This movie pissed me off. It's beyond lazy. The whole arc of the main character is so stupid it had steam coming out of my ears. I hate that these movies want to be reboots and sequels at the same time.
The movie is actually good. But in other ways. Not in story or character but it shows the reality of Roman depravity. How human beings were fed to wild baboons or how 2 men are forced to fight eachother to the death at a royal banquet for entertainment. People had no morality 2,000 years ago. There was no such thing as human dignity or the right to life. We've come a long way in 2,000 years.
@DestinyAwaits19 but I've seen similar themes done well in other movies. Most movies aren't built on bad concepts, but that doesn't mean the execution works.
@@mickeyc. You lost me when you said Tarantino and Christopher Nolan were better directors than Ridley Scott 🤣. Delusional. Thanks for the review I'll watch it myself and make up my own mind about the movie Bud.
The whole idea of making a sequel to Gladiator felt so cash grabby and unnecessary. Like it was a film that felt like modern classic like a Ben-hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Gone with the Wind, and now they want to add a 2 and repeat the same beats???! The studios just don't g.a.s. about the legacy of their films. They are betting on our stupid monkey brains going "ooooh thing I like before, I give money now!"
"Where there’s a thouand cameras shooting everything all at once, and then they just find the movie in the edit. That’s how it feels like to me. This does not feel like a tailor made vision. This just feels like shoot shoot shoot, cut cut cut, edit edit edit. Release." So it feels like a movie by Ridley's brother Tony Scott LOL.
You are absolutely right … In the provinces, baboons would never have fought there. Animals were expensive, and merchants would fetch the best price in Rome.
100% agree. The score is horrendous, remember how it elevated the battle in the first one, in this there are scenes with no score at all. Mescal is a blank actor in this, one minute his wife dies the next scene hes laughing and joking as if its nothing. It felt like bad fan fiction and a poor bbc tv drama to me
Finally someone else agrees with me. That part really pissed me off. She dies and next scene he doesn't give a flying f$%k. I ranted on this in my review.
Does not sound like a film I need to make an effort to see. Perhaps I may check it out on streaming sometime. Not sure why Gladiator needed a sequel. Thanks for the great review.
Neither did Joker, Dumb & Dumber, Hangover, The Fast and The Furious, "Has Fallen" franchise, etc, but because of $$$ they make pointless sequels happen.
a prequel would've made more sense..show Maximus rising through the ranks... but even that would be sort of lame. Gladiator was a perfectly encapsulated story.. no need to continue it.
I can appreciate directors who like to give a middle finger to audiences, but Ridley doesn't seem to care that much about the storytelling aspect anymore and that's where his recent movies fall apart. Like I enjoyed Prometheus for what it was, but it's very lacking compared to Alien, there's no heart to it.
Yeah, I thought Prometheus was a beautiful looking movie with a great cast, but that great cast was mostly wasted. The story was weak, and as you mentioned, there was no heart to it. Ridley Scott's more recent movies are competently shot, but not very well written and completely soulless.
Gladiator was a stand alone film with no need for a sequel. However, if they were going to do this, a few years after the original would have been the peak time to do it not 24 years later. No one asked for this except greedy film execs.
Thanks for the review. You also have a very good point in music. Why does so much modern music in movies suck so much? Are the composers and musicians in these movies nepotism hires too or something? Like why are the music for modern movies more generic and forgettable than the actors and that's not a compliment towards the majority of modern movie actors.
@@mickeyc. Take a look at Michael Myers Halloween films for example. I remember reading the test audience screening for that film was negative until Carpenter make the iconic score and the rest was history.
Thought-provoking video. I remember when I saw the trailer for this movie and thought, “They’re making another one?” I think writing a good sequel is hard, and some stories just don’t need sequels. Sequels are meant to continue the themes and journey of the first film and build upon them. new challenges = new stakes = new character development. Three of my favorite sequels are Creed 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Inside Out 2. Each one felt like a natural continuation of the original plot, and took the character from Point B to Point C. One of the worst things a sequel can do is invalidate the original. Your metaphor of spitting in the original’s face captures that feeling exactly. Gladiator stands by itself, no sequel needed.
Hey Mickey, Saw the movie last night. Totally agree with everything u said , and some. - The writing was all over the place. -No character evoked any kind of emotional rooting. - never felt like anything was at stake; no matter how hard the characters tried to make it seem so. Just did not make me care. - The lead actor was underwhelming and monotonous. - dialoges did not make any kind of emotional appeal. Just felt too superficial. Even in a tensed, serious and life threatning situation where characters are talking about overthrowing an Emperor. The gravity of it was nowhere. Was like people were just doing their lines. The biggest let down for me was cinematography. Too many closeups and cuts in seemingly defining scenes where a broader and less rushed approach wud have been more effective. Did not serve my expectations.
But it makes sense in its own way from your lense. I love rewatching it. It’s mind blowing. It makes sense and it doesn’t. Gladiator is genuinely garbage.
Should have made the story about Tigris of Gaul, and his rise to fame and life after being defeated by maximus. The dude had to be badass to achieve that fame.
Greetings from Maryland USA. My first time watching your channel. Very enjoyable and quite funny too. I'm going to look up all your work. Would love to have you do a show on film noir. That's my favorite genre. Good luck and keep on speaking your mind.
I hated tennet was a bag of shhhh and denzils son I feel cannot act his face is lifeless. People just won't say it jus like Brittany couldn't sing for shhhh.
Did you guys watch the Creator? Denzels son did some great work. Love him and that movie so much. Gareth Edwards is an incredible director. Lets give him some props. And Niel Blumkamp. Sean Levy as well. Damien Chazelle as well for my tastes. A few others who I won't bother mentioning.
Tarantino is the only director I can think of who doesn't have an outright stinker. I know some don't love all his movies but they're all so competantly made with such rich dialogue and character moments that you can't call any of them plain bad. Now, some of that has to do with the fact that he's only made 9 of them. I think if he was at 20 plus we'd prolly have a couple. Death Proof almost fits, though, not a very good movie.
@@broghad8241 people like it cause it's an excellent movie. My second favorite of 2019. Great acting, great writing, great cinematography, great directing. All around one of his best movies, at least top 5. Of course that's just my imo.
@@lobodesade6780 yeah, but it was missing that something that Planet Terror had, which I love. I even think Tarantino has said it wasn't very good, although I'm not sure if I'm remembering that right.
You nailed it perfectly. I watched it last night, and even as I was watching, one word kept popping into my head: GENERIC. It feels like it was made purely to cash in on the first movie, and that’s about it. My top three cringe moments: the CGI monkeys, the sharks in the Colosseum, and that final shot of the main hero with the old soundtrack playing in the background. I just couldn’t buy into the emotions at all.
My theater was raving. For me the representative symbol how much we as an audience have been dummyfied over the years. This movie is qll style over subtance and a painful confrontation how the first movie did absolutely everything better 20 years ago. Spectacle back then worked because you have much better created characters and good plot driven motives. If you nail that right, spectacle has such a bigger impact. Intodays version its just meh. Story wise this was incredibly lazy. It gave me force awaken vibes... You fill it full of nostalgia bait, you privide fancy looking pictures et voila... The crowd is entertained. Nok of these type of movies will be talked about 20 years from now unlike first gladiator... They are forgettable fastfood consumptions you will move on from fast. But that is onfortunately what the crowds want these days and be happy. Funny how our movie theatres has become modern day colloseum. They serve the exact same purpose
Spoiler: The scene where he was to protect Lucilla would have been great if Master of Ceremony annoinced she is going to be defended by her own son. This would give the public the reason to fight back.
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH I WAS THINKING HAVE I GONE MAD THIS FILM WAS TERRIBLE ALL THE MOTIVATION FOR THE CHARACTERS WHERE NOT THERE, IT WAS TERRIBLE AND I CAME HOME AND ALL THE REVIEWS WHERE SAYING 480 MILLION WELL SPENT
Loved your review. The film was so predictable. I found parts of it fun for sure... usually the fight scenes. I get into that in my review. I feel like Hollywood is not into the best of the best any longer as long as they get money.
the obvious truth seems to be that Hollywood is damn sure that audiences are stupid and will anyway not bother to think about the quality and credibility of a movie like you do.
Maximus didnt cheat he got with the emporer daughter before he had a wife as stated in the first film. After the victory in the beginning i " there was a time where you only had time for me or something like that" and maximus replied that was a lond time ago so in that time lucius was conceived and then Maximus got married
Bruh... They made a movie where Person A seeks Revenge to kill Person B. Person B is seeking Revenge to kill Person C and D (the chancellors). Person E (Denzel) is also seeking Revenge. Its a Revenge Inception. Plus it was not even specifically Pedro Pascals Character who has killed his wife. He gave Orders. In the midst of a full blown war 😐 The Equivalent to this would be an orc in middle earth which his cousin was killed by an Arrow from a foot soldier, which Aragorn has ordered to be shot. And now that one ORC is seeking Revenge directly from Aragorn. Plus the Mom of Lucius send him away as a kid. Never even searched for him. Was living lavishly in Rome with no worries or thoughts whatsoever. No informations of the whereabouts of her son. Nothing was established of that information or her seeking her son. Plus. The one guy he wanted to kill was loyal to Maximus. Yeah but this did not change the fact that he still was responsible for his wifes death. He forgave him. Just because..... Plot holes in this one are crazy .
Yeah, I suspected from what little I’d seen in trailers etc. that I probably wouldn’t be bothering with this movie, and after this review it confirmed everything I thought would make it crap, so it’s hard pass territory for me. Great review, well done and thank you. Immediate Sub and Like.
I understand the critiques of this film, however its been so long since ive gone to the cinema and walked out after watching something that wasnt completely horrible (I saw venom the week before). I enjoyed the spectacle and the quality of the production - particularly the depiction of rome. The soundtrack I enjoyed and i liked how it wasnt afraid to lean into the original theme. The shark thing I think was some creative play as there were rumours of them having being used in the flooding battles (it did not happen).
Yeah, I saw denziel washington in it and heard his lines. It sounded somewhat interesting but I felt nonthing cohearent was being communicateed so I passesed
Tomorrow "Gladiator 2" will be in a cinemas in my country. But after i have seen your review and hear spoilers i decided to not watch this movie. I have seen first part of a "Gladiator" and for me that was a good story about a hero who destroyed an evil empire. If Paul Mescal will do the same thing in a second part then the second part of a "Gladiator" is pointless.
Very cool review. Always be honest. I have a TH-cam channel too. Sometimes people get mad when they don't hear positive things about films and music they like. They attack. Ignore them. Don't be an echo chamber for closed minds or paid shills. Truth "echoes in eternity." I agree with your thoughts on the music. They include "Now We Are Free" from Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard's Gladiator, and it really shows up the entire score. For a while, there are some enjoyable moments but nothing lingers. I subscribed by the way.
It looks boring, so I probably won't see it. You should try doing shorts with a more edited, structured format. I think you would do well in that space.
Thanks for the review. Will you review the series Tulsa King? I'm done watching it, it's been such a struggle to watch it as it's so boring, low quality, and soap opera types of level. Like, how is that even possible! Even Stallone can't save that garbage.
I agree. Tenet was literally the worst film I have ever seen and I have zero interes in Nolan's sterile style of film making. Whenever I see these "great directors who made terrible films" lists, I never ever see James Cameron on that list. Having said that, I think James Cameron is the greatest director of all time........its note even close in my opinion.
Ehh, Cameron gave us T2 which is borderline perfect, and Titanic but that's it. Aliens is literally Alien just with guns and Vietnam banter, Avatar is trash
Respectfully disagree... Ridley Scott has his hits and misses... But one thing he can never be accused of is "laziness." Was the movie perfect? Of course not. Was it historically accurate? Of course not, neither was the first film. Ironically, my biggest complaint is they focused too much on the Gladiators themselves, and not the violent politics of the Roman Empire. I would have rather seen Geta's and Caracalla's rise to power, how they became so despised, and how they keep their power. We could have had a true political thriller with some sprinkles of arena games. And now, with this ending, I just dunno how they're gonna call the third movie "Gladiator III." Lucius' is now an Emperor, not a gladiator.
There have always been a whole lot of ulterior motivations & agendas at work in the Entertainment Industry that are not about making good movies or even about making $. If you see something good it was usually in spite of the machine, not because of it. Their #1 goal is usually the slow incremental changing of society, the way we think, our morality etc.
Ridley is pissed up and vindictive. See him in interviews back at Prometheus. Its sad to see. Personally i thought his brother was the better director.
Awe, I was excited for this. To be honest, I don't really like the 1st one all that much. I'm not really a Pedro Pascal fan. I fell asleep during the Mandalorian. Way over hyped show.
There's not much to choose from tbh. Current generation of actors just aren't on the same level as Crowe was. Paul Mascal, Glen Powell, Aaron Taylor Johnson. They're all "pretty" boys, but they don't have any real gravitas.
I'll say this again. Although this will be the first most of you have heard it but I have embarked on a journey to find independent filmmakers right here on TH-cam that are highly talented and try to push their work and I have found several guys. I think at this point we should all just stop complaining and whining about Hollywood not giving us what we want and support these independent creators who work outside the Hollywood system.
like seriously, nolan as the favorite director is like saying your favorite movie is pulp fiction. its shit that a first year film student or a film bro would say, its so basic, there is no personality to it, there is no taste, no depth. its like the only directors that exist are tarantino, nolan and scorsese.
declaring that christopher nolan is your favorite director, is such a normie thing to say. nolan movies pretend that they are alot smarter than they actually are, plus you can never forget that inception straight up ripped off paprika.
24 frames is a FLIM STANDARD, this guy is a tool... wants to be a film critic , yet knows nothing of film standards... this guy would not even been born when the original was released. Denzel plays the same character in every film...Daniel Day Lewis is an actor , he becomes a different person in each film , unlike Denzel
In European and African countries 25 fps is the standard, even the cameras produced for these regions have 25fps over 24fps functionality for this reason.
I don’t understand the hype of Paul Mescal.
Also with Pedro Pascal.
This movie pissed me off. It's beyond lazy. The whole arc of the main character is so stupid it had steam coming out of my ears. I hate that these movies want to be reboots and sequels at the same time.
Preach
The movie is actually good. But in other ways. Not in story or character but it shows the reality of Roman depravity. How human beings were fed to wild baboons or how 2 men are forced to fight eachother to the death at a royal banquet for entertainment. People had no morality 2,000 years ago. There was no such thing as human dignity or the right to life. We've come a long way in 2,000 years.
@DestinyAwaits19 but I've seen similar themes done well in other movies. Most movies aren't built on bad concepts, but that doesn't mean the execution works.
@@jaycollins2036 True.
@@mickeyc. You lost me when you said Tarantino and Christopher Nolan were better directors than Ridley Scott 🤣. Delusional. Thanks for the review I'll watch it myself and make up my own mind about the movie Bud.
The whole idea of making a sequel to Gladiator felt so cash grabby and unnecessary. Like it was a film that felt like modern classic like a Ben-hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Gone with the Wind, and now they want to add a 2 and repeat the same beats???! The studios just don't g.a.s. about the legacy of their films. They are betting on our stupid monkey brains going "ooooh thing I like before, I give money now!"
Completely unnecessary
"Where there’s a thouand cameras shooting everything all at once, and then they just find the movie in the edit. That’s how it feels like to me. This does not feel like a tailor made vision. This just feels like shoot shoot shoot, cut cut cut, edit edit edit. Release."
So it feels like a movie by Ridley's brother Tony Scott LOL.
I just picked up on that also, funny.
More like Michael Scott
You are absolutely right …
In the provinces, baboons would never have fought there.
Animals were expensive, and merchants would fetch the best price in Rome.
100% agree. The score is horrendous, remember how it elevated the battle in the first one, in this there are scenes with no score at all. Mescal is a blank actor in this, one minute his wife dies the next scene hes laughing and joking as if its nothing. It felt like bad fan fiction and a poor bbc tv drama to me
Finally someone else agrees with me. That part really pissed me off. She dies and next scene he doesn't give a flying f$%k.
I ranted on this in my review.
Does not sound like a film I need to make an effort to see. Perhaps I may check it out on streaming sometime. Not sure why Gladiator needed a sequel. Thanks for the great review.
Neither did Joker, Dumb & Dumber, Hangover, The Fast and The Furious, "Has Fallen" franchise, etc, but because of $$$ they make pointless sequels happen.
a prequel would've made more sense..show Maximus rising through the ranks... but even that would be sort of lame. Gladiator was a perfectly encapsulated story.. no need to continue it.
I can appreciate directors who like to give a middle finger to audiences, but Ridley doesn't seem to care that much about the storytelling aspect anymore and that's where his recent movies fall apart. Like I enjoyed Prometheus for what it was, but it's very lacking compared to Alien, there's no heart to it.
Yeah, I thought Prometheus was a beautiful looking movie with a great cast, but that great cast was mostly wasted. The story was weak, and as you mentioned, there was no heart to it. Ridley Scott's more recent movies are competently shot, but not very well written and completely soulless.
Gladiator was a stand alone film with no need for a sequel. However, if they were going to do this, a few years after the original would have been the peak time to do it not 24 years later. No one asked for this except greedy film execs.
0:06: "Ridley Scott knows how to make a movie" . . . not anymore. Have you seen "Napoleon" 🤣🤣🤣?
Sheesh 😂
Thanks for the review. You also have a very good point in music. Why does so much modern music in movies suck so much? Are the composers and musicians in these movies nepotism hires too or something? Like why are the music for modern movies more generic and forgettable than the actors and that's not a compliment towards the majority of modern movie actors.
A good score can make so much difference
@@mickeyc. Take a look at Michael Myers Halloween films for example. I remember reading the test audience screening for that film was negative until Carpenter make the iconic score and the rest was history.
Thought-provoking video. I remember when I saw the trailer for this movie and thought, “They’re making another one?” I think writing a good sequel is hard, and some stories just don’t need sequels. Sequels are meant to continue the themes and journey of the first film and build upon them. new challenges = new stakes = new character development. Three of my favorite sequels are Creed 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Inside Out 2. Each one felt like a natural continuation of the original plot, and took the character from Point B to Point C. One of the worst things a sequel can do is invalidate the original. Your metaphor of spitting in the original’s face captures that feeling exactly. Gladiator stands by itself, no sequel needed.
Lmao, oh man that ending bit was hilarious, it didn't help that you got that pron movie jazz in the background.....gold!
Keep up the good work.
Hey Mickey, Saw the movie last night. Totally agree with everything u said , and some.
- The writing was all over the place.
-No character evoked any kind of emotional rooting.
- never felt like anything was at stake; no matter how hard the characters tried to make it seem so. Just did not make me care.
- The lead actor was underwhelming and monotonous.
- dialoges did not make any kind of emotional appeal. Just felt too superficial. Even in a tensed, serious and life threatning situation where characters are talking about overthrowing an Emperor. The gravity of it was nowhere. Was like people were just doing their lines.
The biggest let down for me was cinematography. Too many closeups and cuts in seemingly defining scenes where a broader and less rushed approach wud have been more effective.
Did not serve my expectations.
Tenet is truly garbage
But it makes sense in its own way from your lense.
I love rewatching it. It’s mind blowing. It makes sense and it doesn’t.
Gladiator is genuinely garbage.
Crowe was Gladiator
For those of you about to appear on Netflix in 5 weeks, we solute you.
Plus Lucilla noticing Lucius picking up sand and connecting the dots immediately from that distance. Yeah right
You're kidding?
Dumpster fire film. CG is too prevalent in modern cinema.
Should have made the story about Tigris of Gaul, and his rise to fame and life after being defeated by maximus. The dude had to be badass to achieve that fame.
Greetings from Maryland USA. My first time watching your channel. Very enjoyable and quite funny too. I'm going to look up all your work. Would love to have you do a show on film noir. That's my favorite genre. Good luck and keep on speaking your mind.
I felt the exact same way. It was an insult to the first movie. I actually hate the movie
I hated tennet was a bag of shhhh and denzils son I feel cannot act his face is lifeless. People just won't say it jus like Brittany couldn't sing for shhhh.
True no star quality or screen presence 😮
Did you guys watch the Creator? Denzels son did some great work. Love him and that movie so much. Gareth Edwards is an incredible director. Lets give him some props. And Niel Blumkamp. Sean Levy as well. Damien Chazelle as well for my tastes. A few others who I won't bother mentioning.
Love the smooth jazz, man!
Tarantino is the only director I can think of who doesn't have an outright stinker. I know some don't love all his movies but they're all so competantly made with such rich dialogue and character moments that you can't call any of them plain bad. Now, some of that has to do with the fact that he's only made 9 of them. I think if he was at 20 plus we'd prolly have a couple. Death Proof almost fits, though, not a very good movie.
I was going to mention Death proof as well. I love Tarantino movies and that is the only one that I think Quentin went overboard.
OUATIH is pretty piss poor too. People only like that film because it has Leo and Pitt in it
Death proof was meant to be over the top and bad though, it was grindhousd after all.
@@broghad8241 people like it cause it's an excellent movie. My second favorite of 2019. Great acting, great writing, great cinematography, great directing. All around one of his best movies, at least top 5. Of course that's just my imo.
@@lobodesade6780 yeah, but it was missing that something that Planet Terror had, which I love. I even think Tarantino has said it wasn't very good, although I'm not sure if I'm remembering that right.
Find the movie in the edit--- I like that. Because that is exactly how modern movies are made and why even 80s movies are more engaging.
Elizabeth Debicki from Tenet (2020) is my favourite actress of all time.
You haven't seen any movies older than 25 years have you?
@djc836 I have seen Toy Story 2 (1999), does that count?
Refreshing, illuminating and insightful analysis , glad I found your channel. Cheers
Great review. I haven’t seen it yet but going based of your video I feel like I was right about how this movie was gonna be
The positives of Gladiator 2 = End credits
Gold medal for Terrifier 3 this year folks
I saw Terrifier 3. And that was the movie of the year.
You nailed it perfectly. I watched it last night, and even as I was watching, one word kept popping into my head: GENERIC. It feels like it was made purely to cash in on the first movie, and that’s about it. My top three cringe moments: the CGI monkeys, the sharks in the Colosseum, and that final shot of the main hero with the old soundtrack playing in the background. I just couldn’t buy into the emotions at all.
My theater was raving. For me the representative symbol how much we as an audience have been dummyfied over the years.
This movie is qll style over subtance and a painful confrontation how the first movie did absolutely everything better 20 years ago.
Spectacle back then worked because you have much better created characters and good plot driven motives. If you nail that right, spectacle has such a bigger impact.
Intodays version its just meh. Story wise this was incredibly lazy. It gave me force awaken vibes... You fill it full of nostalgia bait, you privide fancy looking pictures et voila... The crowd is entertained. Nok of these type of movies will be talked about 20 years from now unlike first gladiator... They are forgettable fastfood consumptions you will move on from fast. But that is onfortunately what the crowds want these days and be happy.
Funny how our movie theatres has become modern day colloseum. They serve the exact same purpose
Spoiler:
The scene where he was to protect Lucilla would have been great if Master of Ceremony annoinced she is going to be defended by her own son. This would give the public the reason to fight back.
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH I WAS THINKING HAVE I GONE MAD THIS FILM WAS TERRIBLE ALL THE MOTIVATION FOR THE CHARACTERS WHERE NOT THERE, IT WAS TERRIBLE AND I CAME HOME AND ALL THE REVIEWS WHERE SAYING 480 MILLION WELL SPENT
Finally! I have not seen it yet. But i knew it was trash.
Great review as always brother
while i did enjoy parts of this movie, overall i thought what the hell did i just watch and why 😂
i like your authenticity, subscription done 👍🏼
The sharks made all the sense.
I want Ridley Scott to director some Lifetime Movie Network stuff
Loved your review. The film was so predictable. I found parts of it fun for sure... usually the fight scenes. I get into that in my review. I feel like Hollywood is not into the best of the best any longer as long as they get money.
Sharks??? Sounds like something Nero would do.
Giant of the Areana 60s and The Areana 70s
the obvious truth seems to be that Hollywood is damn sure that audiences are stupid and will anyway not bother to think about the quality and credibility of a movie like you do.
Maximus didnt cheat he got with the emporer daughter before he had a wife as stated in the first film. After the victory in the beginning i " there was a time where you only had time for me or something like that" and maximus replied that was a lond time ago so in that time lucius was conceived and then Maximus got married
Bruh... They made a movie where Person A seeks Revenge to kill Person B. Person B is seeking Revenge to kill Person C and D (the chancellors). Person E (Denzel) is also seeking Revenge. Its a Revenge Inception. Plus it was not even specifically Pedro Pascals Character who has killed his wife. He gave Orders. In the midst of a full blown war 😐 The Equivalent to this would be an orc in middle earth which his cousin was killed by an Arrow from a foot soldier, which Aragorn has ordered to be shot. And now that one ORC is seeking Revenge directly from Aragorn. Plus the Mom of Lucius send him away as a kid. Never even searched for him. Was living lavishly in Rome with no worries or thoughts whatsoever. No informations of the whereabouts of her son. Nothing was established of that information or her seeking her son. Plus. The one guy he wanted to kill was loyal to Maximus. Yeah but this did not change the fact that he still was responsible for his wifes death. He forgave him. Just because..... Plot holes in this one are crazy .
I couldn't unsee the crumb
What a slob this guy is!
watching from India, loved your review
@AmitSingh-eo8lc Dude! No one cares.
Yeah, I suspected from what little I’d seen in trailers etc. that I probably wouldn’t be bothering with this movie, and after this review it confirmed everything I thought would make it crap, so it’s hard pass territory for me.
Great review, well done and thank you.
Immediate Sub and Like.
This movie was gay
Yep, total gay crap. I torched it in my review.
Mickey here nailed it too.
I understand the critiques of this film, however its been so long since ive gone to the cinema and walked out after watching something that wasnt completely horrible (I saw venom the week before). I enjoyed the spectacle and the quality of the production - particularly the depiction of rome. The soundtrack I enjoyed and i liked how it wasnt afraid to lean into the original theme. The shark thing I think was some creative play as there were rumours of them having being used in the flooding battles (it did not happen).
Kind of crazy they rushed it an half azzed it, considering they had all the time in the world & i haven't once heard 1 single person ask for a sequel.
Love the smooth old school porno music in the background. Make a video about your hatred for tenet!
Yeah, I saw denziel washington in it and heard his lines. It sounded somewhat interesting but I felt nonthing cohearent was being communicateed so I passesed
Tomorrow "Gladiator 2" will be in a cinemas in my country. But after i have seen your review and hear spoilers i decided to not watch this movie. I have seen first part of a "Gladiator" and for me that was a good story about a hero who destroyed an evil empire. If Paul Mescal will do the same thing in a second part then the second part of a "Gladiator" is pointless.
Yep it's the same thing again
November is the month of bad movies, lol
Can't wait for the pitch meeting for this one
Very cool review. Always be honest. I have a TH-cam channel too. Sometimes people get mad when they don't hear positive things about films and music they like. They attack. Ignore them. Don't be an echo chamber for closed minds or paid shills. Truth "echoes in eternity." I agree with your thoughts on the music. They include "Now We Are Free" from Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard's Gladiator, and it really shows up the entire score. For a while, there are some enjoyable moments but nothing lingers. I subscribed by the way.
It looks boring, so I probably won't see it. You should try doing shorts with a more edited, structured format. I think you would do well in that space.
TH-cam for 5-year-olds who can't sit still for 4 seconds...
Brilliant review
Thanks for the review.
Will you review the series Tulsa King? I'm done watching it, it's been such a struggle to watch it as it's so boring, low quality, and soap opera types of level. Like, how is that even possible!
Even Stallone can't save that garbage.
I haven't seen the second season, enjoyed the first though
I agree. Tenet was literally the worst film I have ever seen and I have zero interes in Nolan's sterile style of film making. Whenever I see these "great directors who made terrible films" lists, I never ever see James Cameron on that list. Having said that, I think James Cameron is the greatest director of all time........its note even close in my opinion.
Ehh, Cameron gave us T2 which is borderline perfect, and Titanic but that's it. Aliens is literally Alien just with guns and Vietnam banter, Avatar is trash
@idiot_city5444 Trash films don't inspire the world to collectively spend $2.9 and $2.3 billion to watch them dumb ass.
James Cameron is definitely one of the best
Respectfully disagree... Ridley Scott has his hits and misses... But one thing he can never be accused of is "laziness." Was the movie perfect? Of course not. Was it historically accurate? Of course not, neither was the first film. Ironically, my biggest complaint is they focused too much on the Gladiators themselves, and not the violent politics of the Roman Empire. I would have rather seen Geta's and Caracalla's rise to power, how they became so despised, and how they keep their power. We could have had a true political thriller with some sprinkles of arena games. And now, with this ending, I just dunno how they're gonna call the third movie "Gladiator III." Lucius' is now an Emperor, not a gladiator.
This dude is like the Aussie Mr H 😎
Was a great film not groundbreaking but still fantastic better than most of the stuff to come out this year including that alien romulus crap
Was obvious this movie should have been skipped. I honestly don't understand why some of you paid to watch it.
I really put a pass on this movie 🍿🎥
I really don't want to see this film 🎥
Good video bruv
Great! Hollywood is lazy! Hahahahaha!
"so many shots that they tried to find the movie in the edit ' Thats how it works dude, lol
You don't get what I'm saying
There have always been a whole lot of ulterior motivations & agendas at work in the Entertainment Industry that are not about making good movies or even about making $. If you see something good it was usually in spite of the machine, not because of it. Their #1 goal is usually the slow incremental changing of society, the way we think, our morality etc.
Ridley is pissed up and vindictive. See him in interviews back at Prometheus. Its sad to see. Personally i thought his brother was the better director.
Spielberg made one terrible movie, AI: Artificial intelligence. It could have been a great movie, but as it goes on, it becomes a real mess.
Ridley Scott sucks and was overrated
No Spencer Treat Clark. No Hans Zimmer. No me.
I fear its the gladiator directors cut, whi h not many might have seen. All the senate talk and Intrigue, lets See if this will be familiar
Love Pedro Pascal but he is so miscast in this movie.
Who do you think is Hans Zimmers successor?
Ludwig Göransson
Awe, I was excited for this. To be honest, I don't really like the 1st one all that much. I'm not really a Pedro Pascal fan. I fell asleep during the Mandalorian. Way over hyped show.
The shark bit jumped the shark. DW was wasted on this garbage.
Those eyes!
He is a beautiful guy. Thats why i clicked the video😊
If ridley Scott know to direct movies , never would do the stupidest film ever period?!!!
You steve smiths half brother?
Yeah he's the talented one
Lol....thanks
Agreed just more lazy predictable content 😴
I stopped the video at tenet. That movie is way ahead of its time.
its so ahead, its time hasn't come yet 😂 .....Tenet is garbage man
@ yeah just like your taste in movies
Everybody says paul mescal is miscast.
For u, Who would have been better for this role?
The actors these days lack the screen presence! Russell crowe had amazing screen presence, and amazing dialogue delivery!
There's not much to choose from tbh. Current generation of actors just aren't on the same level as Crowe was.
Paul Mascal, Glen Powell, Aaron Taylor Johnson. They're all "pretty" boys, but they don't have any real gravitas.
Why spoil the movie though with no heads up?
It says spoilers on the screen
You're not a film critic.
I am creating a coloring book of Mickey’s body functions.
Make sure you capture my largeness
Must be a huge book!?
@@mickeyc. It's going to be a pop up book.
Corporate shills indeed
I'll say this again. Although this will be the first most of you have heard it but I have embarked on a journey to find independent filmmakers right here on TH-cam that are highly talented and try to push their work and I have found several guys. I think at this point we should all just stop complaining and whining about Hollywood not giving us what we want and support these independent creators who work outside the Hollywood system.
Very very dull!!!! Empty!!!
Pedro 10:36 Pascals death was rewarding in and of itself.
😂
like seriously, nolan as the favorite director is like saying your favorite movie is pulp fiction. its shit that a first year film student or a film bro would say, its so basic, there is no personality to it, there is no taste, no depth. its like the only directors that exist are tarantino, nolan and scorsese.
Poor movie
Boooooo
declaring that christopher nolan is your favorite director, is such a normie thing to say. nolan movies pretend that they are alot smarter than they actually are, plus you can never forget that inception straight up ripped off paprika.
24 frames is a FLIM STANDARD, this guy is a tool... wants to be a film critic , yet knows nothing of film standards... this guy would not even been born when the original was released. Denzel plays the same character in every film...Daniel Day Lewis is an actor , he becomes a different person in each film , unlike Denzel
I literally said 24 frames is the US standard and 25 is Australian standard, open your ears donkey
In European and African countries 25 fps is the standard, even the cameras produced for these regions have 25fps over 24fps functionality for this reason.
@@xain86k70 Thank you