Gladiator II

[UpperWestside 6225]

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 22566]

I have heard good things. 

[Kennythetiger 9508]

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 18348]

Spoiler

I can’t believe Ed Sheeran killed his identical twin

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8992]

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 20363]

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

[futureman 22566]

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 1309]

1 hour ago, futureman said:

name his last good movie 

Gladiator?

[rage-a-holic 4553]

1 hour ago, futureman said:

name his last good movie 

The Last Duel was only 3 years ago

[BHMCruiser 1819]

Last Duel slammed

[futureman 22566]

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 4553]

18 minutes ago, futureman said:

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

The Martian, 2015

[futureman 22566]

false!  that movie sucked. 

[rage-a-holic 4553]

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 22566]

the correct answer was alien: covenant. 

[rage-a-holic 4553]

28 minutes ago, futureman said:

the correct answer was alien: covenant. 

 

[Drew 2699]

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 12980]

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 12980]

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 4037]

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 November 27 by LonghornSean

[closetojumping 63703]

I guess the key is low expectations. I went in to seeing it not expecting much and not reading ahead. I thought it was pretty fucking great. 

Anyone expecting a sequel to match a first masterpiece is simply not giving the sequel a chance. 

[956 Worldwide 35008]

How much of the delta with the first one is the cast? Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, and Djimon Hounsou is a murderers row of talent.  I’d watch them debate what kind of pizza to order. 

[Dennis Taylor 19103]

Parts of it jumped the shark. 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18694]

Saw it this afternoon and…

[Mac8111 2119]

Fucking sharks…..

[mchookem 16598]

meh. def lacking the emotional impact of the first. i actually almost dozed off, despite demented monkeys and sharks. as an aside... if they really did things like flood the Colosseum for boat battles? that would be freaking awesome lol.

anyways...Denzel was somehow both awesome and also bored, like he could do this role in his sleep.

i didn't mind the lead, and the story itself was not bad. just didn't hit anywhere close to the original. 

[Deej 77304]

4 hours ago, mchookem said:

if they really did things like flood the Colosseum for boat battles? that would be freaking awesome lol.

They did.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22065]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

They did.

Only during the first year or two that it was built. During that time it could be flooded to a depth of about 5 feet. During its first year a naval battle was staged in it using scaled down flat bottomed boats.  Once the hypogeum was built under it flooding it was no longer possible.

[mchookem 16598]

well that is just super cool. those Romans might have been depraved but damn if they weren't clever! 😄

[miguelito 11357]

Sounds like Surlyhorns.  Depraved, yet clever!

[TankedBevo 2488]

I saw it on Thanksgiving night. I thought it was entertaining, but the cgi was not good. It rarely ever is tbh, especially when creating animals. 

I also felt like I knew exactly what was going to happen as it was a really predictable script. 

That said, it is worth seeing in theaters if you go to a matinee or something. 

[Reynolds Woodcock 4886]

People, this movie is comically, comically bad. Denzel and Paul did their best, but Ridley needs to hang it up after stringing together House of Gucci, Napoleon and this joke of a movie 

[mchookem 16598]

i actually liked Napoleon better. 

[utxmike05 1828]

I still have a Gladiator framed poster in my theater room....I did not expect this one to touch the original, but I didn't expect it to be that bad.  I wanted to love it.  

The short time on film for Pedro upset me first....

Emotional stakes just weren't there like the original.  I just didn't care for the main guy....needed some other backstory. 

And his sudden acceptance of his mother overnight was weird....I didn't feel excited when he was getting Maximus' armor and sword like I should have.

Also needed subtitles.  I'm get spoiled watching shows at home.