"Are you not entertained?!" Years have past, and I still am with this movie. The acting/actors, the directing, how the story was written....it was perfection.
It's still to this day a type of goal celly in NHL, idk if the players doing that arm raise because of the movie but they defo looking at the crowd/their team with same question in mind when they raise their hands like him.
@@oriamir8994 you're getting somewhere. People don't realize pro sports today are the modern day gladiator games. The gladiator games were to distract the masses.
I love how the other gladiators pay their respects to "the Spaniard" by raising their swords. By this time, everyone knows and fears the Spaniard. Russell crowe definitely got street cred for sure lol
Actually, there are more Spaniards out there. They identify themselves and greet him, as if to say that he is not alone and wish him luck. It is a good detail, very realistic, the "thing" is very Spanish.
I like how when he came out the gate at 00:48, his opponents all took a step back and took a defensive posture. They were already mentally defeated. At this point, he was a legend in the Middle East/North Africa.
Much like in the opening scene of Terminator 2 when John Connor is walking down the corridor to go and survey the battlefield and all the soldiers immediately stop what they're doing to salute him as he walks by...
They need to re-release this into the theaters when COVID is done. Remind everyone of the epic movies on a big screen with big sound and that smell of popcorn butter in the air. Maximus!
What i love is that you see clearly the difference in fighting as a soldier vs fighting as a gladiator. He took every opening being quick and efficient he didn't waste time to be fancy he just went in. The gladiators you see throughout are fighting for sport and entertainment
I've always interpreted it as Maximus sarcastically bowing to Proximo after seeing him inside the arena. He's just had a lecture and it seems he's going to do what Proximo wants - but then he just does what he's always done and kills quickly.
no matter where or how far he fell, a great man will always be a great man. he was saluted "general" when he was in roman army, now at bottom of slavery he was still saluted "spaniard" among the slaves. this should teach people that position nor status made the man, but his attitude
Not really. Even in Roman times generals often sat in the rear and did planning. Caeser, Scipio and Crassius likely could swordfight but not at a decent level. Generals were known for other things like tact, strategy, managing and tactics
I was in 9th grade when this came out. I lied to my Aunt and told her I ride home from the movies because she wouldn't have dropped me off without one. I stay and watched this 3 times. Came home after curfew, got put on punishment for a month. This movie was worth every day of punishment lol. Good times!!!!
Imagine: you are in the cage, waiting to go out. After one of your number leaves, you hear the clashing of steel, the roar of the crowd, the grunts and roars of men dying... then faint cheering, and silence, followed by a muted clang, and the shouted question of "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!" a heartbeat of quietude follows, then uproarious cheering, followed by chanting..."SPANIARD, SPANIARD, SPANIARD!". he returns to the cage, to his place, waiting for the next brawl. you can only hope to perform just as well, if not better.
Watched this movie in the cinema when I was 9. To this day it remains my favourite movie of all time and Russell Crowe the most badass hero. This was era before it was about making action movies believable by casting bodybuilders as lead actors.
The irony is that big guys are useless in both gun and knife fights - too big a target to hit, lacking in mobility and gas out too quickly. This is according to Latin American gang members - big guys usually don't last that long.
@@JoBlakeLisbon And what exactly makes you think that Latin American gang fights with knifes or guns translate well into gladiatorial fights in antiquity? A massively big secutor or murmillo would've had an almost insurmountable advantage.
@@GarlicOasis its a difference in culture, baby d**k. Its the difference between rural Midwest and downtown Manhattan, regardless of color. Also technology.
As a kid watching this, I thought maximus was so badass taking out these other gladiators with such ease and skill. Now, I feel bad for these poor slaves with no combat training that they decked out in battle armor against an elite roman soldier.
More like a dedicated soldier who served as a centurion to a battalion and a general. If he tried to fight an army he’d die of exhaustion before he got half way
Having trained swords when i was young, the one thing i try to get over to my friends is that in a fight, people have a punchers chance. Every man has a shot. When it comes to things like swords, the distance between experience and not experienced is immeasurable. A well trained swordsman is literally untouchable when it comes to fighting grunts.
Try boxing a decently trained fighter... there is no punchers chance in that scenario either. The difference in combat between trained and non-skilled is heavily underestimated. You have 0% not 1-5-10% hope of winning.
Yeah...no...an unskilled guy with no fighting experience has 0 chance against a properly trained fighter the same way some random guy on the street has 0 chance against a very well trained swordsman
As a boxer i can understand what your saying same in troy when the king foguht Parris Parris had no chance due to technique skill muscle memory ect this movies very realistic and well written
This entire scene is crafted on the contrast between respect and contempt. As the scene opens, the crowd is ululating and chanting Maximus' nickname ('Spaniard', in a tribute to his origins), as a show of appreciation and respect. As Maximus rises and walks to the arena, the gladiators show their respect by calling out 'Spaniard' and lifting their weapons as he passes them in a show of respect and recognition for his fighting prowess and leadership qualities. Then, once Maximus has entered the arena, he bows his head in respect to the gladiators he is about to fight, saluting their courage in fulfilling the role they have been assigned at the risk of their lives. Having slain all of his opponents, Maximus shows his contempt for the plutocrats and the crowd by taunting them for enjoying the bloodthirsty entertainment he has provided and trying to awaken a sense of shame -- he cannot do more to show his contempt than spit on the arena floor in disgust. Finally, despite his show of contempt and in symmetry with the beginning of the scene, the crowd can find no answer other than returning to the chant of his nickname, suggesting that Maximus' outburst has been in vain -- their appetite for this brutal entertainment is undiminished. This is magnificent storytelling!
Ya you can see the camera the tripod and a guy in a white shirt and jeans..... but it dosen't matter........You know why? Because this movies was fucking awesome.
This is my favorite scene one fo the best films ever made. You can feel his rage and without mercy let's justice be known to his opponents, the committee in charge and to the ignorant audience! ❤️🔥💯⚖️
The only thing I didn't like was changing all the fights to be "to the death", the Colosseum and the arenas had a lot more going on. Only the tiger fight was different and that was more because Maximus had already decided not to kill him. It might be because we really only see the fights Maximus is in, so the audience perspective might be more incomplete than I'm alowing for (in regards to the types of fights). He does kind of seem to be missing the point of the calls to action for entertainment, in a "normal" fight all those other gladiators might have expected a reasonable chance of living. Now that I think about it, it actually makes more sense. The audience going quiet could have initially been more because their *favorite* gladiators had just died, rather than the way they died. But I think I'm making excuses for a missed opportunity to give the arena depth.
He is missing the point, yes; but I think the over arching emphasis here is that he beyond caring about most things in life, even if the reality might be his life may be made easier if he did work the crowd and "'entertain". His "journey" here is also the complete opposite reason to "kill" that his character would be use too. Proximo explaining the need to entertain didn't need to be in the scene as a result.
Many of those deaths were just absurd. The Gladius was a stabbing, not a slashing weapon. There's no way he'd be able to take someone's head off with it.
You ever see a wolverine sometimes grizzly bears will walk away from a fight with them the grizzly bear can kill the wolverine but I think he senses that he's going to get hurt in the process
He had nothing left; the army command betrayed him, his wife and son murdered, and now forced into slavery. He fully intended to die in that first gladiator battle until Proximo, in his own way, reminded him that what he does in life echoes in eternity. After that battle, Maximus brutally killed and killed until proximo told him that they were going to the coliseum. From then on, he fought not for honor or glory but for revenge; the slim chance that once he killed enough in the arena, the emperor would stand before him to present his symbol of freedom and he would take that chance and shove a sword into the emperor. So at any of these moments, why would he want to escape?
It's a reasonable question. But at that moment he had no meaning left in life. He was betrayed, his home was destroyed, all his beloved ones were taken away - his wife, his son, the man who became like a father to him. And Maximus probably also felt enormous guilt that he could not protect them all. He most likely simply didn’t want to live anymore, let alone run away somewhere. Where and why? He had to essentially put himself back together piece by piece. And then a specific goal appeared, for which his situation even turned out to be very useful.
@@mariag.4884 Maximus was basically a dead man for most of the movie. If he didn't have the motivation of killing Commodus to drive him, he would have joined his wife and son much sooner. As far as Maximus was concerned, he was just existing, not living, until Commodus lay dead at his feet and he could finally rest.
Nice build up...Nice speech part included. Be an entrtainer;) In past days people dident care about who fought in the Arena...It could be an two weeks long bloodbath at high celebrations. Women fought, Nobels, even Emperors fought in the Arena. You tell me why....
To distract the mob from important societal issues. Senator Grakus clearly complimented Commodus for giving the mob "bread and circus"- i.e distraction. This is no different to sports today(football stadia, etc.). To distract the plebs.
Because, despite what most people think there usually werent that many gladiator deaths. Gladiator fights where usually closer to WWE than fights to the death.
Not at all. The reason the gladiators don't use a full suit of armor is because it slows them down. The armor they do use allows for basic protection while allowing fluent movement.
How this isn't the original scene blows my mind. The music is better suited the way beginning plays out. Most importantly, the added context by Proximo makes the "are you not entertained" line more epic IMO.
0:36 So they have you all sitting in a cage with your armor on, and call you one-by-one to go fight to your death, as the others pay their respects when your name is called and you make your final walk to the arena? Pretty much the most manly thing imaginable.
Operators aren't that much more badass than regular infantry. Sure they got skill sets and crazy high PT scores but people are people man, spec ops guys aren't superhuman. They'll go down with a bullet just like anyone else
All gladiator movies and TV get it wrong. Gladiators were expensive. They were slaves, but they were investments in time, money, training etc. It would be a poor business decision indeed to let them die right away. Most gladiator games were carefully crafted, staged, rigged and choreographed. So neither gladiator was seriously injured
"Are you not entertained?!"
Years have past, and I still am with this movie. The acting/actors, the directing, how the story was written....it was perfection.
It's still to this day a type of goal celly in NHL, idk if the players doing that arm raise because of the movie but they defo looking at the crowd/their team with same question in mind when they raise their hands like him.
@@oriamir8994 you're getting somewhere. People don't realize pro sports today are the modern day gladiator games. The gladiator games were to distract the masses.
Maximus: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
Cameraman at 1:53 : yeah I am
Gladiator and Troy ❤️
You must be at least 45 years old
Maximus: Tries to make a point, expecting silence and guilt
Crowd: Woohoooooooo
Hermosa
😂🤣😂🤣
😂😂😂
Fs 😆😂😂
Maximus: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???
Crowd: ...
Cameraman at 1:53 : uhh... yea?
I love how the other gladiators pay their respects to "the Spaniard" by raising their swords. By this time, everyone knows and fears the Spaniard. Russell crowe definitely got street cred for sure lol
Actually, there are more Spaniards out there. They identify themselves and greet him, as if to say that he is not alone and wish him luck. It is a good detail, very realistic, the "thing" is very Spanish.
I like how when he came out the gate at 00:48, his opponents all took a step back and took a defensive posture. They were already mentally defeated. At this point, he was a legend in the Middle East/North Africa.
Respect
Much like in the opening scene of Terminator 2 when John Connor is walking down the corridor to go and survey the battlefield and all the soldiers immediately stop what they're doing to salute him as he walks by...
مكسيموس أصله بربري ...وليس إسباني...والله أعلم...
To this day, gladiator is still in my top 3 movies of all time.
Me too
Which other 2 get anywhere close?!
Man on fire is one anyway
Likewise
@@GreenManGrowing Braveheart
They need to re-release this into the theaters when COVID is done. Remind everyone of the epic movies on a big screen with big sound and that smell of popcorn butter in the air. Maximus!
They won't release a film about a strong white male. They would remake it as a black overweight woman
@@Dimes607 fr
@@Dimes607 they wouldn’t though
@@MA-yu2ss oh really they wouldn't....
Coof never started, get on with your life.
Russell Crowe was *beyond* magnificent in this film. Glorious.
What i love is that you see clearly the difference in fighting as a soldier vs fighting as a gladiator. He took every opening being quick and efficient he didn't waste time to be fancy he just went in. The gladiators you see throughout are fighting for sport and entertainment
Most gladiators were just entertainer's not meant to be killed
you need to get your head out of movies and read real history kiddo
The point is he killing them but he doesn’t want too
So gladiators fought for sport and entertainment? I thought it was a matter of life and death. But, hey, I might be wrong.
I see actors in a movie pretending
Russell Crowe must have been a warrior in a past life! This scene of violence is incredible and paradoxically masterful!
Its Eastwoodian in it's natural machismo.
I remember watching this in theaters as a kid... i knew I was witnessing historical greatness.
They don't make them like this anymore.
Yep, What a thrilling scene
Watch Spartacus
You would probably have to ask the Romans.
Frigging Ridley can't even make them like this anymore.
@@mierkkoazucena7992 spartacus don't have shit on this
I Love how he Bowed to his fighters before he destroys them... A true general...
I've always interpreted it as Maximus sarcastically bowing to Proximo after seeing him inside the arena. He's just had a lecture and it seems he's going to do what Proximo wants - but then he just does what he's always done and kills quickly.
such a mark of respect
What a movie to see in the Cinema 🎥
Yassss
It was. The entire cinema stood up and applauded at the end
It was.
True enough. Particularly the opening battle isn't the same on a small screen.
It was great!!
no matter where or how far he fell, a great man will always be a great man. he was saluted "general" when he was in roman army, now at bottom of slavery he was still saluted "spaniard" among the slaves. this should teach people that position nor status made the man, but his attitude
Right on
That bit at the beginning puts the famous "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?" line into context. Gotta love Director's Cuts
They shouldn't have cut Reed out of this scene - his dialogue is top drawer
You can see the reason why Maximus was a General.
Love that hit he gets on the big guy at 1:12 it's like he wasn't sure he would go down so he made sure by hitting him in the helmet to daze him.
He gets the shit done and walk away.
You don't become general from your ability to kill
Why? Because he's a good swordsman? That isn't how you become a General, nor is it a useful skill as a General. Generally speaking.
Not really. Even in Roman times generals often sat in the rear and did planning.
Caeser, Scipio and Crassius likely could swordfight but not at a decent level. Generals were known for other things like tact, strategy, managing and tactics
20+ years later, I’m still entertained by this masterpiece!
I’ve watched this movie like twenty times and still love it every time!
Russell Crowe’s best movie ever 👍
I thought he should have won the Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind" as well.
One of the most legendary lines in movie history
Agreed but I think “My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius” beats it by the slightest.
I feel so lucky to have seen this in theaters when I was younger!
I love how they used wooden cage as a mean of preventing bunch of jacked dudes with axes and swords from escaping...
Lol. I doubt they'd be sitting with a helmet on either in that heat.
"Are you not entertained?" One of the best lines in movie history!!!!
I remember 3 movie theatre experiences from my high school days. And this movie is 1 of them.. Effin LOVE IT
Early 2000s are probably the best because they blend cg and practical effects so well unlike today full CGGGGG
Late 90s early 2000s
Oh, yeah! CGI fights horrible disgustive to watch!
Hagen was probably thinking: "I hope he isn't still pissed off about the wooden sword beating"
Guy on left side of screen wearing jeans and a tshirt at 1:53 was so entertained that he time travelled just to see this moment in history.
He even brought his camera
Wouldn't you?
90s acid wash jeans at that.
I saw this movie in theaters and it became an instant favourite, watched it hundreds of times throught the years an never noticed the guy, nice catch!
That was an awesome catch 🤣
1:51 when you pull off an insane multi-squadwipe clutch when your dead teammates shit talked you for 95% game til this point.
One guy in the crowd: I'm entertained!
🤣
Lol that is so Monty Python.
He goes out from that gate looking at them like a lion at the young impalas. Just picking who to eat first, because he can.
One of the most brilliant movie scenes ever...and what a fine choice of actor to play the part.
I was in 9th grade when this came out. I lied to my Aunt and told her I ride home from the movies because she wouldn't have dropped me off without one. I stay and watched this 3 times. Came home after curfew, got put on punishment for a month. This movie was worth every day of punishment lol. Good times!!!!
Russell owend his roll as gladiator...loved this movie....
Imagine: you are in the cage, waiting to go out. After one of your number leaves, you hear the clashing of steel, the roar of the crowd, the grunts and roars of men dying... then faint cheering, and silence, followed by a muted clang, and the shouted question of "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!" a heartbeat of quietude follows, then uproarious cheering, followed by chanting..."SPANIARD, SPANIARD, SPANIARD!". he returns to the cage, to his place, waiting for the next brawl. you can only hope to perform just as well, if not better.
SPANIARD, SPANIARD, SPANIARD!!!! Gotta love that scene.
What a scene. Goosebumps every time you watch.
For all the stories about his drinking exploits this film perfectly showed just how great an actor Oliver Reid was.
The big guy who sort of becomes his second in command is a great character. It says alot about male bonding and friendship.
says a lot about male bonding?
Watched this movie in the cinema when I was 9. To this day it remains my favourite movie of all time and Russell Crowe the most badass hero. This was era before it was about making action movies believable by casting bodybuilders as lead actors.
The irony is that big guys are useless in both gun and knife fights - too big a target to hit, lacking in mobility and gas out too quickly. This is according to Latin American gang members - big guys usually don't last that long.
@@JoBlakeLisbon And what exactly makes you think that Latin American gang fights with knifes or guns translate well into gladiatorial fights in antiquity? A massively big secutor or murmillo would've had an almost insurmountable advantage.
Back when the theater experience was still pure and the urban crowds didn't destroy it for you.
Saw this in middle school with friends. Great time.
Casual racism, love it.
@@GarlicOasis its a difference in culture, baby d**k. Its the difference between rural Midwest and downtown Manhattan, regardless of color. Also technology.
As a kid watching this, I thought maximus was so badass taking out these other gladiators with such ease and skill.
Now, I feel bad for these poor slaves with no combat training that they decked out in battle armor against an elite roman soldier.
They were out of their league, poor souls.
maximums is a one man army
More like a dedicated soldier who served as a centurion to a battalion and a general. If he tried to fight an army he’d die of exhaustion before he got half way
Having trained swords when i was young, the one thing i try to get over to my friends is that in a fight, people have a punchers chance. Every man has a shot. When it comes to things like swords, the distance between experience and not experienced is immeasurable. A well trained swordsman is literally untouchable when it comes to fighting grunts.
Try boxing a decently trained fighter... there is no punchers chance in that scenario either.
The difference in combat between trained and non-skilled is heavily underestimated. You have 0% not 1-5-10% hope of winning.
Yeah...no...an unskilled guy with no fighting experience has 0 chance against a properly trained fighter the same way some random guy on the street has 0 chance against a very well trained swordsman
Yeah, the final duel in Rob Roy is like that, but he finds a way
As a boxer i can understand what your saying same in troy when the king foguht Parris Parris had no chance due to technique skill muscle memory ect this movies very realistic and well written
I love his street cred when the other gladiators called him “Spaniard”. 👍💪👊🤘
After his speech, that dude just launches into another chant of “Spaniard!” He’s like, “Fuck yeah, kick his ass!”
Never thought this scene was in Capua, looks more like Africa.
I think is Africa.
It was filmed in Morocco.
Yeah this isn’t capua
You are right. I’ve been to Capua and seen the ruins of the amphitheater.
Emmm, it's a movie.
A man who has seen war and understands that violence and death is not something to be made into a game for entertainment.
0:57 that bow is frightening
It was almost apologetic in nature
"Omae wa mo... shindeiru..."
No foul on you brothers due to what I am about to do. Powerful
The ATTITUDE with which he throws that BLADE! I felt that!
The first guy that shout Spaniard after the slaughter should have won an award
The ghost noises that start at 1:07 are badass it sounds like the souls are leaving their bodies as maximus kills them
"Are you not entertained!!!"
"SPIT!!!"
As soon as this movie comes out I'm gonna go watch it on the big screen. Can't wait. Looks great!
Will I hate to say it but this movie has been out for years and is no longer on the big screen
Whooosh
@@themaninthesuit772 was meant as a joke.
I love how they all chant his name *after* he spits on them and throws his sword down.
Is this a special edition of the movie? I don't remember the conversation at the beginning of the scene.
It's not Capua. That's supposed to be the arena in Zucchabar, a town located in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. Present day Algeria.
Exactly
I remember seeing this in the theater, it was packed and people were shouting Maximus! It was exciting!
This entire scene is crafted on the contrast between respect and contempt. As the scene opens, the crowd is ululating and chanting Maximus' nickname ('Spaniard', in a tribute to his origins), as a show of appreciation and respect. As Maximus rises and walks to the arena, the gladiators show their respect by calling out 'Spaniard' and lifting their weapons as he passes them in a show of respect and recognition for his fighting prowess and leadership qualities.
Then, once Maximus has entered the arena, he bows his head in respect to the gladiators he is about to fight, saluting their courage in fulfilling the role they have been assigned at the risk of their lives. Having slain all of his opponents, Maximus shows his contempt for the plutocrats and the crowd by taunting them for enjoying the bloodthirsty entertainment he has provided and trying to awaken a sense of shame -- he cannot do more to show his contempt than spit on the arena floor in disgust. Finally, despite his show of contempt and in symmetry with the beginning of the scene, the crowd can find no answer other than returning to the chant of his nickname, suggesting that Maximus' outburst has been in vain -- their appetite for this brutal entertainment is undiminished.
This is magnificent storytelling!
Russel Crowe was well deserving an Oscar for this
0:08 i bet these guys have 20/20 vision because at that distance, all I can see is this abstract painting
Movies like this will never come again 😭😭
Won 5 Oscars so yea, we were all entertained 😂
They wouldn't dare make a masterpiece like this now. And today is when the world needs Maximus more than ever
Shoutout for the ppl sitting out there on the hills seeing zilch
best scene of the movie - i am still entertained!
1:53 Look on the left
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lol someone in t-shirt and jeans. very fashion forward for the 2nd century BCE
@@nicustanciu9750 nice pair of jeans
Ya you can see the camera the tripod and a guy in a white shirt and jeans..... but it dosen't matter........You know why?
Because this movies was fucking awesome.
I see someone apparently in jeans and a T-shirt in the audience 😮
I loved this movie
1:50 When I win my Gulag.
This is my favorite scene one fo the best films ever made. You can feel his rage and without mercy let's justice be known to his opponents, the committee in charge and to the ignorant audience! ❤️🔥💯⚖️
Maximus is too OP and needs a nerf in the next patch!
Few films stand equally among the scale of this one. Tombstone. Lotr, Dune...it's a masterpiece.
2:06 Ah yes, the traditional AYOYOYOYOYOYO celebratory cry of ancient Capua, Italy.
"Are you not entertained" possibly one of the greatest lines ever.
Capua? Looks like Africa to me...
One might argue that the world looked different circa 2000 years ago
Not sure. The filming locations were england, malta, and morocco
prop morocco
Yeah, what did you expect from chanel True revolutionary sports? :D
That would be a lot of antiquity then lol.
This masterpiece doesn’t need a sequel… at all 🤦♂️
The only thing I didn't like was changing all the fights to be "to the death", the Colosseum and the arenas had a lot more going on. Only the tiger fight was different and that was more because Maximus had already decided not to kill him. It might be because we really only see the fights Maximus is in, so the audience perspective might be more incomplete than I'm alowing for (in regards to the types of fights).
He does kind of seem to be missing the point of the calls to action for entertainment, in a "normal" fight all those other gladiators might have expected a reasonable chance of living. Now that I think about it, it actually makes more sense. The audience going quiet could have initially been more because their *favorite* gladiators had just died, rather than the way they died. But I think I'm making excuses for a missed opportunity to give the arena depth.
He is missing the point, yes; but I think the over arching emphasis here is that he beyond caring about most things in life, even if the reality might be his life may be made easier if he did work the crowd and "'entertain". His "journey" here is also the complete opposite reason to "kill" that his character would be use too. Proximo explaining the need to entertain didn't need to be in the scene as a result.
Manliest two and a half minutes ever committed to film.
Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? This is not why you are here?
I'd be more entertained if the 747 flyover wasn't cut out of this scene....
Imagine you getting the quote wrong and it being pointed out two years later
Capua is in Italy, this was in a province of Rome in Northen Africa. It says so in the movie. Spartacus takes place in Capua(per the series)
Is this not why you are here. 😃
No
One of the best movies, really gives you goosebumps
Many of those deaths were just absurd. The Gladius was a stabbing, not a slashing weapon. There's no way he'd be able to take someone's head off with it.
Ok Robbius
Disrespects the crowd and they LOVE it, too perfect!
He know his own people 😎
You ever see a wolverine sometimes grizzly bears will walk away from a fight with them the grizzly bear can kill the wolverine but I think he senses that he's going to get hurt in the process
One of the greatest movies of my lifetime
I never believed a guy with those skills couldn’t have escaped
Where was he going? He accepted his fate. Hence why he didn’t fight back in the initial training sequence.
He had nothing left; the army command betrayed him, his wife and son murdered, and now forced into slavery. He fully intended to die in that first gladiator battle until Proximo, in his own way, reminded him that what he does in life echoes in eternity. After that battle, Maximus brutally killed and killed until proximo told him that they were going to the coliseum. From then on, he fought not for honor or glory but for revenge; the slim chance that once he killed enough in the arena, the emperor would stand before him to present his symbol of freedom and he would take that chance and shove a sword into the emperor. So at any of these moments, why would he want to escape?
It's a reasonable question. But at that moment he had no meaning left in life. He was betrayed, his home was destroyed, all his beloved ones were taken away - his wife, his son, the man who became like a father to him. And Maximus probably also felt enormous guilt that he could not protect them all. He most likely simply didn’t want to live anymore, let alone run away somewhere. Where and why? He had to essentially put himself back together piece by piece. And then a specific goal appeared, for which his situation even turned out to be very useful.
@@mariag.4884 Maximus was basically a dead man for most of the movie. If he didn't have the motivation of killing Commodus to drive him, he would have joined his wife and son much sooner. As far as Maximus was concerned, he was just existing, not living, until Commodus lay dead at his feet and he could finally rest.
Best movie of all times hands down.
Nice build up...Nice speech part included. Be an entrtainer;) In past days people dident care about who fought in the Arena...It could be an two weeks long bloodbath at high celebrations. Women fought, Nobels, even Emperors fought in the Arena. You tell me why....
To distract the mob from important societal issues. Senator Grakus clearly complimented Commodus for giving the mob "bread and circus"- i.e distraction. This is no different to sports today(football stadia, etc.). To distract the plebs.
Because, despite what most people think there usually werent that many gladiator deaths.
Gladiator fights where usually closer to WWE than fights to the death.
I like this part of scene ... Just fearless warrior ... Brave guy ... Love this movie a lot
The enemies have so unuseful armours. Waste of iron to protect nothing.
It's for entertainment. To look dangerous... :D They are all supposed to die in blood for the entertainment of the crowd
Yeah better protect the most vital parts of the body like the left bicep lol
Not at all. The reason the gladiators don't use a full suit of armor is because it slows them down. The armor they do use allows for basic protection while allowing fluent movement.
Shows the sheer waste of these spectacles.
They lacked plot armor, sir.
How this isn't the original scene blows my mind. The music is better suited the way beginning plays out. Most importantly, the added context by Proximo makes the "are you not entertained" line more epic IMO.
"Turn the music up, turn me down
Guru, let's go get 'em again
This time it's for the money my nigga.. Brooklyn, stand up!
You're part of the problem.
Guru from Boston
I was waiting for the beat drop
Can never think of anything else after this clip
There's never been a nigga this good for this long
Incredible i love Russell crowe
0:36 So they have you all sitting in a cage with your armor on, and call you one-by-one to go fight to your death, as the others pay their respects when your name is called and you make your final walk to the arena? Pretty much the most manly thing imaginable.
Maximus: Are you not entertained?
Crowd: YES!
When There like You Can't Win Em All. IM like One At A Time Please
The "Are you not entertained!?" makes so much more sense with this context.
Total domination, overmatch,max is not suppose to be there no fair at all, more like the present day special op soldier vs pvt first class soldier
Actually most gladiator games were carefully crafted, scripted, staged and even choreographed.
Operators aren't that much more badass than regular infantry. Sure they got skill sets and crazy high PT scores but people are people man, spec ops guys aren't superhuman. They'll go down with a bullet just like anyone else
I like when Hagen looks in
Modern society
All gladiator movies and TV get it wrong. Gladiators were expensive. They were slaves, but they were investments in time, money, training etc. It would be a poor business decision indeed to let them die right away. Most gladiator games were carefully crafted, staged, rigged and choreographed. So neither gladiator was seriously injured
It's no Capua.... You have to see the Capua amphitheatre.... It's almost like Coliseo..... Great fail......
Whatever
One of the most epic movies ever made...and yet the most ridiculous one historically speaking. Oh we are entertained Maximus! We are! And that's it
Dude was like, "Bro! Take it easy on em! Ya gotta entertain them!"