"Gladiator" (2000) Movie Reaction | First Time Watching

[@adiarainfoster]

If his sister had killed him, no matter how much people wanted him dead, they would still have to punish her because he was the emperor. She and her son would be killed. She told him everything to protect her son. She's a mother first and foremost.

[@mostawesomecomment6553]

I like that the video starts with you two watching the movie. No intro garbage, just legit content.

[@juansolis4796]

Yeah right?... This should be a standard. I really hate 20 + minutes of nonsense talking.

[@y2k029]

100% agreed... can't stand constant blah blah during movie I've seen many reactions on yt...I'm glad they save their reviews at the end

[@banyarling]

Straight to the garbage pseudo content lol

[@bretmcginnis905]

Then leave lol@@banyarling

[@banyarling]

@@bretmcginnis905 long gone

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

Of course, had she said nothing she would've watched her only son most likely be slowly tortured to death. So, given the circumstances, she really had no other choice but to tell.

[@shainewhite2781]

Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture!

[@BigGator5]

"Are you not entertained?" Fun Fact: This movie was shot in chronological order over eighteen weeks. What Script Fact: Joaquin Phoenix ad-libbed his "Am I not merciful?" scream. Connie Nielsen wasn't expecting it and her frightened reaction was genuine. The Man Behind The Curtain Fact: After Maximus (Russell Crowe) shouts the "entertain" line in Zucchabar, you can see a crew member in jeans and a white t-shirt in the stands on the extreme left. Home Sweet Home Fact: Maximus' description of his home (specifically, how the kitchen is arranged and smells in the morning and at night) was ad-libbed. It's a description of Russell Crowe's own home in Australia. Heartbreaking Fact: Oliver Reed died three weeks before principal photography ended. Because Proximo was considered a key character, a clause in the movie's insurance contract would have allowed the filmmakers to re-shoot all of Reed's scenes with another actor at the insurer's expense, about $25 million. However, most of the actors and crew were exhausted from the punishing schedule, and Ridley Scott did not want to cut Reed from the movie. The script was rewritten, and a body double and CGI were used to give Reed's character a plausible resolution.

[@InSiMayb]

sequel filming?

[@PhiL-zz6cu]

At the end fight you guys were a bit wrong, he didn’t drop his sword because he wanted to dishonor commodus, he dropped his sword because he couldn’t hold it any longer because he was bleeding out and dying from the fatal stab right in the lungs and everything that is important… he was already seeing the afterlife mid-fight he only held on longer enough out of pure willpower, 98% of people would have been dead already or dropped to the ground already at that moment… but awesome reaction and even more awesome movie, I can tell you to stand in Rome at the honor place of Markus Aurelius (the Ceasar that died in the beginning of the movie / or better sayed was murdered by his son commodus) is just a feeling out of this world….

[@ronweber1402]

To low to be the lung. That was a shot to the kidney. Still lethal but if he got hit in the lung I'm betting he would have been coughing blood.

[@Математиканапять]

I'm a mathematician. How did you calculate 98%? =) By the way, I was personally surprised by the fact that they didn’t mention the excellent musical accompaniment... this is the first time such a thing, that’s where they are wrong)

[@ronweber1402]

@@Математиканапять I do believe the 98% was hyperbole and not a calculation.

[@Математиканапять]

@@ronweber1402 It was a joke

[@Stogie2112]

Wonderful quotes from this wonderful film: "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!" "We mortals are but shadows and dust!" "You have a great name. He must kill your name before he kills you." "AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!" "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back."

[@PhiL-zz6cu]

Also „What we do in life, Echos in eternity.“ or „You are already dead“ or „See where you want to be and it shall be so“ not sure about the last one if it’s word by word exactly that but the meaning of it is just awesome

[@Stogie2112]

@@feelthemusic7871 ....D'OH! I hate typos!

[@vkdeen7570]

​@@Stogie2112I will see u again... but not yet.... not yet!!

[@jotab9646]

I think they call him spaniard because at that time Spain was part of the Roman Empire, the Iberian Peninsula was known as "Hispania" in Rome.

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

Yes and in Rome Hispania was reputed to have some of the best warriors of the Roman Provinces, Hispania being one of them. Some famous Caesars also were from Hispania.

[@bigmikem1578]

Actually this was original music for “Gladiator” that was “reused” in pirates of the Caribbean.

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

We understand it

[@bigmikem1578]

His home was in Spain. Hence Spaniard. Most likely taken as a slave through Morocco and towards the east.

[@StevesFunhouse]

You were close ... the name Commodus means "Suitable, convenient, opportune", so that COULD be considered equivalent to comfortable. He *_was_* a real emperor and the son of Marcus Aurelius. He *_did_* fight, on occasion in the Colosseum as a gladiator and *_was_* actually assassinated by a Roman athlete/wrestler named, Narcissus, but he was drowned in the bath, NOT in the Colosseum. It's not clear who invented the crossbow, but it appeared in China and Europe around the 7th to 5th centuries B.C. ... but the Greco-Roman world definitely had them by the 2nd century (time depicted in this film), so the Romans not only knew about them, but the scenes shown in the Colosseum were possible and even probable.

[@ottocarson]

10:54 Actually the word "queer" entered the English dictionary in the 16th century. And of course, the concept queer or homosexual is as old as humanity, pretty normal in the old Greece and Rome.

[@natmanprime4295]

"kineidos" or something

[@kroanosm617]

Pepper showing up just for the tiger scene and then leaving. You can't make this stuff up 😂

[@blizzywilk]

My favorite movie of all time time since it came out in 2000. Great reaction!

[@cvdm9663]

Still one of my favorite films and makes me tear up every time.

[@paoloramagini7099]

min 27:04 - Maximus bids farewell to Commodus calling him "his highness" and not emperor. An important detail, a huge offense and lack of respect towards a "Caesar". He practically does not recognize him as his emperor and he said so in front of the people of ROME.

[@Giovanni_Gabrielli]

Not all gladiators as you see were slaves, some were professionals, rich and with an actual fandom. Actually the Colosseum itself is agible to be used as an arena to this day, they need only to repave it. Another history fact is, Commodus was actually killed by a gladiator under the senate's payroll.

[@757optim]

"I hate her". - Lucilla didn't betray Maximus. Commodus discovered the plot from Lucius.

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

Why would she tell her son all these things?

[@benjaminroe311ify]

@@PillowHero-jd6ie Lucius didn't know the plot from his mother. He only knew that she thought favorably of Maximus as a potential Savior of Rome. Commodus when he hears only THAT realizes something is up with his sister. Then that scene when he is sitting next to Lucius he is threatening to torture and kill her son unless she tells him all. She could certainly still lie...but that would only protect her son for a little while afterwhich Lucius would likely be killed and perhaps her too.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

You both were on point throughout, and all anyone can ask for with a movie request is that you hope they are invested in the movie -- it makes watching so much better. Great job on this one. Mrs. Hero is a treasure!

[@myTERAexperience]

Phoenix' career rose a lot from this. He did such a great job it's well deserved. He did great in Joker but to me this is his best role. Russell Crowe was asked to play Wolverine in the X-Men movies but turned it down. I guess he recommended Hugh Jackman. He would've been a great Wolverine.

[@alexfilma16]

His career rose like a Phoenix 😉

[@lewstone5430]

@@alexfilma16 😑

[@alexfilma16]

@@lewstone5430 🤷‍♂️

[@lewstone5430]

@@alexfilma16 just kidding 😂! Great joke! 👏👏👏

[@Fairygrl_TW]

Such an amazing film, award winning acting, beautiful yet heartbreaking story. One of my favorite quotes, "What we do in life, echoes in eternity". Thanx so much, take care, Peace

[@mcbeezee2120]

Exactly right. It WAS a happy ending. Could've been happier....but we'll take it.😁 Keep 'em coming.

[@matthewfike4491]

Commodus’s name has always meant “commode” to me, which is an old fashioned word for toilet. Great movie, thanks for reacting to it. You might consider Kingdom of Heaven for a reaction.

[@williammarx4947]

Everything could have been changed, if Marcus Aurelius had made his wish to maximus to inherit the throne in public

[@y2k029]

Dang it... your wife made me cry earlier in the movie usually the ending gets me teary-eyed all the time 😢😢... loved this movie

[@stevetanner3019]

Definitely in my top 5 movies of all time. Love your reactions.

[@natmanprime4295]

great film, great reaction, esp. the young lady! very different from the usual reactors, very quiet, understated but sincere, with the tears

[@jwnomad]

Yes, the music from this movie released in 2000 is from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie released in 2003

[@アキコ2003]

The word queer has existed since the 16th century aka the years 1501-1600 it was primarily used to mean strange, odd, peculiar or eccentric. And by the 19th century it started being used only on men attracted to the same gender. Nowadays its used for everyone that's apart of the lgbtq community. I don't really know what they called us (queer people) before the 16 century tho..probably some horrible names, nothing we arent used to 🤣

[@eembers]

Ooh this one’s been a favourite of mine ever since it came out ❤️! Commodus is such a fantastic villain, Proximo was the *perfect* final role for Oliver Reed, the camaraderie of the gladiators is great, the music is wonderful, and it has all the satisfaction of a good vengeance film with none of the gross feeling of a bad vengeance film. Looking forward to watching this reaction!

[@ronweber1402]

If I'm not mistaken originally Proximo was supposed to live but Oliver died before the end of shooting so they used a stand in for when Proximo is stabbed in the end.

[@orlandoaugustostock4578]

Masterpiece, directed by Ridley Scott

[@Stogie2112]

True love didn't hold much importance back in Roman times, especially if you were a member of the Royal Family. Royal daughters were married to other noble men to strengthen political alliances. Military commanders were sent far away on campaigns. Lucilla and Maximus had a brief love affair, but the Powers that Be ended it. Maximus found love again in Hispania, but Lucilla was left without love.

[@diannaellis4708]

Russell Crowe is actually an expert horseman and did his own stunts. And if you look closely I think it's the last charity you can see the air canister that caused the charity to flip over

[@warriorpitbull1170]

FYI: 'queer' is an old word that at one time meant strange, odd, weird or abnormal; or to inadvertently ruin something or to make it go off of it's intended direction ('The archer queered the shot and missed his target.'). The word 'queer' has taken on a new meaning in modern times to mean having homosexual traits or tendencies. It's odd that the word was used in this movie in the context that it was.

[@lewstone5430]

The gays stole another word! 😡

[@warriorpitbull1170]

Yep, just like the word 'gay' which used to mean happy or joyous.

[@juansolis4796]

this was the best role from joaquin... and one of the first know. and... unmatched, not only by him.. just by anyone. well he ended up playing the joker. so... that´s saying a lot

[@omanipadmeum7319]

Almost everyone thinks that the thumbs up means that the defeated gladiator gets to live on. However, it is the absolute opposite. With the raised thumb, which was passed by the throat as if cutting someone's throat demanded "DEATH". The clenched fist, with the thumb laid on, was the sign for "GRACE". The final decision, however, lay with the Emperor, who mostly agreed with the opinion of the audience.

[@mattman810]

fun fact, at the start we witnessed the romans launching a cavalry charge through dense forest, in reality this would not happen, horses were far too valuable to risk broken legs on fallen branches.

[@ericney6888]

One of the best movies ever

[@TeutonicKnight94]

like your reaction. they seem very honest and not overemotional and staged like most channels.

[@tweeze123]

I liked ur reactions u guys are very chill

[@paoloramagini7099]

Suggerisco: Life Is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni)

[@leakedclipsdaily]

They're actually making a Gladiator 2 movie. Comes out at the end of 2024. Not sure if it will do well.

[@DJ.Michelle]

Lmfao also love that tigers=what the fuck, in any language😂😂😂

[@lazios]

Regarding the Commodus fight scene at the beginning, it's a training session, is realistic actually: every Roman patrician had to train to fighting from childhood (regardless the skills), they used to have maestro of arms for that. There is almost nothing of historical in the movie (eg Commodus becomes emperor by inheriting, he doesn't kill him) but probably the director has included it to make sense to the final scene, where instead of killing him, he fights Maximus (after wounding him of course, he was crazy, not idiot); I think Scott put that scene because sources tell us that Commodus loved the gladiatorial games so much that he took part in them. Sure, it's a "nice" advantage to know that, people who fight against you, know who you are, so what have to do: lose. PS Sorry for comments deleted, my English is terrible and I tried to use Google to make it understandable.

[@ronweber1402]

Ya as much as I love this movie this, like Braveheart uses historical figures but that is almost the only connection to actual history it has. Gladiators fought in specific forms and pairings. They didn't fight chained together, they didn't fight animals that was done by bestiari, they didn't reenact battles that was done with captured prisoners and convicted criminals. Contrary to popular belief one of the fighters didn't die in every fight. If a gladiator was killed in the ring the host had to pay for his death. A trained gladiator represented a huge investment like a prize race horse. They were well fed, highly trained and given high quality medical care. When gladiators were killed it was usually because someone effed up and delivered a lethal wound and it is more of a mercy killing to spare them hour or days of excruciating agony and even though gladiators got the best medical treatment many would still die from infections.

[@David-ns4ym]

The Romans were masters of warfare and treated combat like an assembly line. They knew a man could fight really well hand to hand for about 3 minutes and then would need to recirculated to the back of the lines. They fought in a wall and line not chaotic like the movie opening showed. When moving forward enbloc they would throw pilum at the charge to weight down the enemies shields and then the short sword and shield was like a buzz saw. The portrayal isn’t the way it was usually done and they didn’t rely on cavalary very much it was the infantry that did the war winning. The machines of war is accurate to some degree. They greased pigs in tar and set them on fire at the enemy sometimes and used war dogs to kill enemies on horse. Roman lead bullets is evidence of mass production of items and they often hang slang written in them. They were fired from sing shot and were beveled or hollowed out to whistle and were terrifying to go against. The slingers were deadly accurate. They deafeted the most varied enemies and for that reason they were the best military of the ancient world. Ghengis largely fought farm towns and the Chinese and Alexander the Great and the Greek style phalanx etc fell to the Roman gladius.

[@BattleAngelFan99]

You'll find similarities in the music in this movie with that of movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and the Rock, because these movies were all scored by Hans Zimmer. Like most composers, they are often recognizable from one movie to the next. I think Gladiator may be my favorite of his.

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

We are big Hans Zimmer's fans. Even were on his concert in Poland in 2017 :)

[@georgeralph8031]

Message to the cat: Blink twice if you are being held against your will....

[@staceypiper3319]

So many great lines in this one.

[@tomsoyer5639]

Pirates took music from Gladiator not the other way around.

[@bradbutcher8762]

Lucilla could kill Commodus in many ways, but if she was ever suspect herself and her child die a cruel death..you have to understand that ancient Rome was always fragile and people killed entire bloodlines for petty theft lol...the irony of this movie is that Commudos had already won the battle haha. He was too insecure to win

[@Diegesis]

Lol John F.Caesar

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

😁

[@epicmage82]

The Last Samurai has some good sword fights. Even old Samurai movies are great.

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

We know. Reaction already on the channel ;)

[@braneenie]

Maximus wasn't just stabbed .... he was also poisoned ....

[@Stogie2112]

When was he poisoned?

[@drewf8619]

@@Stogie2112 Idk, but if he was. It could have been when he was stabbed.

[@leakedclipsdaily]

Masterpiece 10/10

[@mr.riffian9507]

My only complaint about this movie is the portrayal of a Nomidian as a Nigerian man.😂 Numidia was a kingdom in the northern of what is now Algeria and Morocco. The indigenous people of N.Africa were/are The Amazigh ("Caucasians"): the Numidians, the Moors, the Carthaginians... were natives north African not Nigerians. Hollywood must know that And stop blackwashing every nations/history...

[@js-ig4xm]

Was Spain even a country at the time?

[@steves2241]

This movie is amazing, it is one of the best movies ever made. I give it a 5 stars out of 5 stars rating. You do not get much better.

[@TheRebuilt1]

I think you missed it on Legends of the Fall but glad you enjoyed and got this one. Maybe the European history makes it more relatable than colonial/frontier US history but still two great movies so chapeau.

[@juansolis4796]

Connie Nielsen is one of the hottest actress ever.. and yeah, She is a great actress... but that´s not the point of my comment.

[@spoonzor1]

Glad you noticed the crossbow. Ridley Scott is a great director and i love Gladiator but got damn he does not respect history. And we saw that in Napoleon also.

[@DJ.Michelle]

I love how the song sweet home Alabama is synonymous with incest in every country n in every language😂😂😂

[@tempsitch5632]

I think she would like Ladyhawke.

[@jimstewart8122]

John F. Caesar. 😄😄

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

xD when different quotes combine in your head

[@channel-zn9zl]

​@@PillowHero-jd6ie reaction "crow 1994 brandon lee"?

[@leniobarcelos1770]

35:48 Maximus Pepper Meridius. 🐱

[@alextarasau]

"Windtalkers" next please ☺️👍

[@Paul_Plays_Games]

G'day you guy and girl , The Ancient Roman's were sort of like modern chinese they took ? Idea's of other Countries and incorporated then into their own manufacturing . But unlike the chinese the Ancient Roman's actually improved thier newly acquired technology . They very nearly invented Steam engines they knew of steam power and made rail . But due to unforeseen circumstances they didn't . Ancient Rome were fare more advanced in practical inventions than modern man electricity has made us lazy and vulnerable , Ancients had to think outside the box . Thank you for the fantasmagorical Gladiator video Russel Crowe is Australian your getting closer to actually showing an Australian film I live in hope that you will one day 🇺🇦 🇦🇺

[@dxr1jockey]

cat turns up at the end, what you watchin

[@andrewpiltenko9432]

John F. Caesar 😂

[@xzuljinx1191]

Love your content! keep up the great work guys! =) would love to see you guys do the movie "Signs"

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

Great suggestion!

[@michaelleftwich8186]

So, who was the boys father? When the boy said his father's name, everybody automatically knew who he was. Except me.

[@arifeannor9573]

9:18 Asthma attack

[@ontarioguyincalgary4845]

Nice reaction 😎

[@Mushymush1]

A very thin line separates us from pure savagery, again. Even in 2024.

[@AFKeveryday]

another great reaction.. i'm subscribed now.. thanks

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

Awesome thank you!

[@LukeLovesRose]

Now you have to watch Braveheart, the other great historical epic of the last 30 years

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

Reaction already on the channel :)

[@23Raymond22]

Another incredible movie..

[@jorgemangas2784]

Great. Thanks from a Spaniard.

[@bullseye8509]

Great reaction.

[@jayjaygeez]

John F. Caesar 💀

[@raytalbot5890]

MUST SEE ‘GARDENS OF STONE’ ace movies 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@kissthesky9969]

Hero.... With jet Lee

[@thisisscorpio6024]

This is a great movie.

[@UberDurable]

Simply EPIC...

[@S.U.I.T]

At the end of the day, this is a movie, the "Barbarians" in the first half of the movie are depicted as stereotypical. Dirty, poor, without tactics, and no weaponry. The actual Germanic tribes were quite the opposite. They had weapons, they had helmets....shields....you get my drift. Don't believe everything you see in a movie.

[@andersonrichie]

Hey guys, amazing react, as always... You really sould check-out a movie called "Pompeii", it's just like The Gladiator, and most channels don't know about this movie... Congratulations for your channel and saluts from Brazil...

[@toyota420xp]

In the beginning of the movie the army that fought Maximus wasn't the bad guys they were protecting their land from the Romans trying to conquer them and in reality the Romans never did conquer them I think the people being shown in the in the beginning as barbarians what were the Germanic tribes

[@marcusott5054]

Had to laugh when you said "I thought queer was a modern word"... while they speak english in a movie depicting Romans ;P

[@dragonage2112]

2 quick things 1- A movie masterpiece 2- Ridley Scott should have won academy award for best director. But because of the biased hate by the academy he was screwed. ✌👍

[@bigdaddyeb56]

Strength and Honor !!!!!

[@RobinTig]

Good job 🏆

[@--------K1NG--------00]

React to Titanic!

[@dianeritthaler7792]

Excellent movie❤

[@SenatorBluto]

This guy should shut up and let his wife talk more. I wanted to hear what she had to say.

[@cleilsonsousasousa5951]

The next film has to be City of God 🙏❤

[@bradbutcher8762]

Queer means gay in American lol...please watch Cinderella Man. It is arguebly Russell Crowe's greatest performance

[@barakleibovitz9379]

great movie

[@sdfrag]

The best movie ever

[@tazepat001]

Germania or Germania. If you know you know.

[@22allwanted]

Fight for brother

[@pcsixty6]

those animal head mask are meant to intimidate more likely

[@PillowHero-jd6ie]

For sure

[@titools4375]

I was enjoying the reaction until I heard him say "OMFG", why you people say it like that, so casual about it? do you even know what you're saying? And of course you know the meaning of that and still don't care how offensive you are? Didn't even finish watching the reaction after typing this, by the way, the only dislike here is from me, proud about it too. Think about what you're saying before you say it and don't try to make it like it's just a phrase, not cool.