This movie does not look too bad. But then again Napoleon did not look bad either.
I can't wait.
Overall good cast, but I'm afraid it is going to suck. Gladiator was one of those classic, timeless films. I think they should have just left it alone.
I don't really understand the plot yet. With Commodus dead, how the hell did Lucius, the heir to the Roman Empire, end up in hiding in Numidia and then ultimately a slave turned gladiator? Seems like the writers had to stretch a lot of plausible boundaries just to set up another confrontation between a slave turned gladiator and the emperor...or this time, emperors.
For Ridley Scott I am willing to suspend my disbelief.
That said, I have not seen Napoleon yet.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 12, 2024, 08:57:35 AM...Gladiator was one of those classic, timeless films. I think they should have just left it alone.
+1 agree. But will be happy if I am wrong.
Yeah, not getting a warm, fuzzy feeling about this one either. I'm thinking it will be hand-cuffed enough to the first film that it feels like a retread, and having to be different enough to be full of implausible plot twists. But we can hope can't we?
Come on now. It's got Denzel! That alone should be worth the price of admission.
I think he's just doing it for the...Glory myself. :laugh:
next time he asks, "Are you not entertained?" He may not get the answer he was hoping for. :twirl:
Ridley Scott knew just the way to get my butt in the seat: Naval gladiator battle. :evil: :RockOn:
Quote from: Gusington on July 12, 2024, 09:18:57 AMFor Ridley Scott I am willing to suspend my disbelief.
That said, I have not seen Napoleon yet.
Napoleon REALLY REALLY sucked imho. The movie should have been called Napoleon and Josephine. I cringed through a lot of scenes and a lot of the movie was ahistorical. Not the Napoleon that his troops were inspired by that's for sure.
I guess we were spoiled with Sharpes TV series and Hornblower for the period. Nobody seems to make good napoleonic movies. Waterloo was the one shining light for the period. War and Peace is usually pretty passe and the Napoleon TV series with Gerard Depardu while ok tried to show to much at once.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 12, 2024, 08:57:35 AMOverall good cast, but I'm afraid it is going to suck. Gladiator was one of those classic, timeless films. I think they should have just left it alone.
I don't really understand the plot yet. With Commodus dead, how the hell did Lucius, the heir to the Roman Empire, end up in hiding in Numidia and then ultimately a slave turned gladiator? Seems like the writers had to stretch a lot of plausible boundaries just to set up another confrontation between a slave turned gladiator and the emperor...or this time, emperors.
I am also afraid it's going to suck. But the trailer at least did look amazing. I just hope the movie is engaging.
The lead actor looks nothing like a champion gladiator I am afraid. Russel Crowe pulled that off admirably in the original film. This new guy looks pretty average as the arenas talent goes. A but dweebish against huge best of the best types. I like Denzil Washington as an actor as well, he will have to carry this one I think.
I just watched this one on Paramount Plus...not a bad movie but certainly not a great one either. It tries really hard to be great but falls short, then throws a reference or line or a link to the first movie to cover for it. Then tries hard again. Then mostly fails again. Then.... No real villain to hate, just lots of little villains that fall too easily one by one. Even the gladiator scenes disappoint and have no real drama to them. Not a lot to like here but still worth a watch if you just have to see somebody stick a sword in somebody else I guess. I'd go 5 outta 10.
I also ended up watching it and thought it was average. Some lines were complete cringe and they went way overboard with some of the animals.
I'd also go with a 5. The beginning scene was the best thing about it. But even there they had to go and throw a professional looking soldier amazon in. That was strange, but will mark it as part of the current era of film in future. I get female defenders of cities which happened in a lot of cases, but much less phoenician or greek female mercenary types. But it's Ridley Scott, hollywood and gladiator so I guess it's ok.
I got bored watching it but will probably do so again. I did not hate it.
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I hated the way it ended. It was like most of the end was cut out.
Agreed. I wanted to see more of the Gladiator vs Pretorian action they left going on in the Coliseum.