GLADIATOR SEQUEL | RIDLEY SCOTT / PARAMOUNT

[wormlander]

I have always wanted to see a modern version of the boat fights, I was so happy when I saw that in the trailer.

Yup, And also bloody rhinos...

 

[a-dev]

There wasn't a lick of water in the first Gladiator that I can recall so I'm looking forward to that water-based action.

Yeah the music choice was awful, there better not be anything like that in the actual movie. We can't be going from Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard to whatever that was.

 

[crows]

Yup, And also bloody rhinos...

OMG I forgot yes.
I still don't see the negative aspects or the criticism that everyone else sees, that rhino looks awesome.
everything in the trailer looked real good

 

[Johnny Utah]

Harry Gregson Williams is doing the score, he scored loads of movies as well as Metal Gear Solid 2-5.

 

[Mondragon]

Scott: Should we research if people really rode Rhinos into battle?

Hollywood Historical Consultant: Found what we were looking for!

Scott: That's good enough for me!

 

[Sassafras]

Scott: Should we research if people really rode Rhinos into battle?
Historical Consultant: Found it!

Scott: That's good enough for me!

As long as this kind of thing gets skipped, I'm good with some CGI rhinos. It didn't slow down Black Panther. Rap music in a historical drama might cause me to hurl the popcorn tho.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/purging-the-myth-of-the-vomitorium/

Classically trained poets and writers at the time would have been exposed to a few sources that painted ancient Romans as just the sort of people who would vomit just to eat more. One source was Seneca, the Stoic who lived from 4 B.C. to A.D. 65 and who gave the impression that Romans were an emetic bunch. In one passage, he wrote of slaves cleaning up the vomit of drunks at banquets, and in his Letter to Helvia, he summarized the vomitorium idea succinctly but metaphorically, referring to what he saw as the excesses of Rome: "They vomit so they may eat, and eat so that they may vomit."

 

[ironwez20]

seriously why are they making a rap album for this movie . Cause Denzel is in it? Wow

 

[Asta]

Having watched the original I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be an actual leaked photo from the new one...

I have no idea what planet the original one was meant to have taken place on.

 

[Mondragon]

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Inevitably someone is going to CG Grogu into every scene with Pascal.
Sic Est Via

 

[Mondragon]

‘Gladiator II’ First Reactions Call Ridley Scott’s Sequel “Unhinged,” “Deliciously Cinematic And Machiavellian”: “Can’t Believe Ridley Pulled This Off”​

https://deadline.com/2024/10/gladia...iciously-cinematic-machiavellian-1236121555/#
...just about everyone who’s seen Gladiator II is taking to social media in praise of Ridley Scott‘s highly-anticipated sequel.

Well at least according to some:

It’s largely uneven & lacks the emotional punch of the first film,”

I'm guessing reviewers will be meaninglessly throwing around the word "Epic" to describe the spectacle, yet not surprised, if the emotional punch, what sold the original (at least for me) what made it worth while, will be lacking.
While it had plenty of battle spectacle, it was also about an honorable character, love for family, loyalty, betrayal and revenge. Ultimately a man just looking for any way out of the arena of endless war and killing. And a perfect end.

Might still give this a chance, as I'll likely enjoy the overblown, shallow $pectacle ( bring on the sharks, battle-rhinos and war-monkeys )! As predicted I'm fine going in knowing not to anticipate much more than that, with little to none of the emotional impact of the original.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

If critics end up giving it high praise I'll be in absolutely no rush to watch it. If ever.

 

[Rotfish]

It's a Ridley Scott historical(ish) epic. Will be watching on that basis alone, but I don't expect it to compete with the original or Kingdom of Heaven.

 

[Sassafras]

It's a Ridley Scott historical(ish) epic. Will be watching on that basis alone, but I don't expect it to compete with the original or Kingdom of Heaven.

Yeah. Suspect I will put it in the Romulus category. Enjoyable, many well done aspects, probably too much rehash, but on the better side of sequels and definitely worth a movie ticket.

Not the worst thing, to be able to kick back in a premium theater and just enjoy. I already think of what looks like psycho twins ruling will get the GOT Joffrey treatment and get shot in the eye or have their heads chopped off or get fed to a tiger which sounds fun.