Gladiator - MOVIE REACTION!!

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[@williamsmith5340]

Awesome movie

[@TiaraDalmeida-hf4zp]

He need another horse because home is a long way (SPAIN) and they were in Germany. One horse with a rider will collapse very quickly. So he will keep swapping horses.

[@frankiek2269]

Seriously? You find the gayest guy in your crew that hasn’t seen this to call it a reaction? F off!

[@user-sj2so2yy2e]

fun fact: jack gleeson who played joffrey in game of thrones said he took inspiration from joaquin phoenix's performance in this movie.

[@sabrinaramirez4585]

that..makes so much sense

[@erkkizu]

I was just thinking a minute ago those two performing. They were so annoying in their roles which means they're incredible actors!

[@chumkrimson8161]

Dude nobody cares. Don’t know why you and every GOT loser keeps bringing this up

[@JamesWiseMagic]

I can really see it!

[@MomCatMeows]

Omg I can totally see the similarities in those two characters!

[@TCT24]

“What we do in life, echoes an eternity” 😤✊🏼

[@chaost4544]

Oliver Reed was a damn good actor and had a hell of a voice. RIP

[@trada3480]

And sadly he died during the making of the film and some of his scences use CGI to finish them imagine what it would have been like with Oliver Reed and Richard Harris in the same film during their wild years

[@mdavissq3d]

Did you ever read how he died during the filming of Gladiator? During a break from production he had a drinking contest against several royal navy sailors in a pub in Malta. Out drank them all and arm wrestled them. Then had a heart attack in the aftermath. Crazy way to go out.

[@Anubisblack]

Yeah. Dude was a freaking legend.

[@chaost4544]

@@mdavissq3d it's awful he died but damn....that's a legendary way to go out.

[@chrism7395]

He drank 8 pints of German lager, 12 shots of Rum, 1/2 bottle of whiskey and some shots of Cognac, beat five sailors in arm wrestling matches before collapsing from a heart attack. Sad thing was that he'd managed to cut back on his alcoholism during filming and was pressured into the drinking contest because of his reputation as a hell raiser.

[@vvreno]

This was the first movie I saw in theaters where the crowd applauded when the credits rolled. It had a perfect, cathartic ending and the last song hits at just the right beat to get you in the feels. One of my favorites!

[@Jxckk0]

The music is so powerful, it never fails to get me…

[@steve0500738]

A lot of medical advances made during the Roman Empire originated from surgeons trying to heal gladiators for battle, as Rick said they were the prized assets of wealthy individuals much like a race horses is today.

[@jackj9816]

Exactly and they didn’t die anywhere near as much as we think they did. They also had more luxury’s then most normal citizens and had a good diet and plenty of women

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

While the popular and famous gladiators died a lot less, there was also way more random slaves just getting blindfolded and thrown in panthers .

[@joerogan9522]

One of the best movies of all time!!!!! Are you not entertained?!!! And the soundtrack is so❤❤❤

[@joerogan9522]

@d wood what you mean? It's not the best movie of all time but for sure it's up there of one of the best, the story ,the performances of all , the custumes and set design the music it's a 9/10 for me so its one of the best movies of all time. And the ending gets me everytime and I seen it like 20 times already or so.

[@bellacarm1939]

I have watched this movie so many times and I still cry. I appreciate that Calvin is getting the feels too. :)

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

That Chariot bisection is still one of the gnarliest deaths I've ever seen in theatres. When I watched this as a teenager on the big screen everyone in the theatre gave a collective OOOOOOOOOOOH when that happened.

[@Stogie2112]

Connie Nielsen was extraordinary as Lucilla. Just one look from her face spoke volumes.

[@captainannie322]

This is still my favorite movie ever. I still get teary eyed by the end

[@heatherqualy9143]

Top ten of my favourite movies. My #1 favourite soundtrack. Too short on time to go through all these comments and see if someone said this: the slow mo in the first battle that you didn’t like was an on-the-fly practical fix. They didn’t schedule enough time to shoot the battle, and the sun was going down. Rather than spend the time and extensive money to redress the scene, reset everything, pay actors for another days’ work, and fall behind schedule, they shot it with the different shutter speed to match the lighting of earlier in the day. I don’t find it distracting at all. I find it dramatic, and when I found out why they did it was impressed with the ingenuity of fixing a very costly error with almost no time to think.

[@carlthorpe5538]

Fun fact... The Germanic Chant prior to the battle in the Forest is the same one used in the film ZULU.. Zulu was one of Ridley Scotts favourite films so he wanted to pay tribute to it by using the Zulu chant as that for the Germanic tribe ..

[@TheDamianvincent]

They had to use the track from Zulu because the language being used by the extras was to say the least was getting a bit adult with all the excitement.

[@chaost4544]

The soundtrack is one of the best soundtracks in film and I continue to regularly listen to it decades later.

[@neddhu]

Strength and honour.

[@102Jonjon]

Great seeing Richard Harris I forgot he was in this lol. He'll always be my Dumbledore. R.I.P.

[@marthapackard8649]

He will always be my King Arthur. Yes, I'm that old, lol.

[@kiri.horizons6922]

So many quotable moments in this great film!

[@andareon]

This movie is such the perfect "peplum" classic. Love it. Seen it multiple times and will see it again. Thank you for your vid as always!

[@cdlord80]

One Easter egg I'll point out is the Germanic chanting in the beginning is from the movie Zulu though I have no idea where that tie-in comes from.

[@TheDamianvincent]

They had to replace the original audio of the Germainians chanting in the battle because the language being used by the extras wasn't German and definitely wasn't something you could put in a family movie. We many have been getting a little excited.

[@grego-geek]

Actually Oliver Reed (Proximo) never finished all his scene before his dead, so they made use a 3D face of him to finish those scenes. They shot nearly 2 minutes missing for finished his work as an hommage for him.

[@kwackzi]

Oliver Reed drank himself to death in a bar in Valletta while shooting the movie. The bar is still there and Oliver Reeds menu of the evening is listed on the wall. 8 pints of lager 12 Double Rums 14 whiskeys

[@TJMalana]

It was Lisa Gerrard's vocals in the movie that really teared me up. Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer together scored this movie and it was one of the scores that made me become a huge fan of Lisa Gerrard's music. I highly recommend checking out her music including her projects with Dead Can Dance as one of the main dual vocalists.

[@elodie_k221b]

Now We Are Free is such a gorgeous song.

[@willharris7609]

Movie Fact: Arnold Schwarzenegger was on the set at the colosseum in Malta. He was there to visit Rolf Moeller and Sven Ole Thorson.

[@Vana1970]

Fun fact the fight scene at the start was filmed at Black Park not far from me in London, UK. Ridley did get permission from the Forestry there to burn down part of the park which was due felling. As I believe the only CGI was the Colosseum scene where you see how many are present in seats. Great film with classic actors, Oliver Reede died during the filming of Gladiator and they used his voice and previous footage to include him to the end.

[@madej253]

Calvin reaction at the end tho.

[@jacko16766]

Calvin said it was just after lord of the rings but fellowship was 2001

[@LanceJ.]

First movie that ever made me cry at the end and the first dvd I ever bought. Perfection.

[@vidhyasagarn5642]

34:12 goosebumps moments

[@nicksmith2010]

This film always reminds me of the 1960 Stanley Kubrick MOVIE version of Spartacus. Both have despicable Caesars, Senators named Gracchus, a bald African sidekick (Woody Strode vs. Djimon Honsou), lanistas (Peter Ustinov vs. Oliver Reed), gladiators breaking out of confinement, etc. And I love both of them.

[@mattborden2966]

Technically, Commodus was the Emperor who died wrestling. And he really did fight fixed matches in the area before that. Guy was even crazier than Nero

[@jamesalexander5623]

But Caligula was the craziest of them all .... There is a 1974 "R" rated film produced by the owner of Penthouse Magazine. It is Wild!

[@joshuawoodbridge6267]

I remember this story is loosely based on an emperor that fought in the gladiatorial arena, but he didnt die in the arena, he was killed by a cousin or something and then his brother took over

[@Bnio]

The real Commodus did like to do stuff in the arena, but he also ruled for 12 years, not the year or so this movie portays...and was strangled in a bathtub by his wrestling teacher...who was probably paid to kill him. But, yeah, look up Wikipedia's list of Roman emperors and how they died. It gets pretty wild after about 200 AD.

[@jasonkreider8954]

Here is a fun fact gladiator matches where rarely fought to the death the match was over when a gladiator held up a finger. plus the matches had referees

[@Animeke-san]

They already figured out the main reason why Roman concrete is resilient. It's because they mixed limestone in it which would mend the stone upon exposure.

[@pduidesign]

You should see Russel Crowe’s Robin Hood with Cate Blanchett. I personally enjoyed it. It also was directed by Ridley Scott.

[@codyt821]

Calvin, it is 100 percent realistic with the tigers and lions in the collesium, those trap doors are there in real life, and they really did send up all manner of predatory animals during gladiator matches. Lions, tigers, bears, etc.

[@Pharaoh025]

I've seen this movie more times than I can count and the ending always gets me. I will see it again. But not yet. Not yet.

[@ArmInYan]

39:18 His mouth is bleeding as Maximus heavily hit him on the face with shield seconds before stabbing foot. Be attentive.

[@-Pradi-]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!? - Dumbledore asked calmly

[@ishmaeldarrer]

the reason the theme is very similar to PotC theme is because Klaus Badelt was commissioned to score PotC1, but he got a very small time window to compose, this made it too difficult for him so he got help from 5+ other composers one of which was Hans Zimmer who composed the main themes and the rest was done by Badelt with help from Jim Dooley, James McKee Smith, Blake Neely, Trevor Morris (who later did Vikings), Geoff Zanelli (who later did many films like PotC5), Steve Jablonsky (who later did almost anything directed by Michael Bay), Nick Glennie-Smith (who worked with Zimmer a couple of times mainly on The Rock) and last but not least Ramin Djawadi (who later did Game Of Thrones and Westworld)

[@rodvaz1]

4:04 É ASSIM QUE MEU FUSCA ANDA!!

[@ogrosch4568]

Simply one of the best movie of all times.

[@katerinathurnova3385]

Hi guys, I like your reactions and thank you for this. When i was see this movie for the first time it was amazing. But now, when i was reading history about old Rome changing my opinion. Especially the last scene of the movie, when the Emperor fights with the gladiator, is ridiculous. The praetorian guard would never allow the emperor to be killed, because they were well paid and that way they would lose their jobs. They was a bodyguars and the emperor would never enter the arena.

[@planetdearth6371]

37:57 haha "Tigers?!"

[@Sumdumfilipino]

The music is so damn good!!! Roar!!!

[@wackywalks3827]

Top 5 best movies made, a true classic

[@werdle92]

This was just before LotR not just after. Fellowship came out in 2001

[@davidnoel2977]

Actual history dictates that the emperor would give the thumbs down if he is to live and thumbs up if he is to die. I can't remember when it was that we actually started thinking that thumbs-up was good. Need to look that up.

[@TheTribute410]

All the reactors skip the ascension into the coliseum after Commodus stabs Maximus. That scene to me is the greatest scene in cinema history. The stakes of glorious battle. No way out. Either Maximus dies alone or he takes Commodus down with him in glorious vengeance. Commodus has the weight of betrayal and insecurity on his back, clinging to his power for dear life. Maximus has the weight of vengeance and Marcus’ wishes and the fate of Rome on his. It’s such a glorious scene them ascending to the light of the coliseum slowly with the epic choir

[@justingehrman2344]

You mentioned the chariot mistaken there’s also a airplane above the colleseum at one point

[@blahblahblah02]

Ah this movie brings back memories, thanks for this awesome reaction!

[@maxacorn]

fun fact: the pretorian guards, the emperor's bodyguards, had more power than you think. basically, the emperors had to keep the guards happy and well paid because they were in charge of protecting him and they could easily not protector him or worse, kill him if they did shit that they weren't happy with. i mean, who do you think killed Caligula? so that part of the finale where the guards just stopped listening to commodus was very accurate.

[@nadeeml9276]

I saw this in the cinema and the crowd cheered when Maximus stabbed Commodus, it was a very satisfying crowd moment. I feel a little sorry for those who did not see this on the big screen. Amazing movie. Great reaction

[@dochollidaysraidersintel6466]

Hidalgo, Open Range, Sicario, Count of Monte Cristo and The Kingdom

[@marcusmcgill4423]

@Blind Wave, If you listen to the Gladiator, Pirates, The Rock, and Crimson Tide themes, they all sound rather similar.

[@RandyReviews1990]

i still haven't seen this one and braveheart!

[@daryl772003]

Definitely watch the Errol Flynn Robin hood movie

[@jamesalexander5623]

That's my Favourite Movie of All Time! .... It's Not the Best Movie of All Time. It's Not the Greatest Movie of All Time. But It's My Favourite Movie to Watch!

[@hadisha153]

Фильм где не стыдно плакать мужчинам. Фильм на века

[@marthapackard8649]

When male reactors cry it gives me hope.

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Calvin, you're wrong. LotR came out in December of 2001, and the following two Decembers.

[@euugeenee8896]

Please make a TROY movie reaction!

[@TheRagzzz]

Surprised no one mentioned Djimon Hounsou's great turn as a gladiator.

[@Mandorain]

damn they watching all the classics!

[@kalen1702]

A solid top 5 movie of all time for me. I hope to see something that beats it out someday, but I doubt it lol

[@DrExtinct-ws8zw]

full reaction? hell yeah

[@Afropalmen]

WOHO!! This is my nr 1 movie of all time!

[@Richie8406]

15:00 2 reasons. Food, and or, if the other one gives up (KIA)

[@Ugnutz]

Marcus Aurelius the last of the 5 Good emperors of Rome his death was the end of Romes Golden age Pax Romana. that lasted for 200 years.

[@Ronka79]

still a fave, to this day.

[@sarah.the.clumsy]

Always love the Pirates of the Carribean doppelganger soundtrack.

[@JanPopieluch]

Next on the list: Rick watches Iron Man 2 & 3 ;)

[@guffeluffe5987]

now please do spartacus series

[@BigTimeKnights]

My favorite movie of all time. 😊

[@koushikraja331]

"Now we are free" is one the most saddest and yet most bittersweet osts ever composed.

[@Tao_Tology]

How on earth is that a sad song?

[@Amarok22]

Just check the translation.

[@zeroomens9438]

yeah, you need to watch more movies

[@joenobody5631]

​@@Amarok22 What translation? There are no words. She's not singing in any language.

[@Yoloswags]

Yes everyone in this reaction has seen Gladiator in 2014.

[@TheMaaaario]

This movie is a masterpiece. Always makes me cry in the last scene with the family, the music, the colors, everything is just so emotional. Gladiator will always have a special place in my heart, glad you guys enjoyed it aswell

[@splinter360]

100%. One of the few films that makes me cry everytime

[@jeffreytan2948]

That was the reunion with his family Maximus deserved the first time.

[@C76Caravan]

Yep, i almost never cry at emotional movie scenes but that scene, still every time and yes that combination of scene, shot, and that epic music.

[@Xboxgamer242]

Same!

[@Christoff070]

Yup. This and Last Samurai

[@sidtheviciouscritic7292]

I get chills every time I hear his monologue “I am Maximus Decimus Meridius”

[@CraigKostelecky]

Don't you mean "Maximus Gladius Happius Maximus"?

[@BrienBellJTS]

“Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” 😵

[@Arrynek01]

@@BrienBellJTS That delivery is cold as all hell.

[@NAMUKU]

This life or the next😤

[@jackj9816]

For me it’s “ there was a dream that was Rome”

[@connermarchetti7522]

Maximus crying at the feet of his dead family will never cease to break me. Russell Crow really nailed the look of a man who just lost everything.

[@ridhwankazi9503]

yep seen it a million times still gets me everytime

[@holysecret2]

He lost everything yet kept his honour and constructive outlook on life, truly an inspiration. 9 out of 10 other men in his position would have given in to hatred and despair.

[@patrickjunio8664]

I can't even watch a reaction to this film I saw a million times, without crying at the end... Such a timeless movie and insane performance of Russel Crowe...

[@jackj9816]

There was a dream that was Rome

[@cassu6]

How come we don't get legendary movies like this anymore? Can't think of any that have come in the recent years

[@neddhu]

@@cassu6 Woke and leftist culture in Hollywood.

[@Icantfeeeeeelit]

Same here... Same here

[@silentloud]

Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix did such a fuckin' excellent job! It is why this movie is ALWAYS a TOP 5 for me AN ALL TIME CLASSIC!

[@DirkDiggler1961]

It loses points though for its historical inaccuracies and the theme sounding too much like the Pirates of the Caribbean imo

[@sillygoose7646]

@@DirkDiggler1961 This came out before Pirates 1 (2004) and Hans Zimmer did the music for both Gladiator and Pirates. Artists will get inspiration from everything, including their own things.

[@jackbrooking4754]

@@DirkDiggler1961 is it attempting to be historically accurate?

[@adamjohanssonn]

@@DirkDiggler1961 its a movie, not a documentary, and it doesnt sound like pirates of the caribbean, pirates of the caribbean sounds like gladiator, gladiator was first so it cant lose points for sounding like something that came after it

[@benjaminroe311ify]

@@DirkDiggler1961 Fail... This came out first... And this music is better and first so yeah. Worthless inaccurate comment.

[@angelagraves865]

I was watching Ridley Scott talk about this film and he said during the death scene at the end, when the camera pans the audience watching silently, some extra reaches up and scratches his face and Ridley Scott said every time he sees that scene he wants to kill that guy. 🤣

[@Zedd0z]

I think its the guy at 50:28 , looks like he moves some hair behind his ear

[@christhompson9140]

There is a deleted scene where Quintus is forced to execute 2 of his soldiers by Commodus further lessening Quintus faith and support of the "emperor", which ties into him not supporting Commodus during the final battle.

[@Silver-rx1mh]

My friend Robert made some of the Gladiator armour for this. :) In fact he's now making a ton load of stuff for the sequel, and fyi the original 'spikey' gladiator helmet was made by my friend Ivo.

[@pablolacalle6098]

Your friend did an amazing job 🎉

[@Silver-rx1mh]

@@pablolacalle6098 Thanks, he's made armour for a tone load of movies. :)

[@Arrynek01]

Gladiator has no sequel. Gladiator needs no sequel.

[@josiahferrell5022]

@@Arrynek01 That is an interesting quote given how that turned out later.

[@kevinmaroney9819]

@@Arrynek01there’s a sequal coming same director

[@Vurawn410]

How has Aaron not seen this before?! I’d do anything to see it again for the first time.

[@Tao_Tology]

The first time I saw the film it was....fine but it just didn't connect for me. I saw it again, and many times since, and was blown away.

[@123haninhk]

Aaron… hasn’t seen many popular movies 😅

[@samrodriguez4947]

KZbin views.😊

[@heikira438]

Joaquin Phoenix is such a great actor. I hated him in this, was on the edge of my seat in Joker, and found him so wholesome in Signs

[@MisakiLeasim]

He was SO underrated in Signs. I’m surprised someone mentioned this!

[@heikira438]

@MisakiLeasim Yup. In Gladiator I wanted him dead, but I would trust him with my life in Signs. Polar opposite characters.

[@Dr.maazaAl]

nothing made me cry like this movie. still dose after over 20 years. AN ALL TIME CLASSIC

[@OllieV__nl]

Wait what?! There are still people that have not seen Gladiator?! One of my low key favorite parts about the movie: the Germanic leader gets taken down by random soldiers. Too many movies would just make a long, dramatic boss fight with the main character that pulls you out of the action.

[@jonjohns8145]

I guess some people Were NOT ENTERTAINED!! 😄

[@L3GIQN]

There's people who don't rewatch it every year at least once?

[@OllieV__nl]

@@L3GIQN "watch again"? Don't mind if I do, streaming service.

[@Muz__27]

Yup. The chances of 2 commanders/generals to even see each other in a battle like this is so unlikely.

[@UncleMilo]

Fun Fact: Commodus in actual history would often dress as Hercules and walk around cosplaying the hero... and he actually did fight in the gladiatorial arena. However, he was killed in the bath by a wrestler. Unfortunately, after he died we got the "Year of the Five Emperors" which was a tumultuous time.

[@chaost4544]

Rome went to hell really quick in terms of leadership. I hope in the sequel they touch on how powerful the Praetorian Guard became during the Year of Five Emperors time period.

[@cassu6]

That's the problem with dictatorships. If you have a great leader the country will prosper and will be way more effective/stronger than democracies. When you have a bad leader though. Ouch

[@neddhu]

@@cassu6 Yup..you get an enlightened guy who creates the empire or expands it.. then you get his son or sons making a shit of the job by being morons or fighting for the inheritance... so many examples in history... Take the roman Empire... in the III rd and IV th centuries they fought each other for power more then they fought the barbarians or the persians... No wonder they destroyed the empire.

[@el34glo59]

​@@cassu6 Too dangerous

[@SapphireCrusader1988]

Actually, the sequel will be during the reign of Caracalla and his brother Geta. That'll be fun to see.

[@TheSkootenbeeten]

Me, tearing up at the end. Then noticing Calvin with tears down his face too, "Someone, give Calvin a hug!" I said to no one as I'm watching this alone. Oh, now I want a hug. What a great movie!

[@chefskiss6179]

Loved this watchalong with y'all, thanks for this. Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard's end credits music is truly one for the ages.

[@thedarkknight2221]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?! ARE…YOU…NOT… ENTERTAINED?!?!? If that doesn’t get you amped up nothing will.

[@MarkindVGA]

For a film that's 23 years old . You'd think it was filmed last year its so good . Holds up so well .

[@EthernousNatsuDragneel]

That's a thing I don't understand. Why we can't do this again today...

[@destructo6t942]

You have no idea how much this reaction means to me! Still my favourite movie!

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

The end with (forgot the guy) where he burys them in the arena sand. That was an improv last-second scene the actor said they should add. So they did. Really worked well for an final scene.

[@marthapackard8649]

Djimon Hounsou. He's a fine actor too.

[@blitzgirl6522]

After you guys had The Last Samurai on the channel, I was hoping Gladiator would come up eventually! Those two films are basically tied for me in my list of favorites.

[@henrikandreason7261]

Really good movies. They just hit home everytime you see them no matter how many times.

[@blitzgirl6522]

@@henrikandreason7261 100%. They have the perfect balance of action, humor, drama, wholesomeness, and a great cast of characters you want to root for or love to hate. And Hans Zimmer!

[@franzferdinand5810]

Rick mentioned that he likes Roman history. Just curious is you guys have seen HBO's series Rome. Its the story of Caesar and Augustus and is an absolute recommendation. It was basicaly what eventually inspired HBO to make Game of Thrones. Tonnes of actors from HBO Rome also played a role in GoT, like Ciaran Hinds, Tovias Mekenzie and Indira Varma. Plus one of the main roles is played by Ray Stevenson, i mean, c'mon any better?

[@maybesami4270]

Rome was one the few shows that showed how the romans really fought

[@franzferdinand5810]

@@maybesami4270 sadly only in a very short scene. a shame that you don't really see the battles. But I know they had major budget constraints sadly

[@maybesami4270]

@@franzferdinand5810 i actually now cannot remember if any other show or movie showed romans fighting as a unit and not breaking formation immediately and fightin 1 v 1 battles

[@FreshCutFrenchFries]

Best show Ever! Two seasons 11/10

[@micahhynson27]

Plus, Kerry Condon!

[@wackywalks3827]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate what everyone's wearing? Love the shirts, especially Calvin's jumper

[@Depth217]

Honest Trailers calling the Emperor “Emperor Dumbledore the First” is one of their most clever and also respectful jokes they’ve ever done for their “starring” segment.

[@harold3165]

Man, Honest Trailers went downhill. They suck now.

[@branthall1787]

@@harold3165 To be fair they were always pretty cringe bottom of the barrel humor

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

Commodus shows from the start just how painfully stupid he is. While it might be selfishly justifiable to want Maximus dead, it would've been far more beneficial to his position to have Maximus taken out and killed, then claim he was assassinated and martyr him for Commodus' own gain. Say some savage that survived the battle, got him as he was walking the grounds of the camp. Then, praise him, make him the hero his troops believe he was, give his family special status, and use his name as a rallying cry to bolster support for his claim to the throne. As it is, had Quintus agreed that Maximus' family would be well-cared for, even given special status (at Commodus' order), he probably would've gone off to his death with no resistance. Commodus CREATED the problem by giving him something to fight for. Had they just promised (and kept the promise) to care for his family and elevate them, he might've just let himself die for their gain. Like killing yourself for the life insurance to help your family. Commodus was just an idiot. He was kind of terrifying, and extraordinarily dangerous...but very very stupid.

[@Necron00b]

2 parts always get me in this film, which is the ending (obviously) and during the declaration of his name..the speech is good, but the sinister swell of the music always gives me absolute chills. A perfect combination of music and acting.

[@szandorkane6372]

I got distracted by the end but "and then John Cena kills Biden" out of context surely managed to pull me back, haha.

[@RaixsOreh]

Fun fact in addtion to Rick's: Commodus and Marcus Aurelius were real people, maximus definitely was not. Marcus Aurelius is known as the Philosopher King, he was a wise ruler that spent his life in the borders of rome fighting German Barbarians. but he never wanted at any point in time, to give power back to the senate (honestly the senate was usually a bunch of corrupt old men that wanted the power remain with the Aristocracy and not the people) When Marcus Died (commodus didn't kill him), Commodus basically spent his entire rule not doing what the last 5 emperors before him (who were widely regarded as the best Roman Emperors) did. He spent it spending the Roman treasury for bread and circuses to make the people happy, he spent so much that he was bankrupting the Roman Treasury. he also spent his days in the arena, but there was no danger, he mostly fought animals that absolutely had little to no chance of escaping or harming him. he killed hippos, giraffes, Ostriches, and all sorts of exotic animals. eventually he was assassinated. and thus the Pax Romana (The Peace inside the borders of the Empire) came to an end. and Rome just steadily went into decline after, it would never reach the same heights that it did during the period of the 5 Good Emperors.