Elysium = roman version of heaven "the gates of Elysium" are shown in the movie ... when Maximus is about to die he pushes them open to see his family again.
"I would love to know how the Roman Empire, like started, ya know? Maybe even a movie on that." That is one of the most millennial things I've ever heard.
Marcus Aurelius was a poet, cartographer, emperor, conqueror and former general. He is well known for being the founder of Stoicism as an intellectual movement in Greco-Roman philosophy as well as being one of the last honest emperors. However, in reality he was toxic as his successors in many ways, just in different ways!
Most Roman soldiers and generals were from cultures that the Romans had recently conquered and colonized, for instance Maximus was Iberian(As am I), one of his friends was Germanic and another was Numidian(As is Macrinus, Denzel Washington`s character in the sequel who did eventually become Emperor but wasn`t very well-respected by the Senate, he was more beloved by the people but that was not unusual for emperors by that point).
"I would like to know how the Roman Empire started. Is there a movie about it?" Let me answer with a quote from "The Princess Bride": *_"In my time movies were called BOOKS!"_* Learn to READ!
Maximus was fictitious, however he is loosely inspired by a number of real life generals and senators who were friends of Marcus Aurelius as he was. The boy, Lucius Verus, is also fictitious, however his father and namesake was Aurelius`s brother and is known as one of the last honest nobles in Roman history. The real Commodus actually did fight in the gladiatorial games himself but cheated and took short cuts as he had no actual fighting talent.(Indeed, he often cosplayed as Hercules).
a) roman LEGIONS were NOT allowed into the city of Rome itself b) the one "exception" is the PRETORIAN GUARD, which is the personal guard of the emperor c) the OTHER exception is "a general's DAY OF TRIUMPH", basically a huge parade ... and the general rode on a chariot ... with a slave behind him who had ONE JOB: constantly repeating these words: *_"Remember you are only a mortal."_* because people still believed in "divine ascension of mortals" AND he had his legion around and could take over by force. ["Reminding POLITICIANS who they are supposed to SERVE" seems like a good idea we should adopt.] d) Rome had a MILLION PEOPLE in the city itself at its height.
Spartans were from the city state of Sparta in Greece (the movie 300). These are Roman legions drawn from all over the empire (Maximus is from Spain, so they call him Spaniard later on)
@@NeedumReacts ... and GREECE ... because "spartans" are a GREEK thing ... there were no "spartan legions". MYTHOLOGY: Ancient Rome was founded by survivors from Troy ... after the greeks demolished it over the whole "stolen queen" thing. They sailed around the mediterranean, settled for a short while and then were driven on by the gods to find their future home.
Lol I've heard many reactors mention that's mf dooms mask, but all think the movie got the idea from him, not the other way around, despite this being way before he was around. You're the first to catch that mf got it from this movie n not the other way around lol
seen it but still always down to do commentaries for a rewatch. another movie that's similar to this one I thought I would watch next is Troy. appreciate the sub! I'm thinking about starting a discord soon so people can just keep recommending movies in there so look out for that
@@NeedumReacts dont worry about rewatch, keep first time watching reactions :) _i recommend you :_ ★ *Law Abiding Citizen* (2009)🔥 _Jamie Foxx & _*_Gerard Butler_* ★ *American Gangster* (2007)🔥 _Denzel Washington & _*_Russell Crowe_* ★ *Dawn of the Dead* (2004)🔥 Directed by *Zack Snyder* ,
@@NeedumReacts Right Now herbal medicine isn't that widespread or known. Back then they knew what treated a headache, helped as a bandage, boosted immune support, etc. ever exact doses of poison and from where to just kill someone, we don't have that knowledge now. Lost in time
16:43 "I'm confused why she hit him." Yes she hit him because she knows. As his sister she's allowed to do that, but once she says "Hail, Caesar," it's over. He's now her king, she's his subject, and to assault him would mean the death penalty. So that's her final way of getting her emotions out.
At least you understood by yourself (Romans and Spartans the same thing?), yes, maybe it's better if you read some history (it's a joke, don't get pissed off, we all talk bullshit). Who try to kill him are NOT legionaries but praetorians (the emperor's guard); basically the "new" emperor (Commodus) with the complicity of Quintus (who in fact becomes the commander of the praetorians) tries to kill him because knows that the legions would be loyal to Maximus (but if he dies, there are no more problems, they obey to the emperor, end of story). I hope, despite my English, I was clear. 🍺
You talk through the whole thing, you did not let film tell its story and comment. You guessed constantly… amazed at how many of you who do this interrupt the critical aspects by guessing… it only makes us think you have already seen the movie.
Suggestion. Obviously you need to speak as a reviewer, so it isn't just about talking less. It's about pulling your viewers out of a world they want to show you, into an entirely unrelated bit about where a performer's mask design came from, while critical moments are passing onscreen. The best reviewers join their audience inside the movie and stay there, commenting on the story, or how well or poorly director, cast and crew were communicating the story, or what the story was doing to them. Anything else feels like going to a movie with a friend who just keeps talking about their job or car repairs. Time and place for that, but not during the watch.
@@agedp8386 appreciate this! I’ll Definitely work on it. This was one of my first movie reactions so hopefully the newer ones are better. I’m always open to critiques and ways to improve.
@@massimosuklan3046 I just assumed they cut away and didn't show his death on screen. but now makes more sense cause they showed every death except for his.
@@NeedumReacts To finish that scene after Oliver Reed (Proximo) died, they had to digitally superimpose the actor's face onto a body double-a CGI effect which cost $3 million at the time. When Proximo says "shadows and dust" and is stabbed, the final closeup is taken from an unused take of an earlier scene. Oliver Reed happened to deliver the line with a mournful tone, and the writers felt that was the best way to posthumously close his performance.
Of course marcus aurelius was real, so were his children, commodus was the first in a downward slide of terrible narcissistic incompetent leaders, he was killed by his personal wrestling instructor/partner in a plot orchestrated by the senate, commodus was even worse than the movie made him. He was a loser who paid ppl or injured ppl to let him win in the arena, also paid other just as incompetent ppl to do most of his job for him. He was garbage who dumped romes money into 200 days of games while the ppl suffered.
The most satisfying end to any villain ever ❤
Cesar is a TITLE ... not just "Gaius Julius Cesar".
The russian "Tsar" comes from that.
Before Russian tsars Bulgarian tsars use this title Ceaser. But yes its true. 🙂
the germans also had that title: kaiser.
My favorite movie of all time since it came out in 2000. Great reaction Bro, big up.
@@blizzywilk appreciate it!
Elysium = roman version of heaven
"the gates of Elysium" are shown in the movie ... when Maximus is about to die he pushes them open to see his family again.
Yep and like most aspects of Roman culture they stole the concept from us Greeks!
"I would love to know how the Roman Empire, like started, ya know? Maybe even a movie on that."
That is one of the most millennial things I've ever heard.
i think im actually Gen Z lol
Marcus Aurelius was a poet, cartographer, emperor, conqueror and former general. He is well known for being the founder of Stoicism as an intellectual movement in Greco-Roman philosophy as well as being one of the last honest emperors. However, in reality he was toxic as his successors in many ways, just in different ways!
Yes, MF DOOM’s mask was inspired by the gladiator mask.
thats cool didnt know that. i thought it was from dr doom lol. but i guess dr doom was probably inspired by gladiators to.
The Barbarian tribes were always attacking the Roman limes. Roman campaigns were usually mainly punitive against those tribes.
Most Roman soldiers and generals were from cultures that the Romans had recently conquered and colonized, for instance Maximus was Iberian(As am I), one of his friends was Germanic and another was Numidian(As is Macrinus, Denzel Washington`s character in the sequel who did eventually become Emperor but wasn`t very well-respected by the Senate, he was more beloved by the people but that was not unusual for emperors by that point).
"I would like to know how the Roman Empire started. Is there a movie about it?"
Let me answer with a quote from "The Princess Bride": *_"In my time movies were called BOOKS!"_*
Learn to READ!
Im more of a visual person that would rather watch a movie or documentary. even a youtube video. reading was never my thing.
"What gods did the Romans pray to?" Mostly the Greek ones with Latinized names, that`s where we get most of our planet and constellation names from.
Maximus was fictitious, however he is loosely inspired by a number of real life generals and senators who were friends of Marcus Aurelius as he was. The boy, Lucius Verus, is also fictitious, however his father and namesake was Aurelius`s brother and is known as one of the last honest nobles in Roman history. The real Commodus actually did fight in the gladiatorial games himself but cheated and took short cuts as he had no actual fighting talent.(Indeed, he often cosplayed as Hercules).
This is Rome they DID NOT hang people. They nailed you to the cross.
damn
Thats why Jesus Christ was crucified. Course Jerusalem was part of Roman Empire. And all the slaves after Spartacus rebelion were crucified.
@@lukasmarsha6843 that makes sense
NOBODY asked for Gladiator 2 ... because the story is DONE.
I'm excited to see the naval battles.
It's a historical fiction. Marcus was an emperor, Maximus could have been anyone
yea figured it was a mix of both
a) roman LEGIONS were NOT allowed into the city of Rome itself
b) the one "exception" is the PRETORIAN GUARD, which is the personal guard of the emperor
c) the OTHER exception is "a general's DAY OF TRIUMPH", basically a huge parade ... and the general rode on a chariot ... with a slave behind him who had ONE JOB: constantly repeating these words: *_"Remember you are only a mortal."_* because people still believed in "divine ascension of mortals" AND he had his legion around and could take over by force. ["Reminding POLITICIANS who they are supposed to SERVE" seems like a good idea we should adopt.]
d) Rome had a MILLION PEOPLE in the city itself at its height.
damn, these are great facts to know. i gotta do more research on the Romans.
This movie is considered historical fiction. Yes gladiators, Caesars, Romans and praetorians existed, this storyline is all fiction.
thanks for letting me know didnt know if it was real or a mix of real and fiction.
Spartans were from the city state of Sparta in Greece (the movie 300). These are Roman legions drawn from all over the empire (Maximus is from Spain, so they call him Spaniard later on)
@@jillfromatlanta427 I really gotta learn more about the Roman Empire lol
@@NeedumReacts ... and GREECE ... because "spartans" are a GREEK thing ... there were no "spartan legions".
MYTHOLOGY: Ancient Rome was founded by survivors from Troy ... after the greeks demolished it over the whole "stolen queen" thing. They sailed around the mediterranean, settled for a short while and then were driven on by the gods to find their future home.
@@Muck006 i think i gotta watch the movie troy next.
If you want to know more about the starting of the Ceasers watch Cleopatra staring Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton.
@@marshacaperton5315 I’ll have to check that out. Thanks for the suggestion
Brilliant movie
really is
Lol I've heard many reactors mention that's mf dooms mask, but all think the movie got the idea from him, not the other way around, despite this being way before he was around. You're the first to catch that mf got it from this movie n not the other way around lol
@@iluvrolaz hahaha so did my doom actually get the idea from this movie or was that just a coincidence?
Good job!
thanks!
_New sub+1!_ i recommend you :
🔥 *300* (2006) 🔥
_starring Gerard Butler & Lena Headey_
Directed by *Zack Snyder*
seen it but still always down to do commentaries for a rewatch. another movie that's similar to this one I thought I would watch next is Troy. appreciate the sub! I'm thinking about starting a discord soon so people can just keep recommending movies in there so look out for that
@@NeedumReacts dont worry about rewatch, keep first time watching reactions :) _i recommend you :_
★ *Law Abiding Citizen* (2009)🔥
_Jamie Foxx & _*_Gerard Butler_*
★ *American Gangster* (2007)🔥
_Denzel Washington & _*_Russell Crowe_*
★ *Dawn of the Dead* (2004)🔥
Directed by *Zack Snyder*
,
@@peperino25 awesome havnt seen any of these. I've actually been wanting to watch American gangster
Spartaan is grecee
Lol! They had medicine back then. There knowledge of herbs for medicinal purposes were more advanced then today.
how were they more advanced than today?
@@NeedumReacts Right
Now herbal medicine isn't that widespread or known. Back then they knew what treated a headache, helped as a bandage, boosted immune support, etc. ever exact doses of poison and from where to just kill someone, we don't have that knowledge now. Lost in time
16:43 "I'm confused why she hit him."
Yes she hit him because she knows. As his sister she's allowed to do that, but once she says "Hail, Caesar," it's over. He's now her king, she's his subject, and to assault him would mean the death penalty. So that's her final way of getting her emotions out.
@@josephsoltero7326 that makes sense appreciate this.
At least you understood by yourself (Romans and Spartans the same thing?), yes, maybe it's better if you read some history (it's a joke, don't get pissed off, we all talk bullshit).
Who try to kill him are NOT legionaries but praetorians (the emperor's guard); basically the "new" emperor (Commodus) with the complicity of Quintus (who in fact becomes the commander of the praetorians) tries to kill him because knows that the legions would be loyal to Maximus (but if he dies, there are no more problems, they obey to the emperor, end of story).
I hope, despite my English, I was clear. 🍺
Nice reaction. 👍
@@lazios hahaha I don’t get mad that easy I actually like seeing jokes. But I do gotta brush up on my Roman history I’ve been neglecting it.
@@lazios appreciate you!
You talk through the whole thing, you did not let film tell its story and comment. You guessed constantly… amazed at how many of you who do this interrupt the critical aspects by guessing… it only makes us think you have already seen the movie.
@@twittertwice my bad I’ll try to talk less. I just be saying what I’m thinking.
Suggestion. Obviously you need to speak as a reviewer, so it isn't just about talking less. It's about pulling your viewers out of a world they want to show you, into an entirely unrelated bit about where a performer's mask design came from, while critical moments are passing onscreen. The best reviewers join their audience inside the movie and stay there, commenting on the story, or how well or poorly director, cast and crew were communicating the story, or what the story was doing to them. Anything else feels like going to a movie with a friend who just keeps talking about their job or car repairs. Time and place for that, but not during the watch.
@@agedp8386 appreciate this! I’ll Definitely work on it. This was one of my first movie reactions so hopefully the newer ones are better. I’m always open to critiques and ways to improve.
fun fact, at his death Proximo just stand there doing nothing because the actor was already dead. they did that scene only with previous cuts
dang didnt know that actor died. thats crazy
@@NeedumReacts yeah few people know this fact but you nocicied that something was strange in that scene
@@massimosuklan3046 I just assumed they cut away and didn't show his death on screen. but now makes more sense cause they showed every death except for his.
@@NeedumReacts To finish that scene after Oliver Reed (Proximo) died, they had to digitally superimpose the actor's face onto a body double-a CGI effect which cost $3 million at the time.
When Proximo says "shadows and dust" and is stabbed, the final closeup is taken from an unused take of an earlier scene. Oliver Reed happened to deliver the line with a mournful tone, and the writers felt that was the best way to posthumously close his performance.
@@josephsoltero7326 I didn’t even notice any CGI that’s wild
Of course marcus aurelius was real, so were his children, commodus was the first in a downward slide of terrible narcissistic incompetent leaders, he was killed by his personal wrestling instructor/partner in a plot orchestrated by the senate, commodus was even worse than the movie made him. He was a loser who paid ppl or injured ppl to let him win in the arena, also paid other just as incompetent ppl to do most of his job for him. He was garbage who dumped romes money into 200 days of games while the ppl suffered.
@@allenslayman4272 damn you know your history lol
Your reaction is fairly juvenile … bye
@@twittertwiceappreciate it! bye 👋
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