[Film] GLADIATOR 2

The Clamp · Monday at 12:54 PM

I was keen to watch it at the cinema. I’d booked a seat at Worthing Dome for last Monday afternoon but checked before and it was sold out. I won’t go to full showings, too many people, too much noise and inconsiderate behaviour.

So I thought I’d go another day when it’s not so busy.

Now I don’t think I’ll bother. I’ll wait for it to stream.

Braggfan · Monday at 1:20 PM

Normal Rob said:
Just come back from the cinema. It bored me sh*tless. Mescal was terrible. The sharks
Sorry, it was a dreadful film.

I thought it was pretty awful as well. I think Ridley Scott is very overrated in general. He has made a few good things, but also some absolute s**t. Gladiator 2 definitely falls into the second category. It felt like a rehash of the first film, with more or less the same story.

I read Michael J Fox's autobiography years ago and he talked about actors having contracts with studios to make a certain amount of films for them. He said that sometimes people make films they don't really want to do, just because it uses up one of the films in their contract, so they can then go make something they actually want to make. Gladiator 2 wreaked of this. A studio thought it would be a good idea to rehash a successful film that they could bank on making a lot of money from. Then they employed a writer, director and cast to go through the motions.

DJ NOBO · Monday at 4:06 PM

Strange film.
It isn’t a remake but it sort of is. Almost character for character.
Paul Meschal was,,,,how can I put it…. low key. Not a patch on Crowe who was rousing and intense.
There was no part of that film that was better than the original.
As a means of taking on the story it was pointless.
As a means to piss on the legacy of the original, it succeeded.
As a means to make money, it’ll probably do well.
i would agree with those who say Ridley Scott Is overrated. The turkeys are piling up.

UnhingedSeagull94 · Monday at 4:29 PM

I can’t bring myself to go and watch it. Gladiator is such an immense film, with amazing screenplay. The ending alone is worth its weight in gold. Classics should be left alone.

HalfaSeatOn · 2024-11-28T16:50:00+0000

2.5 hours flew by, sign of an absorbing film. Certainly one for the big screen.

heathgate · 2024-11-29T07:32:02+0000

DJ NOBO said:
Strange film.
It isn’t a remake but it sort of is. Almost character for character.
Paul Meschal was,,,,how can I put it…. low key. Not a patch on Crowe who was rousing and intense.
There was no part of that film that was better than the original.
As a means of taking on the story it was pointless.
As a means to piss on the legacy of the original, it succeeded.
As a means to make money, it’ll probably do well.
i would agree with those who say Ridley Scott Is overrated. The turkeys are piling up.

Interesting observation, I noticed in the lead in credits, a production company was involved called 'SCOTT FREE', I wonder if that could mean that Scott wasn't actually involved, or at least as much as he could have been.... it would perhaps explain the random Baboons, sharks and ride-on rhinos..... dross.

The Clamp · 2024-11-29T13:14:32+0000

heathgate said:
Interesting observation, I noticed in the lead in credits, a production company was involved called 'SCOTT FREE', I wonder if that could mean that Scott wasn't actually involved, or at least as much as he could have been.... it would perhaps explain the random Baboons, sharks and ride-on rhinos..... dross.

Scott Free is his production company formed in 1995 by Tony and Ridley. So been around a long time.

Scott Free films are distributed by Disney which probably explains the shoddy output. Disney not being that bothered about the quality of output from its subsidiaries, only with likely profit.

Han Solo · 2024-11-29T13:43:28+0000

The Clamp said:
Scott Free is his production company formed in 1995 by Tony and Ridley. So been around a long time.

Scott Free films are distributed by Disney which probably explains the shoddy output. Disney not being that bothered about the quality of output from its subsidiaries, only with likely profit.

Unfortunately if you avoid everything Disney right now, you're just stuck for 3 hours watching Lars von Trier film his bowel movements with a handheld camera. Don't know if the movie industry has ever been worse than right now. NOTHING is good. The best you can get is "its ok and I spent 2 hours on so I'll pretend its good".

The Clamp · 2024-11-29T13:58:07+0000

Han Solo said:
Unfortunately if you avoid everything Disney right now, you're just stuck for 3 hours watching Lars von Trier film his bowel movements with a handheld camera. Don't know if the movie industry has ever been worse than right now. NOTHING is good. The best you can get is "its ok and I spent 2 hours on so I'll pretend its good".

I agree to a point.

There’s plenty of great films being made. They just get limited distribution.

Because people want shiny things that cater to their 47 second attention spans.

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