Gladiator 2

Started by Patient_Leech11 pages

I saw something about a trailer arriving on the 9th? Or was it the 8th... something like that.

Omg, hyped...

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Watched about half. Don't think I'm even going to finish it.

Looks bang average at best.

Looks like a fun blast and spectacle, but the story doesn't seem all that great, even though it seems like a murder-revenge plot like the first.

Gladiator is still one of my favorite films and I can rewatch it most any time.

Rap... Are you ****ing kidding? The music choice completely killed the trailer.

Beyond that, looked incredibly mediocre. A lesser repeat of the original.

Alright, I confess I finished the trailer.

The rap music was a little weird, but whatever, it's just a trailer. As long as it doesn't go Django Unchained with the rap music in the film I don't care.

I'm still hyped. Looks great. That last decapitation shot, hell yeah.. f#ck.

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Looks bang average at best.

^^^This.

I’ll give it a chance because the first one is legendary, however I don’t buy Pedro Pascal as a Roman general, in the slightest.

You dumb b!tches have forgotten the joy of going to the movies.

It shows gladiators battling a rhinoceros and falling into water and getting eaten by sharks. I mean, f#ck yes!

Plus it looks like it's going to have some interesting little political intrigue, so goddamn, stop being so negative.

24 years later Ridley has finally delivered on a sequel.

Look good to me, Apart from the rap music

plus its only a ****en trailer, Those are only suppose to give you taste of what's to come.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
You dumb b!tches have forgotten the joy of going to the movies.

^^^I still go full Peewee occasionally.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
It shows gladiators battling a rhinoceros and falling into water and getting eaten by sharks.


^^^Pretty visuals are no substitute for a good story though.
Speaking of which…

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Plus it looks like it's going to have some interesting little political intrigue,

^^^…politics bore me.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
24 years later Ridley has finally delivered on a sequel.

^^^I concede this.
I mean, we waited 33 years for Coming 2 America.

^^^I concede this.
I mean, we waited 33 years for Coming 2 America.

I've heard that one was crap

not all long awaited sequels end up being good.

Originally posted by Kazenji

not all long awaited sequels end up being good.

^^^My point exactly.
I mean, there was nothing about the original that screamed ‘sequel’ to me, much less one 24 years removed.

It was a great one and done lightning in a bottle movie, and there’s nothing wrong w. that.

If, at 86 years old, Ridley Scott feels he needs even more money to live out his golden (platinum?) years in comfort and is good w. going for a cash grab, more power to him though.

I don't think calling it a cash grab is necessarily fair, I mean, we'll see, certainly the studio wants a cash grab. But I think Ridley had been chasing the greatness of Gladiator ever since to greater and lesser success. He's certainly never matched it. I think he probably legitimately wants to make a great follow up. Probably why they didn't rush into it.

To me there is something a little more magical and fascinating about ancient Rome than his other historical epics, so I'm always excited about a new big budget film set then.

As long as he keeps the story concise and not a 3 hour slog like the current trend, it looks like it'll be pretty good.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I don't think calling it a cash grab is necessarily fair, I mean, we'll see, certainly the studio wants a cash grab. But I think Ridley had been chasing the greatness of Gladiator ever since to greater and lesser success. He's certainly never matched it. I think he probably legitimately wants to make a great follow up. Probably why they didn't rush into it.

To me there is something a little more magical and fascinating about ancient Rome than his other historical epics, so I'm always excited about a new big budget film set then.

As long as he keeps the story concise and not a 3 hour slog like the current trend, it looks like it'll be pretty good.

I'm with you on the ancient Roman setting for epic films. Just ideal.

See, I'm pretty sure no one is asking for the 4-hour version of Napoleon...

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/7/10/ridley-scotts-4-hour-napoleon-directors-cut-is-coming-soon

Honestly, I wouldn't have minded about 30 mins more of war scenes in Napoleon. I get that being an obsessed cuckold was a huge part of his life, but so was war.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
See, I'm pretty sure no one is asking for the 4-hour version of Napoleon...

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/7/10/ridley-scotts-4-hour-napoleon-directors-cut-is-coming-soon

This is what's becoming frustrating about Ridley Scott - the man can't make up his mind about the running times of his films and keeps flip flopping.

As for this - is there a point to seeing it? The last trailer practically gives everything away.

I accidentally saw some of the new trailer for this and there's monkeys running around in the arena.. Holy hell I can't wait. 😂

Better be some faces being ripped out