Are you not entertained? (by Gladiator 2)

it was a truly dreadful watch

I have no nostalgia on the first movie. The movie actually NEEDED a sequel or more at the end of the first. There's one massive question that remains after Maximus dies. What is the future of Rome? Did he have any impact on it's direction or does he die for nothing? What happens to Rome? It's an underlying plot point that drives the story forward and is abruptly stopped once Maximus dies. This sequel covers ALL OF IT. So, as someone who saw the first movie for the first time just this week. I found it needed. And the sequel hits on loose ends of the first as well as Maximus's legacy and impact.

Ridley Scott proves in this that he is still a Masterclass , I was pleasantly surprised in how everything was tied in together from the 1st film until Now 16 yrs.. later.. When Lucius is now a grown man.. Bravo 👏..

Sidenote: Did anyone else notice The Alien Romulus nod in the film? In one scene you see a statue of a wolf breast feeding 2 human children and Lucius comments on it.. Romulus and Remus.

I love how Denzel Washington slowly rises to power through deception and cunning..

You missed that Peter Mensah came back as his character from Spartacus.
No worries though... Everyone did ;)

201 represent 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Gladiator II doesn't even surpass Alien Covenant lol

gladiator 2 = men in skirts with their swords out!

NO, it doesn't. There, saved you 25 min. YW.

Paul Mescal has his own backstory and you'll never guess what it is... unless you read the plot description.

The Scott Free bird animation was designed by Gianluigi Toccafondo.

Dont understand why they called it Gladiator II. People saw RIGHT THROUGH that marketing gimmick and it forces the movie to live up to a predecessor that it never can. They couldve just made another unrelated gladiator film set in Rome. I think audiences by and large enjoy Sword and Sandals films so theres no need to bastardize Gladiators legacy. You can just use any number of separate storylines/characters set in ancient Rome

Ya I mean it makes Maximus look more like an ass honestly

Letting his son go be a gladiator

Stupid and unnecessary sequel

Pedro Pascal and Denzel shined in this movie… Maximus got a lot of love but Acacius should have got more shine in the end

The most 5/10 5/10 film ever. And it’s only a 5 because Denzel got it there.

Shazam 2 is a good movie- said no one EVER
Except for this two blocks😂

No.We are NOT.

The film lacked focus.

I thought the movie was really lacking.

If Riddley Scott actually stuck more to the real history of Geta and Caracalla, opening with the death of their father and focusing rather on a new gladiator character with no connection to Maximus it would have been a better movie. Read the room Ridley. Roman history has gotten this insane revival in the last 4 years. He could have played on that by giving us somethjng at least even half accurate. Open the film with the campaigns in Scottland and the death of Septimus severus who famously said to his sons "Be harmonious, enrich the soldiers, scorn all others"....that could set the tone of the Roman empire and why Caracalla was seen as a tryant. Admist the back drop of a debased currency, higher taxes and the destruction of Alexandria who famously mocked Caracalla for killkn Geta....we can see the declining world of the Roman empire as its approacing the crises of the 3rd century. Amidst this all would be the gladiatory games and the pratorian prefect Macrinus plot to kille Caracalla.

This movie started kind of boring then got increasingly more unhinged and by the end my friend and I were cackling

Before this movie there was a trailer for a movie about a monkey that became a rock star.

I realized that this movie was a prequel to that movie. That monkey (Robbie Williams) is the descendant of the monkey in this movie. Probably.

Glad2ator

Nowhere near the first. Full of problems and plot holes. But worth a watch once....

Gladiator vs 300: Dawn of the Washed up directors

I’m kinda bummed that this is basically just a soft remake… Ridley could have taken this world in a totally new direction but instead just played it safe. And unfortunately Paul Mescal doesn’t have the screen presence of Crowe

I hate it when movies shoehorn numbers into their movie titles. Especially when the movie title is already a number like Se7ev or 1H3RTEEN. It's not creative. It feels insulting. I can read. I don't need a picture of the stupid number. To help me read the title of the movie. It's so stupid and I wish it would stop.

So Gladiator 2 is a sequel/remake?...... What?!

So you guy's are totally cool with sharks being under the Colosseum?

Gladiator 2 is a worse remake of Gladiator. It was so boring, I would have left if I was by myself.

Yeah we didn't need another dead wife. They could have just separated them and then at the end he gets to see her again.

Somehow, emperors returned.

Ridley Scott did also recently announce that a Director's Cut is probably going to happen.
Not surprising given how the original had one too which greatly improved it.
Apparently this will be over three and a half hours if the reports are accurate.
I'd be interested in seeing how it builds on this.

Paul mescal isnt good in this movie hes not charismatic at all and delivers his lines like he doesnt even believe them.

Three cheers for citizen dondas

Before watching the video, here are my thoughts:

minor spoilers

The good:
the twin emperors, gladiatorial naval combat, a really great quote that was attributed to Cicero (though I can't find evidence of it), the pet monkey who got to be co-caesar for a day 🐒

The bad:
garbage rehashed script that failed to justify the existence of the movie, dumb callbacks, bad acting even from the returning cast, bad casting (except Pedro and the emperors), unmemorable musical score

I rewatched the original last week and I still fucking love that movie. Seeing the new one really made me wish Ridley Scott would have just made another sword & sandal movie without any connection to Gladiator 😕

Now to watch and see what they agree with me on

Gladiator I is overrated af. Saw it last year since the sequel was going to come out in a year. Considering the hype and accolades surrounding the film, it was very underwhelming. I expected a masterpeice and got a solid 7.5.

Gladiator 2 is almost the same movie except it misses on several characters' motivations and has a rushed ending. So a 6.5 for me.

Did you guys pickup Denzel’s character saying “hose him down” to Paul’s character?
Hoses did not exist…

I'm with Jason. It was okay. The fights felt kinda "eh" and hollow. And it does follow the plot of the first one wayyy to much. Its a messy narrative and kinda wacky plot. Its also edited weird in my opinion.

Rodney!

Paul Mescal is a bit rougher than Paul Tequila, that's for sure.

Its pretty bad to be honest.

If any movie didn't need a sequel pr remake it was Gladiator. I feel like the mere existence of this film diminishes the legacy of the original

Apart from some excellent production design and some memorable performances from Denzel and the twins, i thought it was incredibly bland.

The soundtrack was so generic and was difficult to even heat most of the time. Unless it was the original Gladiator theme being cheaply thrown in to triggee your nostalgia.

The dialogue and writing were incredibly unispiring and cliche. So many examples of exposition telling and not showing.

The CGI was laughably awful at points, primarily the animals. The shot compositions were so repetitive....how many times do we have to cut to different characters reactions during the actions scenes. Hardly any creative pieces of cinematography and in fact the whole thing just looked visually flat, not sure if this was due to the type of film chosen by ridley Scott.

Another Pedro Pascal movie with some other stuff in the background

The criticism “They undid” everything in the first one. I hate to break the news, but Rome never went back to being a Republic. Many attempts, all failed. Just like Maximus failed. Dumb criticism

Gladiator 2? ❌
Lads weekend with many dads ✅

It was as if the Gladiator storyline was happening off on the side; like we’d already seen it, so we didn’t need so see it again. And suddenly at the 2/3 point, Paul Mescal has the entire gladiator corps army as his personal security force. But we didn’t need to see any of those personalities or HOW they came to revere him as a leader. Right? It’s probably just what happened in Gladiator. Even though the movie treated us like we were supposed to care about those other gladiator pals.