Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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Overall good, but like jurrasic park, you can't beat the original..
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[Film] GLADIATOR 2
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Ali_rrr
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Thoroughly enjoyed it. Made sure I didn't watch the original and took it as it was meant, a follow up from the original.
Although not 100% sure Paul Mescal was right for the role personally. The use of CGI for the monkeys was also really weird.
Although not 100% sure Paul Mescal was right for the role personally. The use of CGI for the monkeys was also really weird.
Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
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I think it jumped the shark
Wrong-Direction
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The sharks and baboons on roids were a bit far fetched but the battle scenes were decent
bluenitsuj
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I assume you are a fan of the original Gladiator and will be guided by your succinct comment.
Are you not entertained?
Madafwo
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- Nov 11, 2013
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Absolutely, but then I'm normally the only one that laughs at my jokes.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
It's ok. Basically it follows the plot of the original almost step by step, but doesn't do any of it even half as well. Mescus was a weak casting option, he drags the whole production down. How he got the part I'll never know. Plus the sharks and baboons are just silly.
It's not boring. It's just all a bit...meh.
It's not boring. It's just all a bit...meh.
Kosh
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We recently watched the original with the kids, now they’re a bit older… it’s quite rightly considered a ‘modern’ classic…
We were going to see ‘2’ but after watching the trailers a few times… cgi monkeys and ridiculous baboons… well, we just were a bit meh tbh… by the looks of it… it’s louder, (ahem) LOUDER… it’s bigger, it’s more of everything… yet I suspect all the less for it.
However, each to their own…
We were going to see ‘2’ but after watching the trailers a few times… cgi monkeys and ridiculous baboons… well, we just were a bit meh tbh… by the looks of it… it’s louder, (ahem) LOUDER… it’s bigger, it’s more of everything… yet I suspect all the less for it.
However, each to their own…
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
You've assessed it pretty well there, despite not seeing it! Spot on, less would've been more.
I suspect the younger gen might appreciate it more, especially those who haven't seen the original. I think for the rest of us though, this is a pale imitation. I'm surprised Ridley Scott let it slip so far from the standards he set.
Sorry I thought mine was the actual quote?
Cheeky Monkey
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Damned with faint praise.
Cheeky Monkey
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Save your shekels for Titanic 2 out next year, Kosh. Rose goes on a cruise on Symphony of the Seas out of Scumhampton, they sail east along the English channel to the Strait of Dover, try and fail to spot Sheffield around the coastal bulge of Norfolk and Suffolk and return to Scumhampton for a medium-sized fish supper before disembarking.
herecomesaregular
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Gladiator 2 is so bad it's good. Unintentionally hilarious in many places.
Gladiator 2 is so bad it's good. Unintentionally hilarious in many places.
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Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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These are a good film.
Gladiator is Mrs Bobkin's favourite ever film and we went to see the second one last Sunday. Absolutely loved it and I actually thought it was better than the original (I've watched it loads of times, because of the above!).
Mescal was pretty good, I thought. Probably not as strong as Crowe, but a convincing lead who grew throughout the film.
Opinions, eh?
Gladiator is Mrs Bobkin's favourite ever film and we went to see the second one last Sunday. Absolutely loved it and I actually thought it was better than the original (I've watched it loads of times, because of the above!).
Mescal was pretty good, I thought. Probably not as strong as Crowe, but a convincing lead who grew throughout the film.
Opinions, eh?
- Apr 13, 2015
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It's a 6/10... not as big a production as the first film, felt a bit thin on polish and atmosphere.
Baboons and sharks .. bloody ridiculous....
Rhino being ridden .. even more ridiculous.
Original film got a solid 10/10 from me.
Normal Rob
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Just come back from the cinema. It bored me sh*tless. Mescal was terrible. The sharks
Sorry, it was a dreadful film.
Sorry, it was a dreadful film.