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  • Опубліковано 17 жов 2021
  • Commodus' (Joaquin Phoenix) plan to get Maximus (Russell Crowe) killed in a rigged fight goes very wrong when he kills the undefeated gladiator.
    Gladiator (2000) Commodus takes over power and demotes Maximus, one of the preferred generals of his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius. As a result, Maximus is relegated to fighting till death as a gladiator.
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  • @user-ut4nv3ks5x
    @user-ut4nv3ks5x 2 роки тому +54327

    If this was made today, every gladiator would have been played by the rock

    • @Bcasey11
      @Bcasey11 2 роки тому +8493

      and it would have been garbage

    • @Prying57
      @Prying57 2 роки тому +793

      Truee

    • @scarabgod8015
      @scarabgod8015 2 роки тому +722

      God this got me actually lol.

    • @jensonhill312
      @jensonhill312 2 роки тому +1685

      Not taking anything away from Dewayne, but yes. It probably wouldn't have been good at all.

    • @tylerd8516
      @tylerd8516 2 роки тому +926

      The rock couldn't do the role justice he's to theatrical and full of silicone. Russell crow is the man.

  • @groupb9420
    @groupb9420 2 роки тому +9777

    "ARE YOU NOT INTO TRAINS" one of the most iconic quote in cinema history.

  • @Thesavagesouls
    @Thesavagesouls Рік тому +9169

    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.

    • @redwind5150
      @redwind5150 Рік тому +207

      He was dead from bad wine later that night.

    • @Eoin1
      @Eoin1 Рік тому +484

      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

    • @robertdeboer1683
      @robertdeboer1683 Рік тому +119

      He also read the script from the movie lol

    • @douglasmcveigh5559
      @douglasmcveigh5559 Рік тому +177

      @@robertdeboer1683 You're saying the person in this video wasn't actually facing death or resigned to his fate?

    • @GreatLowBob
      @GreatLowBob Рік тому +5

      you mean sigma 😂

  • @canadiancanucklehead8310
    @canadiancanucklehead8310 Рік тому +2023

    Joaquin truly excels at trying to keep calm but being incredibly angry on the inside. I loved how he played Commodus.

    • @AtomicExtremophile
      @AtomicExtremophile Рік тому +40

      He should have gotten more recognition for his portrayal, as terrific as his Joker portrayal.

    • @aimilios439
      @aimilios439 Рік тому +21

      ​@@AtomicExtremophileI would say that he did better with Commodus, because he had more to do from the script.

    • @petera.schneider2140
      @petera.schneider2140 11 місяців тому +24

      Not only angry, but also quite excited by the violence. Genius portrait of a pervert by Joaquin Phoenix.

    • @MikeThePole
      @MikeThePole 10 місяців тому +12

      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.

    • @liquille
      @liquille 6 місяців тому +1

      Great actor, terrible human being.

  • @nggyunglyd2374
    @nggyunglyd2374 2 роки тому +20244

    Crowd: wants death
    Commodus: approves death
    Gladiator: accepts death
    Maximus: no. no I don’t think I will

    • @boterhamboy
      @boterhamboy 2 роки тому +611

      yes thats exactly what happened

    • @akumabazooka9169
      @akumabazooka9169 2 роки тому +672

      @@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.

    • @boterhamboy
      @boterhamboy 2 роки тому +88

      @@akumabazooka9169 makes me depressed

    • @phillipjacobs9982
      @phillipjacobs9982 2 роки тому +61

      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 ⬆️

    • @blackcubesimulation831
      @blackcubesimulation831 2 роки тому +33

      @@akumabazooka9169 Show me one comment you have made on UA-cam that got 130 likes?

  • @mimmacaco6007
    @mimmacaco6007 2 роки тому +8594

    Tiger:"gets impaled by a sword"
    Also the tiger:"makes jaguar noises"

    • @adambennett2737
      @adambennett2737 2 роки тому +67

      CG and green screens

    • @donotneed2250
      @donotneed2250 2 роки тому +276

      When you're about to die it doesn't matter who you are....

    • @outrider425
      @outrider425 2 роки тому +559

      That tiger sexually identified as a jaguar

    • @astronova6150
      @astronova6150 2 роки тому +9

      Bruv who cares

    • @LuisCarmezim
      @LuisCarmezim 2 роки тому +2

      outrider 4 beautiful 👏

  • @CommentPurposeOnly
    @CommentPurposeOnly Рік тому +2321

    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.

    • @stabbityjoe7588
      @stabbityjoe7588 Рік тому +45

      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

    • @tashadent150
      @tashadent150 Рік тому +7

      ​@@stabbityjoe7588 the movie is roughly 20 yrs old, Russell Crowe made this when he was in his early 30s

    • @tashadent150
      @tashadent150 Рік тому +1

      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

    • @jeromebullard6123
      @jeromebullard6123 Рік тому +2

      @@tashadent150 yeah it’s crazy what getting a little older does to your perception of time.

    • @John-mf1sz
      @John-mf1sz Рік тому +7

      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.

  • @akmalahmad7505
    @akmalahmad7505 Рік тому +311

    "What we do in life echoes in eternity," Maximus. Movie for all the time.

    • @jimb3093
      @jimb3093 Рік тому +4

      And I truly believe that. 👍

  • @CarlosSanchez-ki9ix
    @CarlosSanchez-ki9ix 2 роки тому +7356

    “Are you not entertained” going down as one of the best lines EVER!!

    • @markburnsworth3591
      @markburnsworth3591 2 роки тому +179

      and its not even part of this scene....but glad you remembered

    • @Michiho.
      @Michiho. 2 роки тому +27

      oot, but remind me of Blizzard company's "do you guys not have phones"? xd

    • @VolkannGul
      @VolkannGul 2 роки тому +4

      Using by Shao Kahn in MK11

    • @locominyana8916
      @locominyana8916 2 роки тому +3

      Along with "is this what you left me for, is THIS.....what you left me for ?

    • @jengable4888
      @jengable4888 2 роки тому

      I would agree ! When he does state it in the movie !

  • @c-mac3013
    @c-mac3013 2 роки тому +9608

    Love how the tigers were like, "oh there done fighting, we can just chill then."

    • @mattb8302
      @mattb8302 2 роки тому +307

      Yeah, action dies down + they did see the guy cut up the other tiger

    • @xtrydelta7596
      @xtrydelta7596 2 роки тому +82

      That's why taming a tiger is important

    • @nicholasmargagliano1833
      @nicholasmargagliano1833 2 роки тому +57

      They’re *

    • @drumdude46
      @drumdude46 2 роки тому +45

      @@nicholasmargagliano1833 - 'You're*.....a Grammar Nazi.

    • @overlordp.3758
      @overlordp.3758 2 роки тому +37

      They saw their Big Brother gets stabbed

  • @happyapricotg1797
    @happyapricotg1797 11 місяців тому +34

    Not a phone in sight in the audience, glad everyone is living in the moment 🎉🎉

    • @biznatchHo
      @biznatchHo 29 днів тому +4

      Back then it was required to check their phones in before entering the stadium

  • @Dragon123Slayer
    @Dragon123Slayer 4 місяці тому +80

    2:46 Sound designer: How unrealistic do you want the tiger to sound?
    Director: Yes

    • @isaaccerna1022
      @isaaccerna1022 Місяць тому +4

      Ridley Scott: have you ever heard a Tiger before?????🤨😇😇

  • @deterioratingconscience4458
    @deterioratingconscience4458 2 роки тому +7241

    The “undefeated” gladiator looks like he could be a boss in Dark Souls

    • @MK-xj5by
      @MK-xj5by 2 роки тому +305

      He’s already in DS2 as Looking glass knight

    • @surpriseshoveit3514
      @surpriseshoveit3514 2 роки тому +98

      Yeah, i can see him calling a big ass tiger in phase two. After spitting his blood out in the cutscene.

    • @Blitzthesquirrle
      @Blitzthesquirrle 2 роки тому +68

      It's basically fighting the Looking Glass Knight + Lud and Zallen at the same time

    • @liogamer7o6
      @liogamer7o6 2 роки тому +2

      Absolutely

    • @marc.ristau
      @marc.ristau 2 роки тому +26

      And Maximus is the speedrunner not giving a damn

  • @Jaskena
    @Jaskena 2 роки тому +7322

    He had the coolest gladiator armor I’ve seen. That helmet was awesomely designed.

    • @DrCrabnuts
      @DrCrabnuts 2 роки тому +238

      He looks like Heracles/Hercules wearing the pelt of Nemean Lion. Pretty badass.

    • @josephgrmovsekcollaredcons6085
      @josephgrmovsekcollaredcons6085 2 роки тому +207

      Tiny eye-holes would have limited his ability to fight

    • @oriondancer
      @oriondancer 2 роки тому +39

      He would see like homer when he had a bucket on his head

    • @Jaskena
      @Jaskena 2 роки тому +126

      @@josephgrmovsekcollaredcons6085 Probably why he got hit by that shield. Still very beautiful helmet nonetheless.

    • @josephgrmovsekcollaredcons6085
      @josephgrmovsekcollaredcons6085 2 роки тому +28

      He took a few hits to the face during the fight which may have reflected his obscured vision and slower reflexes with “old age”

  • @muhammaduddin5884
    @muhammaduddin5884 Рік тому +50

    The shot where the blood drips from the galdiators mask is just so cinematic I love it.

  • @luwucian4497
    @luwucian4497 Рік тому +170

    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

    • @grownupgaming
      @grownupgaming Рік тому +16

      Yeah he didnt take any lethal blows; the dude is just completely gassed out and his helmet is ringing his head most likely.

    • @maciejrozanski154
      @maciejrozanski154 6 місяців тому +2

      Just like celebrities going down in drama :P

    • @MissMarquise
      @MissMarquise 6 місяців тому

      Nup, he was just rocked from the blow

    • @pheone9105
      @pheone9105 5 місяців тому

      ​@@maciejrozanski154 This wasn't about celebrities in the first place???

  • @tealiciousthoughts2390
    @tealiciousthoughts2390 2 роки тому +25664

    Can’t believe this movie came out 21 years ago. Definitely a timeless masterpiece.

  • @99Plastics
    @99Plastics 2 роки тому +19380

    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 ;)

    • @KayGeee86
      @KayGeee86 2 роки тому +644

      Nice to be the movie hero 😅

    • @dasdae12d
      @dasdae12d 2 роки тому +972

      Look closely, tiger didn't actually bite his neck, just jumped on him

    • @KayGeee86
      @KayGeee86 2 роки тому +346

      @@dasdae12d You describe it visually, but we meant that it makes no sense.

    • @zinzorius313
      @zinzorius313 2 роки тому +879

      @@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.

    • @KayGeee86
      @KayGeee86 2 роки тому +137

      @@zinzorius313 Okay, that's an alternate version. Makes sense, too.

  • @erikl827
    @erikl827 Рік тому +98

    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.

    • @MisterDutch93
      @MisterDutch93 11 місяців тому +5

      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.

    • @anthonymaximus8561
      @anthonymaximus8561 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@MisterDutch93or the 13th warrior :D

  • @raydiaz2772
    @raydiaz2772 Рік тому +27

    "We who are about to die salute you." That line just goes hard!

    • @javierlucas8974
      @javierlucas8974 Рік тому +1

      It is a literal translation of what gladiators scream before the massacre

    • @stormbringer2840
      @stormbringer2840 11 місяців тому +4

      Morituri te salutante .

    • @rafewheadon1963
      @rafewheadon1963 27 днів тому

      it is the most simpiest line ever. You are thanking your overlords for sending you to your death.

  • @dehz111
    @dehz111 2 роки тому +4531

    I can see someone is a good actor when u hate his character, Joaquin u're a beast.

    • @jakecollin5499
      @jakecollin5499 2 роки тому +193

      Facts...I still hate him every single time I see him because of this performance.

    • @soheib3159
      @soheib3159 2 роки тому +11

      Same 🤣

    • @Seraphinus112
      @Seraphinus112 2 роки тому +123

      playing a villain is easy, carrying the stigma of being hated from movie to movie is dedication of a great actor.

    • @namedclaiming821
      @namedclaiming821 2 роки тому +68

      I can’t believe this same guy played the Joker

    • @romanes_eunt_domus
      @romanes_eunt_domus 2 роки тому +50

      @@namedclaiming821 there's actors. Then there's people with talent like Joaquin.

  • @srikarpamidi1946
    @srikarpamidi1946 2 роки тому +8035

    With how many rolls he’s doing he’s basically playing dark souls in real life.

    • @kaytekan
      @kaytekan 2 роки тому +164

      No. You are playing as gladiator in fake life.

    • @fluxfy7177
      @fluxfy7177 2 роки тому +84

      Fat rolling at most man needs to upgrade his vitality

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko 2 роки тому +20

      @@kaytekan *fake gladiator.
      Cos, yknow, they didn't do that.

    • @derpderpington9535
      @derpderpington9535 2 роки тому +9

      @@fluxfy7177 The dudes 36 in that movie....

    • @robertosantiag8492
      @robertosantiag8492 2 роки тому +12

      He has about 99 adp

  • @haseebutt
    @haseebutt Рік тому +43

    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♥️

  • @surajsharma-fo7jh
    @surajsharma-fo7jh Рік тому +14

    This movie has no replacement. Still the best and will always be.❤❤❤

  • @CrimsonUltrafox
    @CrimsonUltrafox 2 роки тому +18114

    Considering his opponent came out of retirement for this, one can only imagine how badass that guy was in his prime.

    • @Mangalore_Diamond
      @Mangalore_Diamond 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/users/shortsHipDmirEe90?feature=share

    • @captainh3831
      @captainh3831 2 роки тому +1334

      I guess he didn't need the help of man eating tigers back then.

    • @Shek1nah
      @Shek1nah 2 роки тому +1475

      @@captainh3831 mhmm i don´t think the tigers were biased

    • @extrm161
      @extrm161 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/4G6e4TaJxkI/v-deo.html
      ! !

    • @Emon7543
      @Emon7543 2 роки тому +246

      Yea, I'm thinking Russell Crowe would have won either way, his opponents age need not matter. Its just a plot!

  • @RadioactiveSince1990x
    @RadioactiveSince1990x 2 роки тому +8280

    That shot of the blood running out of the Mask's mouth is so awesome

    • @willhutch3338
      @willhutch3338 2 роки тому +132

      That was a hard hit especially when he was laying on his back

    • @stefanthorpenberg887
      @stefanthorpenberg887 2 роки тому +338

      Strange that blood comes out of his mouth when he’s hit in the foot?

    • @RoleAce
      @RoleAce 2 роки тому +465

      @@stefanthorpenberg887 bro 2:58

    • @LukeVesty
      @LukeVesty 2 роки тому +244

      @@stefanthorpenberg887 I think it was from the shield hit just before it.

    • @daimlercs
      @daimlercs 2 роки тому +81

      Maybe he bit own tongue because of the pain..

  • @sj4ca
    @sj4ca Рік тому +32

    20 years later, this scene is still epic....

  • @danielengel4593
    @danielengel4593 11 місяців тому +8

    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.

  • @nyyommm9640
    @nyyommm9640 2 роки тому +5761

    “Maximus the merciful!”
    Dead tiger: am I a joke to you?

    • @VTObi4z
      @VTObi4z Рік тому +25

      Bawahahaha

    • @mugiwara9507
      @mugiwara9507 Рік тому +263

      Self defense 🥸

    • @Tweakkkkkk
      @Tweakkkkkk Рік тому +11

      😂

    • @monke7845
      @monke7845 Рік тому +15

      @@mugiwara9507 You don’t have to kill someone to use self defense 🤓

    • @trashdragon6289
      @trashdragon6289 Рік тому +252

      @@monke7845 if it's a fucking tiger that is on top of you and is trying to eat your face then you do 😁

  • @ramonecricket5183
    @ramonecricket5183 2 роки тому +3135

    Introducing tigers into any situation makes previous obstacles look mundane.

    • @NickSkullz
      @NickSkullz 2 роки тому +37

      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 😜

    • @picamike
      @picamike 2 роки тому +7

      ...Space

    • @williamcozbie1233
      @williamcozbie1233 2 роки тому +3

      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.

    • @liamjones6604
      @liamjones6604 2 роки тому +1

      @@williamcozbie1233 its that time of year mate, had a young tiger snake wandering through the front yard a couple days ago

    • @williamcozbie1233
      @williamcozbie1233 2 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @winsomehax
    @winsomehax Рік тому +9

    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.

    • @Rush47.
      @Rush47. Рік тому

      why so frustrated ?

    • @winsomehax
      @winsomehax 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Rush47. Why so gormless. What frustration are you talking about.

    • @Rush47.
      @Rush47. 11 місяців тому

      @@winsomehax Ask you daddy

  • @ithebinman
    @ithebinman Рік тому +3

    not a phone in sight, just people living in the moment 🙌

  • @chewy7073
    @chewy7073 2 роки тому +8029

    When Maximus didn't kill, Commodus took it personally and later became the Joker.

    • @HeavyChevy3
      @HeavyChevy3 2 роки тому +55

      Just now noticed 🤣 thanks!

    • @xplicithiphop5132
      @xplicithiphop5132 2 роки тому

      Stupid comment. What's next? Jack Dawson faked his death and became a stock broker?

    • @xplicithiphop5132
      @xplicithiphop5132 2 роки тому +12

      @@chewy7073 A joke is supposed to be funny.

    • @fralion0714
      @fralion0714 2 роки тому +96

      @@chewy7073 it is, if you had the slightest sense of humor.

    • @undyingfaith9897
      @undyingfaith9897 2 роки тому +1

      Lol

  • @prannayvats
    @prannayvats 2 роки тому +4635

    Joaquin was just perfect as commodus. No other actor could've done such a layered character

    • @Husky828
      @Husky828 2 роки тому +614

      I disagree, the actor who played Joker (2019) could do as well as him.

    • @hentaiconnoisseur2413
      @hentaiconnoisseur2413 2 роки тому +286

      @@Husky828 it take me a solid 1 minutes to get that joke, iam so stupid

    • @smash461986
      @smash461986 2 роки тому +80

      Shrek could have played him.

    • @walnuttao8115
      @walnuttao8115 2 роки тому +13

      @@hentaiconnoisseur2413 i don't get it

    • @nyancat6322
      @nyancat6322 2 роки тому +57

      @@walnuttao8115 It's the same guy that played Joker

  • @HalfEatenMedia
    @HalfEatenMedia Рік тому +15

    I remember being shocked and on the edge of my seat when the tigers came out. I didn’t know that was gonna happen. Such an epic film

    • @bardiche1989
      @bardiche1989 7 місяців тому

      lol how could you not know what was going to happen, obviously he was going to survive the fight or else the movie would have ended there xD

  • @jayviolentmob8309
    @jayviolentmob8309 Рік тому +6

    The way in which the scene plays on our natural sense of justice is perfect.

  • @connman8d617
    @connman8d617 2 роки тому +5416

    Maximus is such a chad that he denied the mob just to spite Commodus.

    • @te9591
      @te9591 2 роки тому +53

      Being a chad is not a good thing. And Maximus is not a douche bag.

    • @connman8d617
      @connman8d617 2 роки тому +391

      @@te9591 Tell me you're an incel without telling me you're an incel.

    • @SpecialEDy
      @SpecialEDy 2 роки тому +88

      @@connman8d617 Chadius Maximus!

    • @te9591
      @te9591 2 роки тому +29

      @@connman8d617 sorry you cant handle being called out on your douchery.

    • @ahmedkitovaheer5402
      @ahmedkitovaheer5402 2 роки тому +99

      @@te9591 He said that he was a chad for not killing, which probably means being a chad is a good thing here

  • @aurelliusbhat4219
    @aurelliusbhat4219 2 роки тому +18005

    Hats off to the cameraman for going back in time and recording all this for us

    • @michaelspoto8720
      @michaelspoto8720 2 роки тому +166

      bro this is a movie. no one went back in time. everyone was just acting

    • @henrywhichello4894
      @henrywhichello4894 2 роки тому +1447

      @@michaelspoto8720 bet ur fun at parties

    • @giebtomol9555
      @giebtomol9555 2 роки тому +33

      😂😂

    • @4X10S
      @4X10S 2 роки тому +203

      @@michaelspoto8720 r/woosh

    • @ayjay6289
      @ayjay6289 2 роки тому +108

      this joke was never funny

  • @jacksondaimoi3034
    @jacksondaimoi3034 Рік тому +3

    4:21 gave me goosebumps🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

  • @VVhistory
    @VVhistory Рік тому +10

    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.

  • @ikenosis8160
    @ikenosis8160 2 роки тому +6173

    "Maximus! Maximus, the merciful!"
    My boy memed it in like less than a second. Meme level Lord.

    • @HittokiriBattousai17
      @HittokiriBattousai17 2 роки тому +177

      Maximus the Merciful, sounds good, too.

    • @astarothkrueger4412
      @astarothkrueger4412 2 роки тому +77

      Don't think a "meme" is the best word but I see what you mean

    • @garybewick4774
      @garybewick4774 2 роки тому +27

      Uncredited voice cameo by BRIAN BLESSED

    • @Theelderscrollsftw94
      @Theelderscrollsftw94 2 роки тому +6

      He probably saw the movie before to a friend

    • @extrm161
      @extrm161 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/4G6e4TaJxkI/v-deo.html
      ! !

  • @corndogink2424
    @corndogink2424 2 роки тому +8316

    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.

    • @joeyj5924
      @joeyj5924 2 роки тому +265

      I agree💯 👍 but Watch Captain America. They too show the importance of a shield 🛡

    • @corndogink2424
      @corndogink2424 2 роки тому +60

      @@joeyj5924So true lol

    • @joeyj5924
      @joeyj5924 2 роки тому +76

      @@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🤜🤛

    • @corndogink2424
      @corndogink2424 2 роки тому +49

      @@joeyj5924 🤜🤛

    • @huskpl3yz358
      @huskpl3yz358 2 роки тому +83

      Considering it is a medieval age, shields are at the same level as a nuclear bomb. In terms of effectiveness.

  • @FM-kd2pq
    @FM-kd2pq Рік тому +1

    the era when movies were just great

  • @junkiexl86
    @junkiexl86 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite movies of all time, one that never gets old no matter how many times Ive seen it.

  • @bareodin
    @bareodin 2 роки тому +4944

    The fact that Maximus opted to spare his life makes this scene so much more memorable, imo. Terrific writing by Scott.

    • @Dtitilator
      @Dtitilator 2 роки тому +363

      It was a middle finger to the emperor when he spared the gladiator's life. "I'm not listening to you."

    • @naoiwatani8402
      @naoiwatani8402 2 роки тому +201

      @@user_name_redacted
      Both.

    • @RaytheonNublinski
      @RaytheonNublinski 2 роки тому +39

      He’s the director not the writer.

    • @rampageclover9788
      @rampageclover9788 2 роки тому +1

      I think I’d rather be put out of my misery than spared after that

    • @Icetea-2000
      @Icetea-2000 2 роки тому +6

      Well yeah that was the point, Maximus isn’t just another Gladiator

  • @muskodine
    @muskodine 2 роки тому +2421

    Maximus, Maximus the Merciful.
    This is the moment when the slave becomes the Master.

    • @allaboutsboyzz4737
      @allaboutsboyzz4737 2 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/wtbcaWnybzs/v-deo.html

    • @WaterCrane
      @WaterCrane 2 роки тому +2

      It sounds like BRIAN BLESSED.

    • @PanzerCrewman
      @PanzerCrewman 2 роки тому

      And much sooner than that it’s been arranged what is Commie referring to?

    • @Allinone-cg2br
      @Allinone-cg2br 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/g_eBO_1bW3Q/v-deo.html
      துண்டு சீட்டு ஸ்தாலின்😂

    • @catchafraudtheorygod
      @catchafraudtheorygod 2 роки тому +1

      Rolling eyes🙄

  • @Jin.media-production
    @Jin.media-production 9 місяців тому +7

    Nice to see how the the Joker looked in his prime time

  • @bossyralphy
    @bossyralphy Рік тому +1

    Old movies are Gold

  • @VirtuaFighterRPG
    @VirtuaFighterRPG 2 роки тому +3252

    "Maximus, Maximus, The Merciful" and the crowd roars in laughter

    • @kingcamilo
      @kingcamilo 2 роки тому +253

      This adds so much to the context and reminds you of the train of thought people had back then

    • @triv4555
      @triv4555 2 роки тому +186

      People were absolutely savage back then lmao

    • @patrickobrian9669
      @patrickobrian9669 2 роки тому +163

      @@triv4555 they still are, it just doesn't always show because of how good we have it now.

    • @ncrranger6327
      @ncrranger6327 2 роки тому +95

      @@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

    • @cantbanme8971
      @cantbanme8971 2 роки тому +105

      It's not a documentary guys, the vast majority of gladiator fights were not to the death.

  • @TheGabrielwarren7777
    @TheGabrielwarren7777 2 роки тому +5107

    And with that desicion to spare his life, our protagonist has led the world one step closer to WWE

    • @CJ-hx9du
      @CJ-hx9du 2 роки тому +98

      Woooo!! Styling and profiling. Limousine riding!

    • @theguileraven7014
      @theguileraven7014 2 роки тому +155

      The funny thing is that a lot of gladiatorial fights WERE pretty much, WWE.

    • @papaparsley7695
      @papaparsley7695 2 роки тому +11

      @@theguileraven7014 like WWE in what way?

    • @russbuss98
      @russbuss98 2 роки тому +3

      I mean, I guess lmao

    • @klodtwentytwo2242
      @klodtwentytwo2242 2 роки тому +144

      @@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.

  • @TheOmarAlSaid
    @TheOmarAlSaid 5 місяців тому +2

    This movie is legendary and probably the best action scene of all time. That's the only way to describe it

  • @RobsRemixes
    @RobsRemixes Рік тому +1

    Chibbs just casually watching in the crowd 😂

  • @Zztoph
    @Zztoph 2 роки тому +4082

    This movie doesn't get old.

    • @27Zangle
      @27Zangle 2 роки тому +33

      I am pretty sure I wore out the VHS copy of this movie back in the day.

    • @Mayanne0502
      @Mayanne0502 2 роки тому +6

      Yes! I've watched this when I was still a kid.

    • @ahedhoz6876
      @ahedhoz6876 2 роки тому

      Name pls?

    • @timengineman2nd714
      @timengineman2nd714 2 роки тому +4

      @@ahedhoz6876 Gladiator (w/Russel Crowe)

    • @BruDia
      @BruDia 2 роки тому +3

      Because it's already history.

  • @Mordra
    @Mordra 2 роки тому +4263

    I love how the entire fighting scene doesn't feature any kind of music, except the roars of tigers and people.

    • @agaraminfotechllc8834
      @agaraminfotechllc8834 2 роки тому +3

      Hello friend

    • @dontbothermeimjust12
      @dontbothermeimjust12 2 роки тому +15

      But then they can't sell music and make 1 trillion more in product placement

    • @thefbi3350
      @thefbi3350 2 роки тому +78

      @@dontbothermeimjust12 but it's just a better fighting scene without the music

    • @quantumratio4311
      @quantumratio4311 2 роки тому +12

      yes, really good! much better the most of the hollywood shit.

    • @ThizzlainyaTwizzla
      @ThizzlainyaTwizzla 2 роки тому +20

      The sound of battle IS the music!

  • @victoriascalzo
    @victoriascalzo Рік тому +1

    When I hear his voice. I am Maximus. I still get chills today. What an amazing movie. Have watched it several times

  • @kal-el8402
    @kal-el8402 7 місяців тому +1

    1:37 Severus Snape doing magic again

  • @rasu84
    @rasu84 2 роки тому +3193

    The tigers calmed down as soon as they realized who they are dealing with.

    • @jiaweiye9489
      @jiaweiye9489 2 роки тому +60

      The main character…

    • @royaltmusicc
      @royaltmusicc 2 роки тому +3

      Nice action movie. ua-cam.com/video/8paX3Ya79iQ/v-deo.html

    • @Mikeso367
      @Mikeso367 2 роки тому +25

      As soon as the first tiger died....lol

    • @scottvaj4434
      @scottvaj4434 2 роки тому +6

      MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS, THE MERCIFUL!

    • @k1voodoo
      @k1voodoo 2 роки тому +20

      also. the tigers scream like cougars when attacking and getting stabbed, because the tiger's roar doesn't sound intimidating enough apparently

  • @0megacron
    @0megacron 2 роки тому +3846

    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.

    • @PhsykoOmen
      @PhsykoOmen 2 роки тому +323

      You can see when he lifts the mask the giant gash above his lip

    • @LayneBenofsky
      @LayneBenofsky 2 роки тому +163

      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.

    • @jmgmarcus808
      @jmgmarcus808 2 роки тому +49

      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.

    • @lucamolinari613
      @lucamolinari613 2 роки тому +12

      Can be also an internal emorragy

    • @taskmaster9891
      @taskmaster9891 2 роки тому +47

      @@jmgmarcus808 the last one is 2nd hit. His face has already been injured by 1st hit at 1:19

  • @JackFrostIsHere
    @JackFrostIsHere Рік тому +4

    *Russell Crowe is an amazing actor, he truly was a good fit for the Maximus role in this film*

  • @gabrielggabriel
    @gabrielggabriel Рік тому +1

    EPIC! What a movie!!!

  • @Youtube-Censorship-Police
    @Youtube-Censorship-Police 2 роки тому +3694

    maximus is really lucky that the other fighter didn't have his mirror shield

    • @bertalanfabian5742
      @bertalanfabian5742 2 роки тому +135

      Yeah, it really look like ds2 looking glass knight

    • @Youtube-Censorship-Police
      @Youtube-Censorship-Police 2 роки тому +61

      @@bertalanfabian5742 yeah kinda. but it looks like he was in a rush that morning and forgot half of his armor at home😂

    • @jonathanthacker8198
      @jonathanthacker8198 2 роки тому +106

      @@UA-cam-Censorship-Police he's still grinding for the set

    • @lepalar
      @lepalar 2 роки тому +1

      🤣🙌🏽

    • @EverTM
      @EverTM 2 роки тому +16

      If I invade Rome, can I join this fight and ruin Maximus' PvE experience?

  • @BaconMaken
    @BaconMaken 2 роки тому +20222

    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.

    • @youwantmyname9208
      @youwantmyname9208 2 роки тому +376

      Medieval fights, but not fantasy fights tho, it have different vibes

    • @cashinatte9042
      @cashinatte9042 2 роки тому +42

      Different

    • @3mate1
      @3mate1 2 роки тому +94

      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.

    • @gamer-jm6my
      @gamer-jm6my 2 роки тому +39

      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

    • @naproupi
      @naproupi 2 роки тому +266

      Yeah, only 1232164 uneccessary cuts to make most of the moves impossible to follow, because that's easier than actually doing a coordinated fight

  • @AngryChineseWoman
    @AngryChineseWoman 3 місяці тому +1

    I love how the tigers become calm and chill after Maximus wins the fight

  • @EtHaN198718
    @EtHaN198718 Рік тому +2

    and since i was a boy, once marvelled by the sight of this scene, i've been waiting for something that even matches the epicity of it

  • @ramauldramharack2138
    @ramauldramharack2138 2 роки тому +4963

    “ARE YOUUU NOTT ENTERTAINED” most iconic line ever in these types of shows.

    • @orlandocarrillo7132
      @orlandocarrillo7132 2 роки тому +77

      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.

    • @mucahitguzel7749
      @mucahitguzel7749 2 роки тому +22

      Also, "is there no one else" from Troya

    • @hughjohn7778
      @hughjohn7778 2 роки тому +3

      Boring

    • @jeffstrohman6282
      @jeffstrohman6282 2 роки тому +36

      Lol my dad calls movies shows

    • @ramauldramharack2138
      @ramauldramharack2138 2 роки тому +2

      @@orlandocarrillo7132 yup

  • @joeessen1059
    @joeessen1059 2 роки тому +2160

    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.

    • @battlecast9202
      @battlecast9202 2 роки тому +141

      That shit would knock several teeth out. Imagine how much you'd bleed if all your front teeth were bashed out of your mouth

    • @bobbybernard5977
      @bobbybernard5977 2 роки тому +29

      @@battlecast9202 you be chocking from your broken teeth and blood

    • @battlecast9202
      @battlecast9202 2 роки тому +39

      @@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

    • @tyriquehartfield3695
      @tyriquehartfield3695 2 роки тому +38

      Facts like they failed to see he was hit in the mouth before the foot

    • @KerryFairbanks
      @KerryFairbanks 2 роки тому +9

      Yeah it's weird they edited the first strike to the face so quickly. It was like 1/16 of a second. Had to rewind it

  • @texasred2702
    @texasred2702 Рік тому +1

    It always cracked me up, the 2 tigers just chilling in the background at the end, just being uncooperative cats.

  • @TheNitroG1
    @TheNitroG1 Рік тому +7

    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.

  • @Tst1359
    @Tst1359 2 роки тому +9615

    Not only does he defend himself with a 500lb tiger laying on his chest, but he wins lol

    • @aiman96yearsago10
      @aiman96yearsago10 2 роки тому +165

      Movie script 😂😂🤣

    • @momsaidimhandsome6231
      @momsaidimhandsome6231 2 роки тому +20

      @@aiman96yearsago10 69 yr ago

    • @0371998
      @0371998 2 роки тому +212

      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.

    • @momsaidimhandsome6231
      @momsaidimhandsome6231 2 роки тому +350

      @@0371998 i'll bet if the tiger heared people speaking hindu he would spit some sick bars for the crowd

    • @CJ-hx9du
      @CJ-hx9du 2 роки тому +31

      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

  • @markusg.2379
    @markusg.2379 Рік тому +1618

    The guy at the very end who screams out loud "Maximus! Maximus the merciful!" just nails it 😂Love it ever since.

    • @ZuluRomeo
      @ZuluRomeo Рік тому +47

      That was the actual BRIAN BLESSED who shouted that.

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 Рік тому +14

      *BRIAN BLESSED !!!*

    • @r3l1csvk
      @r3l1csvk Рік тому +10

      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

    • @something7239
      @something7239 Рік тому +63

      That man single handedly turned the crowd booing Maximus back to cheering for Maximus. "Oh wait it's cool now!!"

    • @retrogorilla6523
      @retrogorilla6523 Рік тому +17

      ​@@something7239 that's why you should never obey pressure from the masses.

  • @glennbond8266
    @glennbond8266 Рік тому

    Ridley Scott has always been my favorite Director. This is why. Knows how to do it. Genius he is.

  • @LeonCompton-iy2ji
    @LeonCompton-iy2ji Рік тому +4

    I like how he had mercy but still wanted to win

  • @rensaldana4265
    @rensaldana4265 2 роки тому +4506

    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.

  • @Eat_booty
    @Eat_booty 2 роки тому +439

    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”.

    • @jimmyandersson9938
      @jimmyandersson9938 2 роки тому +62

      Yeah I heard 10% of the fights ended in a death.

    • @Fenronin
      @Fenronin 2 роки тому +11

      for the permanent gladiators yes

    • @tkraid2575
      @tkraid2575 2 роки тому +82

      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.

    • @alltat
      @alltat 2 роки тому +43

      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).

    • @EricWulfe
      @EricWulfe 2 роки тому +14

      @@alltat yeah, criminals and POWs turned gladiators were either pitted against each other, not against slave gladiators, or became venators against animals

  • @djohanson99
    @djohanson99 Рік тому

    That was foreva. So good a movie. Thank you.

  • @adilwise
    @adilwise Рік тому +1

    Definitely one of the greatest ever!

  • @cheefnanook
    @cheefnanook 2 роки тому +1362

    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..

    • @josebolanos563
      @josebolanos563 2 роки тому +2

      What’s this movie called

    • @6nodder6
      @6nodder6 2 роки тому +2

      @@josebolanos563 gladiator

    • @boosie4l133
      @boosie4l133 2 роки тому +2

      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.

    • @grungepants
      @grungepants 2 роки тому +12

      @@josebolanos563 It's called Jaws

    • @jp3032
      @jp3032 2 роки тому +2

      Same

  • @wekaydu3974
    @wekaydu3974 2 роки тому +545

    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

  • @Adrian-zi3uf
    @Adrian-zi3uf Рік тому +1

    3:35 my man Ronaldo Phenomenon we salute you ✋🏼🥹

  • @user-or6oh5ev1b
    @user-or6oh5ev1b 11 місяців тому

    Absolute masterpiece. And movie legend ❤

  • @horationelson8173
    @horationelson8173 2 роки тому +1865

    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.

    • @Parasmunt
      @Parasmunt 2 роки тому +85

      The other gladiator had an amazing look, the mask makes him look like a statue of a God come to life.

    • @torachan23
      @torachan23 2 роки тому +68

      Why did he spit blood simply because he was stabbed in the foot

    • @horationelson8173
      @horationelson8173 2 роки тому +119

      @@torachan23 He also got hit in the face pretty hard with the shield

    • @kaedanmccarthy
      @kaedanmccarthy 2 роки тому +29

      @@torachan23 did you watch the scene ?

    • @IHateYoutubeHandles615
      @IHateYoutubeHandles615 2 роки тому +21

      @@torachan23 The only way that could have happened is if he bit his tongue when his foot got taken out.

  • @michaelrigoletti2410
    @michaelrigoletti2410 2 роки тому +2683

    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
      @blob2092 Рік тому +5

      however Maximus die in the end of the movie so it didnt matter he die anyway

    • @michaelrigoletti2410
      @michaelrigoletti2410 Рік тому +65

      @@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
      @CassieAngelica Рік тому +6

      This movie didn’t do its proper research.=) “Thumbs Down” actually meant “Spare”.

    • @edfgamer7351
      @edfgamer7351 Рік тому +12

      @@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).

    • @CassieAngelica
      @CassieAngelica Рік тому +3

      @@edfgamer7351 that’s technically true, but many writings suggest the exact opposite.

  • @Founworld
    @Founworld Рік тому +1

    This movie is a masterpiece

  • @jaegermann4170
    @jaegermann4170 2 роки тому +1162

    Maximus: “how about another gladiator, Commodus?”
    Commodus: “no I think you’ve had enough of my gladiators...”

    • @pridemuramasa1820
      @pridemuramasa1820 2 роки тому +42

      a gladiator almost died and youre laughing, youre laughing

    • @jaegermann4170
      @jaegermann4170 2 роки тому +17

      @Valentin Moldes not every, and I’ll tell you this, not every gladiator is awful

    • @allfenom
      @allfenom 2 роки тому +11

      @@jaegermann4170 You're Awful Commodus.

    • @redmoisture3616
      @redmoisture3616 2 роки тому +8

      @@allfenom oh im awful, oh ya how am i awful?

    • @Cj-xt6tv
      @Cj-xt6tv 2 роки тому +5

      @@redmoisture3616 for killing my family. You just wanted the throne for yourself. You’re just like the rest of them

  • @Infritblade123
    @Infritblade123 2 роки тому +496

    Surprised he’s undefeated considering he’s practically blind behind that face guard.

    • @johnythepvpgod1470
      @johnythepvpgod1470 2 роки тому +21

      You can see decent enough trough those holes. Make the shape with your hand and look trough it

    • @Infritblade123
      @Infritblade123 2 роки тому +132

      @@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.

    • @KC_Smooth
      @KC_Smooth 2 роки тому +36

      @@johnythepvpgod1470 Peripheral vision is way too important in a fight.

    • @o-wolf
      @o-wolf 2 роки тому +15

      @@Infritblade123 if your opponent is no longer in front of you you're already dead anyways

    • @samuelbrice3699
      @samuelbrice3699 2 роки тому +17

      @@o-wolf Not accurate, especially considering not every attack with a bladed weapon comes from directly in front of you.

  • @rawlivingwithdisabilities
    @rawlivingwithdisabilities Рік тому +1

    Awesome awesome scene ❤

  • @alan-veucasovic
    @alan-veucasovic Рік тому +1

    Real Tiger. This is the difference between 2000 and 2020. Looks so much better than CGI.

  • @rosumusic1737
    @rosumusic1737 2 роки тому +3845

    If one gladiator dies at the end…
    Isn’t every living gladiator “undefeated” then?

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 2 роки тому +731

      Most fights were actually not to the death

    • @bigmen0
      @bigmen0 2 роки тому +1336

      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.

    • @drrrmmms
      @drrrmmms 2 роки тому +228

      @@bigmen0 dann this was interesting

    • @c4live3
      @c4live3 2 роки тому +147

      @@bigmen0 thanks for the info, that was awesome to learn!

    • @megami7373
      @megami7373 2 роки тому +21

      @@bigmen0 wow

  • @FallouFitness_NattyEdition
    @FallouFitness_NattyEdition 2 роки тому +7074

    Fun fact: a majority of Gladiator matches didn't end in the deaths of the loser. Gladiators were expensive to train and house for.

    • @wheelingreeling7928
      @wheelingreeling7928 2 роки тому +172

      Oh i didnt know u were there 🤔

    • @FallouFitness_NattyEdition
      @FallouFitness_NattyEdition 2 роки тому +957

      @@wheelingreeling7928 don't feel bad, everyone else didn't either

    • @alexroxhissox
      @alexroxhissox 2 роки тому +43

      @@wheelingreeling7928 "what are contemporary accounts"?

    • @mitchellslate1249
      @mitchellslate1249 2 роки тому +254

      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.

    • @GGman2019
      @GGman2019 2 роки тому +335

      @@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

  • @Orque01
    @Orque01 Рік тому +2

    No matter how old this is.... Always brings me Goosebumps

  • @StorytellerCentralFelix
    @StorytellerCentralFelix Рік тому

    I love this film and this moment

  • @wishvakrish3583
    @wishvakrish3583 2 роки тому +854

    Even the great Ridley Scott can’t achieve this level of film making again.
    Once in a lifetime

    • @StonedCabbage
      @StonedCabbage 2 роки тому +53

      Cause Hollywood loves CGI too much. If it was made today they would've made the whole coliseum computer generated

    • @jeremyabrahamson2872
      @jeremyabrahamson2872 2 роки тому +68

      @@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.

    • @temudgin62
      @temudgin62 2 роки тому +9

      That's probably what they said after he made Alien though.

    • @johngrey7224
      @johngrey7224 2 роки тому +32

      @@StonedCabbage Most of this was CGI. lol.

    • @jmz2144
      @jmz2144 2 роки тому +7

      The Last Duel is pretty good, but Gladiator is one of a kind

  • @camcate1003
    @camcate1003 2 роки тому +3410

    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
      @DatBrasss 2 роки тому +250

      Pro wrestling with weapons.

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero 2 роки тому +131

      @@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.

    • @cascadestorm
      @cascadestorm 2 роки тому +14

      @@DatBrasss Think more like Hunter Games.

    • @jesusa_ikher
      @jesusa_ikher 2 роки тому +87

      Yeah, exactly. My history teachers told us that they were like today's football players for example

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero 2 роки тому +35

      @@cascadestorm Not really since gladiators weren't always to the death every time they went to perform

  • @giangra92
    @giangra92 Місяць тому

    I love Joaquim Phoenix perfomance in this movie, just perfect

  • @trolishtrololol2111
    @trolishtrololol2111 17 днів тому

    a rare master piece.

  • @chaoticdays
    @chaoticdays 2 роки тому +2492

    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.

    • @oros321
      @oros321 2 роки тому +53

      We live in a society bro

    • @enzo1918
      @enzo1918 2 роки тому +39

      Wtf joker was terrible Heath ledger did 100 times better joker then what Joaquin did

    • @ForwardTu
      @ForwardTu 2 роки тому +56

      @@enzo1918 It was decent. But Heath is definitely a better joker.

    • @happisakshappiplace.6588
      @happisakshappiplace.6588 2 роки тому +11

      @@enzo1918 Joker was meant to be a one off character study.

    • @ArnoldQMudskipper
      @ArnoldQMudskipper 2 роки тому +111

      @@enzo1918 Different characters. Apples & oranges.

  • @pathofdragonsradio
    @pathofdragonsradio 2 роки тому +592

    I'll always love Commodus' face after he hears that random citizen say "Maximus the Merciful". 🤣

  • @Jacktheripper0799
    @Jacktheripper0799 Рік тому +2

    Getting mountain vs viper vibes at the end of fight 💀💀💀

  • @mikeyswift2010
    @mikeyswift2010 Рік тому

    That mask is hard af. Love the tear coming down on the left eye. Reminds me of a set u would grind for in Souls.

  • @kd3045
    @kd3045 2 роки тому +2187

    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.

    • @mantirig4139
      @mantirig4139 2 роки тому +37

      Hence the Viper

    • @MaMastoast
      @MaMastoast 2 роки тому +52

      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

    • @taxibredanu3081
      @taxibredanu3081 2 роки тому +8

      You do realise this is a movie right ??

    • @kd3045
      @kd3045 2 роки тому +67

      @@taxibredanu3081 No shit it's a movie.

    • @rias.gremoryyy
      @rias.gremoryyy 2 роки тому +37

      @@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