January 2Jan 2 Ridley Scott had a lot of ideas over the years and later in life has had the juice to get them funded and is now spitting out an epic type thriller almost every year that is rushed and half-assed throughout. He’s made 6 movies since The Martian and every one has been underwhelming, messy, and rightfully criticized. He’s almost 90, so not sure how many more of these projects he has left. I’m sure his brother’s death has played a role in how his career has unfolded these past ten years.
January 2Jan 2 Saw it a few days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. The original was pretty cheesy at times as well, so those parts didn't bother me. The monkey CGI was terrible and the idea of sharks in the coloseum was dumb, but again, not a big deal to me. I would have like more backstory about Lucius being sent away and why if he was indeed being targeted as a legitimate heir to the throne nobody seemed to care. Also strange to me that Maximus' plot in the original was his love for his wife and son who looked to be around the same age as Lucius, but he was fucking around with the Queen. Probably normal for the times but weird.
January 2Jan 2 3 hours ago, 'stache said: Also strange to me that Maximus' plot in the original was his love for his wife and son who looked to be around the same age as Lucius, but he was fucking around with the Queen. Hm. Good point. They actually say in the first movie that they are about the same age.
January 3Jan 3 7 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said: They actually say in the first movie that they are about the same age. I was about to chime in that Lucius seemed older than his boy but I’ll be damned if you’re not right. I remember that line. “my son is also nearly eight.”
January 12Jan 12 Movie was dogshit. Retreading the same story but worse and with no real character development for anyone. No ones motivations made any sense, even the action slop was mediocre. Fuck off.
January 21Jan 21 On 1/2/2025 at 1:37 PM, 'stache said: Also strange to me that Maximus' plot in the original was his love for his wife and son who looked to be around the same age as Lucius, but he was fucking around with the Queen. Probably normal for the times but weird. I think he knocked Lucilla up on his bachelor party. Then got married like a week later and knocked his wife up.
January 21Jan 21 She wasn't a queen. The Romans didn't have them and she was never the wife of an emperor anyway. If you asked ChatGPT to make a sequel to Gladiator, it would probably look a lot like this movie.
January 22Jan 22 7 hours ago, Don Johnson said: I think he knocked Lucilla up on his bachelor party. Then got married like a week later and knocked his wife up. sounds good to me.
January 22Jan 22 Lucius wife would get it tho Movie Not bad bad. I would watch again. Edited January 22Jan 22 by kingkoopa6
January 22Jan 22 On 1/12/2025 at 10:02 AM, Brian Fantana said: Retreading the same story but worse and with no real character development for anyone. No ones motivations made any sense, even the action slop was mediocre. Fuck off. So, basically most of the new stuff coming out of Hollywood?
January 22Jan 22 I'm a big fan of Derek Jacobi, and his minor ending when the queen is tied in the middle of the arena was comical. I almost missed it it was inconsequential for such an iconic actor when he was killed in the Coliseum.
January 22Jan 22 On 1/21/2025 at 11:00 AM, RPM said: Haven't seen a second of this movie, but I heard it's Sharknado bad. as a standalone movie it's entertaining. if you compare it to the first you'll be disappointed.
January 22Jan 22 I don't think Ralphie Cifaretto would have enjoyed it nearly as much as the original.
January 22Jan 22 was trying to leo snap and figure out where the twins were from. older brother easy from stranger things. Sick ass Metallica riff in the upside down. the little brother I couldn’t nail it. then did research and saw he played Sydney Sweeney brother in white lotus. Wasn’t he beating his meat to Hawaiian dudes ?
January 22Jan 22 On 1/21/2025 at 12:59 PM, Don Johnson said: I think he knocked Lucilla up on his bachelor party. Then got married like a week later and knocked his wife up.
January 23Jan 23 That was terribad and I want a refund. I had read nothing about the movie and called, "Lucius!" on the opening scene. Jesus Christo...
January 23Jan 23 I streamed it tonight because it was free (well as free as anything is on a streaming service). The starving baboon army, the saddle broken rhino and the sharks were over the top teribad. The plot was pretty ridiculous. I will say however, that the old senator from the original movie looked like he hadn’t aged a day. I suppose that I was semi entertained.
January 23Jan 23 1 hour ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: I streamed it tonight because it was free (well as free as anything is on a streaming service). The starving baboon army, the saddle broken rhino and the sharks were over the top teribad. The plot was pretty ridiculous. I will say however, that the old senator from the original movie looked like he hadn’t aged a day. I suppose that I was semi entertained. gracchus gave you a semi?
January 24Jan 24 this kinda sucked. glad I didn't waste money to go see this in the theater. I know Denzel is a good actor but this casting felt so out of place, it was distracting. The plot felt like a fever dream mashup of the original Gladiator and Training Day.
January 24Jan 24 2 hours ago, Hmbre97 said: I know Denzel is a good actor I would call denzel an extremely charismatic actor who, in the right roles, can put extremely charismatic and magnetic characters on screen. I would not call him a very versatile actor. I enjoyed this movie well enough but I thought he was one of the weak spots. Edited January 24Jan 24 by futureman
January 24Jan 24 I’m going to with….. garbage speeches are long winded. Fights are contrived and stupid. Plot is crap. Denzel is Denzel playing Denzel. Boss fights are stupid. CGI is obvious. It looked made for TV. Totally unnecessary sequel. Thumbs down.
January 24Jan 24 4 hours ago, Elvis said: I’m going to with….. garbage speeches are long winded. Fights are contrived and stupid. Plot is crap. Denzel is Denzel playing Denzel. Boss fights are stupid. CGI is obvious. It looked made for TV. Totally unnecessary sequel. *Thumbs down. *👎👎
January 25Jan 25 2 minutes ago, Js1 said: That was a good movie to watch stoned bc I don’t remember anything about it Watch the wild robot stoned
January 26Jan 26 On 10/30/2024 at 10:30 PM, Derka said: not much is known about the specifics of this new gladiator movie except this: it will suck. On 10/30/2024 at 10:41 PM, mdmost said: Derka doing a Helobious impression actually it was a norm impression: (specific joke starts at 2:42) Edited January 26Jan 26 by Derka
January 26Jan 26 Just watched this. I had someone telling me just last weekend that this was better than the first. That person was wrong. This is not a good movie.
January 26Jan 26 11 hours ago, Frieda’s Boss said: Just watched this. I had someone telling me just last weekend that this was better than the first. That person was wrong. This is not a good movie. My wife's friends told her it was "the sequel you didn't know you needed." I straight up misinterpreted that to mean it was a decent story.
January 26Jan 26 I couldn’t make it far with the movie. Whole premise made no sense to me and it wasn’t difficult to guess how it would end. Maybe it would end differently, but I’ve never know.
January 27Jan 27 5 hours ago, Iceman said: My wife's friends told her it was "the sequel you didn't know you needed." I straight up misinterpreted that to mean it was a decent story. it sounds like that's what your wife's friend believes. you didn't misinterpret. your mistake was lending credence to a woman's opinion. I kid, I kid...
January 28Jan 28 I streamed it tonight because it was free (well as free as anything is on a streaming service). The starving baboon army, the saddle broken rhino and the sharks were over the top teribad. The plot was pretty ridiculous. I will say however, that the old senator from the original movie looked like he hadn’t aged a day. I suppose that I was semi entertained.Thread title change suggestion: Gladiator II: Are You Not Semi-Entertained!
January 28Jan 28 On 1/26/2025 at 6:04 PM, futureman said: your mistake was lending credence to a woman's opinion.
May 28May 28 Just watched on Prime. Pretty bad. While Connie Nielsen’s acting was awful, she looked damn good for someone who was 58 when this was filmed.
May 28May 28 1 hour ago, TonyTexas said: While Connie Nielsen’s acting was awful, you’re being way too kind
August 27Aug 27 This movie sucked ass Denzel was the only even decent part and only because of how weird he was and how he was always touching everything. It was like he had been deprived of any contact his whole life and was going to touch every single thing he saw until he died. His movement was extremely odd.
August 27Aug 27 56 minutes ago, BHMCruiser said: This movie sucked ass Denzel was the only even decent part I would argue that it wasn’t great but didn’t suck ass, and that denzel was awful.
August 27Aug 27 It was fucking terrible. If it were just Denzel touching stuff, it could have been cool (and about four minutes long).
August 27Aug 27 2 hours ago, miguelito said: Well now I don't know what to think. Generally the opposite of whatever futureman thinks is a safe bet
August 27Aug 27 I thought it sucked, but I still watched the whole thing and was semi-entertained. That probably says more about me than the movie though
August 27Aug 27 1 hour ago, Brian Fantana said: Generally the opposite of whatever futureman thinks is a safe bet dang, I always thought you were a pretty good poster.
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