@@mohammedmiah6761 Zero chance for it to be better than this. Gonna be politically correct asf and corny. Just like every other sequel they make these days.
I saw this at the pictures of when i was 12.. and now i am 37 year's old.. what a classic ! Strength and honor in life people.. the way you conduct yourselves, The west will stand... Europe must stand ! ... of our values !, as a Scots man. We fight !
The first part was accurate, the second is questionable. The West is witnessing the fall of Rome 2.0. We don't know the difference between a man and a woman. Men are identifying as woman and can compete in the same sport. We saw in the last Olympics boxing men fighting against women. The East is rising again. The sunrise on the east. The sunsets on the west. We are not gone, however the shift of world power is to the East.
@@tobiasrekker5376 Il et encore possible de se relever. ça dépendra de la volonté de nos dirigeants et de l'état de conscience des peuples de l'Occident. En France je constate un petit réveil, il démarre, il est faible car c'est comme une jeune pouce dune plante, m'ais c'est un bon début. La révolution Française nous à fait très mal, car nous avons renié les valeurs chrétienne, Dieu, Jésus, et l'église. Mais je pense que que nous avons suffisamment payé pour nos fautes, il est temps de changer les choses.... j'ai l'espérance et c'est une vertu chrétienne.
Es muy espectacular, pero muy poco realista. Las flechas de fuego no eran nada útiles. Las legiones combatían en línea, no hombre a hombre. E incendiar un bosque donde se tiene que combatir, una estupidez. La escena parece más sacada de un videojuego que de la historia.
@@JuanCarlos-fu3th las flechas de fuego eran muy útiles, pero no se usaban contra la infantería, principalmente se usaban para incendiar edificos, naves y para negación de área con sus humos.
@@TristanWeijermars Judging by this person's username they are not Western. How can you expect them to know the difference between Regal Rome & Imperial Rome? They're clearly enjoying this great movie based on our heritage, why push them away?
dont know why, i stand with the ancient germans, they are very brave standing against that roman war machine , even when they know theyre gonna lose and this battle is the last in the 8 year campaign when the romans prevailed.
I love how the film makers had used the same medieval horse armor face mask (Maximu's horse) as you can see in the Kingdom of Heaven (Baldwin's horse - 'The Jerusalem Has Come scene')! I wonder if anyone ever glimpse that lil detail ;) Greetings from Czech republic! And check the blind hussite general John Zizka! For honor dear knights! 💪
Fun fact: this battle theme is intentionally based on "Mars" by Gustav Holst. Mars being the Roman god of war. His music has been immensely influental in classical film scores. ua-cam.com/video/Jmk5frp6-3Q/v-deo.htmlsi=FQdIRYW8ZZkVFyxC&t=71
Not realistic. It became a free-for-all with no battlefield cohesion and nobody in their formations. In real life, this would have been a disaster and signified a failure in leadership. The Roman Emperor and Senate would not have allowed this general to command another battle. This is hollywood shtick. Still a good scene, but by no means realistic.
@Jonesyb90 the war chants of the Germanic soldiers was directly taken from Zulu by Ridley because he loves the layering it brings. It's authentic Zulu too, the Zulu warriors in the film were actual Zulus.
This sequence have CGI. The're just perfectly blends into picture. At 5:23 you have a three shots combined into one wide. Every arrow and every stone throwed into german army is CGI. Also most of soldiers. They also had to widened arrows range because in reality it was too small to make great expression.
Maybe so but these were Germans. The Celts who aren't German peoples were pretty much defeated two centuries earlier than this period. Mostly by Julius Caesar.
It was awesome till the most elite and disciplined soldiers during that time broke ranks and fought in a moshpit of a battle. The Roman formation is well known for holding ranks for half a day, they dont break a perfect formation for absolutely no reason.
The only part of this battle scene that I didn't like is that the legionarys never threw their pila. It's been said that the Roman line of infantry could win a battle without ever touching the enemy infantry. The pilum was a terrifyingly effective weapon. It'd either klll the man it was thrown at or disable his shield.
It became a free-for-all. Not realistic. Roman infantry would never have broken their formations to fight one-to-one like this. They were famous for their discipline and battlefield formations....not their one on one dueling ability.
@@NalesnikZdrzemem No it isn't a fact. They only broke formation once the enemies began to break and flee. During battle, formations always held until one side lost and fled. They didn't break formation at the very beginning of a battle and go to street-brawling. If they did, what was the point of the formation genius? If you don't know what you're talking about, silence is your best option. It's hilarious that you find this battle realistic.
1:06, this part here in Brasil is funny, because sounds like this to us: Barabarian Leader: É assim que meu fusca anda! (This is how my vw-beatle drives!) Barbarians: VRUUUUUMMMM Barbarian Leader: É assim que ele vai parar! (This is how it stops!)
بداية المعركة كانت اكثر من رائعة تقترب من الكمال .. نقاط الضعف كانت في جميوع المشاة .. عددهم كان قليلا جدا وتحركاتهم غير جدية باتجاه العدو هذه هي نقطة ضعف المشهد الوحيدة ولكنه يبقى من افضل ما رايت .. الموسيقى التصويرية خيالية لأبعد الحدود
dont know why, i stand with the ancient germans, they are very brave standing against that roman war machine , even when they know theyre gonna loss and this battle is the last in the 8 year campaign when the romans prevailed.
Romans charging forward on modern horses in a hilly, muddy spruce monoculture, accompanied by a German shepherd jumping through fire, while hundrets of legionnaires are fighting man-to-man without command: Had this actually taken place like shown in this battle scene, Maximus would not have shouted "Roma victor" but "Roma est devicta" - provided he would have had survived... The legionnaires of the Roman legions (legion, latin: "legere", meaning: the selected, the chosen) avoided dueling, because the risk of injury and death was high and therefore uneconomical. Roman legionnaires were in fact valuable assets for their legati (legatus, latin: commander, the one sent by the emperor) because they were cost-intensively skilled, resilient and disciplined elite soldiers (sort of ancient Navy SEALS) who were trained to handle harsh conditions (35 kg of equipment, daily stages of 30 km in five hours) and who could not have been replaced easily in a military campaign abroad in due time. Every victory based on their skills guaranteed and multiplied the fame of their commander when the campaign was over and he returned back to Rome. Therefore avoiding losses of legionnaires was crucial. Instead of fighting individually, the Roman legionnaires used to attack most of the time in military formations, for example in a so called "tortoise formation" (latin: "testudo"), comparable to a human tank, protecting the legionnaires with their shields on their sides and over their heads against missile fire, arrows or rocks. Because uneven landscapes made military formations difficult, the Roman legions preferred to fight on flatland; elsewhere their formations got highly vulnerable (see "The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest" AD 9, where three roman legions - around 20.000 legionnaires - got annihilated by the german tribes under their leader Arminius in an ambush in the forest of Teutoburg in the german state of North Rhine-Westphalia). The sword ("gladius") was not designed as a duel weapon that was swung like a machete but a thrust weapon. What is also completely missing in this battle is the first wave of testudoes in which the legionnaires were equipped with pila. These pila (pilum, a heavy javelin) were designed to be thrown against the shields of the enemy where they got stuck due to the destinctive design of the javelin tip. The weight of the pilum and the fact that the first third of it was made from soft metal that bent under the weight of the shaft after getting stuck pulled the shield downward, rendering it useless. Spruce grew originally high up in the Alps before it became commercial timber; german forests of the time were dense, deciduous forests and consisted mainly of beeches. Horses back then were much smaller and compact, more like ponies. Galopping on horses through rough forest terrain leads inevitably to stumbling and falling. The german sheperd must have been a time travelling dog because this breed of dog wasn't bred before the 1890ies. A dog never jumps through fire voluntarily. Training a dog jump through fire is a cruel and unneccessary trick because the risk of injury is extremely high for the animal. Catapults (latin: "onager") shown here on muddy, hilly forest terrain would have been useless because due to their size and weight they would have simply gotten stuck and impossible to maneuver. This is not about nitpicking, but all those obvious errors could have been easily avoided. Ridley Scott is a great director, therefore I don't understand why he didn't consult historians and military experts before filkming a movie like "Gladiator" on a 103 million US dollar budget. The result is of course highly entertaining - but it is nothing but a fantasy movie.😅
@Qson2321 :D Numerous times, but unfortunately never by Ridley Scott. Had that happened, it might have spared you "Gladiator II", which makes "Gladiator" look like a scientifically correct documentary...
Gladiator, such a great movie...with some visible flaws...Check out this video, 6:12 into it, watch the guy in the center for a second or two...He looks like he was done for the day...just going home...Had a big laugh today...What a flaw for SR caliber...
Fighting the Romans in open battle when the Legions had the time to prepare the ground and get themselves set up is suicide. This battle was over before it began.
Hannibal being an exception. The way he used the exact same tactic twice to defeat the Roman Juggernaut was astonishing. Also shows hubris on the Romans' part. They saw a weak center. Hannibal saw them walk right into it. And that was that. Twice.
@@ChrisTenalach77777 That doesn't nullify the tactical genius of Hannibal in Italy, at all. It's a famous quote that Hannibal knew how to gain a victory, but not how to use one, and that's what happened to him. Scipio also got extremely lucky during the battle of Zama. Huge stroke of luck plus having learned from two absolute disasters of battles = victory for Scipio. He wasn't half the commander Hannibal was.
Even in the year 2000 they were making films worthy of eternity
It's a blessing to have older, brilliant movies from decades past. Newer GOOD movies are freaking rare to witness these days.
In 2000, and way way before that, they were making far better movies than today...
True
Сейчас и близко не снимают ничего подобного.
@@элигион Sad but true
People should know when they're conquered. What a line from a fantastic movie. The music was exceptional as well. Truly wonderful movie.
The answer is even better:
- Would you Quintus? Would I?
would you? would I?
So TRUE
imperialist line..but i love it..
@@frankryan2505 The answer is actually what makes that line great.
-Would you Quintus? Would I?
"Brothers... what we do in life echoes in eternity..."
-General Maximus
nah, todays news is just tomorrows fish and chip paper!
@@quarky6395no correlation whatsoever with the initial comment.
@@tobiasrekker5376he was trying to be funny bro, even if it really wasnt. :v
If a tree 🌲 falls in the forest, and no-one's around. Does it make a sound,,❔
10 mins of absolutely Perfection.
Had to go back and watch this after seeing 2. This scene is better than that entire movie.
Actually, this scene is better than a lot of entire movies.
The best start of a movie...period. Strength and honour
strength and honor, friend.
Scotch and Soda
Let hope gladiator 2 is even better
@@mohammedmiah6761 Zero chance for it to be better than this. Gonna be politically correct asf and corny. Just like every other sequel they make these days.
@@mohammedmiah6761 you’re kidding, right? 😢
This and helms deep are deffinetely the best battle scenes in any movie ever
What about the Pelennor Fields?
@@FrauStaenki Kingdom of Heaven was epic as well
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- some of the battles in kingdom of heaven had me scratching my head wondering how they filmed it, insane movie
What we do in life, echoes in eternity... A true line for a film this legendary. They dont make films like this anymore
5:32 best music scene of all time. Hans Zimmer is a genius and Scott is just from another world!
Oh man, Hans, these Romans were killing your ancestors.
"Brothers! ... what we do in this movie echoes in eternity..."
- Russell Crowe
one of the best movies in history
I saw this at the pictures of when i was 12.. and now i am 37 year's old.. what a classic ! Strength and honor in life people.. the way you conduct yourselves, The west will stand... Europe must stand ! ... of our values !, as a Scots man. We fight !
Me too
Me too
The first part was accurate, the second is questionable.
The West is witnessing the fall of Rome 2.0.
We don't know the difference between a man and a woman.
Men are identifying as woman and can compete in the same sport.
We saw in the last Olympics boxing men fighting against women.
The East is rising again.
The sunrise on the east.
The sunsets on the west.
We are not gone, however the shift of world power is to the East.
@@tobiasrekker5376 Il et encore possible de se relever. ça dépendra de la volonté de nos dirigeants et de l'état de conscience des peuples de l'Occident. En France je constate un petit réveil, il démarre, il est faible car c'est comme une jeune pouce dune plante, m'ais c'est un bon début.
La révolution Française nous à fait très mal, car nous avons renié les valeurs chrétienne, Dieu, Jésus, et l'église. Mais je pense que que nous avons suffisamment payé pour nos fautes, il est temps de changer les choses.... j'ai l'espérance et c'est une vertu chrétienne.
Fight who?
This is pretty much how I fight my Rome Total War battles when I can.
This is how I eat my dinner
Es muy espectacular, pero muy poco realista.
Las flechas de fuego no eran nada útiles.
Las legiones combatían en línea, no hombre a hombre.
E incendiar un bosque donde se tiene que combatir, una estupidez.
La escena parece más sacada de un videojuego que de la historia.
@@JuanCarlos-fu3th las flechas de fuego eran muy útiles, pero no se usaban contra la infantería, principalmente se usaban para incendiar edificos, naves y para negación de área con sus humos.
@@bencebuda4599
Justo lo que no hay en esa batalla.
@@JuanCarlos-fu3th jaja
You know the old king decided something when he close his eyes and face to the sky, even he didn’t say a word
Was the emperor, that battle was supposed to be the end of a year's long war (Marcomannic Wars)
King?? Fortunately it's also possible to enjoy the film when you don't know anything about Roman history...
@@TristanWeijermars Rome was a monarchy until around 500bc... This movie takes place in the empire already, but still
@@TristanWeijermars Judging by this person's username they are not Western. How can you expect them to know the difference between Regal Rome & Imperial Rome? They're clearly enjoying this great movie based on our heritage, why push them away?
One of the greatest epic movie of all time
- People should know when they're conquered.
- Would you Quintus? Would I?
Shows his humanity, his self-awareness and is great foreshadowing. Love this movie.
My conquer is bigger than your conker.
Quintus was part of maximus army but couldn't stand for him when corruption was obvious
Would you be fine with the US killing all the native americans if they had refused to surrender and be moved to reservations?
dont know why, i stand with the ancient germans, they are very brave standing against that roman war machine , even when they know theyre gonna lose and this battle is the last in the 8 year campaign when the romans prevailed.
I love how the film makers had used the same medieval horse armor face mask (Maximu's horse) as you can see in the Kingdom of Heaven (Baldwin's horse - 'The Jerusalem Has Come scene')! I wonder if anyone ever glimpse that lil detail ;) Greetings from Czech republic! And check the blind hussite general John Zizka! For honor dear knights! 💪
Miluju tento film, po dlouhe dobe natocili kvalitni historicky film jako je tocili v 60 letech. Videla jsem to hodnekrat a diky za nej.
RIP giant barbarian.
NEVER GET TIRED WATCHING THIS MOVIE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE
Your keyboard has a button called "Caps Lock" you should press it
the music in this is brillant.
Because it’s the same as Pirates of Caribbean?
@@elftax Are you an idiot? This came out a few years before PotC. And it's not even close, lmfao. Wtf?
No, but it is from the same composer. The fantastic Hans Zimmer.
Fun fact: this battle theme is intentionally based on "Mars" by Gustav Holst. Mars being the Roman god of war. His music has been immensely influental in classical film scores. ua-cam.com/video/Jmk5frp6-3Q/v-deo.htmlsi=FQdIRYW8ZZkVFyxC&t=71
@@tobyforresternice fact
His acting skills makes me feel like its not a movie, it feels like I'm witnessing the actual Maximus.
Best battle scene ever filmed.. Never saw another with this reality.
watch: Battle of the bastards. 300 battle formation scene . Troy first battle scene
I take it you haven't seen a single Lord of the rings movie
@@straightshooter8751😂 Human stunts vs Crap CGI and green walls. You must be kidding
Nothing else!!!
Not realistic. It became a free-for-all with no battlefield cohesion and nobody in their formations. In real life, this would have been a disaster and signified a failure in leadership. The Roman Emperor and Senate would not have allowed this general to command another battle. This is hollywood shtick. Still a good scene, but by no means realistic.
That dog is an Alpha 😎 he will have many stories to tell his grandchildren
Back when Ridley Scott didn't have scripts written by David fucking Scarpa
Back when movies were actually good and worth watching.
they had the formula and tossed it away
no it's rainbow feminism clown show.....
well we are getting one more gladiator movie now.
Jews.
before they went woke.
On my signal, unleash hell
... Joey! Lets take this motherfuckers home man....
Once the music changed tempo and began an upswell, Maximus began to scent victory.
one of the best scenes in movie history
6:12 The German in the middle and the Roman legionaires on the right are laughing XD
Haha nice catch
I would wager , one of the greatest movie scenes bar none .
The Zulu War Chants in this make the scene 100x better!
"Zulu" film is a very beautiful film. Ciao
What chants are Zulu?
@Jonesyb90 the war chants of the Germanic soldiers was directly taken from Zulu by Ridley because he loves the layering it brings. It's authentic Zulu too, the Zulu warriors in the film were actual Zulus.
@@calgon5689 what a brilliant fact as it makes absolutely no sense. I had absolutely no idea that’s where it’s from, love random snippets like that.
WHEN YOU BUMP
INTO A FRIEND
ON THE BATTLEFIELD,
YOU KNOW YOU ARE CLOSE
TO VICTORY!
THE PAIN,
THE SUFFERING!
1:00 that is so fakin GREAT camera shot....
nice lorica segmentatas ! ;)
too bad the second movie doesnt even come close
If you've seen it first, who else can't get over that Gladiator used the Zulu chanting from the movie Zulu?
It's fits it perfectly too and adds that level on uncertainty just hearing it in the distance.
You sir, are a man of culture. I assumed nobody else had heard that! 😀
Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius and Russell Crowe as General Maximus, bliss
No special effects, best of this
This sequence have CGI. The're just perfectly blends into picture. At 5:23 you have a three shots combined into one wide. Every arrow and every stone throwed into german army is CGI. Also most of soldiers. They also had to widened arrows range because in reality it was too small to make great expression.
氣勢恢宏的經典開場,配樂絕妙起伏!
Film je zakon i muzika sve....
The Celtics fought with individual prowess for glory. The Romans fought as a unit, a machine. The Celtics had no chance of winning.
Maybe do but these guys were Germans not Celts. The Celts had been defeated two centuries earlier. Mostly by Julius Caesar.
Maybe so but these were Germans. The Celts who aren't German peoples were pretty much defeated two centuries earlier than this period. Mostly by Julius Caesar.
@@magiclionvero...right. Ciao.
@@magiclion tell that to the Scottish, Picts and the Celts saw off the Romans and centuries later the Vikings
vårat helvete kommer bli erat, nästan roligt
It was awesome till the most elite and disciplined soldiers during that time broke ranks and fought in a moshpit of a battle. The Roman formation is well known for holding ranks for half a day, they dont break a perfect formation for absolutely no reason.
Why ruin a good story? We all know the truth!
The only part of this battle scene that I didn't like is that the legionarys never threw their pila.
It's been said that the Roman line of infantry could win a battle without ever touching the enemy infantry. The pilum was a terrifyingly effective weapon. It'd either klll the man it was thrown at or disable his shield.
Pila is jargon for dick in Portuguese precisely because of the pilum
It became a free-for-all. Not realistic. Roman infantry would never have broken their formations to fight one-to-one like this. They were famous for their discipline and battlefield formations....not their one on one dueling ability.
@@wohendumwing3ee9 actually they always broke their formation, it's a fact.
@@NalesnikZdrzemem No it isn't a fact. They only broke formation once the enemies began to break and flee. During battle, formations always held until one side lost and fled. They didn't break formation at the very beginning of a battle and go to street-brawling. If they did, what was the point of the formation genius? If you don't know what you're talking about, silence is your best option.
It's hilarious that you find this battle realistic.
The first thing that is not realistic is that the Romans did not speak English. I mean, if we are going to be purists.
1:06, this part here in Brasil is funny, because sounds like this to us:
Barabarian Leader: É assim que meu fusca anda! (This is how my vw-beatle drives!)
Barbarians: VRUUUUUMMMM
Barbarian Leader: É assim que ele vai parar! (This is how it stops!)
I bet Neil Warnock would be fucking loving it if he was stood there when Maximus says " hold the line "
This is Basically Every Saturday in the English Football League!!🤣
Strength and honour
1.04 sounds like the chant made by the warrior's in the 1964 Film Zulu
That’s what I was thinking in fact I am sure it is
Indeed.
Strength and Honour!!!
بداية المعركة كانت اكثر من رائعة تقترب من الكمال .. نقاط الضعف كانت في جميوع المشاة .. عددهم كان قليلا جدا وتحركاتهم غير جدية باتجاه العدو هذه هي نقطة ضعف المشهد الوحيدة ولكنه يبقى من افضل ما رايت .. الموسيقى التصويرية خيالية لأبعد الحدود
The best opening ever!
Brothers, what we do in life... echoes in eternity.
we must form the roman army once again
Boa produção bem.feito.esse filme
The moment people start preparing for the upcoming moment of truth when their leader passes by you know people are trusting and believing on ya !
Great battle! But what was English Bob doing there?
this is sparta !! ✌
Gladiator. Right scenes in coloseum
THNKS SIR AND MAMS.
0:45 "You are the Dog!"
1:07-1:09 "You are cursed Dogs!"
please let Gladiator 2 be as epic as this
It will be Shit and you know it
@@luiscobos123 nah please not...
It won't.
Can’t listen to that chanting from Zulu without thinking about that film, I find it odd that they repurposed it for this film
Odd, yes, but I still like it.
My thoughts exactly ,, I came on to read the comments to see if anyone but me noticed this
GLADIUS!⚔️
The best ❤ ridley Scott is a great producer
*director
1:06 "Ihr seid verfickte Hunde" oder was schreit er? "seid" ist schon sehr wild ausgesprochen.
The Best film gladiator maximus classic 👍👍👍👍
look at the guy at 6:12 beside the flag smiling😂
Go for it Rusty, you are 30 odd foot of grunt.
Father amorth doing side quest 😂
The Romans trained like they were fighting and they fought like they were training ~~
Josephus
LIKE OLD TIME,A KING NEVER MAKES ANY MISTAKE,NOW COMPANIES.
Russel has more his dignity here as Maximus than as Zeus in Love & Thunder 😅
You had me at hello
Extremely historically inaccurate. But really cool scene.
Best ever... at my signal unleash hell
the repeat of gladiator soon.
dont know why, i stand with the ancient germans, they are very brave standing against that roman war machine , even when they know theyre gonna loss and this battle is the last in the 8 year campaign when the romans prevailed.
Except they shouldn't have killed the messenger
@@keelung9😂 this☝️
8:55 That moment, when you want to reinstate the Roman Empire
Romans charging forward on modern horses in a hilly, muddy spruce monoculture, accompanied by a German shepherd jumping through fire, while hundrets of legionnaires are fighting man-to-man without command: Had this actually taken place like shown in this battle scene, Maximus would not have shouted "Roma victor" but "Roma est devicta" - provided he would have had survived...
The legionnaires of the Roman legions (legion, latin: "legere", meaning: the selected, the chosen) avoided dueling, because the risk of injury and death was high and therefore uneconomical. Roman legionnaires were in fact valuable assets for their legati (legatus, latin: commander, the one sent by the emperor) because they were cost-intensively skilled, resilient and disciplined elite soldiers (sort of ancient Navy SEALS) who were trained to handle harsh conditions (35 kg of equipment, daily stages of 30 km in five hours) and who could not have been replaced easily in a military campaign abroad in due time. Every victory based on their skills guaranteed and multiplied the fame of their commander when the campaign was over and he returned back to Rome. Therefore avoiding losses of legionnaires was crucial.
Instead of fighting individually, the Roman legionnaires used to attack most of the time in military formations, for example in a so called "tortoise formation" (latin: "testudo"), comparable to a human tank, protecting the legionnaires with their shields on their sides and over their heads against missile fire, arrows or rocks. Because uneven landscapes made military formations difficult, the Roman legions preferred to fight on flatland; elsewhere their formations got highly vulnerable (see "The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest" AD 9, where three roman legions - around 20.000 legionnaires - got annihilated by the german tribes under their leader Arminius in an ambush in the forest of Teutoburg in the german state of North Rhine-Westphalia).
The sword ("gladius") was not designed as a duel weapon that was swung like a machete but a thrust weapon.
What is also completely missing in this battle is the first wave of testudoes in which the legionnaires were equipped with pila. These pila (pilum, a heavy javelin) were designed to be thrown against the shields of the enemy where they got stuck due to the destinctive design of the javelin tip. The weight of the pilum and the fact that the first third of it was made from soft metal that bent under the weight of the shaft after getting stuck pulled the shield downward, rendering it useless.
Spruce grew originally high up in the Alps before it became commercial timber; german forests of the time were dense, deciduous forests and consisted mainly of beeches. Horses back then were much smaller and compact, more like ponies. Galopping on horses through rough forest terrain leads inevitably to stumbling and falling. The german sheperd must have been a time travelling dog because this breed of dog wasn't bred before the 1890ies. A dog never jumps through fire voluntarily. Training a dog jump through fire is a cruel and unneccessary trick because the risk of injury is extremely high for the animal. Catapults (latin: "onager") shown here on muddy, hilly forest terrain would have been useless because due to their size and weight they would have simply gotten stuck and impossible to maneuver.
This is not about nitpicking, but all those obvious errors could have been easily avoided. Ridley Scott is a great director, therefore I don't understand why he didn't consult historians and military experts before filkming a movie like "Gladiator" on a 103 million US dollar budget. The result is of course highly entertaining - but it is nothing but a fantasy movie.😅
Have you ever been invited to a party?
@Qson2321 :D Numerous times, but unfortunately never by Ridley Scott. Had that happened, it might have spared you "Gladiator II", which makes "Gladiator" look like a scientifically correct documentary...
"Ihr seid verfluchte hunde", awesome line
History nerd in me I know but they would have thrown the pilum before the 2 army's clashed
Fantasticimus.
Not a cellphone in sight, just people being in the moment..
Gladiator, such a great movie...with some visible flaws...Check out this video, 6:12 into it, watch the guy in the center for a second or two...He looks like he was done for the day...just going home...Had a big laugh today...What a flaw for SR caliber...
Fighting the Romans in open battle when the Legions had the time to prepare the ground and get themselves set up is suicide.
This battle was over before it began.
Fully agree. Romans were no JOKE.
Hannibal being an exception. The way he used the exact same tactic twice to defeat the Roman Juggernaut was astonishing. Also shows hubris on the Romans' part.
They saw a weak center.
Hannibal saw them walk right into it.
And that was that. Twice.
Hannibal faced the republican legions still composed of citizen-soldiers, the imperial professional legion is another category @@jules8876
@@jules8876 yea? Ask general Scipio where Hannibal was after the battle of Sama. Shitting in his pants and running away like a sisi boy
@@ChrisTenalach77777 That doesn't nullify the tactical genius of Hannibal in Italy, at all.
It's a famous quote that Hannibal knew how to gain a victory, but not how to use one, and that's what happened to him.
Scipio also got extremely lucky during the battle of Zama. Huge stroke of luck plus having learned from two absolute disasters of battles = victory for Scipio. He wasn't half the commander Hannibal was.
4:41 great shot
No 1 talk about the Romans 🐶 one of the best warriors
why is the chant of the germanics similar to the zulu?
Actually, Maximus should be to scream "Roma Victrix" (pronun. "uictrix").
yeah and he also shouldn't speak in english for the entire thing
They dont make movies like this anymore
2:45 SF cavalry team briefing. “Drop and/or get Dropped”? Yeh I’m keen
anyone notice the score in this sounds almost EXACTLY like pirates of the carribean?
1:06 É ASSIM QUE MEU FUSCA ANDA!!!!!! É ASSIM QUE ELE VAI PARAR!!!!!!
Hans Zimmer is a legend
En français cela serait bien aussi Merci 😊
WOW brutal
Jamás olvidaré cuando la artillería romana desata el infierno que precede a la infantería
3:30 must have been standup geared toward horses
Proud to be a Archer my ancestors saved this country from the France