[YT Edit] Gladiator II (2024)
Hey guys! Here is the YT edit for Gladiator II, which will premiere shortly!
**UPDATE 3/2/26: I made this post free so that people can watch the YT edit while we go through the appeal process on YT. Enjoy!!
Comments (21)
Carly mentioned how she can't see Russell Crowe as anyone but Maximus in "Gladiator", which reminded me: PLEASE watch "The Nice Guys" (2016) starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. Russell Crowe will always be Maximus to you, but he played an incredible private investigator and had a hilarious odd-couple buddy-cop partnership with Ryan Gosling's character. I'm 100% certain that both Cassie and Carly will enjoy "The Nice Guys", and I believe the only way they'll watch it is simply CHOOSING to watch it for themselves, because it's not popular enough to win a Patreon poll and the odds of winning one of the monthly Pick A Flick spins is 1 in 400-something. Cassie enjoyed "Lethal Weapon" and she enjoyed "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" and the same writer-director made "The Nice Guys." PLEASE WATCH IT! thx
When is faceoff yt cut coming?
It will come to Patreon today but it was flagged on YT and we've appealed. As soon as the copyright stuff is resolved it'll be up on YT!
The movie did nothing for me, but the ladies' reaction is always fun, so....yes, I was entertained, but there's no need to shout! ;)
I liked it. I am glad this sequel was done. I wish I would have watched it in the theater. For my tastes, my personal ratings: Gladiator (2000) = 9/10 Gladiator II (2024) = 7.5/10
T2 is incredibly popular. Arnold's biggest film. Gladiator not so much.
There's so much to complain about with this movie, and I already have in past comments sections, so I'll just focus on this one crazy aspect: with the power void created by the death of Commodus in the first movie, are we really expected to believe that two totally naive idiots somehow successfully managed a coup over Rome? They appear totally incompetent, and the kinds of leaders that typically only end up on the throne due to nepotism when their parent who's on the throne dies (see: Commodus). But Maximus gave power to the Senate before he died, and yet somehow two guys who look to be maybe 25-30 conquered the power structure of Rome some 15 years earlier when they were probably teenagers or younger? I'm calling BS on that, sorry. This was such a stupid, stupid script. Yikes.
Putting in another request for "Spartacus" 1960 a much better gladiator movie.
We watched Spartacus in Kirk's honour the weekend he died, so it's pretty fresh in my mind. For a film from 1960, it holds up really well. As a guideline for Cassie, if you liked Ben-Hur, this one is possibly a tad better.
Sorry guys, I need to rant, and my wife has made it clear I can't do it to her. So you lot have drawn the short straw. As many people have said, there's a lot wrong with this film, and the biggest problem is that it's always going to be compared to the original. Gladiator 2000 was a great story with rich, believable characters and a deep human story. This seems to be about gimmicks and retreads and fancy Hollywood tricks. I mean, come on. Filling an ancient gladiatorial arena with water so you could put CGI sharks in it? Since when was a place like that built to be watertight? The rhinos and baboons are just as bad. 25 years ago, they had tigers, but at least they were real tigers and sparingly used. This lot just screamed computer game. I also couldn't get beyond the inadequacy of the lead role. Russell Crowe was collossal as Maximus - a granite-hard leader of men we truly believed in. With the greatest of respect to Paul Mescal (he may be a good actor in other things), but he was such a poor imitation, it truly paled the entire film. Aside from power of personality, Maximus/Crowe could clearly fight. Hanno/Mescal looks like he's struggling in every battle. The Emperors are laughable (who on earth would put those two in charge? Did they threaten to thcweam and thcweam and thcweam until they were thick?) and it's never explained as to why, at the end of Gladiator 1, Lucilla felt the need to send Lucius away. Commodus was dead, Rome was free, everyone was happy, yet Lucilla races out as if her son is going to be sacrificed in the celebrations? Why? Godfather 3 suffered because they waited 17 years to make it after Godfather 2. Wait that long and the thread of a franchise is lost. But at least that's a decent movie with a towering performance by Pacino. This is just a mess, and serves no purpose beyond grabbing some cash. The only thing it has in common with the original is the name. Having said that, even Gladiator 2 is elevated by watching it with these two lovely ladies, so I will end my rant with that.
Originally, the Colosseum was designed to be flooded with water from the aquaducts for reenacting naval battles. It was indeed used for that purpose. However, about a century before Marcus Aurelius, the Colosseum was rebuilt, incorporating an intricate system of tunnels, trap doors, and elevators to make the games more interesting. This, of course, meant flooding it was no longer possible. Honestly, I wouldn’t have minded seeing a naval battle even in the wrong time period, if not for two major issues: 1. Sharks This part completely broke my suspension of disbelief. Transporting sharks such a great distance while keeping them alive would have been impossible, given their need to swim in oxygenated saltwater for breathing. 2. Continuity The first movie clearly established the Colosseum’s trap doors and elevators. Depicting the arena being flooded now contradicts what has been already established before.
I enjoyed it as a fun popcorn film and Denzel shreds scenes whenever he shows up. Denzel is so fun to watch when he plays a villain. Also, the monkeys in the beginning are supposed to be shaved baboons. Really odd how they nailed the FX for the Rhino and not the baboons, but most likely it was a different fx shop that handled the baboon scenes.
Don't know a ton about computer animation, but I would imagine it's easier to recreate things with harder skin like rhinos.
I actually didn't think you would enjoy it this much. Personally, I wasn't entertained. The movie felt lacking in substance, and aside from Acacius, none of the characters really engaged me and their motivations felt muddled. On top of that, it kept going out of its way to remind me of the first film and why it was so much better. There were also plenty of moments that pulled me out, like the sharks in the Colosseum. I kept checking my watch, wondering how much time was left because it felt like it dragged on for three and a half hours. I have to say, it could have been much worse. The original sequel ideas, possibly even a fully written script, would have had Maximus and Commodus continuing their battle in the afterlife to entertain the gods, being sent back to fight in all the wars throughout history, or something along those lines. If you would like to watch a better Ridley Scott movie, I highly recommend THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. But strictly the longer Director's Cut. The theatrical version butchered that movie.
"Personally, I wasn't entertained." ISWYDT. :-)
Kind of wish they changed the title and didn't make it a direct sequel. It's a fairly compelling film and spectacle on it's own. Visually enticing film with some interesting semi-true history. Hard to compare it to the first though.
If anyone wants to know why so meany HATE this movie watch this short videos https://youtu.be/GJ3h0cjl1Wo https://youtu.be/JriAlqkMl3Q This director is famous for butchering history and with Gladiator II they did a excelent job at distorting historical events, peoples and twisting the perception of life in ancient Rome Numidia was conquer and part of the Roman empire 250 years befour Trebuche wher invented 1000 years after The riding of a rhinoceroses Mutant baboons and sharks ...
And again I recomend the short TV show " Rome " just 2 seasons 22 episodes total.
That was so fun to watch you guys watch this movie!
It's insane how good the original one was and how incredibly disappointing Gladiator II is .
Exactly, I cringed when this was chosen when there are still so many great films that miss the cut in favor of total trash like this.