Gladiator 2 FIRST REVIEWS "Ridley Scott Is BACK With An Epic"

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  • @MichaelRose87
    @MichaelRose87 3 месяца назад +87

    I have a feeling that these are the same type of people who thought Napoleon was a cinematic masterpiece

    • @kishenchohan1286
      @kishenchohan1286 3 месяца назад +6

      1st Gladiator is the best, Napoleon I never watched that, even though trailers looks good, I hope Gladiator 2 is good, Paul Mascal looks really good in the movie

    • @tawon1984
      @tawon1984 3 месяца назад +4

      Maybe Napoleon Dynamite

    • @JazukaiX
      @JazukaiX 3 месяца назад +1

      @@kishenchohan1286 nobody asked if you've seen it.

    • @Pekingesejedi
      @Pekingesejedi 3 месяца назад +3

      @@JazukaiXthat was unnecessary

    • @JazukaiX
      @JazukaiX 3 месяца назад

      @@Pekingesejedi cope

  • @Hank-q8u
    @Hank-q8u 3 месяца назад +56

    The first gladiator, the story, filming acting was on a level of perfection

    • @Moonmonkian
      @Moonmonkian 3 месяца назад +6

      Decades later I can't forget the drama, score, and reminisce about such a perfect hero's tale.

    • @AJ-yl5lt
      @AJ-yl5lt 3 месяца назад +2

      Indeed, it didn't need a sequel.

    • @Adam-sd2ow
      @Adam-sd2ow 3 месяца назад +1

      Oliver Reed and David Hemmings were real actors unlike Pedro Pascal.

  • @Gojirastar5477
    @Gojirastar5477 3 месяца назад +46

    Gladiator didn't need a sequel. Hollywood doesn't get that not every hit movie needs a sequel or needs to be made into franchise/cinematic universe.

    • @penegakkeadilanpembasmikej5022
      @penegakkeadilanpembasmikej5022 3 месяца назад +1

      Sometime sequel can ruin the wow factor in the first movie
      Should leave the first gladiator alone it'll become a classic all by himself

    • @Slaugther-w9p
      @Slaugther-w9p 3 месяца назад

      Gladiator 2 is better than gladiator 1

    • @simonball6560
      @simonball6560 3 месяца назад

      ​@Slaugther-w9p Not a chance in Hell. If you think that you've got no clue about films

  • @BlackNeverLeft
    @BlackNeverLeft 3 месяца назад +37

    The"critics"loved it?...so its shit then.

    • @ZachFazio-v3y
      @ZachFazio-v3y 3 месяца назад +10

      Lazy take.

    • @maximushermanite
      @maximushermanite 3 месяца назад +8

      Does that mean Joker 2 is a masterpiece since the critics hated it? 🤔

    • @logangodofcandy
      @logangodofcandy 3 месяца назад +2

      Statistically, joker 2 is the only film they will be correct on in 2024.

    • @hollywoodpineapple8337
      @hollywoodpineapple8337 3 месяца назад +3

      They hated Joker 2 and their take matched the audience. To be fair they have been getting a lot more closer to the audience views than they were before. They not shilling as ridiculously hard as they were last year for something like The Marvel for instance..

    • @krisj827
      @krisj827 3 месяца назад

      Same critics that hated Joker 2, so by your comment, you liked Joker 2?

  • @mamabazzz
    @mamabazzz 3 месяца назад +71

    The stupid Rap music in the trailers hurt the movie.

    • @Scifi4life
      @Scifi4life 3 месяца назад +3

      😂

    • @sebraven
      @sebraven 3 месяца назад +9

      How can the rap music in the TRAILER hurt the MOVIE , have you seen the movie lol😂

    • @glynismatthews5813
      @glynismatthews5813 3 месяца назад

      😅weirdo

    • @Mouse_Metal
      @Mouse_Metal 3 месяца назад +14

      @@sebraven It does because a trailer is supposed to hook people into watching a movie, not to repel them.

    • @AdeleKakwandi
      @AdeleKakwandi 3 месяца назад +8

      My word, you think people are going to judge the whole movie experience on one trailer with rap music in it? Go outside and touch wood for god sake. Some of you act like you don't interact with normal people day to day.

  • @sebraven
    @sebraven 3 месяца назад +12

    The floodiing of the coloseum did actually happen with naval battles and this occured inder julius ceasers rule. Correction the colloseum did not exist at the same time as julius ceaser who died 125 years before the collpseum was completed in 80 C.E apologies for the incorrect history .

    • @ethancoster1324
      @ethancoster1324 3 месяца назад +1

      No it happened much later and only a handful of times under Titus etc.

    • @sebraven
      @sebraven 3 месяца назад

      @@ethancoster1324 under Julius ceaser he had a games which lasted more than 130 days where the colloseum was flooded and also massive gladiatorial fights with wild animals, which did happen under emperor Titus

    • @ethancoster1324
      @ethancoster1324 3 месяца назад +1

      @@sebraven The Colosseum wasn't built until the Flavian dynasty some hundred years after Cesare.
      There might've been flooded arenas before then but they weren't the Colosseum.

    • @forsociopoliticalstuff2629
      @forsociopoliticalstuff2629 3 месяца назад +2

      @@sebraventhe colosseum didn’t exist during the time of Julius Caesar, it’s construction was began by Vespasian in 72 AD. Julius Caesar died in 44 BC.

    • @sebraven
      @sebraven 3 месяца назад

      @@forsociopoliticalstuff2629 yes that is correct, colloseum completed in 80 C.E and ceaser assassinated 125 years before, it must have been later and these games with including flooding were done some time later but it was not unusual to do games in commemoration of previous emperor's especially of whom were given almost divine status

  • @TheDreamfinder99
    @TheDreamfinder99 3 месяца назад +47

    This, like all legacy sequels that no one asked for is simply the original film remade for “modern audiences”. And they can keep it.

    • @jordanfletcher3726
      @jordanfletcher3726 3 месяца назад +7

      All audiences were happy with Top Gun Maverick. This movie will turn out the same

    • @Adam-sd2ow
      @Adam-sd2ow 3 месяца назад +2

      @@jordanfletcher3726 Apart from Denzel it's a cast of nobody cares.

    • @williet.3058
      @williet.3058 3 месяца назад

      Not paying to see the same film twice lol

    • @Mouse_Metal
      @Mouse_Metal 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Adam-sd2ow LOL! I don´t care about Denzel in this movie because he´s a DEIversity hire and historical anachronism.
      All the other actors look like reasonable casting choices.

    • @kipolem53
      @kipolem53 3 месяца назад

      People seem to believe that Tim Burton and Ridley Scott both do not conform to Hollywood's DEI expectations, which is how Beetleuice, Beetleuice got four hundred million at the box office. This film needs to do much higher than that, but still.

  • @myytchanneldinakoha8498
    @myytchanneldinakoha8498 3 месяца назад +9

    2:58 ‘Wrong time period to be Shakespearean.’ You obviously don’t know your Shakespeare.

  • @bauer9101
    @bauer9101 3 месяца назад +15

    The trailer did a bang up job of making me think the opposite. Perhaps its a massive ruse.

  • @Slumbert
    @Slumbert 3 месяца назад +22

    He used music from Holsts Planet Suite in first. Mars.
    Now...... probably autotune Cher.

    • @kojiattwood
      @kojiattwood 3 месяца назад +2

      LOL; underrated comment

  • @FrancisXLord
    @FrancisXLord 3 месяца назад +19

    Why am I so suspicious when critics give positive reviews across the board? Look I didn't ask for this sequel, I don't want it particularly. Scott has disappointed us with sequels before, even to one of his most beloved classics. Do I want to expand the universe around a film I've loved for decades? Probably not, never works out well.

    • @williet.3058
      @williet.3058 3 месяца назад +1

      A DEI empire, will be focusing on slahvery and social justice instead of history

    • @kipolem53
      @kipolem53 3 месяца назад

      These aren't reviews. These are social reactions. They are positive for every single movie. Even if they do not like it, they have to spin their social reactions so it sounds like they are giving the movie a thumbs-up.

    • @Valen-xu2wy
      @Valen-xu2wy 3 месяца назад +1

      Bit like the Disney movie, Bla Bla 2. Takes away from the original. I know Alien 3 ruined Aliens finale for me.

  • @friendlypup5650
    @friendlypup5650 3 месяца назад +4

    It’s important to note that the studio only let in influencers who they handpicked, not critics. This is not the same as premiering a film at a festival, in which anyone can watch and give their honest opinion

  • @warsincs
    @warsincs 3 месяца назад +68

    It's gonna flop hard

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx 3 месяца назад +8

      I am doubtful it will make a huge profit with a budget that high.
      Also taking into account that things are not the same as when the original came out.

    • @Scifi4life
      @Scifi4life 3 месяца назад +2

      Not likely.

    • @Evil_Spotify_Metal_and_Rock
      @Evil_Spotify_Metal_and_Rock 3 месяца назад +5

      I can see it doing really well. 90s nostalgia. The current fascination with the Roman Empire. Male lead. Overall, a masculine movie that will appeal to young males as the first one did

    • @dis_inferno9173
      @dis_inferno9173 3 месяца назад +2

      A lot of good movies are flopping now

    • @jasonsmith530
      @jasonsmith530 3 месяца назад +2

      Flip flops 🩴

  • @themagicalblingbling
    @themagicalblingbling 3 месяца назад +18

    If the film is critically acclaimed (by both audiences and critics) and becomes somewhat of a Top Gun Maverick phenomenon, I'll go see it. If not, it's a pass.

    • @Primarch19th
      @Primarch19th 3 месяца назад +3

      IGN gives it a 7/10.

    • @kipolem53
      @kipolem53 3 месяца назад

      It is going up against a film that is guaranteed a billion dollars. I think Gladiator 2 should easily do %700-800 million, possibly between six and seven hundred, but a billion, might be getting ahead of ourselves to predict that

    • @AdeleKakwandi
      @AdeleKakwandi 3 месяца назад +1

      You're admitting you're a mindless person that can't make their own mind up about something

    • @kishenchohan1286
      @kishenchohan1286 3 месяца назад

      ​@@kipolem53I doubt it, let's wait for the Opening Weekend, it might be really successful, I don't think it could flop like Joker 2

    • @themagicalblingbling
      @themagicalblingbling 3 месяца назад

      @@AdeleKakwandi No, I'm admitting to not liking to waste my time and money.

  • @pedrolopes8
    @pedrolopes8 3 месяца назад +112

    Gladiator with hip hop music. Yeah. I'm sure it's a master piece...

    • @Scifi4life
      @Scifi4life 3 месяца назад +36

      That music isn't in the actual film

    • @bgko91880
      @bgko91880 3 месяца назад +15

      ​@@Scifi4lifeDon't make sense. That's not what he wants to hear.

    • @The_Com-Mentor
      @The_Com-Mentor 3 месяца назад +10

      Hip-hop was in Django, pretty sure u still liked it. 👀

    • @Adam-sd2ow
      @Adam-sd2ow 3 месяца назад +11

      @@The_Com-Mentor Yeah Tarantino and Ridley Scott are totally the same 🙄

    • @curtiszilla9192
      @curtiszilla9192 3 месяца назад +2

      So negative lol

  • @kerrylawson7515
    @kerrylawson7515 3 месяца назад +86

    I'm ambivalent. Love ancient Rome, hate Roman history done badly. Love Denzel, loathe Pedro. 🤔

    • @Primarch19th
      @Primarch19th 3 месяца назад +16

      Dude, Denzel does not belong in this movie. Ah, you said something loving ancient Rome?

    • @helo4066
      @helo4066 3 месяца назад +9

      I have the exact same reservations.

    • @Mouse_Metal
      @Mouse_Metal 3 месяца назад +9

      "LoVe DenZeL." That guy who shoehorned himself into a role where he doesn´t belong. LOL! LMAO even. :D

    • @setrakarcana4920
      @setrakarcana4920 3 месяца назад +10

      Pedro is actually one of the few who would actually look from the Roman empire... wtf?

    • @nadilenebudski
      @nadilenebudski 3 месяца назад +1

      Agree with the replies. Absolutely no black person would be anything other than a slave. I mean, Rone enslaved most of white Europeans.

  • @paulwoodford1984
    @paulwoodford1984 3 месяца назад +11

    Of course they are not goi g to have negative reviews. they don’t want to risk not getting access to early screenings next time to the n3xt big movie

  • @AaronJ_99
    @AaronJ_99 3 месяца назад +21

    When i see critics say switch your brain off for this film it not a good sign because the first film had a very good story seems like this one story is not good. 🤔

  • @Adam-sd2ow
    @Adam-sd2ow 3 месяца назад +24

    Another movie nobody asked for. Pedro Pascal is really boring now too

  • @SaviorCross
    @SaviorCross 3 месяца назад +18

    They were better off having Maximus return as a force ghost.

    • @THELIONGUY1981
      @THELIONGUY1981 3 месяца назад

      NO! I repead...NO! would'ved been weird and out of place!

  • @dariusdbbowser6329
    @dariusdbbowser6329 3 месяца назад +5

    0:59 - The first Gladiator made $465,516,248...that's $852,367,819 in today's dollars when adjusted for inflation. So it's not accurate to say "the first one didn't make anything close to $600 million." lol. It literally made way more than $600 million, again, when adjusted for inflation. It almost made $900 million actually.

    • @kipolem53
      @kipolem53 3 месяца назад +1

      This film guaranteed makes above six hundred million.

    • @dariusdbbowser6329
      @dariusdbbowser6329 3 месяца назад

      @@kipolem53 Yea, I'm thinking it does numbers similar to Dune 2.

    • @logangodofcandy
      @logangodofcandy 3 месяца назад

      They aren't using the same definition of inflation today that they did 4 years ago. It's all a lie.

    • @kishenchohan1286
      @kishenchohan1286 3 месяца назад

      Dune 2 was actually pretty good, I'm looking forward to Dune TV Show coming November 17th

  • @pulidoa1978
    @pulidoa1978 3 месяца назад +4

    As a history fan I’m just going to see the ship battle in the coliseum. I’ve always loved that little fact and I want to see it in the big screen. But I have no expectations for the movie itself

  • @JanFWeh
    @JanFWeh 3 месяца назад +1

    Who's still believing those critics?
    If they are actually critical of a movie, they won't receive access to future movies or won't get their goodie bag. 🛍️

  • @t-rexreximus359
    @t-rexreximus359 3 месяца назад +19

    Make a third Prometheus film Ridley! But, this time focusing on the Engineers! No more low IQ crews.

    • @frankthecat1660
      @frankthecat1660 3 месяца назад +2

      No thanks!

    • @Bjorn_R
      @Bjorn_R 3 месяца назад +3

      Lol I actually want to know more about the engineers 😂 guess im the minority

    • @deathismycolor
      @deathismycolor 3 месяца назад +4

      And Elisabeth Shaw as well
      ( Don’t Believe It Or Not ) …

  • @rickybaillie4222
    @rickybaillie4222 3 месяца назад +21

    I'll watch it but the Denzel my man bit really makes me cringe

    • @rickybaillie4222
      @rickybaillie4222 3 месяца назад

      In the trailer it looks like he's just an old frank Lucas and really doesn't fit with this at all ​@@chasehedges6775

    • @koslisted9458
      @koslisted9458 3 месяца назад

      He'll be outed in the PDiddy stuff. He's had accusers for years. Crazy how some of the best actors and directors are completely deranged sexual sadists behind closed doors.

    • @CoffeeFiend1
      @CoffeeFiend1 3 месяца назад +6

      Thing is the second I saw Denzel in it before he even spoke I just thought "ha woke war about to ensue here we go" knowing it'll be hilarious because I knew whoever he would be playing would probably actually make sense historically in context but they'd try and dress it somehow so that it's glaringly out of place and then I heard his most exaggerated accent ever and I just thought "lol gold".

    • @rickybaillie4222
      @rickybaillie4222 3 месяца назад +7

      @@CoffeeFiend1 king Kong has got nothing on Denzel

    • @rickybaillie4222
      @rickybaillie4222 3 месяца назад +4

      @@CoffeeFiend1 I like Denzel but he's had the same stitch for decades now even in the Shakespeare thing I'm thinking about him doing the king Kong speech. He's probably amazing in this new one but it's just the character it just doesn't fit

  • @unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765
    @unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 3 месяца назад +5

    Just like jokers red flags, this has them too.

  • @felyxmillicent6538
    @felyxmillicent6538 3 месяца назад +2

    Ridley is insanely hit or miss. If the reviews are endlessly positive I'll give it a go.

  • @Slumbert
    @Slumbert 3 месяца назад +9

    Time for I, Claudius remake

    • @Primarch19th
      @Primarch19th 3 месяца назад +1

      Wow Showing your age (so am I) Loved the series on PBS. But, they will "modern day" it to hell.

    • @skobiekilla
      @skobiekilla 3 месяца назад +2

      Dude in my 30s, I bought dvd over the hype.... thats a legend production. Dude you can't trust da Modern bbc with such a endevour .they will bastardise the dialogue , gender & race swap historical figures

    • @Slumbert
      @Slumbert 3 месяца назад

      ​​@@Primarch19ththat's a risk, yes, but..... Robert Graves story is fantastic and newer generations should see it. Also... new film makers should have a shot at it.

    • @Slumbert
      @Slumbert 3 месяца назад

      ​@@skobiekillaI'm not sure BBC owns the rights. I believe there was some talks with the Gravesfamily about remake, but not certain who it was.

    • @kipolem53
      @kipolem53 3 месяца назад

      As someone who does not watch movies, for the most part, I have never heard of I, Claudius. I have heard of Gladiator.

  • @davenobody26
    @davenobody26 3 месяца назад +2

    As someone who studies ancient Rome. Just from the trailer I think I will hate it

  • @InfraRizo
    @InfraRizo 3 месяца назад +6

    X to doubt

  • @rosmundsen
    @rosmundsen 3 месяца назад +9

    I do not want this movie.

  • @ed2fun
    @ed2fun 3 месяца назад +2

    This is a movie that don't even need to exist.

  • @tonywilliams6428
    @tonywilliams6428 3 месяца назад +6

    Why did it cost so much? Was the large container to haul around Pedro's ego that expensive?

  • @eugenevictortooms4174
    @eugenevictortooms4174 3 месяца назад +3

    Am I going to listen to critics from LA? Nah.

  • @evilalex87
    @evilalex87 3 месяца назад +5

    i liked duel alot , trailer of this looked good beside the music choice

  • @uncledouvee1200
    @uncledouvee1200 3 месяца назад +8

    Somehow, the new Mission Impossible has passed the $300 million mark, and is still shooting. 😧

    • @Robocop4Ever
      @Robocop4Ever 3 месяца назад +2

      Gotta love that unprecedented inflation over the last 4 years...

    • @logangodofcandy
      @logangodofcandy 3 месяца назад

      All 3 lord of the rings shot back to back for a little over $500M in total after inflation. They made almost $5B in theaters adjusted for inflation.

    • @kishenchohan1286
      @kishenchohan1286 3 месяца назад

      I wonder when we will see new Mission Impossible trailer

    • @avarice.karmageddon
      @avarice.karmageddon 3 месяца назад

      Got to love all those tax write offs for unprofitable films in Hollywood 😂

  • @TheVcm2008b
    @TheVcm2008b 3 месяца назад +2

    What’s next for Ridley Scott?
    Aliens Vs. Gladiator…

  • @chrisgermann6658
    @chrisgermann6658 3 месяца назад +2

    Another sequel that did not need to happen.

  • @TinaBiebe
    @TinaBiebe 3 месяца назад +9

    Am I seeing it? Simple answer Mo. Derailed answer: HELL F$$$ING NO.

  • @Necropheliac
    @Necropheliac 3 месяца назад +2

    This movie does need to make a lot of money but I’m afraid I’ll just wait until it’s on digital because no matter how good it is, I’m not going to pay money to go to a movie theater 🍿

  • @The8OJ4N
    @The8OJ4N 3 месяца назад +1

    Thing is, I don't have to pay money to switch my brain out. I can just go to sleep. So, if that's their only selling point...

  • @SirClerihew
    @SirClerihew 3 месяца назад +5

    I’m a little suspicious of those reviews

    • @logangodofcandy
      @logangodofcandy 3 месяца назад

      From professional critics? Yeah, that's actually very questionable

    • @kishenchohan1286
      @kishenchohan1286 3 месяца назад

      Ridley Scott probably paid them for great reviews

  • @taylorburke5388
    @taylorburke5388 3 месяца назад +2

    Idc if it's scale is great and sets are amazing. It can be a spectacle but if the story is a MESSAGE and all about diversity, equality, and inclusion destroying ancient Rome, which is actually what destroyed it lol, then I want nothing to do with it

  • @VictorMaxol
    @VictorMaxol 3 месяца назад

    Haha! The first people allowed to see it have praised it!
    I've a hedge to plant so busy for now.

  • @garryault5831
    @garryault5831 3 месяца назад +4

    I worked on this movie for 6 months in Morroco. Was an amazing experience. I could give you the low down on the accidents. Massive budget (my salary🤣) etc if you wish?
    I'm off to the crew screening this sunday. Im hopeful. Theres no doubt this movie will look amazing.

    • @lastofanancientbreed8616
      @lastofanancientbreed8616 3 месяца назад +3

      CGI looks dire, those baboons and those ships crashing into each other suck balls

    • @makeitsonumberone1358
      @makeitsonumberone1358 3 месяца назад +2

      Looks shite, 6 mounths down the drain

    • @renardfox328
      @renardfox328 3 месяца назад

      Wow, very impressive! Please, do tell!

    • @graythurman4506
      @graythurman4506 3 месяца назад

      @@makeitsonumberone1358you’re on RUclips comments talking down on a stranger’s work experience. So who’s the worthless shite?

  • @jonfreeman9682
    @jonfreeman9682 3 месяца назад +2

    What took them so long. This sequel should have come out 24 years ago.

    • @makeitsonumberone1358
      @makeitsonumberone1358 3 месяца назад +1

      Thats excatly what i said

    • @kishenchohan1286
      @kishenchohan1286 3 месяца назад +1

      The script probably and new CGI technology, there was a script where Russell Crowe character was back but they scrapped it

  • @TheBirchView
    @TheBirchView 3 месяца назад

    Can't fucking wait to see this👏👏🙌

  • @kostantza1
    @kostantza1 3 месяца назад

    ​ Ok, this is gonna be long, bear with me about the elephant in the room:
    Diversee people indeed existed all over the empire through interactions Africa with the Mediterranean, and Rome channeling people of different ethnicities all across its territories through slavery, military movements, public administration and trade. That being said, we are not talking about endless quantities of people - compared to populations you'd describe as "white" or "tan", actually subsaharan africans were a minority; most Africans would have been coming from Northern Africa and Egypt, most truly dark-skinned ones from Nubia and modern-day Sudan - and Northern Africans aren't today, after Arab conquest and colonization, nor were back then, when they were overwhelmingly Semitic and Berber,what anyone outside of heavily racialized America considers as "black" (moreso "brown", or even Mediterranean white). Also, while intermarriages happend in all levels of society and quite many people had dual backgrounds, it was much more common for people to live socially mostly inside homogeneous communities and intermarry with their compatriots - the diversity of the Empire helped, as in every major point there were communities of different culture and ethnicity. The nobility, also, while taking on the culture and monikers of the provinces they resided in, were often directly descended from Latin colonists, thus ethnically Italians (didn't help that until the early 3rd century only Roman-descended people were imperial citizens, the rest were subjects - that certainly played a part in keeping communities in a certain distance.TLDR. The ancient world was much more diverse than most people think, but still drastic differences in ethnicity (thus culture, color) of people in a general area was rare, or kept in communities that intermingled up to a certain point. Of course, that means that, though on the less likely scale, a subsaharan African-looking person might very well have risen to become a powerbroker in the late empire, especially through trade, especially if we think that Romans or indeed anyone did't interact necessarily with other ethnicities from an unapproachable height (I mean, other than the usual conceit that they were Romans and the others weren't - but every dark person wasn't automatically considered a servant or slave, they retained their identities as free men, rich men, princes, royalty and soldiers when interacting with the Roman citizens). There were even a number of emperors picked by the army in different spots of the empire, with wildly diverse cultural backgrounds, if not color (Septimius Severus, Philip the Arab, Aurelian from Dacia or Moesia, etc). What is more annoying for me is that they obviously situate Denzel Washington's character in a way that the audience associates his lack of acceptance in the roman elite as a racial matter, instead of what would most probably be a class prejudice ancient patricians with political, military and legal careers would have towards nouveau riche traders, which I think is extremely disingenuous of them. You can't , very well, imply that a character like Denzel Washinton's would move freely in Rome because racism as we know it didn't exist, only to posit the casting in a way that implicitly, if not explicitly,makes him an outcast for his skin color. It's clear they're seeing this through a racial lens, even in a case where the casting would be quite justifiable. But then, Hollywood has never treated Rome fairly - it's always an extreme caricature of cruelty, immorality, imperialism, degeneracy and weakness, or all of the above. So yeah, I don't think anyone loving Roman history has much to expect from this movie, and Denzel Washington is the least of its problems (oddly enough the most downtrodden and looked-down upon people under Rome were the Germanic tribes and the Celts of Britain and Gaul, considered savages and barbarians, but no movie ever has made an issue out of that historical injustice.....Roman history shouldn't exist only to give people easy sword and sandal villains and justify Hollywood's idea of diversity).
    For anyone interested. In other news, regardless of casting, this film wasn't needed or wanted, and will only end up being unfavorably compared to the classic first one. Joker 2 should become a morality tale about unwanted sequels. This feels like actual necromancy.

  • @ashlielove6513
    @ashlielove6513 3 месяца назад

    My favorite historical epic of all time was the original. My favorite performance of Joaquin Phoenix still to this day. I dont need a sequel. I need a tv series with all the Julio Claudian emperors and their stories however. Been begging since I became obsessed with Roman history at age 11 because of Gladiator.

  • @newworldman2112
    @newworldman2112 3 месяца назад +2

    I guess i'll go see it. A movie that you can just watch, not think about things too much, isn't offensive yet is entertaining is just fine with me now and then.

  • @acc2mdk1
    @acc2mdk1 3 месяца назад +9

    Will not watch !!! A pile of poo !!!

  • @herodotus6235
    @herodotus6235 3 месяца назад

    This may or may not be a cinematic masterpiece, but from what I have seen of the trailers so far, they have got the emperor Caracalla completely wrong - he was not just an indulgent spoiled brat but an extremely intimidating, tough, monstrous individual with a perpetually smoking anger beneath the surface. You only have to look at one of his famous portrait busts to see his innate violence of character. Some people have suggested he was the most evil ruler Rome ever had, leaving people like Caligula and Nero in the shade. His portrait seems therefore very disappointing. They appear to have made all three
    (Geta, Caracalla, Elagabalus) just like Elagabalus, who was a corrupt teenager.

  • @Kahless_the_Unforgettable
    @Kahless_the_Unforgettable 3 месяца назад +2

    Um, yeah. I'm sceptical to say the least.
    I won't be watching it in the theater no matter what anyone says. But I might watch it for free on Netflix someday, if everyone says it's good.

  • @MsEnglishtea
    @MsEnglishtea 3 месяца назад +3

    Am I excited about this film? Not exactly, I don't think anyone asked for a second film. If it does well, great, but I yearn for something different. I'm tired of the sequels, prequels, and remakes. I want something original.

    • @Scifi4life
      @Scifi4life 3 месяца назад +3

      Then you have to watch independent films.

    • @MsEnglishtea
      @MsEnglishtea 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@Scifi4life I already do, and I love them!😊❤

    • @Scifi4life
      @Scifi4life 3 месяца назад

      @@MsEnglishtea watch The Articife Girl.

  • @RamonSavage-f8m
    @RamonSavage-f8m 3 месяца назад

    I have high hopes that Gladiator II won't end up becoming a massive flop with a budget roughly around $310M, releasing around the same time as Wicked and Moana 2 in the same month, Gladiator II give me Mission Impossible 7 vibe, were that film also from Paramount had budget of $290M, then end up became flop, release one week right before Barbeheimer in the same month, history might repeated itself, but time will tell.

  • @r01d2
    @r01d2 3 месяца назад

    I'm more looking forward to eat buffet at Tucanos with friends than watching movies now day

  • @Animalistic9
    @Animalistic9 3 месяца назад +2

    I won't be watching at the cinema, i may watch it at home if i get over the Pedro Pascal saturation.
    After hyping up Alien Romulus so much it ended up being really disappointing so I'm more cautious... 😂

    • @TheManInBlueFlames
      @TheManInBlueFlames 3 месяца назад +3

      I’ve heard Romulus is actually good

    • @Animalistic9
      @Animalistic9 3 месяца назад

      @@TheManInBlueFlames I saw it... The first third was alright.

    • @Moonmonkian
      @Moonmonkian 3 месяца назад +1

      I recon Nates mates are involved with some projects he feels he needs to shill a bit in exchange for some insider info.

    • @Animalistic9
      @Animalistic9 3 месяца назад

      @@Moonmonkian if that's the case then fair enough! An acceptable explanation 😂

  • @logangodofcandy
    @logangodofcandy 3 месяца назад +1

    Pedro Pascal better be comedic relief.

    • @berlintanker
      @berlintanker 3 месяца назад

      More like a Has-Been that Never-Was...😒

  • @kaned3570
    @kaned3570 3 месяца назад

    3 months ago you said this was a hollywood cash grab and a sequel that should never have been made.. now first reviews are good have you changed your mind? you usually go with whatever way the winds blowing, im assuming when it comes out and if it is indeed good you will admit your words were reckless?

  • @jamescorderjr1274
    @jamescorderjr1274 3 месяца назад +2

    As a stand alone spectacle it looks pretty fun had it been completely removed from the first. The forced tie ends to the original and that it's a direct sequel is a huge turn off for me

    • @krystofthepolishguytalksan310
      @krystofthepolishguytalksan310 3 месяца назад +1

      Sums up my thoughts exactly! But again, it's marketing!

    • @hollywoodpineapple8337
      @hollywoodpineapple8337 3 месяца назад

      Yup. I think that's th ebig issue here. They could have released this on it's own..but they tied it in with the first one for marketing hype.

  • @nathanskywalker1536
    @nathanskywalker1536 3 месяца назад

    Denzel washington is great actor he has played a villain in other movies like training day which is probably his best movie

  • @jasonvoorhees310
    @jasonvoorhees310 3 месяца назад +1

    Wait.....so it's good ?
    And there were never actual gladiator fights in a flooded coliseum. It was flooded for Naval reenactment for entertainment. Fyi.

  • @trevylangton22
    @trevylangton22 3 месяца назад

    I’m actually gonna check it!

  • @dandyjandon4231
    @dandyjandon4231 3 месяца назад

    Dont think they can beat the first one with all the woke rules they gotta follow.😂😂

  • @lardyguts2
    @lardyguts2 3 месяца назад

    Shakespeare wrote about the ancient world and Rome.

  • @paulclifford2428
    @paulclifford2428 3 месяца назад

    I watched 'Kingdom of Heaven' yesterday, had not seen it for years, what fantastic movie that was, won of Ridley's Gems.

  • @mrmrgaming
    @mrmrgaming 3 месяца назад

    I don't mind them making as many sequels as they want to any film; it's their money. The only time they should stop is if A. It's crap. B. People stop going to see them. I don't gatekeep any film; I just cross my fingers when one I like gets announced. If it's great, happy days; if not, never touch it again. Plus, can you imagine that kind of thinking after Star Wars came out?
    "Did you see Darth escape? You can totally tell they left it open for a sequel."
    "Empire Strikes Back....what a cash grab. It did not need a sequel. This is them just trying to sell more toys. We all know it will not be as good."
    I hope G2 is great, I hope its a smash hit. Scott knows how to do spectacle better than just about any director, but his storytelling/scripts are hit-and-miss. I also have huge concerns over that budget.

  • @ericmorneau7758
    @ericmorneau7758 3 месяца назад

    Thank god they didn’t go with the version Russell Crowe liked, his character getting reincarnated over hundreds of years.

  • @caselleknoxiv589
    @caselleknoxiv589 3 месяца назад +3

    Not wasting my time on it.

  • @AdeleKakwandi
    @AdeleKakwandi 3 месяца назад

    Lets be honest Ridley gets in his bag when it comes to historic epics.

  • @RamonSavage-f8m
    @RamonSavage-f8m 3 месяца назад

    July 2023:
    MI7 vs Barbeheimer
    November 2024:
    Moana 2 vs Wickedator

  • @thegreatangel8251
    @thegreatangel8251 3 месяца назад +2

    Gladiator has no sequel, Gladiator needs no sequel.

  • @TheArmorgen
    @TheArmorgen 3 месяца назад +10

    Not interested in it tbh , first one was ok never watched it again

    • @elskeletor3566
      @elskeletor3566 3 месяца назад

      Same here

    • @hollywoodpineapple8337
      @hollywoodpineapple8337 3 месяца назад

      I might actually watch this if it's entertaining. I agree the first one was just okay to me as well. BUT I also didn't watch it during the hype. Only a few years ago, so perhaps I had to be in the moment to get it.

    • @elskeletor3566
      @elskeletor3566 3 месяца назад

      @@hollywoodpineapple8337 I watched it when it came out back in the day on VHS and I never thought it was mind blowing. I thought it was just a ok film.

  • @CRUELLANDER
    @CRUELLANDER 3 месяца назад

    Did not need a $310M Production Budget, should’ve kept the original $165M production budget that it had before Ridley Scott asked for more.
    I don’t think Ridley Scott will get to make a Gladiator 3 that he wants to do.
    Then I’m guessing a Gladiator 4 will probably be next which would be surprising.

  • @leslietarkin
    @leslietarkin 3 месяца назад

    I notice that none of these shills (all paid critics are shills BTW) said anything about whether the actual story is any good. They never mention the character development either. For the past 10+ years, all audiences have gotten is spectacle. We need the hero's journey to return. We know Denzel can act so, that's nothing new. We know the costumes look good, though not quite historically accurate; again, that's nothing new. They've not said anything that makes me want to see this film.

  • @HalfEatenMedia
    @HalfEatenMedia 3 месяца назад

    I’ll check it out. Hopefully it’s fun. I’m not expecting it to be as good as the first. So my expectations are low which could work to the benefit of its good.

  • @melaniehall279
    @melaniehall279 3 месяца назад

    Joseph Quinn played Eddie in Stranger Things, only reason I’ll be going to see this movie is for him, he’s a brilliant actor.
    I personally wasn’t a huge fan of the first movie, the performances were all good but I thought the movie itself was average.

  • @Deuwl
    @Deuwl 2 месяца назад

    I saw it last night. Good but needed and not in the same calibre as the first one.

  • @stanislavlangurov5656
    @stanislavlangurov5656 3 месяца назад

    Brought to you by the same people who said Batman v Superman got a 10 minutes standing ovation lol

  • @tehprimelime1063
    @tehprimelime1063 3 месяца назад

    i hope its more than just an action movie. the first had a great story for me from a general to a slave to a hero. theres no point having bombastic action with no good foundations.

  • @paulscattergood1651
    @paulscattergood1651 3 месяца назад

    Shakespeare wrote several plays about the romans

  • @inhocsignovinces8061
    @inhocsignovinces8061 3 месяца назад

    The trailers looked epic. Can't wait for Nov 22.

  • @peterdollins3610
    @peterdollins3610 3 месяца назад

    There are sequels that are better than the original. Ridley is a master of the cinematic craft not of story. As many Directors he is too conceited to get a great writer to lay those parts out & follow them. One of the reasons Hollywood is dying, slowly. I welcome it's demise but I'd like to see a successor. Meantime the greats such as 'La Strada' by Fellini will suffice.

  • @batmasterson1715
    @batmasterson1715 3 месяца назад

    Shouldn't they be making movies for under 35 million to guarantee a profit. It's too subjective to gamble 300 million on anything.

  • @a2jc234
    @a2jc234 3 месяца назад +1

    I might have been interested if done five years after the original not 24 years after it. Yeah, I don’t mind spectacle, the first one had that plus it had a great story. I don’t know if I want to see this movie.

    • @kipolem53
      @kipolem53 3 месяца назад +1

      But five years after the original, Hollywood was not in such a state that they had to lean on IP like a crutch. Heck even Joker is IP alppropriating, they only call it that because they know if they call it Clown Man or something, no one will watch.

  • @carlbonnachetti4740
    @carlbonnachetti4740 3 месяца назад

    The colloseum was only filled with water on its first opening run but never again.

  • @Draconisrex1
    @Draconisrex1 3 месяца назад

    I doubt it.

  • @nanobluelectrobuzz9227
    @nanobluelectrobuzz9227 3 месяца назад

    If this movie is “hyper focused on Caracalla life” and done right. This movie will succeed. Caracalla is one of the most diabolical and ruthless emperors ever. Look him up.

    • @bria78
      @bria78 3 месяца назад

      I doubt it. In the trailer he looks a bit “feminine”. Totally the opposite of how historians described him. Not to mention the complicate relationship with his brother Geta, they used to argue about everything and they hated each other. 😅In the trailer they seem to get along and share the throne without hostility.

    • @nanobluelectrobuzz9227
      @nanobluelectrobuzz9227 3 месяца назад

      @@bria78 That’s wack, Caracalla’s story has so much drama and interesting stories. You can put his crazy legacy along with Caligula, Elagabalus and Nero.

    • @bria78
      @bria78 3 месяца назад

      @@nanobluelectrobuzz9227 but his thermal baths are great! Still standing in Rome. He was a strong, military man. Honestly every year there should be a movie about a historical roman figure. So many stories to tell…

    • @nanobluelectrobuzz9227
      @nanobluelectrobuzz9227 3 месяца назад +1

      @@bria78 I love the Roman Empire. Their life’s, emperors, politicians and wars are so interesting. I could get lost in their books. I had to stop reading books about Roman Emperors because that’s all I did. The 3rd Century Crisis with Roman Emperors falling left and right. That would make great TV and movie as well. Long live the Roman Emperors in the West.

  • @TurtleHermit-23
    @TurtleHermit-23 3 месяца назад

    Is Lucius the secret love child of Maximus and Lucilla?

  • @libertarianeval6460
    @libertarianeval6460 3 месяца назад

    I’ll see it for the heck of it

  • @bobsav76
    @bobsav76 3 месяца назад

    We'll have to see.

  • @origamipein18
    @origamipein18 3 месяца назад

    (drops phone when she sees your thumbnail)

  • @diabollikealldaddy
    @diabollikealldaddy 3 месяца назад +3

    Nope

  • @steelcurtain187
    @steelcurtain187 3 месяца назад

    I’ll definitely check it out eventually. I think it’s gonna land in the ‘okay’ category ultimately.

  • @DanielSheffler-h3o
    @DanielSheffler-h3o 3 месяца назад

    The classic first are the best before they try to make more parts to them

  • @jdcreative3095
    @jdcreative3095 3 месяца назад

    I know what he means when he says Shakespearean. It’s all good.

  • @scottharris1985
    @scottharris1985 3 месяца назад

    Ridley Scott’s films have always have been visually stunning but lacks substance.

  • @LuisEstevez-o3g
    @LuisEstevez-o3g 3 месяца назад

    It's Training Day in the Coliseum.

  • @snoo333
    @snoo333 3 месяца назад

    I will wait for you to watch it bro. Don't trust those people because i have not heard their take on other movies. Here's my thoughts on this before even seeing this movie. haven't we seen this kind of movie before a thousand times? Strong willed dude looking for revenge beats the odds to make it. I think i am getting too old of this. lol. for the young folks don't mind me. This would have worked for me 20 years ago but not now. Go watch Spartacus with kirk Douglas or the Spartacus tv show that came out the 10 plus years ago.

  • @adamofgrayskull7735
    @adamofgrayskull7735 3 месяца назад +3

    🤘😆🤘