When the witch resurrected Joaquin Phoenix and he says: "I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it's a Commodus." I was entertained.
To be fair there's a lot of movies like that, I'm probably never gonna watch taxi driver or full metal jacket again, doesn't mean either are bad(just as an example), I'm just not likely to watch them again because that's how movies are sometimes, good but just not something you watch again
My dog's name is Maximus named after Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor Marcus Aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. Will any dogs be named Lucius? Absolutely not.
Thankyou! I was scratching my head if I missed that in the first film. It was implied they had a fling but Lucius came well after that and wasn’t his son.
The best thing about Gladiator II is that my local theater showed one screening of Gladiator last month. It was my first time seeing it in theater again since 2000. It was fantastic.
Was hoping mine would do that, too. Was the only reason I was kinda hyped for this movie. Sadly they didn't and I sure as heck won't watch this abomination in the theater.
@LipziG3R it's good:)... I did a double feature with my girlfriend and maybe watching wicked first affected my impression but it was quite good but Ridley has done a masterpiece every decade but gladiator 2 is not his 2020s masterpiece... The Martian was the last good one...
yes because russell was the only maximus, lucius was not the right lucius, he did not know the master of silence, like russell did.... they chose the wrong characters to play the roles..... denzel did great but his image did not fit roman empire, image of lucius did not even look anything like maximus' child as it should have been, his hairline is too back and he could not master the power of silence like russell did.. also doesn't that mean that the second one basically means maximus was unfaithful to his wife, the wife he loved more than anything , the one he kept fantasizing of meeting in heaven with... the whole gladiator was based around his love for his wife.. which means in second he was unfaithful and had cheated on her by having lucius, so lucius was conceived by two unfaithful parents out of wedlock.. anyways I just seen second one and posted my instant reaction to the movie on my channel, would love to hear your thoughts, review and feedback
Classicist here: Regarding the Colosseum naval battle thing, just for anyone who’s interested as lots of people seem to be talking about it online. Yes they did really flood the arena for naval battle re-enactments…but only for the first ten or so years of it being opened (c. 80CE). When they then dug out the underneath of it to hold gladiators, animals etc they obviously stopped doing naval battles as they couldn’t flood it anymore as the underneath was hollow and being used. You can still see today, and go down into, these underground chambers. We see the underneath of the Colosseum in the first movie, and see animals being released to the upper floor from there, which is set in 180CE. So with this sequel being set around 200CE, and after having seen on screen the underneath of the Colosseum in the first one, we can confidently say they wouldn’t have had naval battles at that time, and it contradicts what we see in the first movie. Does this ultimately matter? Nah. Can it still be a good movie? Of course. The first one got things “wrong” and changed things and it was a masterpiece. Just thought I’d chime in for anyone who likes little bits of trivia like that. 😊
Ridley Scott loves to twist historical events and characters to tell a good story The original movie was based off a fictional book By no means, is Gladiator a historically accurate movie Only an entertaining historical movie That being said, I always love learning about history. And the fact that they used to have Naval battles in the Colosseum blew my mind. That’s like taking an NFL stadium and flooding it to play water football
@@AverageJoe483Caligae. Caligula means "little boots". The Emperor Caligula was the son of a general, and wore a small soldiers outfit as a boy, including a mini pair of caligae.
The scene where Commodus shot Robertus Denirius in the face with a concealed crossbow and yelled: “THOU HAST VERILY RECEIVED WHAT THOU F***ING MERITED” was truly one of the moments of all time.
I actually had a very good time with Gladiator 2! It may not have had the emotional impact of the original, but there was no shortage of interesting characters and entertainment value. While the story did at times did show some similarity to the first film in terms of structure and beats, it wasn't any less gripping. Ending was kinda rushed and I wouldn't have minded expanding the length of the film by about 10 to 15 minutes to flesh out a few more characters because the movie did a great job at keeping me engaged. Production design was spectacular, action was shot well, great performances across the board. A solid effort from Ridley Scott. I'd go for 7.5 to 8 out of 10.
thank you. I do not understand the hate. for 2024 standards it was better than I had expected and it did not tarnish the legacy of Gladiator. People are treating this as if it were Joker 2.
@@tomlangford5961 Of course. Did Gladiator need a sequel? I don't know. But was Gladiator 2 a good sequel? Sure it was, in my opinion. I feel like some of the trashing of this film is coming off as pretentious, almost as if those doing it want to make a show of how great their taste in movies is by going all like "look at me! Look how sophisticated I am for loving the sacred original Gladiator and shitting on the sequel that I don't think should've been made! Please give me likes!" Joker 2 was genuinely not good and both critics and audiences agree, but there is plenty to like about Gladiator 2. I went in expecting something average but came out pleasantly surprised. Some people are just so jaded.
Exactly. It was a fun movie, the exact thing you go to the theater for. All these snobs talking about "unnecessary sequel" are the same people that glazed Tom Gun Maverick, which was also a 20 year later carbon copy of the first
SAME! I had a blast, I loved all the easter eggs and elements from the first one, I watched it right before going to the theaters. I found the movie to be exciting to watch.
Jeremy somehow finds a way to talk in depth about exactly what we want/need to hear, while keeping it perfectly superficial, entertaining and amusing. Best film reviewer on the web for sure.
@@nikhiljoshi421 yeah, his whole thing was such a cop out. Like, I get it, you want make movies too. So stop doing reviews if you can't be honest and critique because otherwise what's the point?
The first film had one of the best movie heroes in Maximus and one of the best villains in Commodus, who was the perfect foil to the macho figure of Russell Crowe.
Hell, I'm still surprised it took us this long to cover Caracalla of all Emperors. Dude was such a psychopath that you'd think he'd be prime real-estate for this type of historical fiction.
Even for unnecessary sequels, always judge every movie by its own merits. It did not disgrace the first movie in any way and was pretty entertaining with a solid story and characters, there’s no reason to hate on the movie unless you’re addicted to rage.
This movie would take place roughly two centuries after the rule of Augustus Caesar. Caracalla and Geta were named co-emperors by their father Septimius Severus. The Co-Consuls of the Roman Republic could never have done the things emperors were doing at that point.
The Dark Knight, There Will Be Blood, Interstellar, The Departed, Prisoners, LOTR to name a few Not saying they are better or worse but they all came after and are very highly regarded movies, Some in the list of best movies ever.
Who cares? It's better than the dipshit superhero nonsense that is being shoved down our throats every year. I'd take this over that any day. Practical stunts and shot on real time location over green screen bullshit any day
Maximus, telling Juba what he is praying/telling his family's spirits, "To my son, I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife..... that is not your business."
Listened to no reviews or any commentary building up to this one to not give me a bias beforehand, and this clearly seems to be an unpopular opinion, don’t care what anyone says, I enjoyed nearly as much as the original. The politics and manipulation and different angles was a dynamic I appreciated a lot in this one, while the first one was the perfect revenge story, it was very linear. I thought the twists in this one were fun and I wasn’t sure where it was going next. No it wasn’t realistic at every point, but I don’t judge a movie on its realism, I judge it if I am in the words of Maximus, entertained. And I was entertained
I also didn't watch any reviews beforehand, and I fully agree! Kind of surprised to see not more people found it entertaining. Was it as great as the first movie? Not at all. But it was entertaining and exciting. I think people are way too harsh on this. Was a nice cinema experience for me for sure. LOVED the Roman armor.
Finally a normal person lol everyone is hating just for the sake of hating. If anything people should at least acknowledge how well shot it was, sound design was perfect too. Also fight choreography was some of the best in recent memory
Someone did a video essay pointing out that was purposeful because Gladiator had just re-elevated sword and sandal epics for its time, so to resurrect the pirate genre, PotC tried to make their period piece more epic feeling by imitating Gladiator's soundtrack. They even tried to get Hanz Zimmer, but he was committed to The Last Samurai, so he gave them several of his composer apprentices.
There’s a wild 🤫 history behind how they got the score for _Pirates of the Carribbean_ … essentially it is Hans Zimmer’s, but he had to rubber stamp it as someone else’s
i dont think you can say stole. it was the same composer for both pirates and gladiator. if anything he just jazzed up his original as he knew it would fit pirates. stole is not the right word
I often thought that the biggest mistake Ridley Scott did with the first Gladiator movie was when he wasn't a producer of the first movie so when Gladiator won Best Picture, he didn't accept the trophy for himself because he wasn't the producer. I think about this a lot as it was his close chance to get an Oscar trophy if he was the producer like he is with his recent movies. After Gladiator came out, he became a producer in just about every movie he made 😅
@@BadGamerPlays I think it was because a) he was American and b) he had two pictures nominated for Best Picture in the same year. The biggest shock to me was Zimmer not getting the Oscar for the score.
Ridley fkd up quite a few things in his later years. If he doesn't drop the ball he misses the point completely. Prometheus should off been EPIC. And it is, if you DO... NOT... THINK about it, cause then it all falls down.
I appreciate you being positive and not just tearing it apart like a lot of other reviewers always seem to do. That being said, you look like you're really struggling not to call it terrible.
@@Michael-RS56 Because people are comparing it to the first one which was a master piece, also I'm betting people are just tired of Hollywood sequels and remakes now a days. People are allowed to have a different opinion of a movie than you do.
lol, it was too much cgi, spoilt the rest of the real set slightly, but don't focus on bad, focus on good.. should have stuck with normal animals like lions, bears or jaguars.... rhinos can not even see! russell was the only maximus, lucius was not the right lucius, he did not know the master of silence, like russell did.... they chose the wrong characters to play the roles..... denzel did great but his image did not fit roman empire, image of lucius did not even look anything like maximus' child as it should have been, his hairline is too back and he could not master the power of silence like russell did.. also doesn't that mean that the second one basically means maximus was unfaithful to his wife, the wife he loved more than anything , the one he kept fantasizing of meeting in heaven with... the whole gladiator was based around his love for his wife.. which means in second he was unfaithful and had cheated on her by having lucius, so lucius was conceived by two unfaithful parents out of wedlock.. anyways I just seen second one and posted my instant reaction to the movie on my channel, would love to hear your thoughts, review and feedback
Russel Crowe contributed to shaping the story of the original film and its arguable whether even with him in it the original would have become such an enduring classic if he hadn't.
Yo, absolutely agree. I was thinking the same after watching a few reactors watch the first one. For example, he goes home, but has to train others in his town to fight when Rome comes a-knocking. Or anyone else. My history is a bit fuzzy on Roman times (more an ancient Greece era guy), so perhaps its just raiders or mercs. In any case, he takes what Max taught them to teach his own people: how to fight like legionaires! Perhaps even combine it with their own fighting style. You have a poc in a lead role, maybe a south asian or turk as a bbeg (thinking most likely antag groups). Djmon's character isn't a gary stu, and in many ways a true inheritor of max who was a farmer himself, pressed into service. It checks hollyweird's boxes while also, at least in capable hands, carrying on the spirit of the first without *being* a rehash of the first one. Unfortunately, it looks like they made the same film with a bigger CG budget. So typical hollywood sequel nonsense. Hell, could have had Denzel in it too! Oh well… cheers friend.
That would've been much better. Still unnecessary (because Gladiator never warranted a sequel), but better than "Hey, let's retcon the first movie by making Lucius Maximus' son & retell the exact same story only worse."
@@DFRetha I re-watched the first film a few days ago and while it's not said out loud, it is strongly implied that Lucius is Maximus's son as Maximus was 'close to his mother years ago' which gives her motivation to try and help him out.
@@jamesatkinsonja I feel the opposite, I've seen the first movie numerous times along the years and I never felt they implied Lucius to be his son, just that Lucilla and Maximus had an affair when they were young and that she still had strong feelings for him, but they both had found new families.
I mean, Hans Zimmer really did write the same theme for two different movies in a span of 3 years, and thought we wouldn't notice It sounds much more epic and fits much more in Pirates though
What happened behind the scenes is that Hans Zimmer was called in to help Klaus Badelt out with the score for Pirates. He wrote the whole score in one single day, and asked for Badelt to get full credit for the score. So it's no wonder Hans reused some cues.
@ it is a wonder I’m a musician myself, and if two different directors asked me to make a score, I would write two different ones ffs Zimmer probably doesn’t even own the rights to those scores. So even though he wrote both by himself, he is committing crime But just on the artistic side . . . why would you ever write the same theme for two different films? Are you just a disgusting nonsense peddler?
4:36 I recently heard my brother watching something, I swear I heard the Pirates of the Caribbean theme, but was surprised to see he was watching Gladiator. The music is almost 1:1
Gladiator is one of the greatest films ever made. It was a fools errand to try and make a sequel unless you're bringing a top tear script and execution. I suspect that the second movie will be okay but not nearly as good as the first & the main justification for its existence will be the money not the artistic value.
The theatrical version on Gladiator (1) is much, much better than the extended version, which makes me mildly disappointed that most younger people only see the extended version, where Commodus is so over the top that he is too exaggerated and stupid to be human...
"too exaggerated and stupid to be human" I've actually been on the internet and seen people's reactions to Trump winning the election... Never underestimate people's ability to be "too over the top".
@@James_Bee We just elected a rap*st, felon, and pathological liar who tried to steal an election as president, do you expect people to be happy about it?
You summed up my feelings about the movie very well, living in the first’s shadow and so many references, as if anyone who would watch this would not know the first one. Then the sharks were too over the top. Sharks don’t eat people.
That's what I'm recommending to my friends. I just left the cinema and everything in the film felt pointless. like it happens because it happens. Not even because it needs to for the plot. it just feels like my dreams where there's a series of events vaguely linked to eachother. No real emotion behind any actions. The only believable performance in the whole film was from the twins, and they were surrounded by such dead expressions from the rest of the cast that it just feels out of place. Motivations within the film are also superfluous and changed from scene to scene, characters just accept random events at face value, basically shrug and go "Oh, that happened? Ok." In the 1st film the Maximus' son was literally CRUCIFIED. In the sequel someone just kinda dies in a situation where it was literally the expected outcome, he freaks out for a second, then he goes "Huh, guess I need to get revenge."
@@Aubreysangel666not all sequels are bad. Top Gun Sequel almost 30 years later was great. Gladiator 2 was solid and even Furiosa was well-received even it if didn’t perform well
It was definitely entertaining and some of the action sequences were very well done. I just don't know how you top that first movie. The music, the story, the action, it was just better.
So cool that they made this movie. Now I cant wait for some other legendary remakes, mostly "Donnie Brasco 2: Forget about it!" and "Apocalypse today: Smell of uranium in the morning."
A gritty re-imagining of _The Princess Bride_ where Princess Buttercup earns that name because that's the flower she leaves behind to mark all of her royal assassinations.
I just did a tour of the coliseum and the tour guide told us there is no evidence the arena was ever filled with water for sea battle scenes. It was not waterproof.
Theoretically, if the Coliseum did have naumachiae, they would have been held in its early years before Domitian - long before Caracalla & Geta. Then again, its Hollywood, so creative liberties are the expectation.
Yeah, the response was so bad to that one that they shortly thereafter cut a new trailer with more classic Gladiator themed music to give it the 'historical epic' vibe back.
I was at a Minnesota Vikings season opener at the old metro-dome when before the kickoff they played an awful clip of rap music to get the fans fired up. When the clip ended it was complete silence, everyone looked around like “ what did we just hear?” That was the first and only time I herd that out of place noise.
Few months ago I was watching a virtual tour of the Coliseum and they showed the underground canals that were used to flood the floor. I had no clue they actually had water in there too. The Coliseum must have been WILD to see back in those times.
as far as I know it was very expensive and didnt last long. When they added some underground quarters and lifts it wasn't possible any longer. But I'm reciting from memory (on my daily routine of thinking about the roman empire, of course).
Love the difference between you and The Critical Drinker. He, gives no quarter lmao & you often try your best “Luke looking for Good in his Daddy” angle when reviewing. That kind of take is appreciated & lol…we always have TCD for snark and cynicism (that’s definitely not a complaint BTW so don’t anyone get their knickers in a wad). I appreciate you both!
Every other critic(s) are taking a lot of bs hyping this movie, but you Jeremy have given the most honest review!.. this movie did not needed to be made..
Waited 12 days to watch this review. Way too soon to drop a review Jeremy. I liked it. Definitely an unnecessary film and the lack of Hans Zimmer is a huge blow, but I really appreciated seeing the corruption of Rome portrayed. The first one touched on it, but didn’t show us much detail about it. The actors all did great, especially given as mentioned, how big the shoes were that needed to be filled.
he is a good director, but he could never tell a good script from a bad one. he got lucky with alien, blade runner and gladiator, but then you see the alien prequels and napoleon and... yeah
I did like the movie a lot. I agree I do not understand how the twins are in charge. But the rest was entertaining. Obviously not as good as the original
I am looking forward to seeing Gladiator II, but to tell you the truth, I remember when the idea of a Gladiator prequel was making rounds inside the rumor mill. It was purported to be a story about how Maximus rose to power over the years preceding the events of Gladiator. Now, I am not sure if that is true, or if it was, indeed, just a rumor. Either way, I think that could have been a very good film.
Hey Jeremy, I always appreciate your reviews and I did give your video a thumbs up, but I could not give this movie a thumbs up. You make some excellent points as usual, but in the end, I was not entertained in fact I started to have a bad feeling in the first 10 minutes. Like you said this sequel lives in the shadow of the original and it’s their own fault for not trying to give us an original story.
Just give us a trilogy: 2nd Punic Wars... do you need much more spectacle? - 1 - Hannible rises: youth, raising his army, over the Alps, attacking Italy - 2 - Rome responds: mustering, Fabian tactics, character introductions, Scipio's departure to Spain, Italy being crushed at Cannae - 3 - End of the Punic Wars: Victory in Spain, Hannibal's conquest of Italy, Scipio's victories, finale in Africa
We rarely get Top Gun Maverick which tops the previous movie but it doesn't always have to be. All I wanted from Gladiator 2 is a good movie and it seems we got just that which I'm fine with and I can't wait to watch it.
That has Tom Cruise and he really is obsessed with perfection. Ridley Scott not so much. He is much more about how many movies I can make in such a small amount of time? Also I love Paul Mescal but he is no Russell Crowe. He doesn’t have the gravitas.
Personally, I always preferred The Fall Of The Roman Empire over Gladiator, which I just see as a modernised remake of a true cinema classic, so I immediately dismissed Gladiator II once I saw the trailer, cos it just looked like a watered down re-hash of a modernised remake of a true cinema classic. I'll just stick with my classic movie thank you 😊
My wife and i adored this movie. We didn't compare it to the original. We received it as another chapter to the story. Very sentimental, and we really enjoyed it. Especially when the original score appeared, "Now we are free." That was awesome. I'm happy that it touched on the first movie, i thought it was really clever. Did Gladiator NEED a sequel? No. Did we enjoy this new chapter of the story? References and all? Absolutely. 100% going to see it again before it's out of theaters.
I think people’s peeves with this is, it’s a great standalone movie and it should’ve been that. No need to throw the title gladiator in there and no need for it to continue, when it was only going to be compared to the first. Had they selected a different title, then that would’ve been different. If it really was a continuation and extension of the first, then they dropped the ball with NOT brining the original child that came out in the first in this one. for the sake of continuity and continuing the story in a different way.
ok so both of u have no idea of movies and are a product of hollywood ...we got it .... If u really think that is a good movie u have to be f stupit.....
It was mid...nothing more to add, Denzel just played something between a NY gangster and an Equalizer but set back 2k years back - no idea why he was cast
Did you actually watch the movie? Cuz Denzel’s character is pretty eccentric, playful and sleazy, very unlike his equalizer and gangster roles. A complete 180 from his equalizer character to be exact. Why did you even bring up those roles? Just to rile up people who are upset the casting without haven’t seen how it makes sense?
I didn’t think I would like it, but it turned out to be one of the few movies worth your dollar. Huge fan of the first, ending was a little weird for the second but still a good movie
@@Nicotine46 N-No? I don't understand your logic there, friend. I love the original, and I don't really care about a knock-off sequel that didn't need to and shouldn't really have happened.
@@lizzy-np2dr Maybe it shoudn't, but now it's there and it's not like a cheap knock-off. It's Ridley Scott himself returning in the arena and the cast is strong. Also, it seems like a respectful sequel to the original. So you should at least be very curious.
I gave this a 6/10. It wasn't bad but I wasn't amazed. It was entertaining for a moment but felt the story was lacking. Action wasn't bad. Acting was alright. Denzel was probably the best actor there.
ARE YOUR SHOES NOT FILLED!?
SANDALS
Sandals!
Well played
Well done
lol.
James Cameron should have taken over the reigns for the sequel and called it...Gladiators
Yes! 😂
This time it's a whole colony of romans who lost their wives.
Too bad Cameron is dedicating his entire second half of his career making 800 sequels to Avatar which is already exhausted
Gladiators 2: way of the roman
Well done, sir
"Julius Caesar ain't got shit on me" -- Denzelus Washingtus
Romans were italians and did not have aristocratic british accents. But you had no problems there. Says a lot about you.
@TrevorStyles-z3h They also didn't speak English but I see you conveniently ignore that whole psrt
Hilarious!
@@TrevorStyles-z3hdude probably just doesn’t know how to do italics on UA-cam
@@TrevorStyles-z3hthis imbecilic comment says much more about you, actually.
Hollywood needs to chill out with all the sequels and remakes. I want to see high-budget original movies, not imitations of what came before.
No . Thats how they make their money to fund original projects
Unfortunately there aren’t many younger moviegoers like you.
Good luck with that
The rest of the world sadly disagrees with their wallets, big time
Big SANDALS to fill.
YEP💯
Missed opportunity lol
definitely
@Devypocalypse nice! :D
Big caligae to fill😁😁
When the witch resurrected Joaquin Phoenix and he says: "I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it's a Commodus."
I was entertained.
Lmao
Good one lol 😂
is this the scene with Lady Gaga as one of his concubines? :)
Best comment if the year
LOL , you sir have made a great one. Bravo
Gladiator didn't need a sequel. It stands alone as a one and done epic revenge story.
the film didnt need a sequel, the studio did....for the money
@@walshmabob1834 Frankly pal, I don't give a damn. I still love the sequel.
Hollywood is creatively bankrupt so they are going to strip mine every previous successful movie they can
@@Dragonbhat Hahahaha starring 50 Cent?
@@usamazahid3882 many idiots do..
I rewatch Gladiator 1 every few years but I will not be rewatching Gladiator 2 ever... That says a lot
Really doesn't, you're not important
@@cram2979 And you are?
@@sababaratashvili8629yeah
Not really
To be fair there's a lot of movies like that, I'm probably never gonna watch taxi driver or full metal jacket again, doesn't mean either are bad(just as an example), I'm just not likely to watch them again because that's how movies are sometimes, good but just not something you watch again
To be honest, there was absolutely no need for a sequel. It began and ended flawlessly. It was a masterpiece.
That's why they should have named this one Gladiator Too!
Even if it was meant to be then it's 20 years too late. It can't just catch that atmosphere on digital
It's about money and how much they can squeeze out of a franchise.
Precisely! II is primarily a money grab. There wasn't anything to finish.
Ridley Scott, "hold my Oscar."
Gladiator 3: Forget sharks, now with velociraptors.
Gladiator 3: Electric Boogalee
Gladiator 3: Christians vs Lions - it'll have some big bellies to fill.
Its a Megladon
Gladiator 3 : Sharknado
Naaaaa, Gladiator vs Predator
MAKE. IT. HAPPEN.
My dog's name is Maximus named after Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor Marcus Aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife.
Will any dogs be named Lucius? Absolutely not.
Me too
Good point ngl
That’s a big dog house to fill
Lucius Artorius Castus
How about being named that yourself 😂
They desecrated Maximus’ faithfulness to his wife and family. Unforgivable
Exactly my thoughts
Damn I thought at-least it was Maximus having an affair with Lucia before he got married 💀
What happened?
Thankyou! I was scratching my head if I missed that in the first film. It was implied they had a fling but Lucius came well after that and wasn’t his son.
The best thing about Gladiator II is that my local theater showed one screening of Gladiator last month. It was my first time seeing it in theater again since 2000. It was fantastic.
Was hoping mine would do that, too. Was the only reason I was kinda hyped for this movie. Sadly they didn't and I sure as heck won't watch this abomination in the theater.
@LipziG3R it's good:)...
I did a double feature with my girlfriend and maybe watching wicked first affected my impression but it was quite good but Ridley has done a masterpiece every decade but gladiator 2 is not his 2020s masterpiece...
The Martian was the last good one...
When Maximus came back from the dead and yelled "The real friends are the gladiators we witnessed along the way", I was truly moved. 10/10 movie
it was weird when Commodus was resurrected and yelled "I AM THE ROMANS", though.
Is it really that bad.
When he came back and made out with the shark and said ‘no, I do’ was peak cinema
I’m so sick of this joke. Unoriginal sheep.
Did you happen to catch the mid credits scene where he exclaims,'It's gladiator time!'
The first one had so much soul, aura, and felt serious.
Nope! Wrong 😊
@@nolancho Right! The first one is fantastic.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? 🦾🐔🤳
don't say aura when talking about Gladiator pls
@@MaxIronsThird Maybe go outside once in a while and I’ll consider it.
Decades later, I still can’t get over Maximus. Thanks for the review!
yes because russell was the only maximus, lucius was not the right lucius, he did not know the master of silence, like russell did.... they chose the wrong characters to play the roles..... denzel did great but his image did not fit roman empire, image of lucius did not even look anything like maximus' child as it should have been, his hairline is too back and he could not master the power of silence like russell did.. also doesn't that mean that the second one basically means maximus was unfaithful to his wife, the wife he loved more than anything , the one he kept fantasizing of meeting in heaven with... the whole gladiator was based around his love for his wife.. which means in second he was unfaithful and had cheated on her by having lucius, so lucius was conceived by two unfaithful parents out of wedlock.. anyways I just seen second one and posted my instant reaction to the movie on my channel, would love to hear your thoughts, review and feedback
I love this! ❤
Spot on
Classicist here: Regarding the Colosseum naval battle thing, just for anyone who’s interested as lots of people seem to be talking about it online. Yes they did really flood the arena for naval battle re-enactments…but only for the first ten or so years of it being opened (c. 80CE). When they then dug out the underneath of it to hold gladiators, animals etc they obviously stopped doing naval battles as they couldn’t flood it anymore as the underneath was hollow and being used. You can still see today, and go down into, these underground chambers. We see the underneath of the Colosseum in the first movie, and see animals being released to the upper floor from there, which is set in 180CE. So with this sequel being set around 200CE, and after having seen on screen the underneath of the Colosseum in the first one, we can confidently say they wouldn’t have had naval battles at that time, and it contradicts what we see in the first movie.
Does this ultimately matter? Nah. Can it still be a good movie? Of course. The first one got things “wrong” and changed things and it was a masterpiece.
Just thought I’d chime in for anyone who likes little bits of trivia like that. 😊
Fellow history lover here--thanks for sharing!
Sharks though? Sharks? Come on, man!
Ridley Scott loves to twist historical events and characters to tell a good story
The original movie was based off a fictional book
By no means, is Gladiator a historically accurate movie
Only an entertaining historical movie
That being said, I always love learning about history.
And the fact that they used to have Naval battles in the Colosseum blew my mind.
That’s like taking an NFL stadium and flooding it to play water football
Should have had sharks with friken lazer beams on there heads
@@ryanmarin3099 too funny
Don't you mean "Some big 'sandals' to fill"?
Caligae
Not sandal but Caligula
Go to all the reviews and say this. I'll follow you to thumbs up them all.
@@AverageJoe483Caligae. Caligula means "little boots". The Emperor Caligula was the son of a general, and wore a small soldiers outfit as a boy, including a mini pair of caligae.
@ I know of emperor Caligula and how he got his name . I thought his name was also the direct translation .
When Maximus returned from the dead and said “it’s gladiating time,” I cried! 🔥
and then Deadpool used his skeleton to kill like 23 Tiime enforcement cops :)
I spit my drink out, ty for the laugh my man
Yabut..... Money
The scene where Commodus shot Robertus Denirius in the face with a concealed crossbow and yelled: “THOU HAST VERILY RECEIVED WHAT THOU F***ING MERITED” was truly one of the moments of all time.
I came
I actually had a very good time with Gladiator 2! It may not have had the emotional impact of the original, but there was no shortage of interesting characters and entertainment value. While the story did at times did show some similarity to the first film in terms of structure and beats, it wasn't any less gripping. Ending was kinda rushed and I wouldn't have minded expanding the length of the film by about 10 to 15 minutes to flesh out a few more characters because the movie did a great job at keeping me engaged. Production design was spectacular, action was shot well, great performances across the board. A solid effort from Ridley Scott. I'd go for 7.5 to 8 out of 10.
thank you. I do not understand the hate. for 2024 standards it was better than I had expected and it did not tarnish the legacy of Gladiator. People are treating this as if it were Joker 2.
@@tomlangford5961 Of course. Did Gladiator need a sequel? I don't know. But was Gladiator 2 a good sequel? Sure it was, in my opinion. I feel like some of the trashing of this film is coming off as pretentious, almost as if those doing it want to make a show of how great their taste in movies is by going all like "look at me! Look how sophisticated I am for loving the sacred original Gladiator and shitting on the sequel that I don't think should've been made! Please give me likes!" Joker 2 was genuinely not good and both critics and audiences agree, but there is plenty to like about Gladiator 2. I went in expecting something average but came out pleasantly surprised. Some people are just so jaded.
Exactly. It was a fun movie, the exact thing you go to the theater for. All these snobs talking about "unnecessary sequel" are the same people that glazed Tom Gun Maverick, which was also a 20 year later carbon copy of the first
SAME! I had a blast, I loved all the easter eggs and elements from the first one, I watched it right before going to the theaters. I found the movie to be exciting to watch.
@@tomlangford5961 If anything it amplified the first one even more talking about his Legacy. It was a love letter to that incredible movie.
Jeremy somehow finds a way to talk in depth about exactly what we want/need to hear, while keeping it perfectly superficial, entertaining and amusing. Best film reviewer on the web for sure.
Some big shoes to fill...
@travisbickle0526maybe that’s cos the movie offered nothing.
Why I love his reviews!
way better than the current Chris Stuckmann who just says good things about all movies because he directed a single unreleased Indie movie once :D
@@nikhiljoshi421 yeah, his whole thing was such a cop out. Like, I get it, you want make movies too. So stop doing reviews if you can't be honest and critique because otherwise what's the point?
1:00 Joaquin Phoenix was also absolutely phenomenal as the villain.
He really was
BIG shoes to fill
The first film had one of the best movie heroes in Maximus and one of the best villains in Commodus, who was the perfect foil to the macho figure of Russell Crowe.
Yeah, even the extended Gladiator film made him look more unhinged as if he was Arthur Fleck in ancient Rome.
I agree, I used to hate him as a kid.
I didn’t see the Joker sequel and I probably won’t see this. I’d rather preserve my memories of the originals.
You just lack imagination
Wow that’s pathetic
At least this one isn't a musical
Joker 2 is underrated. Not as bad as they say. 7+/10 IMHO, worth watching and make your own opinion.
@@SSangsen you’re entitled to your opinion, however I think your opinion is trash.
Denzel still carrying movies into his 70’s. Thank you legend 🙏🏽
Men: Constantly thinking about the Roman Empire
Ridley Scott: And I took that personally
Beautiful combination of 2 unlikely meme pairings.
Ridley Scott has been sucking fuck for years now. Napoleon now this
When DID that "Roman Empire" meme begin?
@@louisduarte8763a couple years ago on TikTok, I think
Also Men: Sometimes thinking about the Napoleonic Wars.
Also Ridley: and I still took that one personally.
Couldn't they just made a new movie about Roman times there is a lot of history there.
Seriously so much good drama to draw from…surprised Hollywood hasn’t made more stuff about Rome.
This is murica. We don't do history or math or science.
Hell, I'm still surprised it took us this long to cover Caracalla of all Emperors. Dude was such a psychopath that you'd think he'd be prime real-estate for this type of historical fiction.
they made a new movie
I personally would love a movie/tv-show about Gallienus, Claudius II, Aurelian and Probus.
That first Gladiator soundtrack....some REALLY big shoes to fill.
So good Hans Zimmer himself had to copy paste some notes for the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise
@@ivancores2574 never noticed
@@ivancores2574 excellent observation
@@ivancores2574 It's a waltz so it going to sound similar, but it is very similar regardless, still great though.
@@ivancores2574nope, so good hans zimmer copied almost exactly Holst's Planets and other old pieces for gladiator. He's not a composer, but a thief.
Even for unnecessary sequels, always judge every movie by its own merits. It did not disgrace the first movie in any way and was pretty entertaining with a solid story and characters, there’s no reason to hate on the movie unless you’re addicted to rage.
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, Wearer of big shoes to fill.
And I will have my Comfort.
@@michaeloconnor5480 In this life, or the next!
Early Rome had two people ruling it.
When Augustus took it all over... SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL
This movie would take place roughly two centuries after the rule of Augustus Caesar. Caracalla and Geta were named co-emperors by their father Septimius Severus.
The Co-Consuls of the Roman Republic could never have done the things emperors were doing at that point.
This movie takes place during the 3rd century crisis
@@TexanAstartea movie about aurelian would have been much more exciting
@@TexanAstarte No this was before the 3rd century crisis.
@@Hilversumborn commedus taking over as emperor is the beginning of the 3rd century crisis.
When Commodus said “it’s GLADIATIN’ TIME” I knew I was in for an enjoyable ride
😂😂😂
That was pure cinema 🚬🤏👌😮💨
i really liked this movie.. it gave me the closure i wanted.. ❤
😐😑😕🙁☹️
Anytime I see this type of comment ik it was bad😂😂
Gladiator 1 is the most recent movie that deserves to be in a list of best movies of all time
The Dark Knight, There Will Be Blood, Interstellar, The Departed, Prisoners, LOTR to name a few
Not saying they are better or worse but they all came after and are very highly regarded movies, Some in the list of best movies ever.
The most unnecessary sequel ever
Maybe, but it's still an amazing sequel nonetheless
Who cares? It's better than the dipshit superhero nonsense that is being shoved down our throats every year. I'd take this over that any day. Practical stunts and shot on real time location over green screen bullshit any day
Think Joker 2 will always hold that title.
Frozen 2, IMO.
@@alvin2021was just about to say that
Maximus, telling Juba what he is praying/telling his family's spirits, "To my son, I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife..... that is not your business."
Juba: 😁
Ooof. That line just hits even while reading it.
"To my wife... that is only available on the subscription service. Sign up today!"
@@blshouseJuba: "I'll sign up, but not yet...not yet."
Juba: 'Don't die, they'll need you for the sequel.."
Vito corleone said to Michael at the end of godfather "I never wanted this for you,". That's exactly how i felt about this sequel.
Look how they massacred my boy?
@@vestavind this was my exact reaction after watching Joker : 2
@@arnab_x24 Yikes...
Godfather was a masterpiece. Gladiator was average, overrated.
Listened to no reviews or any commentary building up to this one to not give me a bias beforehand, and this clearly seems to be an unpopular opinion, don’t care what anyone says, I enjoyed nearly as much as the original.
The politics and manipulation and different angles was a dynamic I appreciated a lot in this one, while the first one was the perfect revenge story, it was very linear. I thought the twists in this one were fun and I wasn’t sure where it was going next. No it wasn’t realistic at every point, but I don’t judge a movie on its realism, I judge it if I am in the words of Maximus, entertained. And I was entertained
I also didn't watch any reviews beforehand, and I fully agree! Kind of surprised to see not more people found it entertaining. Was it as great as the first movie? Not at all. But it was entertaining and exciting. I think people are way too harsh on this.
Was a nice cinema experience for me for sure. LOVED the Roman armor.
Absolutely agree with both of you, watched zero trailers or reviews and loved this movie!
Finally a normal person lol everyone is hating just for the sake of hating. If anything people should at least acknowledge how well shot it was, sound design was perfect too. Also fight choreography was some of the best in recent memory
I liked it too. **SPOILER** the stand-off between Acacius and Lucius was a brilliant twist. I thought Pedro Pascal did a superb job.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that Pirates stole the Gladiator theme song! Thank you for the validation!!
Someone did a video essay pointing out that was purposeful because Gladiator had just re-elevated sword and sandal epics for its time, so to resurrect the pirate genre, PotC tried to make their period piece more epic feeling by imitating Gladiator's soundtrack. They even tried to get Hanz Zimmer, but he was committed to The Last Samurai, so he gave them several of his composer apprentices.
There’s a wild 🤫 history behind how they got the score for _Pirates of the Carribbean_ … essentially it is Hans Zimmer’s, but he had to rubber stamp it as someone else’s
I rewatched Gladiator recently and was thinking the same thing, and then I found this out.
Hahahaha i knew i wasnt crazy!!!!!
i dont think you can say stole. it was the same composer for both pirates and gladiator. if anything he just jazzed up his original as he knew it would fit pirates. stole is not the right word
I often thought that the biggest mistake Ridley Scott did with the first Gladiator movie was when he wasn't a producer of the first movie so when Gladiator won Best Picture, he didn't accept the trophy for himself because he wasn't the producer. I think about this a lot as it was his close chance to get an Oscar trophy if he was the producer like he is with his recent movies. After Gladiator came out, he became a producer in just about every movie he made 😅
lol yes that's true
Crazy how he is hit it big or miss a big time . I either don't like his movies or put them on my favourite list
How Steven Soderbergh won the Oscar that year boggles the mind
Well he has bugger all chance of getting best picture for this. Or best anything.
@@BadGamerPlays I think it was because a) he was American and b) he had two pictures nominated for Best Picture in the same year. The biggest shock to me was Zimmer not getting the Oscar for the score.
*ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?*
No not really 🤷🏻
I bet you haven't seen it.
Dude, the person reviewing the movie liked it and you probably haven't even seen it. But I hope the sweet, sweet likes were worth it.
Ridley fkd up quite a few things in his later years. If he doesn't drop the ball he misses the point completely. Prometheus should off been EPIC. And it is, if you DO... NOT... THINK about it, cause then it all falls down.
@@crackstuntman22 why do you seem so pressed? did you help make the movie? you made a real mouth breather comment go outside.
I was entertained by the first film. I have no interest in watching this unnecessary sequel, just like I had no interest in watching Joker 2.
I appreciate you being positive and not just tearing it apart like a lot of other reviewers always seem to do. That being said, you look like you're really struggling not to call it terrible.
I just saw it. It was bad. I struggle to see how any other conclusion can be reached.
Who knows maybe they got to him somehow. They meaning the studios.
it was literally an Ok movie. 6.5/10. Not sure why people say it’s awful or bad. Sounds like miserable critics if you ask
me
It’s actually been pretty well-reviews by critics and audiences alike just look it up
@@Michael-RS56 Because people are comparing it to the first one which was a master piece, also I'm betting people are just tired of Hollywood sequels and remakes now a days. People are allowed to have a different opinion of a movie than you do.
Commodus be like:
"All I want are sharks WITH LASERS ON THEIR FRIGGIN HEADS!!"
Oh wait, wrong movie.
Tbf he would have done that if he could have
A different scott from this Ridley Scott
lol, it was too much cgi, spoilt the rest of the real set slightly, but don't focus on bad, focus on good.. should have stuck with normal animals like lions, bears or jaguars.... rhinos can not even see! russell was the only maximus, lucius was not the right lucius, he did not know the master of silence, like russell did.... they chose the wrong characters to play the roles..... denzel did great but his image did not fit roman empire, image of lucius did not even look anything like maximus' child as it should have been, his hairline is too back and he could not master the power of silence like russell did.. also doesn't that mean that the second one basically means maximus was unfaithful to his wife, the wife he loved more than anything , the one he kept fantasizing of meeting in heaven with... the whole gladiator was based around his love for his wife.. which means in second he was unfaithful and had cheated on her by having lucius, so lucius was conceived by two unfaithful parents out of wedlock.. anyways I just seen second one and posted my instant reaction to the movie on my channel, would love to hear your thoughts, review and feedback
Big shoes to fill
Big shoes.
@@nandoman4769 *gasp* Krusty was innocent!!!
2 Big 2 Shoes
Average and overrated. I feel to sleep at the threate 25 years ago.
This is hands down a perfect review. Summed up everything what I was thinking.
Hearing “Big shoes to fill” that many times had me flash back to the first time Sideshow Bob framed Krusty.
Russel Crowe contributed to shaping the story of the original film and its arguable whether even with him in it the original would have become such an enduring classic if he hadn't.
The plot of Gladiator is schizophrenic nonsense.
I think Mel Gibson would’ve done great to in those times imo
It's not even arguable.
I thought it would have been cool if you followed Djimon Honsous character from the end of the first film. It was right there.
Yo, absolutely agree. I was thinking the same after watching a few reactors watch the first one.
For example, he goes home, but has to train others in his town to fight when Rome comes a-knocking. Or anyone else. My history is a bit fuzzy on Roman times (more an ancient Greece era guy), so perhaps its just raiders or mercs. In any case, he takes what Max taught them to teach his own people: how to fight like legionaires! Perhaps even combine it with their own fighting style.
You have a poc in a lead role, maybe a south asian or turk as a bbeg (thinking most likely antag groups). Djmon's character isn't a gary stu, and in many ways a true inheritor of max who was a farmer himself, pressed into service.
It checks hollyweird's boxes while also, at least in capable hands, carrying on the spirit of the first without *being* a rehash of the first one.
Unfortunately, it looks like they made the same film with a bigger CG budget. So typical hollywood sequel nonsense. Hell, could have had Denzel in it too!
Oh well… cheers friend.
That would've been much better. Still unnecessary (because Gladiator never warranted a sequel), but better than "Hey, let's retcon the first movie by making Lucius Maximus' son & retell the exact same story only worse."
He was going to be in the film but had to drop out due to scheduling issues.
@@DFRetha I re-watched the first film a few days ago and while it's not said out loud, it is strongly implied that Lucius is Maximus's son as Maximus was 'close to his mother years ago' which gives her motivation to try and help him out.
@@jamesatkinsonja I feel the opposite, I've seen the first movie numerous times along the years and I never felt they implied Lucius to be his son, just that Lucilla and Maximus had an affair when they were young and that she still had strong feelings for him, but they both had found new families.
I just saw it tonight. Worth buying on 4K, IMHO. I just wanted it to be 80% as good as the original, and for me, it was. 👍
I mean, Hans Zimmer really did write the same theme for two different movies in a span of 3 years, and thought we wouldn't notice
It sounds much more epic and fits much more in Pirates though
What happened behind the scenes is that Hans Zimmer was called in to help Klaus Badelt out with the score for Pirates. He wrote the whole score in one single day, and asked for Badelt to get full credit for the score. So it's no wonder Hans reused some cues.
@ it is a wonder
I’m a musician myself, and if two different directors asked me to make a score, I would write two different ones
ffs Zimmer probably doesn’t even own the rights to those scores. So even though he wrote both by himself, he is committing crime
But just on the artistic side . . . why would you ever write the same theme for two different films? Are you just a disgusting nonsense peddler?
4:36 I recently heard my brother watching something, I swear I heard the Pirates of the Caribbean theme, but was surprised to see he was watching Gladiator. The music is almost 1:1
Kind of like iron man and pacific rim.
You'll hear the same theme in Lion King 2: Simba's Pride. It's kind of a "prototype" version but it's there. Dude loved that theme for a few years.
A lot of Hans Zimmer scores sound similar
Hanz Zimmer, James Horner, John Williams... Great composers, but also great recyclers of their own previous compositions.
Yup
My favorite part was when Maximus returned and said, "What we do in Vegas, stays in Vegas."
Whoever did the set pieces for this movie deserves a raise though.
Some big shoes to fill indeed sir
*sandals
Chris suckmann has a huge head to fill.
I fell to sleep in the theater 25 years ago.
@@paulclinton6414 that's crazy , you are probably a boring person to be around with
Ralph Cifaretto is going to be super stoked about this sequel..
THEY DIDN'T HAVE FLAT TOPS IN ANCIENT ROME!
@juandirection8820 "It's like the chariots are going through the fuckin' house!"
Gladiator is one of the greatest films ever made. It was a fools errand to try and make a sequel unless you're bringing a top tear script and execution. I suspect that the second movie will be okay but not nearly as good as the first & the main justification for its existence will be the money not the artistic value.
The theatrical version on Gladiator (1) is much, much better than the extended version, which makes me mildly disappointed that most younger people only see the extended version, where Commodus is so over the top that he is too exaggerated and stupid to be human...
"too exaggerated and stupid to be human"
I've actually been on the internet and seen people's reactions to Trump winning the election...
Never underestimate people's ability to be "too over the top".
@@blindlobster I never saw the extended cut. I always pick the theatrical version when I have the choice. Except for of course Blade Runner.
@@James_Bee We elected a rapist to be president. Being angry and upset isn't "over the top."
@@James_Bee We just elected a rap*st, felon, and pathological liar who tried to steal an election as president, do you expect people to be happy about it?
You summed up my feelings about the movie very well, living in the first’s shadow and so many references, as if anyone who would watch this would not know the first one. Then the sharks were too over the top. Sharks don’t eat people.
You know what I could do with? An official confirmation of where the new “Wait for it to come out on streaming” rating falls on the rating system.
Internet: "How big are the shoes to fill?"
Jeremy: "Big!"
I’ll wait till digital because…..it had some big shoes to fill.
😂
Tragedy of Napoleon and tragedy of joker 2 , furiosa made me realise that my cinema days are over
You will not see the big shoes on tv, must be IMAX. OKAY?
That's what I'm recommending to my friends. I just left the cinema and everything in the film felt pointless. like it happens because it happens. Not even because it needs to for the plot. it just feels like my dreams where there's a series of events vaguely linked to eachother. No real emotion behind any actions. The only believable performance in the whole film was from the twins, and they were surrounded by such dead expressions from the rest of the cast that it just feels out of place.
Motivations within the film are also superfluous and changed from scene to scene, characters just accept random events at face value, basically shrug and go "Oh, that happened? Ok."
In the 1st film the Maximus' son was literally CRUCIFIED. In the sequel someone just kinda dies in a situation where it was literally the expected outcome, he freaks out for a second, then he goes "Huh, guess I need to get revenge."
@@Aubreysangel666not all sequels are bad. Top Gun Sequel almost 30 years later was great. Gladiator 2 was solid and even Furiosa was well-received even it if didn’t perform well
It was definitely entertaining and some of the action sequences were very well done. I just don't know how you top that first movie. The music, the story, the action, it was just better.
1:57 Is it a collaboration with ”Sharknado”?
So cool that they made this movie. Now I cant wait for some other legendary remakes, mostly "Donnie Brasco 2: Forget about it!" and "Apocalypse today: Smell of uranium in the morning."
A gritty re-imagining of _The Princess Bride_ where Princess Buttercup earns that name because that's the flower she leaves behind to mark all of her royal assassinations.
glad you finally hit 2 million followers Jeremy! Love your videos!
I enjoyed Denzel character the most…”I must have POWER” as he spin the decapitaed head😂😂😂
I just did a tour of the coliseum and the tour guide told us there is no evidence the arena was ever filled with water for sea battle scenes. It was not waterproof.
So you are saying such a claim... has some big shoes to fill?
Theoretically, if the Coliseum did have naumachiae, they would have been held in its early years before Domitian - long before Caracalla & Geta. Then again, its Hollywood, so creative liberties are the expectation.
Ty for very respectful, unbiased, informative, entertaining review, as always!!! Very much appreciated 🤗
I saw a preview with rap music and I completely checked out
Yeah, the response was so bad to that one that they shortly thereafter cut a new trailer with more classic Gladiator themed music to give it the 'historical epic' vibe back.
I was at a Minnesota Vikings season opener at the old metro-dome when before the kickoff they played an awful clip of rap music to get the fans fired up. When the clip ended it was complete silence, everyone looked around like “ what did we just hear?” That was the first and only time I herd that out of place noise.
You'll watch it and you'll like it
@@conanmn2381"Out of place", I guarantee that's what the players are listening to in the locker room
One of the trailers from the first Gladiator had kid rock music. I remember seeing it on TV way back in the day.
You said it all when you said it was convoluted. Perfect word. Yes it was entertaining but did not fill the "BIG SHOES"
I love that you had to get one more "big shoes to fill" in there Jeremy at the end 😂
Few months ago I was watching a virtual tour of the Coliseum and they showed the underground canals that were used to flood the floor. I had no clue they actually had water in there too. The Coliseum must have been WILD to see back in those times.
you'd have to be a slave to see it
as far as I know it was very expensive and didnt last long. When they added some underground quarters and lifts it wasn't possible any longer.
But I'm reciting from memory (on my daily routine of thinking about the roman empire, of course).
Russell Crowe's big shoes to fill.....hits a little different these days
I'm sure his shoes are still the same size... even if the rest of him...
400 lb shoes
Russell is still that guy
He was 35 yrs old in 1999 when it was being filmed.
@@James_Bee let's just say whatever size he wears, that number is now followed by "wide"
Love the difference between you and The Critical Drinker. He, gives no quarter lmao & you often try your best “Luke looking for Good in his Daddy” angle when reviewing. That kind of take is appreciated & lol…we always have TCD for snark and cynicism (that’s definitely not a complaint BTW so don’t anyone get their knickers in a wad). I appreciate you both!
I still would love to have loved to watched the original Lucius actor play that role. He is an awesome actor.
Every other critic(s) are taking a lot of bs hyping this movie, but you Jeremy have given the most honest review!.. this movie did not needed to be made..
He is still fairly positive on it even if he felt it unnecessary.
The quality of a movie has nothing to do with it being “necessary”. Idk why people are so worked up about the “unnecessary” thing
I just feel I need to come on here and say while I'm looking forward to seeing Gladiator II... it has some big shoes to fill
Waited 12 days to watch this review. Way too soon to drop a review Jeremy. I liked it. Definitely an unnecessary film and the lack of Hans Zimmer is a huge blow, but I really appreciated seeing the corruption of Rome portrayed. The first one touched on it, but didn’t show us much detail about it. The actors all did great, especially given as mentioned, how big the shoes were that needed to be filled.
0:00 Correct answer is Gladiator Two
Correct answer is Gladiator: Folie a Deux
Gladiator: Escape 2 Africa
@@UnfoundFilms Hahahaha
Gladiator: MMXXIV
Gladiator to
I love the scene where one of the characters kicked his rival screaming "THIS IS SPARTAAAAAA!!!"
After suffering through those last 3 Alien films, I've learned that Ridley Scott has lost whatever directorial genius he once possessed.
he is a good director, but he could never tell a good script from a bad one. he got lucky with alien, blade runner and gladiator, but then you see the alien prequels and napoleon and... yeah
Ridley Scott is a legend and still got it. But not every movie is a box office hit. He's directed some true masterpiece that's still good even today.
But he filmed only 2 alien movies though.
That old fuck is just senile, yet he refuses to quite. If he wants to destroy his own legacy, let him
I’ll go to bat for Black Rain. Underrated movie.
I did like the movie a lot. I agree I do not understand how the twins are in charge. But the rest was entertaining. Obviously not as good as the original
In terms of Roman themed tv shows and entertainment in general, I Claudius series is still the best
All amazing performances with a set budget of about 50 quid.
@@melvert33 Absolutely, and all tension comes purely from dialogue, simply amazing
There's a TV show called ROME that was released back in 2005 that was really good.
@@themarauder6108 It was really good, but Claudius is really on another level. But again, Rome is really good show
Derek Jacobi is in both Claudius and Gladiator
I feel the word is "score", when I hear soundtrack I think it's full of pop songs.
Yes, the score and the soundtrack are two completely different things.
I am looking forward to seeing Gladiator II, but to tell you the truth, I remember when the idea of a Gladiator prequel was making rounds inside the rumor mill. It was purported to be a story about how Maximus rose to power over the years preceding the events of Gladiator. Now, I am not sure if that is true, or if it was, indeed, just a rumor. Either way, I think that could have been a very good film.
They could still do that with a new actor [like Furiosa].
@@jamesatkinsonja - Very good point.
Hey Jeremy, I always appreciate your reviews and I did give your video a thumbs up, but I could not give this movie a thumbs up. You make some excellent points as usual, but in the end, I was not entertained in fact I started to have a bad feeling in the first 10 minutes. Like you said this sequel lives in the shadow of the original and it’s their own fault for not trying to give us an original story.
Your review was exactly as I thought. Gratz
Pretty hyped for this film. And honestly mounted rhinos and sharks in the Colosseum > historical accuracy
Just give us a trilogy:
2nd Punic Wars... do you need much more spectacle?
- 1 - Hannible rises: youth, raising his army, over the Alps, attacking Italy
- 2 - Rome responds: mustering, Fabian tactics, character introductions, Scipio's departure to Spain, Italy being crushed at Cannae
- 3 - End of the Punic Wars: Victory in Spain, Hannibal's conquest of Italy, Scipio's victories, finale in Africa
That’s some big shoes to fill
@@mistermr0221 Elephant sized?
Want diversity?
Go with the moors
Why did I read that as "Picnic Wars"?
NGL, that'd kinda be interesting.
Oversimplified already did that one...
"Gladiator goes in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark." - Quintus
We rarely get Top Gun Maverick which tops the previous movie but it doesn't always have to be. All I wanted from Gladiator 2 is a good movie and it seems we got just that which I'm fine with and I can't wait to watch it.
That has Tom Cruise and he really is obsessed with perfection. Ridley Scott not so much. He is much more about how many movies I can make in such a small amount of time? Also I love Paul Mescal but he is no Russell Crowe. He doesn’t have the gravitas.
I know it's your opinion, but the original Top Gun is the superior movie by FAR.
Personally, I always preferred The Fall Of The Roman Empire over Gladiator, which I just see as a modernised remake of a true cinema classic, so I immediately dismissed Gladiator II once I saw the trailer, cos it just looked like a watered down re-hash of a modernised remake of a true cinema classic. I'll just stick with my classic movie thank you 😊
2:07 WHY?!?!?! Just why 😭😭😭😭
“There was a dream that was Rome. It shall be realized. These are the wishes of Marcus Aurelius”
@ no that TikTok joke thing
He's not wrong. Gladiator makes me think about Rome weekly. If not daily
I took a shot every time you said "big shoes to fill". Needless to say, now it's a party.
My wife and i adored this movie. We didn't compare it to the original. We received it as another chapter to the story. Very sentimental, and we really enjoyed it. Especially when the original score appeared, "Now we are free." That was awesome. I'm happy that it touched on the first movie, i thought it was really clever.
Did Gladiator NEED a sequel? No. Did we enjoy this new chapter of the story? References and all? Absolutely. 100% going to see it again before it's out of theaters.
I think people’s peeves with this is, it’s a great standalone movie and it should’ve been that. No need to throw the title gladiator in there and no need for it to continue, when it was only going to be compared to the first. Had they selected a different title, then that would’ve been different.
If it really was a continuation and extension of the first, then they dropped the ball with NOT brining the original child that came out in the first in this one. for the sake of continuity and continuing the story in a different way.
@@MA-ti6dgit was the original child from the first micid, just not the same actor, and who really cares about that?
ok so both of u have no idea of movies and are a product of hollywood ...we got it ....
If u really think that is a good movie u have to be f stupit.....
Gladiator 2 has some big sandals to fill
LOL!
Very good.
It was mid...nothing more to add, Denzel just played something between a NY gangster and an Equalizer but set back 2k years back - no idea why he was cast
lol. he was amazing in a mid movie
Did you actually watch the movie? Cuz Denzel’s character is pretty eccentric, playful and sleazy, very unlike his equalizer and gangster roles. A complete 180 from his equalizer character to be exact. Why did you even bring up those roles? Just to rile up people who are upset the casting without haven’t seen how it makes sense?
I didn’t think I would like it, but it turned out to be one of the few movies worth your dollar. Huge fan of the first, ending was a little weird for the second but still a good movie
The OG Gladiator is one of my favorite movies of all time. TBH I have less than zero desire to watch this. Maybe when it's out on streaming.
If it's really one of your favorite of all time, like me, you should crave to watch asap in theatre
Doesn't look that great from trailer alone , I can see why people see this as home watch @@Nicotine46
@@Nicotine46 N-No? I don't understand your logic there, friend. I love the original, and I don't really care about a knock-off sequel that didn't need to and shouldn't really have happened.
@@lizzy-np2dr Maybe it shoudn't, but now it's there and it's not like a cheap knock-off. It's Ridley Scott himself returning in the arena and the cast is strong. Also, it seems like a respectful sequel to the original. So you should at least be very curious.
@@Nicotine46he shouldn't at least be anything
It can still be a cash grab no matter who is doing it
Ridley is now working on ‘Sully 2’ 🤣
The only good parts are the flashbacks of the first movie
I gave this a 6/10. It wasn't bad but I wasn't amazed. It was entertaining for a moment but felt the story was lacking. Action wasn't bad. Acting was alright. Denzel was probably the best actor there.
Jeremy grew up with sharks in the Coliseum
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