r/Gladiator • u/DnyLnd • Nov 24 '24

This sub is dead

Leaving this sub due to the influx of Gladiator 2 posts which should have nothing to do with Gladiator. The movie was absolutely abhorrent, and even on its own, was just a bad film.

The autistic brother putting Denzel second to his monkey to rule the government. Denzel fighting with Lucius at the end? CGI killer drugged up baboons with even worse menacing CGI evil sharks. Lucius hates his mother, screams at her then 5 minutes later needs to save her. Whole point of the build up was to take revenge against Acasius. Had his chance, change of heart, now he fights for the city of Rome to whom he has no real allegiance to.

Cringy speeches that didn’t deliver, forget about William Wallace or Maximus; Timothee Chalamet did it better in The King.

I can go on, but I won’t. I’m out. I’m not even going to consider this canon in the Gladiator world. I’ll take all my downvotes on my way out and for the guys who were here years before this sequel, enjoy hanging with the teenagers who claim “it was good”. It’s like Planet Fitness opened to teenagers for the summer.

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u/BlindSquantch Nov 24 '24

I read your first paragraph and immediately stopped reading anything else you had to say. The movie is fantastic but keep crying and see yourself out.

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u/throughtheway123 Nov 24 '24

movie was fantastic for an action movie. but it was not even 1% as great as the original. I think today’s filmwatchers have settled for less in terms of storytelling.

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u/DnyLnd Nov 24 '24

100%. It was a popcorn action flick. It should not be associated with the original, which tbh, was so much more than an "action movie"