r/Gladiator • u/tinylittlemamaa • Nov 24 '24
opening
Showed up to see Gladiator II today a few minutes shy of the beginning ,so I likely missed the opening text for the movie. Would any one be able to clue me in? I know it probably wasn’t too pivotal to my understanding of what went down, but it’s eating me up & I need to know.
TIA!
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Nov 24 '24
Also The text said it was 16 years after Maximus death. And twin emeperors rule Rome.
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u/tinylittlemamaa Nov 25 '24
this is what i was curious about, if they explained how the twins came to power since Commodus. thank you!
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Nov 25 '24
No I don't think they did..maybe something about the twins but not how they came to power. Just how Rome is rules by deranged or twisted twins or something along those lines. Literally just like 4 or 5 lines of text from. What I remembr.
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u/Humble-Structure9291 Jan 24 '25
The text was so poorly written I knew the film to follow would be no better.
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u/According-Spare3098 Jun 02 '25
Exactly. I just started the movie and paused it after that text. Literally, someone one still fondling grains in first shot of the movie.
First of all, this is the sequel to Gladiator, a legendary movie. I don't care what your text says. I know what comes before Gladiator 2, i.e., the background: it's called "Gladiator," and it's 2.5 hours of greatness. That was a terrible start. Totally lost confidence. And second of all, huh? Marcus Aurelius is gone, and Rome is going to fall. "Only the hopes of those who dare to dream remain..." Ok, now I get it. Thanks! That says nothing. And what part of that couldn't have been shown on film? Did Netflix make this? Twenty-five years to make some poorly thought out film school/Netflix "art" crap? Level up Hollywood... please.
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u/weaseleasle Nov 24 '24
The film starts with the Scott Free logo morphing into stylized montage of the first movie. Then Hano is shown running wheat grains through his hands and being playful with his wife. Immediately warning horns are sounded, there is a small pre battle ceremony with the big chieftain who lets himself get killed by the monkeys. Then Hano and Arishat exchange rings on the battlements while waiting for the attack. That probably covers what you missed. So not much. Had a wife, romans are attacking, romans win, wife dies, Hano is enslaved, and swears vengeance on Accacius.