FIRST TIME WATCHING: Gladiator *Extended Version* (2000) REACTION (Movie Commentary)

[@oduinn7948]

"Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife.... And I will *have* my vengeance" still gets me hyped to this day.

[@jonathanwelchbmnc7615]

Yes my favorite part

[@franklerch1012]

missing „…in this life or another“ which makes the threat absolute.

[@redmoonbloodmoon3161]

is that all? (lol) :D though seriously, most characters suffer this same fate, and often a lot worse... it's really not that much suffering for a character, though the delivery of it was indeed good... lol

[@doubleog6149]

Fun fact; Russell Crowe really hated that line, he thought it was cheesy asf but he made it work.

[@mattvsmetaverse]

I'm a simple man. I see a Gladiator reaction, I click. Nice one, man! I agree on the casting. Top tier. That screen chemistry is no joke. And top notch character development/plot. This film made me a huge fan of Ridley Scott, Crowe and Phoenix. Supporting cast is crazy too.

[@pokeround]

Fun fact: maggots only feast on necrotic flesh so they were actually cleaning the wound - 'maggot therapy', bizarre though it sounds, is still used today! Best Gladiator reaction so far, Mr Cape!

[@scar445]

they also used leeches, if for example a finger got squeezed and blood is no longer flowing to the finger, attaching leeches to the end of the finger provides a chance that they might draw blood to the finger tip again

[@gggooding]

Try to tell me that Necrotic Fun Facts isn't the *best* band name. David Byrne + Danny Elfman, I'd guess...who's gonna drum?

[@Misitheus]

Fun Fact Number Two: Romans would put shaved lead on their food for the sweet taste....didn't work out in the long run.... Number Three: They would wash their clothes in human urine.... I could keep going...love this time period....Peace!.

[@scar445]

@@Misitheus correction. aged human urine. the ammonia helped kill germs

[@abeclark524]

"That was pretty entertaining" right before the iconic "Are you not entertained?" line.

[@kevinscott59]

I caught that too.It was perfect. lol

[@CapedInformer]

Lol I was saying it in reference to Proximo telling him to be an entertainer

[@shainewhite2781]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?! Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture.

[@Xcris_crosX]

A digital body double was created for the remaining scenes involving actor Oliver Reed's character Proximo (the old gladiator) due to Reed's death during production. Reed died from a heart attack during a break from filming Gladiator in Valletta, Malta, on the afternoon of 2 May 1999. According to witnesses, he drank eight pints of German lager, a dozen shots of rum, half a bottle of whiskey and a few shots of Hennessy cognac, in a drinking match against a group of sailors on shore leave from HMS Cumberland at a local pub. His bar bill totaled a little over 270 Maltese lira (almost 450 GBP; about 590 USD). After beating five much younger Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling, Reed suddenly collapsed, dying while en route to hospital in an ambulance. He was 61 years old

[@eXcommunicate1979]

The dude simultaneously looked 61 years old and 600 years old.

[@QoQabai658]

Father to a murdered son! Husband to a murdered wife! And I will have my revenge! In this life or the next! Maximus was a gangster before being gangster was even a thing.....⚔️

[@bigredtlc1828]

Ridley Scott is amazing multi-genre director. The man who directed "Thelma and Louise" and "Blade Runner" did this film as well. Pretty good resume.

[@k.delpino1124]

The start of the millenium and the revival of the sword and sandals era. These things don't get talked about without this film right here. Shoutout to you for watching the extended edition. #StrengthandHonor💪🔥

[@orangewarm1]

Not sure the extended edition is the best cut

[@k.delpino1124]

@@orangewarm1 Ridley had tons of footage on the original set. The extended version is his cut. He wanted it for theatrical release.

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

@@k.delpino1124 Doesn't matter what he wanted, the theatrical cut is better paced.

[@Hawk170122]

“Friend zoned by your sister!!” I spit out my drink!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@samturner6061]

Commodus stabbed him in the back, round the side, near around the armpit / rib cage region. And the blade was long. So while it may have hit an artery, it definitely punctured his lung. And being the side the lung would have collapsed on - crushed his heart. So either way, he was screwed from that wound, I don't think surgeons back then knew how to fix lung problems like that.

[@abeclark524]

"Only thing worse is a hurt tyrant". But that's the thing about tryants, they're always hurt, always offended by something, that's how they justify the awful things they do. Narcissists always think other people aren't worshipping them enough.

[@charles7836]

I know I'm late to the party, but this reaction was good. He spoke when he needed to, didn't try to make weak humor or ramble just to ramble. He seems to know the value of a quality reaction.

[@robertnguyen9493]

In the days of Ancient Rome the Gladiators were basically the world’s first professional athletes, women would actually pay money to get to sleep with them. Not all of them were slaves, some were former soldiers and even a few emperors fought in the arena. Also; the actor playing Maximus’s last loyal man is Tommy Flannigan, aka Chibs from Son’s of Anarchy.

[@traderbychoice7560]

Actually that's not accurate the first athletes were the greeks, they created the Olympic Games.

[@mudageki]

@@traderbychoice7560 "professional athletes" vs "athletes" might be the distinction referenced.

[@eXcommunicate1979]

@@mudageki Ancient Greek Olympians were paid by their home cities for bringing crowns (victories) back home. The world's first professional athletes. :)

[@sachaallari592]

I used to work in cinema I saw this film 25 times on the big screen. It`s one of my favorites!

[@kevinscott59]

Right on. I saw it in theaters.It's my sister's favorite movie.

[@Deepthoughtsabound]

It was what today's folks would think of as IMAX. They showed it in 70MM in fee theaters. Amazing 👏

[@eironjones8037]

One of my all time favourite films. Makes me cry every time. Love the musical score also. First watched this back in 2000 in the cinema. The 19 year old me didn't realise what a film he was in for.

[@Kim-hc5si]

Wearing Versace to watch Gladiator. Other reactors could never. 🤩

[@CapedInformer]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@willynilly2545]

This is one of my favorite soundtracks fueled by the amazing vocals of Lisa Gerrard. I still listen to it today.

[@kevinscott59]

"Being friend-zoned by your sister. " I'm dead.LmFAO!!! More like enemy-zoned.

[@victorsos100]

Badasss classic man. Badassssss. Lots of heart and emotional impact.

[@elizabitty213]

“Are you not entertained?!” Epic moment 😎💪🏻

[@chrisleebowers]

Now you have to see SPARTACUS! (The movie AND the show!) and HBO's Rome. Maximus was not real. Commodus and Marcus Aureleius were, and were very similar to how the were portrayed in this movie. Commodus did fight in the arena, but they were all fixed and ended with his opponents surrendering to him. He wasn't killed in the ring, the conspiracy got one of his slaves to strangle him in his bath. The events in the movie would have taken place around 192 AD Spartacus was the real gladiator who escaped and mounted a slave revolt that destabilized The Republic in 73 BC until he was defeated by a young Julius Caesar. Then HBO's Rome is the story of how Caesar took over the Republic and declared it an Empire a few decades later.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

To clarify what chrisleebowers wrote here, it was not Julius Caesar who, "declared it an Empire". Julius Caesar was behaving like an emperor in some ways, but he was murdered by a conspiring confederation of senators in 44 BC so that he would NOT make such a declaration. His murder fractured the republic in two, and war raged for nearly two decades, when Julius' adopted son (and blood great-nephew) Octavius led his side to victory in 27 BC, pronouncing himself the first emperor of Rome, under the name, Augustus Caesar. He ruled the Roman Empire until his death in 14 AD. Which means he was Emperor when Jesus lived--but probably knew nothing of the Nazarene as the problems Jesus was causing for the Romans were provincial, in Roman-protected, Judea, and didn't get past the ears of the roman governor of that land, Pontius Pilate. And then we had the Middle Ages. Followed by the American revolution. Then the Cuban Missile crisis. Followed by rap taking over MTV. The rise and fall of Lindsay Lohan. And here we are today.

[@chrisleebowers]

@@Cosmo-Kramer Thank you, I meant to say "The Caesars" The HBO show is as much about Octavian as it is about Julius.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@chrisleebowers I accept your apology. Great series, Rome.

[@O___________0]

@@Cosmo-Kramer Well, wasn’t that just slick af 😎

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@O___________0 Ya know, sometimes I amaze even myself.

[@scottjo63]

9:00 the actor, Ralf Moeller, who was suggested by Arnold Schwarzenegger to play Conan The Barbarian in the short lived TV series from 1997-1998.

[@robertnguyen9493]

He’s listed as 6’6” and 251lbs…..yeah he’s a big boy. He also played the lead villain in Best of the Best 2.

[@choomah]

Looked like you felt personally called out by Maximus in you're intro hahahaha

[@CapedInformer]

Haha I really did !

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

Great film. SO many great performances in this: Russell Crowe, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, Joaquin Phoenix. But Richard Harris and Oliver Reed are utterly superb. Ollie Reed had many demons, but this was his swan song, he was absolutely brilliant. Proximo : "Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men". "Shadows and dust." Stunning direction and a beautiful sound track. In my top 10 films of all time.

[@shanenolan8252]

The emperor. Is remembered as the philosopher emperor and the last of the four great emperors of rome . He wrote a book called meditations its a masterpiece of philosophy. During his reign the world was hit by a global pandemic 40 percent of the population died in a year and then they were invaded twice and he lead rome through each crisis successfully.

[@keeganbate8935]

Marcus was a real one

[@oduinn7948]

And Commodus is immortalized compared to the commode. Shitty in life, shitty in memory.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@keeganbate8935 Commodus was real, too. And he was, in fact, Emperor Marcus Aurelius' son. But that's where the history of their characters ends and the fiction begins. Commodus peacefully succeeded his father as Emperor, but there was no such single person as Maximus Decimus Meridius. Although his character may've been a composite of multiple historical characters. Sure, I'd love it if the story in the film was historical fact, but I don't care, because the movie is so effing badass I love it regardless!

[@shanenolan8252]

@@oduinn7948 lol

[@theinquisitorisamage1653]

There were five good emperors; although the first of them was more of a placeholder due to his advanced age. Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonious Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

Glade you loved the film it was one of my grandfather's favourite and cool fact the actress Connie Nielsen who plays the queen her ring is actually a roman artifact she found at a antique shop to this day it is her pride and joy.

[@elsievickie]

Sand and sandal movie they call it. Hollywood didn't want to make it. But with cast, and props, filming in locations. Made it spectacular... Oliver Reed, ledgenenary Actor, died while filming. But most scenes he had done..RIP

[@NotQuiteFirst]

_sword_ and sandals

[@KarlUrbahn]

I love the overarching theme of the question of legacy in this film. How do we want people to remember us when we're dead?

[@SCharlesDennicon]

Phoenix is the MVP of most movies he's in. :)

[@Spivster46]

Maximus was an Amazing character with great lines. But the one that always sticks out for me is from Comodus. "AM I NOT MERCIFUL!" That was grade A acting from Joaquin Phoenix.

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

Well put: "This is weird at so many levels, friend-zoned by your sister".

[@samaelhamster3823]

How about Braveheart or Patriot? Both by Mel Gibson

[@chucknutz6269]

Commundus is definitely the best character in this film

[@dynnsachord9038]

This movie is masterful.

[@somehugedude]

Yo where’s the “Blade 2” reaction at man?? I’ve been waiting lol

[@Asce_D_Portgaz]

Finally, some new content ... don't leave us waiting so long brotha ❤💛💚✌👍 " Strength & Honor " And Gladiator has 1 of the best Soundtracks around

[@OrbObserver]

Gotta love a classic tragedy. A man cursed with talent. If he weren't so great a fighter and leader, he could have lived his dream of being a simple farmer with his family.

[@tariqibnziyad1417]

"Being friendzoned by your sister..." brilliant 🤣

[@theangrypickle9892]

This and saving private Ryan are by far my top movies.

[@jonathanwelchbmnc7615]

Watch Braveheart and the Last Samurai next.

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. This movie has one of my favorite quotes "I don't pretend to be a man of the people but I do try to be a man for the people" by Gracchus. You know the actor who play Gracchus played Claudius the emperor that is mention in the movie in a great mini series I, Claudius. Other great Russell Crowe movies you should see is A Beautiful Mind, L.A. Confidential ,The Next Three Days. Other great period movies are Rob Roi 1995 with Liam Nissan and The Count of Monte Cristo 2002

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome Movie and Work Bro, Thanks 👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸.

[@BasicBodThor]

Soundtrack for this film is one of the best imo

[@kstl3148]

BEEN WATING ON THIS ONE THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES

[@artgallery7376]

I love the gladiators. They are like Bruce Lee to me.. they fight tigers, any human with any weapon almost with their bare hands.. poor gladiators..they did everything to survive. What they been through is crazy. I love them.

[@ReaderOfThreads]

I saw this at the cinema when I was like 18 years old and it blew my mind. The soundtrack is fantastic, the actors are great, and the overall plot is great. Its a long movie you are correct, but its perfect for watching at a big screen cinema. I watched it at the largest THX cinema in the world.

[@brucelee5620]

Damn 21 years feels like yesterday watch it in theaters ! You must watch 8mm with Nicolas Cage and Joaquin Phoenix one of the best thriller's ever made.

[@Haxmaxxen]

Proximo was the best acting in Gladiator. "You should see the Colleseum Spaniard.."

[@EH-us4jk]

Great movie and great soundtrack. Seriously driving with that soundtrack on makes every extra dramatic

[@BlarghMeow]

Just something to think about, in Roman culture it was much more common for an Emperor to be succeeded by a son the Emperor adopted in Childhood and raised to be Emperor. Not for by their biological sons.

[@mukkaar]

Gladiator is one of the few really good movies that are actually better with normal cut. Usually with good movies it's other way around.

[@olegnacim]

All time classic. I’m getting the feeling Troy is in the pipeline now haha

[@CapedInformer]

👀👀👀

[@olegnacim]

@@CapedInformer 😂 great minds think alike

[@imyourrealdad2379]

It’ll be great to see reactions to these films - Soldier (Kurt Russell) Dark City (Rufus Sewell) Ravenous (Guy Pearce) Escape from New York (Kurt Russell) Mystery Men (Ben Stiller) The Legend of Bagger Vance (Matt Damon & Will Smith) Absolute cult classics.

[@007sMoneyPenny]

An adequate review result, I can also go with. The impact of the score is massive to put and keep those emotions into the intended direction.

[@jonnjewlzshow8837]

This is the extended version awesome

[@royeb63]

@8:20 "I'll give you 2000, and 4000 for the beasts. That'll be 5000." Math that you can get away with when the other guy is an illiterate. LOL

[@chaosdimension6433]

He implies the price for friends comes with a discount

[@eXcommunicate1979]

@@chaosdimension6433 I also interpreted it as an additional 5000 over his original offer, for an old friend. Either way works.

[@Roller-Ball]

He was not JUST wounded........The dagger punctured his lung.

[@Chrisfragger1]

You cut out the moment where the soldiers would not give the emperor a weapon? That was a great moment.

[@YankeeBlues21]

If you want a similar Ridley Scott movie, try Kingdom of Heaven (2005 movie about the Crusades). But be sure to do the Director’s Cut. It’s probably the most extreme example of a difference between a theatrical and extended cut of any film. The directors cut takes a 7/10 movie up to a 10/10 imo. The studio cut nearly an hour (I think there’s like 48 minutes of difference between the two versions) of content and a lot of the more philosophical/introspective scenes in favor of focusing more on the action adventure stuff (which, while good, isn’t what makes the film stand out).

[@edinscot56789]

The double-sword beheading was Russell Crowe's idea. Watch him talk about it during interviews, it's really funny 😆

[@archangelgabriel5316]

One of the best movies ever made.

[@emmanuelmedina5535]

Fun fact: MF DOOM's mask was a replica of the mask Maximus wore, with a few modifications. #ripmfdoom

[@handsomestik]

lol you knew Marcus Aurelias?

[@CapedInformer]

I didn’t say I knew him, I said he touched my shoulder ONCE! 😂

[@williamsmith5340]

One of my favorite movies

[@aldepal]

13th Warrior by Die Hard Director John McTiernan

[@carlosestruga4322]

Maybe because i'm from the place where Maximus was from, but always took the word Gladiator (swordman) as latin not the same written in english

[@Hawk170122]

Sooooo that’s how it is in your family!!

[@leakedclipsdaily]

The tigers were there to rig the game to kill Maximus. Basically tigers + undefeated champion vs Maximus and it didn't work.

[@michaeljonathan2899]

I am glad you did the extended version, because I have never seen that

[@michaeljonathan2899]

"Cannot read property 'data' of undefined": no idea what that means, some youtube bs i suppose

[@SCharlesDennicon]

"WHAT WE DO IN LIFE... ECHOES IN ETERNIT"-

[@elenglishspeakinglat]

I know this is a movie channel but if you liked this you should really check out the Spartacus series.

[@ny2979]

The Germanic tribes were difficult to beat. The Romans never incorporated Germania into the Italian peninsula. The Romans did not care much about Germania. It had nothing they wanted. In the end, Germanic warriors were able to enter Italy and sack Rome. Rome lives on today!

[@jonreese7066]

Actually the soldiers are loyal to Maximus. However Romes armies are stationed in the borders they don't enter Rome itself. That is why Julius Ceasar's army crossing the Rubicon is a big thing.

[@ludivinebalthazar9189]

Ah Gladiator, extra ❤️👌 good choice 🙌🙌

[@johntaylor7029]

So random fact about this movie is they borrowed the Zulu war chant from the movie Zulu, for when the Germans are chanting. Kinda funny.

[@anthonymoore3612]

Gladiator 2 is coming in the future.

[@lcbonastre2418]

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[@sspsfivefivefive]

Loved it, brilliant reaction. Always makes me cru at the end.

[@GabrieleMovizzo]

Hi, I follow the channel from Italy and use your videos to learn English :) Finitooo !!

[@eddavis9704]

If you thought this was creepy with the incest, you should watch Caligula. Not only did he have relations with his sister, but he also forced all of the senator's wives work in the Imperial brothel.

[@kimidri]

I know someone that wanted name his son who was born after this film just came out with maximus full name, his wife let him use maximus as his sons middle name ;)

[@keeshaharris2650]

This is one of my favorites, def in my top 10. You should review Troy next, a must see.

[@theangrypickle9892]

12:32 SWEEETTTT HHHHOMMMMEEEE ALLLLAAAABAAAMMAAA!!

[@CapedInformer]

😂

[@TboneTenEighties]

I seen this movie probably 50+ times since released. At the end of this vid, I CLAPPED WITH YOU MY MAN LOL Very solid flick. In case you don't already know..Spartacus is the OG Gladiator movie. K. Douglas leading role. 👍

[@jermainemartinez8282]

According to the director, Ridley Scott, Dolph Lundgren was up for the role of the undefeated Gladiator, Tigris. He said Lundgren didn’t fit in with their vision for the movie.

[@streetdogg8206]

Commodus fighting rigged fights in the arena is more or less the only thing in this story that really happened in real history. ^^

[@robthedude4861]

Gladiator is dooooooope

[@007sMoneyPenny]

Btw this shirt looks great, don’t rip it off, please.

[@agenttheater5]

I wonder if Commodus isn't also trying to marry his sister because he's trying to be like the king of the Roman Gods Jupiter/Jove who married his sister Juno queen of the gods and goddess of marriage and motherhood (the original Greek versions being Zeus who married his sister Hera - in both versions they're also sort of cousins since they're parents were brother and sister as well). Though if he's trying to be like the gods as well as being emperor (who I think were sort of seen as being like gods though maybe not actual gods) then he's completely missed the point of the myths - incest isn't approved of because the gods did it, it's called incest and is condemned because only the gods can do it, and in both roman and greek mythology the one things that makes the majority of the gods mad is a mortal acting like he or she is a god.

[@mikewarker4445]

You should check out 48 hrs with Eddie Murphy and nick Nolte. A classic!

[@razorfett147]

This is what happens when you're too good at your job BOOM 💯

[@traceyreid4585]

great shirt... very appropriate

[@ricardoquinonez5986]

Great Reaction! I recommend you watch HBO's ROME.

[@janetuss6496]

And a Hans Zimmer soundtrack

[@jonnjewlzshow8837]

I clicked soo fast

[@doesnotexist305]

ROMA VICTOR!

[@BigSleepyOx]

This is one of my favorite movies, but IMO the theatrical version is better than the extended version.

[@Manu-rb6eo]

The thing with the thumbs up and down is very cool but it never happened, it was rare if someone died in the colloseum. They were not all slaves but gladiators were expensive, they didn't just kill them like this.

[@kennethbryant5573]

I would love to see a reaction to "Spartacus"(1960).