Gladiator II

[UpperWestside 6190]

On 10/30/2024 at 11:41 PM, mdmost said:

Derka doing a Helobious impression

Helobious just doomed a high school football team last night to a loss in a game they were up by 18 in the 3rd quarter. He is nails at that kinda stuff.

[futureman 22550]

I have heard good things. 

[Kennythetiger 9471]

19 hours ago, TankedBevo said:

Still seeing it 

It was a decent date night movie. I liked Pascal’s character, Denzel was entertaining, and Connie still makes me feel funny. 
I didn’t consider it a waste of admission and concession fees. 

[Firemans4Horn 18124]

Spoiler

I can’t believe Ed Sheeran killed his identical twin

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8947]

Saw it today with my kid. We both thought it was meh.

I'm usually not one to complain about special effects, but the CGI animals were terrible. The monkeys in the first fight scene were ridiculously cartoonish. They looked like they belong in some fantasy movie.

[Post Oak 20277]

sounds like Ridley's on a bit of a cold streak with Napoleon and this being meh

[futureman 22550]

19 hours ago, Post Oak said:

sounds like Ridley's on a bit of a cold streak with Napoleon and this being meh

name his last good movie 

[semitired 82]

1 hour ago, futureman said:

name his last good movie 

Well, he is pushing 90 so there's that...

[lateshow 1308]

1 hour ago, futureman said:

name his last good movie 

Gladiator?

[rage-a-holic 4482]

1 hour ago, futureman said:

name his last good movie 

The Last Duel was only 3 years ago

[BHMCruiser 1817]

Last Duel slammed

[futureman 22550]

3 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

The Last Duel was only 3 years ago

ok, last good movie, BEFORE the last duel.  go. 

[rage-a-holic 4482]

18 minutes ago, futureman said:

ok, last good movie, BEFORE the last duel.  go. 

The Martian, 2015

[futureman 22550]

false!  that movie sucked. 

[rage-a-holic 4482]

1 hour ago, futureman said:

false!  that movie sucked. 

Why don't you just go ahead and tell us what you think is his last good movie.

[futureman 22550]

the correct answer was alien: covenant. 

[rage-a-holic 4482]

28 minutes ago, futureman said:

the correct answer was alien: covenant. 

 

[Drew 2534]

20 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

The Last Duel was only 3 years ago

This was great...

 

14 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

Why don't you just go ahead and tell us what you think is his last good movie.

Maybe my favorite movie of his since the Gladiator...one of my favorites to go back and watch.

13 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

 

yeah...he's a bit of an idiot.

[Captain Ron 12926]

23 hours ago, futureman said:

name his last good movie 

 

18 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

The Martian, 2015

 

17 hours ago, futureman said:

false!  that movie sucked. 

16 hours ago, futureman said:

the correct answer was alien: covenant. 

 

 

[Captain Ron 12926]

I never realized that the first film was such a shit show going in - they were writing the script on the fucking fly, improving a ton and a few plot points came up from moments the actors ad libed. I posted a video talking about it over here: 

 

[LonghornSean 4024]

It was a fun popcorn movie but didn’t come close to matching the emotional stakes of the original. Should have never expected it to, and I don’t think Ridley Scott really did either. It was more campy, especially the set pieces and comically graphic violence.

Connie Nielsen’s performance was just dreadful yet her character’s relationship to several others was crucial to the weight of the story and couldn’t deliver.

On the positive side, Denzel was cool, and the musical score was a good reprise of Hans Zimmer’s original.

 

And yes, the baboon sequence was distractingly cartoonish.

Edited 13 minutes ago by LonghornSean