Gladiator 2

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Doubleposting because I can't edit my previous comment, but he's released a second part.

 
Haven't watched this movie yet (and probably never will) and I already consider it the film of the year just because of all the seething it inflicted on those "history buff" retards.
 
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Haven't watched this movie yet (and probably never will) and I already consider it the film of the year just because of all the seething it inflicted on those "history buff" retards.
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You got it all wrong. The first one wasn't particularly 100% accurate, yet it's one of Ridley Scott's best.

The argument here is that, when it comes to movies that take place in ancient times, there's a fine line between suspension of disbelief and straight up iconoclasm. This one is, like the Romaboo Sicilian Man says, practically Warhammer 40K levels of disjointed events and historical figures.
 
I've heard nothing but bad reviews for this. TBH, I barely remember the original Gladiator and don't recall thinking of it as anything other than a fairly standard action movie. In fact, I remember the British spoof of it Gladiatress far more vividly (including her Roman lover Firmus). Anyway, someone said he fights a money, and the CGI is hilariously bad. Firstly, I presume this is just the reviewer not knowing the difference between a monkey and a great ape and he's not actually battling a macaque or something. Secondly, is the CGI as bad as I heard?
 
CGI is really jarring, yeah, but it's mostly confined to the animals. Would have been amazing if they'd gotten a giant rhinoceros to do its own stunts, mind.

A shame, as there's a lot of big buff dudes really throwing themselves into these practical fights. Seeing a PS3 shark swim by kills the magic.
 
Watched the movie a few hours ago. I give it a 7/10. The costumes, action scenes and settings are stunning, The acting is great. The story is good in the first half of the movie but then it becomes kinda lame. I wished the emperor twins would have done more. they had so much potential. The cgi has a good quality. It's not great but also not totally fake looking and I'm talking about the animals here. The statues, buildings etc. look realistic in my opinion. The music is also good.

Do not look for accurate historical depiction because ohh boy where do I start? Russian Borzoi dogs in ancient Rome, a black member of the senate, the "newspaper" scene is real but it's a piece of papyrus or parchment with writing on it, rome is way too diverse (I'm suprised there weren't any asians) and so on.

But on the other hand historical realism was never the goal. It's an action movie in a fictional version of the roman empire. I enjoyed the rhino and shark scenes even tho I know it's not accurate but I'm watching an action movie to be entertained and we know the romans would have probably used them in the colosseum if they had the chance. But still...a bit less diversity would have been nice.
 
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Just got back from this film. Not going to go in depth, but holy heck what a bad film.

I can suspend my disbelief when it comes to the sharks and rhinos, but I can't get over a bunch of gladiators agreeing to go on a suicide mission with some wimpy 30 year-old who showed up four fucking days ago just because he claims to be the "Prince of Rome."

"I've been a gladiator for years. I'm rolling in dough, eat the best food and have my choice of prostitutes. So yeah kid, I will join your revolution after knowing you for three days, making myself an enemy of the state and basically condemning myself to death. Sounds like fun."

And I'm still scratching my head as to how a weepy boi like Pedro Pascal became the most celebrated general in Rome.

Hot take: Denzel Washington is the best part of the film. Everything else is just so bland.
 
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Watched this the other day. It's a rehash of the original but worse, and I didn't think the original was that great anyway. What gets me the most is how inconsistent it is. The protagonist hates Rome and Romans and the general that conquered him, but when he's about to kill him, he suddenly thinks he's a great guy and actually Rome is based but it needs to be reformed. It's stupid. Also they made Macrinus a nigger lol.
 
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Hot take: Denzel Washington is the best part of the film. Everything else is just so bland.
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Shit take, casting aside, this movie made me realize that Denzel can't act. He's supposed to be in ancient Rome but his performance is identical to his performance in American Gangster and every other role he's ever played.

Anyway it's been two weeks and I already forgot this existed. Only thing I have to add is that it made me realize how much MMA has spoiled me because fight choreography looks so blatantly fake, but that's a me problem.
 
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I just learned that Hans Zimmer is not credited in this film. I didn't want to watch it, but now I'm considering giving it a chance.
 
Raging Capybara said:
I just learned that Hans Zimmer is not credited in this film. I didn't want to watch it, but now I'm considering giving it a chance.
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Even where Hans Zimmer is not, Media Ventures is.

Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood's most sought-after and prolific composers whose long list of film and television credits underscore the diverse range of his talents. He has received the BMI Icon Award in recognition of his unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers and was awarded the prestigious Ambassador Award by the Society of Composers & Lyricists. Born in England to a musical family, Gregson-Williams earned a choral scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge, at the age of 7 and later gained a coveted spot at London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama, from which he recently received an honorary fellowship. He started his film career as assistant to composer Richard Harvey and later as orchestrator and arranger for Stanley Myers,and went on to compose his first scores for director Nicolas Roeg. His subsequent collaboration and friendship with composer Hans Zimmer led to Gregson-Williams providing music for such films as "The Rock," "Armageddon" and "The Prince of Egypt" and helped launch his career in Hollywood.
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(IMDB)
 
Just got back from seeing this. Napoleon was an insult, this was simply a farce. You could tell within 5 minutes it was going to be a rush fest, no room to breath, no natural dialogue.
I was going to write a giant sperg manifesto on the whole movie, but honestly no one cares. The main guy does get thrown into a pit to fight baboons, along with a bunch of other slaves. He beats a baboon in hand to hand combat. While this is absurd for a number of reasons, the actual irritation comes from the scene instantly cutting to post-fight everyone applauding his great Derek Chauvin impersonation. what about the rest of the baboons though? Did he also beat all of them? If the other slaves managed to take out the rest, why was his accomplishment only mentioned?

The answers to the questions is that the Jew wants their niggercattle to sit there, and eat, and shit, and be docile.
 
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