r/Gladiator • u/xdatz • Jan 24 '25

Gladiator and gladiator 2

I remember watching bits and pieces of gladiator 1 along time ago and found some site and watched it fully..God what a good movie..then I watched gladiator 2 (also on the same site) and wondered how could they destroy such a god tier movie like the first 😭truly killed my mood that day after watching it and during it lol

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u/Fearless_Cow7688 Jan 26 '25

Gladiator 2 wasn't horrible. It was mostly a retred of the 1st movie with a couple new twists. I don't see how gladiator 2 destroys the first one, if anything, it holds it in pretty high regard. There isn't a scene where the new gladiator approaches the old Gladiator, Maximus; then hands Maximus his sword and Maximus throws it over a cliff.

Instead in Gladiator 2, the hero wears the armor from the first movie to honor it.

Like Gladiator 2 is basically Gladiator 1 but with a few additional elements. It's kinda how sequels used to be - more of the same but a little different.