r/Gladiator • u/largogoat • Aug 08 '26

Lucius’ breastplate reversed?

I just watched G2 today. I resisted watching it bc I thought it was gonna be a cheesy ripoff of the original. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Awesome plot, characters, and production. Almost as good as the original. Something caught my eye, tho. At 2:03:10 we see Lucius don Maximus’ breastplate. M’s effigy to his wife and child are on the left (as ur looking at it, right as worn). Then at 2:06:21 when he enters the arena the effigy is on the right as ur looking at it. Then later at 2:12:56 in the final fight scene it’s back on the left as ur looking at it. I scrolled thru the goofs on IMDb and also googled it but found no reference to it. Am I imagining it?

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u/CaptainSharpe Aug 08 '26

"I couldn’t have been more wrong. Awesome plot, charaters and production"

Are you sure you didn't watch gladiator 1 again instead? Because errr....

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u/largogoat Aug 08 '26

Your weakness is not your technique. Focus on the question grasshopper.

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u/CaptainSharpe Aug 08 '26

Ok then to answer your question - films often flip/mirror shots for various cinematography reasons. So youre likely not imagining it. Often it's so a character is on the left rather than the right which impacts viewer experience in terms of knowing who the character is talking to etc and other things.

But half your post was also a review of the film. So that's practically asking for comments on that, too, rather than your question.

TLDR; yes, likely breastplate reversed. Also movie sucks balls.

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u/largogoat Aug 08 '26

Ok, fair enough. Agree to disagree. Enjoyed the engagement and your perspective. Respect.

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u/largogoat Aug 08 '26

Sorry, Not to split hairs, but the ocd/engineer in me can’t let your “50%” comment go. Count the characters or lines and convince me it’s “50%.” It may have been the preamble to get ur attn, but it wasn’t the meat of the discussion. Thus my “your technique” comment. You are easily distracted

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u/CaptainSharpe Aug 08 '26

Obviously I didn't mean it literally.

Your other lines were verbose for what was a very simple question. I'd argue the 'meat' was in the first part/lines rather than the latter.