still are, it just doesn't always show because of how good we have it now.
@@patrickobrian9669 Yeah we built our society upon Christian values which evolved to moderm ethics if i'm not wrong. But if law and society's ethics were as brutal as back then we might have had another colosseum
It's not a documentary guys, the vast majority of gladiator fights were not to the death.
Maximus is such a chad that he denied the mob just to spite Commodus.
Being a chad is not a good thing. And Maximus is not a douche bag.
@@te9591 Tell me you're an incel without telling me you're an incel.
@@connman8d617 Chadius Maximus!
@@connman8d617 sorry you cant handle being called out on your douchery.
@@te9591 He said that he was a chad for not killing, which probably means being a chad is a good thing here
For years I've seen people making fun of the fact that he gets stabbed in the foot, yet bleeds from the mouth. I've even done it myself. I finally realized, though, that the blood is from being hit in the face with the shield a second before, not the stab in the foot.
You can see when he lifts the mask the giant gash above his lip
yeah, that was an amazing crunch to the face that probably left him completely dazed. The seemingly "beautiful" brutality of this movie always returns to my mind. "Cool" fight scenes, sure, but it adds up to so much more.
It's hard to catch, but yeah he grabs the shield and nails him in the face with it really hard. I just can't imagine how he caused that much damage being that he threw it on his back. But hey, it's the movies.
Can be also an internal emorragy
@@jmgmarcus808 the last one is 2nd hit. His face has already been injured by 1st hit at 1:19
I love the scenes where we see the face of the completely exhausted warrior ( 3:30 and 4:03 ), he's afraid of dying but at the same time unable to do anything to avoid it. Also The fans who idolized him before are screaming for his death now
Yeah he didnt take any lethal blows; the dude is just completely gassed out and his helmet is ringing his head most likely.
Just like celebrities going down in drama :P
Nup, he was just rocked from the blow
@@maciejrozanski154 This wasn't about celebrities in the first place???
@@pheone9105it's an analogy.
When Maximus didn't kill, Commodus took it personally and later became the Joker.
Just now noticed 🤣 thanks!
Stupid comment. What's next? Jack Dawson faked his death and became a stock broker?
@@chewy7073 A joke is supposed to be funny.
@@chewy7073 it is, if you had the slightest sense of humor.
Lol
And with that desicion to spare his life, our protagonist has led the world one step closer to WWE
Woooo!! Styling and profiling. Limousine riding!
The funny thing is that a lot of gladiatorial fights WERE pretty much, WWE.
@@theguileraven7014 like WWE in what way?
I mean, I guess lmao
@@papaparsley7695 well, according to historians (and not pop culture) deaths were very rare and unfavorable. Usually the fight ended when one of the gladiators was unable to fight any longer. Because of that, restraining tactics were very popular, where nets or straight up brute force was used to immobilize the opponent.
Like, this scene in particular, where every single audience member wants one of the gladiators to kill another would be as surreal in ancient Rone as it would be surreal in today WWE match for the whole audience to yell to one of the fighters to kill another one.
With how many rolls he’s doing he’s basically playing dark souls in real life.
No. You are playing as gladiator in fake life.
Fat rolling at most man needs to upgrade his vitality
@@kaytekan *fake gladiator.
Cos, yknow, they didn't do that.
@@fluxfy7177 The dudes 36 in that movie....
He has about 99 adp
I remember watching this movie on repeat as a kid. It's insane how many times I watched it. As an adult, I rewatched it and everything other than this scene did not register with me. It was like a whole new movie.
I remember watching it as a kid and fast forwarding the video tape to all the different fight scenes. I completely destroyed that tape due to all the rewinding lol. It was only years later that I came to appreciate the entire movie so much more. Definitely one of my favorites along with Braveheart.
@@MisterDutch93or the 13th warrior :D
Maximus, Maximus the Merciful.
This is the moment when the slave becomes the Master.
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It sounds like BRIAN BLESSED.
And much sooner than that it’s been arranged what is Commie referring to?
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துண்டு சீட்டு ஸ்தாலின்😂
Rolling eyes🙄
The guy at the very end who screams out loud "Maximus! Maximus the merciful!" just nails it 😂Love it ever since.
That was the actual BRIAN BLESSED who shouted that.
*BRIAN BLESSED !!!*
funny is that the first second after been titled you can hear someone laughting at that at first yet it was nearly instantly overshadowed by the cheer
That man single handedly turned the crowd booing Maximus back to cheering for Maximus. "Oh wait it's cool now!!"
@@something7239 that's why you should never obey pressure from the masses.
“ARE YOUUU NOTT ENTERTAINED” most iconic line ever in these types of shows.
That's psychopathology plain and straight. They see the people as mere objects they can use for whatever they wish. Only the rulers now are not allowed to show it openly like back then.
Also, "is there no one else" from Troya
Boring
Lol my dad calls movies shows
@@orlandocarrillo7132 yup
"We who are about to die salute you." That line just goes hard!
It is a literal translation of what gladiators scream before the massacre
Morituri te salutante .
it is the most simpiest line ever. You are thanking your overlords for sending you to your death.
I've always loved that the undefeated gladiator says " We who are about to die salute you " and he's the only one who salutes, thus he is the only one who dies.
Except he doesn't.
He doesn't die.
@@jansnauwaert1785 Tchnically he'd be dead by now...
Maximus does not salute Commodus, but he would salute a real Emperor.
@@christianholzschuh6853
Technically he's not the only one, though.
This movie is an absolute masterpiece.
From casting to costumes. The entire work is a piece of art.
I still remember watching it for the first time in the theaters when it came out..
What’s this movie called
@@josebolanos563 gladiator
Roman gladiators are pro athletes of their time, and I don’t think they’ll kill off each other. Most dead gladiators are likely captured POWs forced to fight.
@@josebolanos563 It's called Jaws
Same
The tigers calmed down as soon as they realized who they are dealing with.
The main character…
Nice action movie. ruclips.net/video/8paX3Ya79iQ/видео.html
As soon as the first tiger died....lol
MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS, THE MERCIFUL!
also. the tigers scream like cougars when attacking and getting stabbed, because the tiger's roar doesn't sound intimidating enough apparently
I saw this when it was first released at the cinema - and then I bought the VHS (ask your dad). What a genuine timeless masterpiece. Barely aged a day.
why so frustrated ?
@@Rush47. Why so gormless. What frustration are you talking about.
@@winsomehax Ask you daddy
Gladiators in movies: FIGHT TO THE DEATH!
Historically accurate gladiators: Aaah you bested me, welp see you next week, it’s off to the showers. Good fight btw, and tell the family I said “Hi”.
Yeah I heard 10% of the fights ended in a death.
for the permanent gladiators yes
Plus gladiators where flabby, like having dad bods because all they ate was tons of porridge made with barley and garlic (and probably a lot of bread). And they don't kill each other, just scar each other when fighting just to drop some blood but never murdering each other. Basically medieval WWE, lol.
Gladiators were basically the professional athletes of Rome, including the fame and fortune. Lots of people died in the arenas, but they were prisoners who were sentenced to die that way, not the trained gladiators (most of whom were only slaves on paper, as a legal technicality).
@@alltat yeah, criminals and POWs turned gladiators were either pitted against each other, not against slave gladiators, or became venators against animals
I love how the entire fighting scene doesn't feature any kind of music, except the roars of tigers and people.
Hello friend
But then they can't sell music and make 1 trillion more in product placement
@@dontbothermeimjust12 but it's just a better fighting scene without the music
yes, really good! much better the most of the hollywood shit.
The sound of battle IS the music!
The amount of people in the comments who are like “hit in foot bled from mouth????” is unbelievable. It’s almost like taking a full force heavy shield bash to the face when your mask is up will cause bleeding.
That shit would knock several teeth out. Imagine how much you'd bleed if all your front teeth were bashed out of your mouth
@@battlecast9202 you be chocking from your broken teeth and blood
@@bobbybernard5977 Yea if you fall onto your back it'd be entirely possible to drown in your own blood from a wound that bad.
People don't think about how much blood a healthy tooth can make when ripped out of your gums
Facts like they failed to see he was hit in the mouth before the foot
I think it would’ve made more sense if the showed the blood pouring our from the chin instead. I for one was incredibly confused about it, too. I wouldn’t be surprised if he lost several teeth because it was in that area of where the gums are. Just imagine if he got hit in the nose.
This movie has no replacement. Still the best and will always be.❤❤❤
Not only does he defend himself with a 500lb tiger laying on his chest, but he wins lol
Movie script 😂😂🤣
@@aiman96yearsago10 69 yr ago
Its because the tiger was not really in hunger.The cat was obviously disoriented. All this crowd and this place, its far of India.Nobody talks hindu.
@@0371998 i'll bet if the tiger heared people speaking hindu he would spit some sick bars for the crowd
He won even though his opponent was wearing armor, and he was being attacked by tigers, and got sand thrown in his eyes in the beginning
I'm convinced that there can be no gladiator fight scene without some beauty highness looking concerned, lowkey having a soft corner for the challenger lol
Doom eternal has a fight against a gladiator where there isn't a royal female watching
@@grandpadoomslayeralsomars2264 What about the Khan Mayker?
She was a female who was watching
@@fianchetto5954 bruh u fr?
And stupid camera fast shaking
Not even beautiful
maximus is really lucky that the other fighter didn't have his mirror shield
Yeah, it really look like ds2 looking glass knight
@@bertalanfabian5742 yeah kinda. but it looks like he was in a rush that morning and forgot half of his armor at home😂
@@RUclips-Censorship-Police he's still grinding for the set
🤣🙌🏽
If I invade Rome, can I join this fight and ruin Maximus' PvE experience?
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
Nothing happens to anyone who isn't fitted by nature to bear it.
One of the greatest movies ever♥️
@bugzymalone
The part where Tigris spits blood out of his face mask is one of the most metal scenes I've ever seen in a movie, this whole fight is so badass.
The other gladiator had an amazing look, the mask makes him look like a statue of a God come to life.
Why did he spit blood simply because he was stabbed in the foot
@@torachan23 He also got hit in the face pretty hard with the shield
@@torachan23 did you watch the scene ?
@@torachan23 The only way that could have happened is if he bit his tongue when his foot got taken out.
I'll always love Commodus' face after he hears that random citizen say "Maximus the Merciful". 🤣
“Let’s Go Brandon” (= F JoeBiden) would be today’s equivalent
Only JESUS CHRIST can save your soul from the flames of hell!
@@bekennejesusdeinesundenund2427 why do you believe this?
@@phxcppdvlazi Read the Bible!
@@bekennejesusdeinesundenund2427 u...can't even spell Bible
This movie doesn't get old.
I am pretty sure I wore out the VHS copy of this movie back in the day.
Yes! I've watched this when I was still a kid.
Name pls?
@@ahedhoz6876 Gladiator (w/Russel Crowe)
Because it's already history.
The fight between Hector and Achilles in Troya was epic, love it when movies like that clash their heroes from opposite sides against each other.
Maximus: “how about another gladiator, Commodus?”
Commodus: “no I think you’ve had enough of my gladiators...”
a gladiator almost died and youre laughing, youre laughing
@Valentin Moldes not every, and I’ll tell you this, not every gladiator is awful
@@jaegermann4170 You're Awful Commodus.
@@allfenom oh im awful, oh ya how am i awful?
@@redmoisture3616 for killing my family. You just wanted the throne for yourself. You’re just like the rest of them
In the end, he seemed merciful in sparing the undefeated gladiator, however it was in direct defiance of Commodus, showing him as well as the people that he operated on his own terms, not falling for public pressure either. In the eyes of all, he seemed to challenge the legitimacy of the emperor himself at that very moment, a reason Commodus felt he had to fight him.
however Maximus die in the end of the movie so it didnt matter he die anyway
@@blob2092 even if Commodus just had him executed right then and there, his legitimacy would still have been openly challenged, and his popularity would have suffered further. Maximus was essentially setting himself up as a martyr if Commodus outright killed him, which he didn't for that very reason.
This movie didn’t do its proper research.=) “Thumbs Down” actually meant “Spare”.
@@CassieAngelica Thumbs down was referenced to mean death as the performance of the gladiator at their mercy was too poor to keep alive or if the crowd booed him enough into a frenzy hence the thumbs down for the sake of pleasing the crowd. That is historically how the thumbs down was used and depicted as in writing and in stone(It dates before Rome too since gladiator matches existed before the Roman Empire).
@@edfgamer7351 that’s technically true, but many writings suggest the exact opposite.
This is the first movie I watched of Joaquin Phoenix and immediately realized what a brilliant actor he is. He makes you hate his character. Finally the Academy Award committee recognized his brilliance and gave him the Oscar for Joker which was one of the finest performances in cinematic history. Even though it was based on a comic book character they couldn't ignore his performance.
We live in a society bro
Wtf joker was terrible Heath ledger did 100 times better joker then what Joaquin did
@@enzo1918 It was decent. But Heath is definitely a better joker.
@@enzo1918 Joker was meant to be a one off character study.
@@enzo1918 Different characters. Apples & oranges.
20 years later, this scene is still epic....
I recommend to anyone interested in this to learn more about gladiatorial combat. I see lots of people saying this, but just as many denying for some reason. Most fights were not to the death and if they were it was usually pre-planned and ticket prices were increased. Makes sense when you think how some gladiators had multiple losses on their record. Most trained and lived together as well, so killing each other wasn't on the top of the list. If they were to get injured though, which was likely, they would get the best medical care Rome had to offer. Slaves, and criminals actually had the right to buy their freedom back as well, with most who did returning back to the arena.
Pro wrestling with weapons.
@@DatBrasss It's still real combat where you could easily get an injury severe enough to cripple your quality of life, or get an infection and die later.
@@DatBrasss Think more like Hunter Games.
Yeah, exactly. My history teachers told us that they were like today's football players for example
@@cascadestorm Not really since gladiators weren't always to the death every time they went to perform
3:04-3:32 Really shows how much Maximus respects Tigris ability as a gladiator and how cautious he is. Even with Tigris screaming in pain and blood poring through his face guard, Maximus keeps his distance before kicking him over. When he lifts his visor with the axe blade, he avoids bending over and potentially being stabbed by a hidden dagger. If Tigris had tried to grab the axe or Maximus by the ankle, Maximus is alert and quick enough to get away.
Hence the Viper
I don't think stabbing someone with a hidden dagger is very much in the spirit of a gladiator ^^ But yea it's good to be cautious
You do realise this is a movie right ??
@@taxibredanu3081 No shit it's a movie.
@@kd3045 now this reminds me of that fight in GoT where oberyn died because he didn't keep his distance from clegane, even tho he could've won that fight easily
I love how Maximus recognized the helmet's worthlessness as a defensive tool, and immediately started striking the "Mask" part of it with his shield at every opportunity. It was designed to be pulled over the face and lacks any protection for the jaw, and everything directly behind the mask. It was like ringing a bell. The other gladiator's face is completely deleted by the time the fight is over from having that stupid mask on. It's details like this, that only a seasoned soldier would look for that makes Maximus so dangerous and makes the movie so great. A lesser fight would have had Maximus use some stupid bullshit like making him run into a wall to defeat him.
Those full face plate helmets were used by Roman Calvary in charges but were raised/taken off in general melees due to the restriction of vision.
it protects the face from slashes but not from hard blows, so a shield strike is intelligent shot selection
@@anaussie213 I thought they would be more of a ceremonial thing, but I could be wrong.
To be honest, a better strategy would be to hit the 50% of the body not covered with metal, but I see what you mean ;)
@@ForzaMonkey He could wear it as one. In the arena your image was likely just as important as your arm. If people found you to be just another boring brute you probably wouldn't survive long.
The way in which the scene plays on our natural sense of justice is perfect.
Even the great Ridley Scott can’t achieve this level of film making again.
Once in a lifetime
Cause Hollywood loves CGI too much. If it was made today they would've made the whole coliseum computer generated
@@StonedCabbage ....The irony.
I don't disagree with you, first of all.
But a funny thing about this film is that the CGI Colosseum shots in this film where one of the reasons we have so much of it now. Gladiator broke ground on CGI scenery, specifically on the Rome scenes.
That's probably what they said after he made Alien though.
@@StonedCabbage Most of this was CGI. lol.
The Last Duel is pretty good, but Gladiator is one of a kind
Fun fact: a majority of Gladiator matches didn't end in the deaths of the loser. Gladiators were expensive to train and house for.
Oh i didnt know u were there 🤔
@@wheelingreeling7928 don't feel bad, everyone else didn't either
@@wheelingreeling7928 "what are contemporary accounts"?
No, that is a bullshit lie a historian made up. It was typical for them to die when the crowd said they died. Not when the Sponsor could not afford to pay for the games in the first place. A historian looked up prices, and noticed that you paid moree if the gladiator died versus if they lived through the match. This makes sense because the gladiator who is dead needs replaced. But the idea that they could not afford gladiators is wrong. In fact, the Twelve Caesars specifically mentions how Julius Caesar recycled gladiators once the crowd lost favor with them and they would be executed by their opponents. This is because the crowd, not the sponsor who hosted the game like the Emperor, usually were deciding who lived and died. Countless gladiators died, and other historians have even proven this with records, not Revisionist theories that get spouted to discredit Hollywood, and any History with Glory or Bloodshed involved, a rationalist Historians worst enemy.
@@mitchellslate1249 its not BS he didnt say they couldnt afford it he said it was expensive yes a lot died but a lot didnt and alot could of left but wanted to stay and fight because they loved it
If one gladiator dies at the end…
Isn’t every living gladiator “undefeated” then?
Most fights were actually not to the death
Gladiatorial fights were waaay closer to the WWE than you might think, there were storylines and surprises. Most fights were just done until someone was on the ground and gladiators were trained to aim for non lethal blows, training a gladiator was expensive after all, even the slave ones. The crowd would almost always chant micio (Mercy!). In the golden days of the empire gladiatorial fights were a wwe show sandwitched between some convoluted hunting shows inside the arena of exotic animals, and military excersices. The actual fights to the death: the executions of criminals, christians, etc, were done relatively quietly during break time, which was just throwing them unarmed against beasts or well equipped executioners. Watching an underfed prisoner get mauled by a tiger gets old fast so they weren't as popular.
@@bigmen0 dann this was interesting
@@bigmen0 thanks for the info, that was awesome to learn!
@@bigmen0 wow
This was the golden age of cinema. They just don't make them like they used to man.
Surprised he’s undefeated considering he’s practically blind behind that face guard.
You can see decent enough trough those holes. Make the shape with your hand and look trough it
@@johnythepvpgod1470 you can only see forward. You completely lose your peripheral vision and have a blind spot in your center vision. Effectively eliminating about 60-70% of your field of vision. You might as well be blind.
@@johnythepvpgod1470 Peripheral vision is way too important in a fight.
@@Infritblade123 if your opponent is no longer in front of you you're already dead anyways
@@o-wolf Not accurate, especially considering not every attack with a bladed weapon comes from directly in front of you.
One man in the crowd: "Maximus, Maximus the merciful"
The Mob: "laughs", and shows his hunger for blood.
Maximus in his head: "Are you not entertained?!"
Abolish the police.
@@ablueairheadablueairhead3215 not gonna happen
why a re all the kids quoting comments? is this the new trend? It's annoying.
I believe the entire message of not killing was to be defiant towards Commodus. This showed Commodus that the crowd not only praised Maximus but also supported him as merciful making him good compared to Commodus's evil. Since Max didnt need to kill to win over the crowd, it was a slap in the face towards the emperor as a message...You dont rule/control me!
And to embarrass him!
Props to the one guy who could swing the crowd by cheering “Maximus the Merciful!”
Pretty sure the crowd makes fun of Maximus for being merciful to his opponent instead of supporting him.
@@malign3158 that was me. I was under the influence of adult beverage.
@@Vanessa-xl5jy uh that would be incorrect my friend.
I give my standing ovation of applause to the man in the mask, the extremely difficulty of fighting with mere low if not zero peripheral visibility is incredible, the other guy, maximus, he was extremely lucky.
When maximus mockingly looks up at the emperor to see the judgement so good.
Series name?
@@atindersingh2807 It's an old movie called Gladiator. It's in the description too.
After all these years, I suddenly came to the realization that the emperor was played by Joaquin Phoenix.
He should have won an Oscar back then
Huh?
You probably knew about him from joker lmao
I knew he looked familiar 😂
Its funny to think the Joker was also a roman emperor.
Watched gladiator the other day. My dad came home just around this scene. He told me im actually in family with the guy who plays the undefeated gladiator. Most awesome shit ever.
Bruh
Bruh
Bruh
That is cool.
Doubt. What exactly is your relationship? You didn't even use his name.
How to say "f**k you" without using any words. Gotta love that! Russell, what a star actor.
Saruman: “So you have chosen death.”
Maximus: “no I didn’t”
What?
The thumbnail keeps baiting me into thinking it’s a live action ds2 cinematic with that mirror knight looking boy
@@PK_K1 did ypu not read carefully?
Saruman: who are you?
Maximus: who are you?
Would it have worked if Commodus signaled “life” and Maximus decided “nah, Imma kill’em”?
"Maximus, Maximus the Merciless!" Doesn't quite have the same ring to it!
Yea but Commodus can’t go against the mob. Maximus can
Technically he did, the truth is: Thumbs down meant to spare, and thumbs up meant killing him. This is how it was supposed to be, not the other way around
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Maximus showed them that there is honour in mercy, by denying Commodus his wish it is revealed not only his defiance to the emperor but that he stands alone as his own man who is willing to die for his convictions, the people may cry out for death but what they really desire is to see that an individual can stand before the gods or god (Commodus) and say no.
Bullshit he did it to spite the emperor
@@absolutegarbage3654 and they supported his action because it was dramatic and that one dude made them laugh
@@absolutegarbage3654 uh, yeah, that’s the point. What he mean’t by, “their desire to see an individual stand up before the gods” refers to how Emperors are worshipped as gods in the Roman Empire.
@@dinnerboons1504 I'm so curious because of "mean't", assuming it wasn't a typographical error.
Oreli
4:21 gave me goosebumps🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
Johnny Cash loved Gladiator. He knew all the lines, and especially loved Joaquin’s performance so much, it’s the reason he chose him for Walk the Line.
Seriously? Also, a comment with 100 likes and no replies is odd. *Was odd
Ralph Cifaretto from "The Sopranos" loved love it too
@@feliksvazkez5098 I have come to reclaim rome for my people.... I HAVE COME TO RECLAIM ROME FOR MY PEOPLE!!
Marcus Aurelius loved Richard Harris too. That’s why he chose him to play him in this film.
Walk the line is a masterpiece
*This is what I would picture when me and my brother fought in the living room with my mom's cats running around.*
Lol you're funny!
Terrific cats u got there
So you killed both of them
“Thorgrim is beside himself, with grief.”
He raised that snake from the time it was born!
"You killed my FATHEH you killed my people!!!"
Crushes Arnold’s hand…
contemplate this on the tree of woe
@@williambowes4150 U TUK MA FATHAS SOAARD AAAAH
not a phone in sight, just people living in the moment 🙌
After what happened to Oberyn Martell I always get anxious when Maximus stands over him
I'm still in disbelief that he would be that stupid. He would have been awesome in later seasons.
@@danb4811 guy deafeated the mountain probably would have soloed the dark king and his entire army
@@bullymaguire5838 I mean if a little girl could do it why couldn't Oberyn
Isn’t every gladiator that’s alive “undefeated” lol
Right?!
nope. Contrary to popular belief, most gladiatorial combats ended without one of them being killed. Gladiators were expensive
No...the vast vast vast majority of gladiatorial combat was for entertainment, they were trained combatants. That training takes time and a good chunk of money, they were too expensive to just slaughter every single bout. The only ones that ended in death were when it was a criminal vs a gladiator, a pre arranged death match, or accidents
@@masterreaper115 So basically boxing but with fancy knives
Lmao
02:42 I remember seeing a documentary about the production of this movie. In this scene Russell Crowe has a bisquit/cookie in his hand and the tiger on him is chasing it 😂
Lol now that you've pointed that out I can't unsee the obvious cuts from dummy tiger to live tiger, and what tricks the tigers were made to perform.
Excellent movie trivia, thanks :)
Can you imagine how scary doing those stunts with a live tiger would be? Just because they're trained doesn't mean bad things can't happen.
@@timmartin6885 Just give them the cookie and they're like nice little doggos 😅
😂I could've lived in peace without knowing this, now I cannot take the moment seriously.
I like how basically he stands there and waits for what the emperor wants him to do so he can intentionally defy him. Part of me believes that if the emperor wanted him to live he would have beheaded him.
I love replaying the tiger death in slow motion to see behind the curtains of movie magic. It's hilarious watching how much that big fat kitty wants da treats, lmao. every time it zooms out from the "definitely stabbing" the tiger's face is shoved in his hand nomming whatever's there. xD and then it's just playing in the dirt, so cute.
That being said, re watching it in context of the whole movie I'm always still involved in the fight. Great editing and great acting.
Oh you right, the tiger lick maximus hand for treats lol
man I love this detail u spotted on, it looks hilarious af
I noticed that it was playing too, but didn't see the treat feeding. Good eye. 👌
Actually, i think it was a dummy tiger that they rigged up for the scene. They carried it around on a little trolley I believe.
Could be wrong, but google could tell you.
@@KilluhCrocz half is dummy for stabbing, but when it zooms out its definitely a real tiger. Slow down when it "pounces" on him and takes him to the ground, its definitely going for a treat in his hand and following the hand all the way to the ground. It may even be a stunt double animal trainer.
I love how he still respects his enemy
The enemy is the one who make you improve and not settle down.
To some extend, the enemy is your best friend!!!!
Maximus deliberately did not kill tigris, just to annoy and humiliate commodus. A mere slave dares to defy emperor's order in front of 50.000 people
How did he even respect him? By not killing him? LMAO.
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@@kentakicheeken4471 In the arena, choosing to spare someone can mean that you acknowledge your opponent. In this scenario there is no bigger honor. though at the same time he may have wished to die given the circumstances.
Regarding the comments on Tigris spitting blood after taking the foot stab..Maximus landed several blows to his helmet (the first being with shield) that almost peeled back the face of Tigris helmet. The helmet was more ornamental, basically having a metal box around the head. Maximus ,being the strategist that he is, knew this and continued to focus on that particular area. Tigris eventually gave in to serious concussion and head trauma.
EDIT: Blood probably came from having teeth knocked out.
He did bash him in the face with the shield possibly going a bit under the mask. It is shown that Titus has a linear cut on his face implying that a sharpish edge hit there.
Fair enough but Maximus was lying on the flat of his back with a full grown dead tiger laying on him. A one armed, vertical swing with no wind up shouldn't have done anything to him, ornamental helmet or not. So, unless Ant man went back into time and gave Maximus Captain America's shield, the blow shouldn't have exploded his head like a watermelon. It wasn't a morning star he got him with and he wasn't fighting glass Joe either. Earlier strikes mentioned didn't appear to make him concussed and off balance during the rest of the fight. Also, the blood probably would of shown below his helmet sooner if so. I love this flick as much as rest but let's be real, the plot armor turned invincible for certain parts of that fight. How about the tiger not getting it's teeth into Maximus' exposed neck immediately or even knocking him down? That is how they hunt. Just the force from that blindsided attack would flatten practically everyone. Not to mention the shield shrug to get the tiger off of him like he was swatting away a fly, even though it was twice his size, speed, and 5x strength (on his back). Anywho. I am done. Still love watching the fight.
Nope it happened because of "Hollywood"!!!:-)
2:56 he grabs the shield at hits him into the mouth area, that how simple it is
@@workingthejab he hit him constantly in the face. That’s the best way to put someone you aren’t trying to kill in the dirt
It always cracked me up, the 2 tigers just chilling in the background at the end, just being uncooperative cats.
4:17 If only Maximus knew about the middle finger.
You mean the wind up toy? :)
Actually Romans do knew about the middle finger as a worst curse
Technically thumbdow not suppose to be what it isn
Haha I thought the same thing
I thought the middle finger was a throw back to the “ archer’s finger “ that would be severed if you got captured. This is one a fifth grader ought to know.
Maximus is not just fighting a gladiator in the Coliseum...but literally against the entire corrupt Roman Empire. They made it at least 3x harder with the tigers trying to kill him on top of the undefeated guy with the sole purpose of killing him. Maximus' purpose is too great to lose and his act of mercy is really an act of defiance against Commodus. Thank you Ridley Scott for this legendary film.
I've never understood why the tigers were supposed to be a disadvantage to Maximus. Surely they could have just as easily attacked his opponent?
@@daleviker5884 His opponent knew beforehand that the tigers were there. Maximus didn't. Hence the disadvantage.
One of my favorite movies. I love Maximus' fighting spirit; never quit, never give up, and never surrender. Great life lessons there.
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i think that automatically sets in when youre a gladiator fighting for your life XD
They’re both awesome movies, but that was Galaxy Quest.
@@orangeapples lol.
Did the rolling help? yes it did!
Where is your weapon?
🙏🙏🙏
Nice to see how the the Joker looked in his prime time
Yah 😂😎
It takes the Biggest balls to have mercy to your defeated opponent no need to finish him 👌
"The meek shall inherit the earth...", that word "meek" in the ancient Hebrew has a delineation that refers to those that know how to use swords, but keep them sheathed. Mercy is what changes men, not might.
@@2races1kind 👏🏼
@@2races1kind in what book is that stated in?
@@mde3370 As far as the Bible, Matthew 5, I read the KJV. Concerning studies on Greek and Hebrew, I don't know, I read and come across many articles and excerpts over the years. An ex-soldier myself, I tell people I used to soldier for a lie, now I soldier for the Truth.
Maximus was a warrior, him sparring the fighter was not about mercy and had everything to do with spiting the king. If this was under different circumstances maximus would have beheaded that man without thinking.
That was damn good
With the tigers it really gave that thrill of wild power
The flurry of the veterans attacks were relentless
Yet the skill of Maximus was composed and a few critical strikes brought down the veteran
Mercy was his final trait of valour, a true warrior and a legend in the arena
The best part was besides Maximus beating the undefeated gladiator but the Emperor ordering Maximus to kill him and he defies him. Showing that he was a soldier not a murderer like Commodus.
@@masonorosco1090 well said
This would be PPV for $49.99 if it was on today.
LOL
@@carlcounts1 It's true
It would 89.99 in Canada :(
It will be higher cause its a death match.
Please, you're telling me this would cost less than a UFC or Boxing PPV? Cause them sons a bitches run at least 70$
It surprises me how quickly Maximus was able to understand the strengths and weaknesses of his opponent and go for his vulnerable part which was the mask, all the while fighting off Tigers and killing one. LEGEND!
be serious.
his opponent had ZERO body armour. and the mask and helmet was nothing else but fancy dressing. in fact the mask would make your eyesight extremely poor.
@@LevisH21 ok that’s the gladiators fault for not dressing up properly are you going to blame maximus for that
@@LevisH21 1:28 The warrior's mask literally deflected a sword blow so it actually saved him pretty early on in the fight.