Gladiator 2 - I am so angry

[@friendlyjordies]

Final live shows of the year: www.friendlyjordies.com/live-show Rockhampton and the Sunshine Coast next week.

[@aussiehillbilly]

rocky will be good lol

[@byronwaldron7933]

I wish Ridley Scott had displayed a modicum of curiosity about Caracalla and Geta as emperors. Almost zero resemblance to the emperors' personalities (as narrated in the sources) and their relationship to one another. And no Severan empresses. Why create a movie using historical personalities that don't actually interest you as personalities? The thing is, if Ridley Scott had embraced the actual period that he is ostensibly depicting, then the movie would have been far more interesting. Caracalla as narrated by Cassius Dio, the Historia Augusta and Herodian is a much more fascinating character than the Caligula rip-off in the movie. He scowls in all his portraits, he challenges Germanic kings to single combat, he creates his own revived version of the Spartiates, and he personally invades the Parthian Empire in imitation of Alexander the Great. The Caligula-esque depiction just feeds into the usual representation of 'bad emperors' as soft weaklings. And I feel kind of bad that Ridley Scott's unflattering depiction of Geta, a victim, will now dominate the public perception of him, insofar as the public was aware of him. Boo

[@cheeseontoastbrah]

Not even going to mention that technically at the end the monkey is the ruling the Roman Empire?

[@byronwaldron7933]

@@cheeseontoastbrah Lol true, although another crime of the movie is that they pretend that consuls still hold real power at this time.

[@wulfsbaen]

The review was still better than Gladiator 2… the return of Ridley.

[@thatguyseb8824]

On a technical note the cinematographer for Gladiator 2 came out and basically shat on Ridley Scott and his approach to filming this movie. Apparently he shot it with multiple cameras in order to get as much coverage as possible in the least amount of time, but as the guy said when you're filming multiple shots at once it's impossible to light any single one of them well. So it's not just a worse script, it's worse on almost every other level too.

[@julianlawson1608]

The first one didn't even have a script. Almost the entire movie was written on the spot while filming 😂

[@LordVader1094]

@@julianlawson1608 Which makes it even sadder, because Gladiator is way better written than Gladiator 2, when Gladiator 2 had the blueprint and Gladiator did not.

[@fatgim]

Director is responsible for filming style among many other things, if he didnt like it it is his responsibility to change it. Dont give him a free ticket out! shite from start to finish.

[@thememedungeonkeeper]

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[@edwardfletcher7790]

Lighting, they're shooting outdoors in Spain for most of it !! LoL Action scenes ALWAYS have multiple cameras, because usually the scene costs $100,000 and it's financially wasteful to reshoot ! Of all the Directors to hassle for Cinematography, Ridley Scott ?? That said, this movie is EXCREMENT 💩

[@duncandownham4726]

Ridley, from hero to Nero

[@benzelrhomb]

🎉

[@janemacintyre9801]

😆

[@Nick-rs5if]

Brilliant! 😂

[@scratthesquirrel5242]

👏

[@ScottyDoesntKnow69]

Look up what Nero called his “little fishy’s” and what his “Fishy’s” did for him. 🤢

[@RowanWilde]

Ridley hates helmets. In Gladiator2 right at the start, arrows flying everywhere Pedro Pascal rips his helmet off on the boat for no reason and then goes over the top of the wall. He's a Roman general, kind of an important guy, battle hardened, nah just rip your helmet off for no reason whatsoever. Same as in Alien Covenant, another Ridley movie, 'the air is breathable', off comes helmet immediately - bacteria or virus on the air? Nah bro let's go!

[@tripp9278]

But if people can't see Pedro Pascal's face, nobody will watch him!

[@trueKorvus]

@@tripp9278 This is the Way

[@StaticSkyTV]

Ridley and Pedro need to watch The Penguin and take notes...

[@mclab001]

Kingdom of Heaven too - Final battle at Jerusalem, Orlando Bloom, while running into battle whips off his helmet, so we know what he looks like.

[@bct8881]

He has dementia It's clearly visible in his face He's not the man he was even 5 years ago

[@boredindividual]

The austim rage meter was perfection

[@impancaking]

With the sound fx, I could kiss it

[@Palemagpie]

That's right, it's a Warhammer 40K painting channel

[@reginaldwooster235]

The best kind of KZbin channel

[@ChromecastM8]

Hopefully Jordan starts a new channel for warhammer content so all 4 of you can go there.

[@reginaldwooster235]

@@ChromecastM8 So far I've counted two. Will you and your imaginary friend be joining us?

[@Winter-n7l]

I'd go for Warhammer content. I actually haven't seen him produce any since I found this channel. After all, it makes a nice comparison for the Imperium of Man's Imperial Guard and the Russian Army. After all, they both have barrier troops and political commasars.

[@DogmadawgMAMR]

Haha I love you dude, I hope you have a great day

[@1MrBryn]

"Shut up, nerd" - Ridley Scott, probably

[@DopaminedotSeek3rcolonthree]

Fr fr. Dude went from making The Duelists to making Joaquin Pheonix bitch about boats 😭😭😭

[@ilovegamedilfs]

the craziest thing about gladiator 2 was ridely scott saying there will definitely be a gladiator 3

[@peterwarner553]

OMG 😱

[@krissteel4074]

Ridley is well past the retirement age, bloody boomers

[@BoBnotThat1]

Oh please FNo

[@crazycockatoo5816]

That's not the first time they made a sequel to the 20+ year sequel. They already did this with Bad Boys and Ghostbusters. Wouldn't be surprised if something like Top Gun gets this treatment with a third movie.

[@ilovegamedilfs]

@ i’m p sure tom cruise said he was working on another top gun alrdy lol

[@peterwarner553]

A most heart felt thank you, my son and I were going to watch this tomorrow, now we're going gel blasting.

[@MushookieMan]

whoa so that's not called paint ball in down undah land

[@Fifthsboy]

​@@MushookieMan no, they're different things.

[@vindik8or]

@@MushookieMan gel blasting is slang for having a wank

[@logoutofmyaccountweirdo]

​@@MushookieManno we have paint ball as well, gel blasting is just airsoft with orbies basically.

[@LSD25]

aren't those banned

[@robertogreen]

i worked on the first movie for 3 years of my life. probably 20 drafts of the scripts i wrote notes on for the first writer david franzoni and for the subsequent writers. and then when ridley came on board, i did tons of research for verisimilitude. ridley insisted on getting as many details right as possible. i learned what a quincunx was, a phalanx, how symbolism was used in battle. and ironically given this video we based a ton of it on a BBC doc about the colosseum from 1996. it was cool as fuck. i did not work on this one.

[@VictorMaxol]

What will AI do when it takes over? Take your work and tweak and repeat.

[@TheRealPotoroo]

It's a shame nobody mentioned the fact that the Romans did not use hard stirrups in this period (they weren't used until the 4th or 5th century AD), and Roman generals did not ride into battle on horseback.

[@1Wilful]

And never ever conducted sea assaults. And didn't have archers except in the auxilia.

[@Winter-n7l]

Marine combat was certainly not the Roman's best skill. I think that is clearly demonstrated by the invention of the drawbridge mechanism, the crazy thing thatwould drop from one ship to the enemy and would allow them to board easily and quickly and therefore use their superior infantry to win.

[@WhyForWhatNow]

​@@VictorMaxol 😂😂 you are a clown

[@XZEL1210]

Bro is ranting about what he's passionate about. I respect it

[@Bad_Riders]

filmed in a heat wave and Jordan is still delivering rage a la carte, moist, delicious rage. thanks jordies!

[@Tomanoid3]

hopefully in Gladiator III the talking horse will be voiced by Russell

[@MajorMalfunction]

I saw the preview in the cinema and said out loud, "Well, that looks like shit." And got quite a number of laughs.

[@domoxeva1]

Fat Russell Crowe with Ron White hair - Fucking unbelievably handsome! Bet he can still fight his way around the world...

[@jstone247]

Australia was NOT "found" by the British. Check your history.

[@Pool-h5w]

@@jstone247 this has nothing to do with anything that was said

[@PissBaby-o8f]



[@philjancik4601]

with this trusty tug boat side kick?

[@deadfrenzyx]

@@jstone247 Thats true. The dutch found it before the british.

[@charlishae8592]

To be fair, I’m doing my thesis on Caligula and I honestly think he’s really misunderstood. AND! None of the sources say he actually made his horse (Incitatus) consul - he apparently just intended to do it. I personally think it was a huge ‘fuck you’ to the senate… because honestly, fuck the senate. Imagine having your dad die, then your family exiled and executed by your uncle, the emperor. Then, after like 10 years, being practically imprisoned on Capri with said uncle because he might want to name you as his successor and the senate supports all of this. Then there was a possible conspiracy by the senate to kill him in 39 CE. Like, bro, I’d be fucking insane too! Anyway, thanks for coming to my TedTalk 😊

[@FancyRPGCanada]

Simon Whistler did a great video on Caligula, talking about how he was a good leader in the beginning, before he seemingly got brain damage from a bad fever.

[@bibsp3556]

He turned insane. I thought the horse thing was him basically calling thr senate a bunch of useless yes-men.

[@strategicviewpoint6672]

Just imagine if Germanicus had been named Princeps instead of Tiberius. Entire arc of Roman history changed forever because of Livia Drusilla ......

[@CarolFremel-my4hs]

I knew him personally in a past life - trust me, he was a lovely, lovely guy❤

[@Winter-n7l]

That was a really well written and concise summary of the basics of the Emperor Caligula. I usually have to dig pretty deep to find even slightly unbiased sources of information about his reign. It's mostly about sorting propaganda when you're looking at that emperor. The victor writes the history, after all.

[@dahalofreeek]

Nick Cave wrote Russell Crowe a script for Gladiator 2 where Maximus goes to purgatory and is tasked by the Roman gods to travel back in time to kill Jesus. They should have made that movie.

[@FancyRPGCanada]

God, I want that movie now, that would have been amazing. They should still make that movie with old, fat Russel Crowe

[@Master0of0Blades]

I'm Christian I would watch that movie. I don't even care if it's a faithful representation of the christian faith so long as they are myth accurate for the roman gods and hades is a good guy and Zeus is the villain. Edit my bad Pluto be a good guy and Jupiter is the villain I stuffed up the names.

[@mere7583]

A cool idea, though I’m wondering if they wanted him to do it a different way, or for him to just be the one to do it? Cause Rome did execute Jesus lol

[@gottesurteil3201]

But... Why Jesus? Why not Caesar Augustus?

[@shayanahmed7132]

​Cave's one of these anti religious folks which is strange because he's a Zionıst at the same time​@@gottesurteil3201

[@renaissancefemme]

The fact that the original Gladiator movie was even good is unbelievable. Ridley Scott seems like a prick who relies on everyone giving 150% to make a good movie. Crowe was the one who pushed for the script to be improved. Scott has zero regard for writers and cruises on his reputation.

[@natandjai]

This is actually fact. Perfect example of this is his destruction of blade runner with the director's and final cut of blade runner. Ridley simply put is a hack and is an incredibly poor plagiaristic or lack of comprehension on the subject writer

[@FancyRPGCanada]

The only reason "The Martian" was as good as it was was because it was based on an award winning book.

[@Minimum_Volts]

As an Autistic history major I agree. Ridley Scott sucks

[@FancyRPGCanada]

While I mostly agree, he did do a great job with "The Martian". But man, was "Exodus: Gods and Kings" absolutely, unforgiveably awful. He cast fucking Joel Edgerton, one of the whitest white guys, as fucking Ramses II. At least the old "Ten Commandments" from the 50s, Yul Brynner kind of looked Egyptian.

[@bibsp3556]

Nah, he's alright. This was just not needed. Mofo made alien.

[@hollow5ummer]

@@bibsp3556 alien and blade runner are masterpieces but he fell off hard sadly

[@katiekat2921]

@@hollow5ummer He got old. It's a generalism but it's true : the young tend to value ideals; the older tend to value their house price.

[@bibsp3556]

@hollow5ummer I think production studios have moved away from big nee productions in favour of remakes, sequels, or prequels as they're risk adverse. He probably would have more trouble pitching either of those now, than at the time. They are masterpieces though

[@potatosnap]

Caligula never made his horse a senator. Caligula said to his senators that he may as well make his horse a senator because the horse would get more shit done and was more intelligent than the senate.

[@xyaeiounn]

Fighting in this movie: by the numbers, low energy. Fighting in Dune II: convincing portrayal of people trying to harm each other and actually uncomfortable to watch.

[@AnubhavB00B5]

Ridley Scott's passion for shitting on historical characters, most of which happen to be non British, is almost too on point. Can't wait for him to make a series on Ned Kelly, Emperor Akbar and Saladin next.

[@Krysticfrequency]

He made kingdom of heaven about Saladin

[@ilovegamedilfs]

'they shouldve just named it what was good about gladiator I' EXACTLYYYYY

[@mitchellkelly1487]

Gladiator 2 - Electric Boogaloo

[@angelofdeath7173]

My wife and I saw a giant billboard for gladiator 2 and she got excited because she thought they were rescreening the first one in cinema and the disappoint on her face when I said that the billboard was for the second one spoke volumes

[@amcmartin]

I thought the lead actor was a little rusty, unlike the lead in the first movie, who was literally Rusty.

[@eddymonies8302]

This video was better than Gladiator II.

[@afruitlesshippo]

This is like Ridley Scott shouting "are you not entertained" to a booing crowd because he's reached a point in his life where he doesn't care anymore

[@Schm1dtstorm]

Didn't even mention the ocean battle in the Coliseum because like, logistically HOW??? Did the actual Romans do this? Yes, but it took months or years to set up, not days as suggested in the film. Also in the film they supposedly captured multiple massive live sharks??? Hello???

[@johntrad806]

They also used shallow water as well as smaller scaled down ships with the bottom of the hull being flat. Also the rowers were slaves as well as criminals sentenced to death. Also the sharks were clearly added for the shock factor and the visual of some of the slaves being eaten after falling in.

[@ArcangelGamingEntertainment]

I felt like this about Napoloen... What happened to strong historical action films?

[@PandaKnight52]

Bro their has never been strong historical action films. It's either an action film or a historical film never both.

[@j.h.6835]

@@PandaKnight52 And even the better historical films tend to take a lot of liberties. The basic problem is that a film needs to have a coherent and compelling narrative that fits neatly into two hours, but real life is a lot messier than that. This tends to lead to complex matters being simplified to the point of inaccuracy, or the script combining (if not outright fabricating) events to make the story flow better.

[@aaron6806]

That was a fucking epic derail.

[@christopherwaller1517]

Thanks

[@jessicaceleste7727]

i watched this fucking movie in chile and am pretty sure it cursed me. after walking out halfway through due to boredom, both my uber and banking app stopped working. thanks, ridley scott.

[@jessicaceleste7727]

a follow up: after this trash fire i had to walk home for an hour.

[@tesslichtman7302]

Ouch. I guess even the Roman Gods see this movie as an abomination if people are cured watching it.

[@jaykaye594]

I left the cinema thinking it was alright not bad and then slowly thinking about all the things I hated it about.

[@parafitality2730]

It lost me when emperor Ed Sheeran from Temu showed up on screen

[@janoycresva2279]

Yeah i to scream into the void trying to explain to my friends that it the Byzantine empire was actually the Roman empire.

[@_Art.Vandelay]

Mary Beard is based and her book, SPQR, is a good read

[@Winter-n7l]

I'm certainly a fan of hers as well, both books and video documentaries. She may be speaking to the lowest common denominator at certain points, but she provides good information most of the time.

[@jtseston]

So our warhammer channel is branching out to become a movie review channel too now? Cool

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Are you not entertained?

[@falconeshield]

No

[@SeekSomethingMore]

That's a strange way to get a Warhammer tattoo.

[@SonOfMan001]

Clerks III actually delivered tasty member berries, confidence is high for Dogma 2.

[@jaegergames7042]

The rage meter must return.

[@c0dex306]

Seconded.

[@blakejohnson2206]

@3:20 Thank you!!!! I thought I was the only one that thought that was messed up.

[@damienthorn1340]

You had me at the rhinoceros. Can't wait for the webrip.

[@Merlin_Price]

Thanks Jordan Shanks. He really did Jump the Shark, didn't he.

[@RealisticMgmt]

Ridley Scott hasn’t made a good film since 2015. Dude seriously needs to let up, he’s ruining his own legacy at this point.

[@JingleJangleJam]

I thought All the Money in the World was decent.

[@JamesSmithTexas]

If you don’t think this is a good film you are beyond delusional.

[@wombatusmaximus1788]

You can’t even call the next movie “Gladiator 2.2 - Electric Boogaloo” because they haven’t invented electricity yet

[@jettvalen7326]

Maximus gets struck by lightning and comes back from the dead.

[@thomasciuffreda8783]

Glad to have you tear the movie apart.

[@Hollow_Phoenix]

FriendlyJordies filler content before: Fans tell us funny stories from when they worked at a place FriendlyJordies filler content now: I was bored and watched a movie and didn't like it

[@mildlydazed9608]

Thanks for your sacrifice I have no further intention to witness a worse Gladiator.

[@scribblz125]

At least Macrinus was done right. They even got the earring right!

[@marc21256]

In Gladiator, Lucius was the same age as Maximus's son at home in Spain. So in Gladiator II, Maximus, was at home in Spain, fathering one child, while in Rome generaling and fathering a second child at the same time. And, when his wife and child die, he must revenge them, because he has so much love for the wife he left for a mistress in Rome, and his son he abandoned to raise his love child Lucius. But when dropping past the old homestead to drop off some child support, he sees they are dead, and the movie starts. But that's not what happened in Gladiator at all. But that's what Gladiator II says happened in Gladiator I. So now I hate both of them. Gi wasn't so bad until G2 came out. G2 ruined G2 and G1.

[@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120]

Maximus the Cheater!

[@Ghoulstille]

Gladiator 3: Maximus's Ghost's REVENGE!

[@amcmartin]

More like Madiator, am I right?

[@nevermindimjustapasserby]

🦗 🦗 🦗

[@santouchesantouche2873]

Aren't you Gladiator you did that?

[@Aaron067]

More like WOKE-IATOR 2: WOKE BOOGA-WOKE! GODDAMN THESE WOKIES AMIRITE?

[@giorgioblack]

No one ever mentions how out of a place a walled metropolis in Numidia is, or a white guy there, or Denzel's American accent...

[@crabbyboi9127]

"i'd much rather a worker's party" welcome to the cause comrade jordan lmao

[@Zackattack-jg9uk]

I had never seen the original Gladiator, but my mates wanted to see Gladiator 2. Saw it thought it was alright and knew a few things were historically accurate, but a lot of it was wrong. Decided to watch the original Gladiator the next day and noticed that 2 was the exact same movie just with the Maximus just being Pedro Pascals character and the main character and Commodus being the two new emperors and Denzel's character other than that it was the exact same movie just with new fight scenes.

[@axiss5840]

It's not just the same, it's unbelievably worse

[@zohraserhenova]

Oh my god, your stance on Caligula is just like mine! Love you for this!

[@kieran10202]

Jordies... have you not seen a movie in 10 years? It's all this now.

[@StarScream_47]

Best movie review I have seen in ages

[@Jasonsadventures]

I'm here for the Autism rage meter, been there multiple times so far today and it's only 4am

[@menheerMaytrap]

that reeeeeally got him worked up

[@stronzer59]

I stopped going to Giant Idiot Screens over 20 yrs ago and it was a $16 a seat rip then $8 for a tub of ice with a splash of pepsea, $12 for poxcorn, $26 for a pint in Brass Class

[@mtonitonit2456]

I cant believe that old drunk actually used to make good movies.

[@KimKhan]

If his Autism Meter has gone to the max, could this possibly be foreshadowing for another Warhammer video?

[@shiftypersona]

Switching gears somewhat, The Wild Robot is the first movie I've seen in theaters since The Force Awakens and it actually gave me hope that people *can* actually still make fantastic movies.

[@VictorMaxol]

The Force Awakens finished me too. I haven't been back.

[@ZenDisaster]

YMS meets friendlyjordies We need more of this, NOW!

[@tahunuva4254]

Don't wanna end up like the french.

[@karipaturketo5438]

You and channeling Bill Hader vibes so strong I'm waiting for a Pacino impression...🤔

[@zendodeb]

He may have set fire to his legacy, but he can go home and cry into a big pile of cash

[@Alfie1970Waterhouse]

Cash don’t give him any more years.

[@ChaseSecurity]

Ridley Scott is a cautionary tale about aging artists in a corporate structure that enables their worst traits.

[@Mrgameguy211]

i can so relate to that feeling of anger post paying to watch a movie in the cinema and coming away from it just thinking WTF did i just watch. then you try explain it to another person and they just start to think you've lost the plot, but really you just spent 2ish hours waiting your time and money. and with the lovely aftertaste of bitter anger and frustration. Multiverse of madness is the last time i paid to watch a movie in the cinema and probably the last.

[@suenzhong7891]

Ridley Scott didn't just fall off he straight up plummeted to the point he could've bore a hole to the center of the Earth

[@maegnificant]

Ridley Scott stopped giving a shit a LONG time ago.

[@conormurphy4328]

I like the use of “entry of the gladiators”

[@royfr8136]

I was just happy to see a film with male leads who weren't belittled by females or a child's superhero film that is for adults. What's confusing for me is that the same people who love these superhero, utter nonsense are saying, 'This' is a terrible film. ...? Did anyone expect this to be even 'almost' as good as the original? Maybe the same people who expected a fair boxing match between Tyson and that other guy.... This sequel is a lot better than 90% of the utter nonsense that's released these days..

[@slappy8941]

My favorite part was when he shouted, "IT'S GLADIATIN' TIME!", and then gladiated all over the place.

[@Sebadee80]

Great to see someone who knows his Roman history, Great channel 👍💯👊

[@amandajean7738]

If Jordies wrote a swords&sandals Roman epic screenplay I would watch that sh*t.

[@JJN1973]

Should’ve just gone to the pub and gotten pissed

[@Fists91]

1:45 the sieging general looks exactly like the lead guitarist from Gnome and I find it very confusing

[@hectorvivis3651]

That review was so unhinged it made a monkey consul.

[@sulijoo]

"Casablanca, now in colour, and with a happy ending!" That's where modern cinema is at right now.

[@NabeshinX]

I'm glad this is a movie review channel now.

[@s3ani33]

Mine is Ancient Greece. Come at me, minioans.

[@52BLUE]

more of these vids, jordz. Hilarious.

[@DogmadawgMAMR]

Calm down Rudolph, that aussie coke is ruff

[@iamsheep]

Instead of Gladiator 2, I went and watched Agora again. Still one of my favourite historical dramas that is surprisingly accurate. Love it.

[@gaveup]

Jordan, remember to drink water!

[@damage_inc86425]

Can we please have more unhinged rants about Ancient Rome? I'm so here for this

[@Trentus86]

He has his live comedy special centred around the Roman Empire mentioned in this vid uploaded to the channel if you haven't watched it yet. Just search for 'live show'

[@larzkruber822]

I am surprised that he even talked this much about the movie thought he would get off the rails quickly

[@fabe61]

The Gladiator 2 situation is crazy

[@RhinoHair1]

Old folks home workers: Confess your Sins

[@LGPanthers1]

Well if ridley scott and pedro "I'm gonna cry because I'm an absolute pansy" pascal are teaming up then you know it's gonna be a banger

[@GalaxyNewsTelevision]

I suppose it was only a matter of time before Denzel was involved in a bad movie.

[@MrD33tz]

I'm still laughing at the trebuchet and the fact that Numidia was conquered about 250 years before the events of the film

[@CD3MC]

Hate to break it to you, but there is a zigzag layout in Yoho national Park. Specifically the Spiral Tunnels.

[@missjustice2730]

This is like when Drs/nurses watch Medical Shows 😂

[@FJaypewpew]

Weirdly I just watched a video about how completely fucked the Roman’s got by archimedes

[@MioJuventino88]

The first movie worked because it was an archetypal story a parallel to cain and able. A timeless theme about sacrifice and and manipulating the world to your favour. It runs deep... How do you forget to tell a story like that

[@linuxnoob8065]

caught in brisbane. now thats your first problem.