GLADIATOR (2000) Was Inspiring and Heartbreaking - First Time Watching

[@amandamiquilena]

Hey guys! How's everybody doing? Just wanted to let you know that Deadpool and Wolverine is going to be my next video. I remember some of you asked me to post my reactions to Blade and Logan so, I will watch those BEFORE Deadpool and Wolverine but I will post D&W first, since that's what people wanna see right now. I will post the Blade and Logan reactions afterwards, along with a horror movie because, ya know...it's October after all :)

[@marlonthemarvellous]

Looking forward to both Blade and Logan. Literally just watched D and W, so looking forward to your reaction on that too. What is the horror film going to be? Hope you do Evil Dead 2, or Misery. ( if you don’t have a film in mind yet)

[@marlonthemarvellous]

Or Get Out!

[@TheBigTamale]

I just drank 5 shots of tequila, and ended up here.

[@ryanhill-v7p]

hey can you please put gloves on and do a reaction to the movie Austin powers international man of mystery

[@puremachinery]

@@amandamiquilena Have you already seen X-Men and/or Wolverine movies? Logan is so much less powerful of a film when you don't have history on the characters. Check out the comments on Movie Munchies Logan, everyone was so upset with them for going straight to Logan. 😅

[@spikeystone]

I’ve seen this movie several times, and have watched dozens and dozens of reactions, but I have never noticed, or seen anyone who has noticed that Maximus added his wife and child to his armor. I just wanted to thank you so much for noticing that and pointing it out for everyone.

[@benjaminhewitt2376]

Same here, one of my favorite movies ever and somehow never noticed it

[@brucefale6132]

That's why you dont do drugs.

[@mugatu171717]

You need to get out more if you watched that many people watching a movie

[@redscorpion9325]

Wow! I never noticed that and I’ve this film so many times and definitely saw a lot of reactions vids of Gladiators as well

[@marlonthemarvellous]

Strength and Honour to the best movie reactor on KZbin

[@amandamiquilena]

Hahaaaa, this is way too nice but thank you :')

[@George-i9v]

Marcus Aurelius was one of the best emperors of Rome. He was very wise. His writings live on through the book of Meditations, which you can get anywhere. Here he is portrayed by Richard Harris, legendary actor and father of Jared Harris, another great actor.

[@angelkanul4415]

Joaquin Phoenix should’ve won an Oscar for supporting actor, and Russell Crowe was phenomenal in his role as Maximus, this movie is in my top 5 all time favorite!

[@awgates85]

He took 2 horses so he could switch when before one tires of carrying him and his gear. A lot of cavalry takes more than one horse per rider because of this, it allows you to make better time and allows the horses to recover while on the march.

[@phillipdycaico5949]

And if you don’t have a 2nd horse some riders ride an hour and walk the horse an hour. If you’re stranded, it could save your life.

[@RealDrunkenMaster]

Btw I have watched this movie many times and never noticed that he added his wife and son to his armor. So great catch.

[@SoulEternalPeaceWarrior77]

I was going to say the same thing! Really cool how she pointed that out :D

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

The actor who played Proximus (the Gladiator trainer) was Oliver Reed. He was an extraordinary british actor, with a very interesting, fascinating and atypical life. He also was known for his alcoholism, having some scandals on TV and cinema as a consequence of this. During the filming of Gladiator in 1999, he sadly passed away. He had been sober for months, but one night (during a break from filming the movie) in an Irish pub in Malta, he drank three bottles of Jamaican rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous double whiskeys and challenged five young English sailors of the Royal Navy to arm-wrestling at The Pub bar (which after this incident was called Ollie's Last Pub). His bill, which was never paid, is preserved in a decorative frame in the bar.

[@amandamiquilena]

Oh wow, thanks for sharing this. Very interesting 👍

[@aaaht3810]

Reed was a great actor.

[@benjamindover6685]

True masterpiece of all time And Hans Zimmer's music is just top notch

[@Tresham1]

I've seen this movie many many times and watched many reactions on top of it but it wasn't until you pointed out - I NEVER NOTICED Maximus added his wife and son to his armor. Thank you for providing, as always, quality content but also for enlightening me about something cool!

[@Naugor]

ok, only few words to the beginning: the war depicted in the movie is called Marcommanic Wars (166-180 AD), of course movie is historical fiction, but if we want to go for localization, war was in today Moravia (part of Czech republic) and Southwestern Slovakia... in 180 AD war was almost in the end, last battle occured in place called Laugaricio in winter 179 AD, Legio II Adiutrix fought there decisive battle, under command of Marcus Valerius Maximianus and destroyed last army of Quadi tribe (germanic people living in territory of Southwestern Slovakia), Roman Legion after victory carved a memorial inscription into the stone - today it is located under the castle in city Trencin

[@selardohr7697]

Hey, that was awesome. Thanks!

[@DefenestrateYourself]

🔥

[@mortezamohammadi505]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheToscanaMan]

Lucilla: "Go to them." 😭 Gets me every time. Great reaction ❤ Ciao

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Yes, that's the kid who played Giosué in *La Vita è Bella.* If you notice, he's speaking Italian in this movie, too. He says: "Mamma, i soldati!" and then runs down the road yelling "Papà! Papà!" Puedes entender lo que significa.

[@chris-hz2wd]

The end of this movie never fails to make me cry

[@azawilson1]

Joaquin Phoenix is a damn good actor he played the villain perfectly

[@slchance8839]

Pheonix did such a good job as emperor that the kid actor who played Geoffrey in Game of Thrones modelled his entire Goeffrey character after Emperor Commodus. When he was sure how to play a scene, he would think, "What would emperor Commodus do?"

[@gandalfnooo2743]

his best role imo i hate him so much in this nd i still love him as joker. just a great actor overall

[@renedavids6154]

Still a great movie. Joaquin Phoenix and Russel Crowe are the stars. Okay, it's a movie and some things are not accurate but still a good movie. Oliver Reed as Proximus did also a great job. Joaquin Phoenix was also good in The Joker and Signs. Russel Cowe played also in A good movies as A Beautiful mind, The Quick and the Dead and Virtuosity. Thanks for watching and reacting.

[@psingone]

Thanks!

[@amandamiquilena]

Thank you so much! Very kind of you :)

[@ScotsmanDougal]

When the man says "You have a great name. He has to kill your name before he kills you," he meansThe people love Maximus. His soldiers all loved him. His legacy will be remembered. They have to make him look pitiful and insignificant before killing him so he is forgotten.

[@selardohr7697]

Like the final season of Game of Thrones lol

[@omarkallaste2041]

Joaquin Phoenix is really brilliant playing his character. That should have been an Oscar. Loved to see you react to this. It is easyer to play a hero. Quite hard to play a character you know everybody is going to hate. Now that is master skill. Have a nice one.

[@musashimiyamoto586]

Does he ever play characters who are not disturbed, irrational, or plain crazy? You have to say it is also his own personality that makes him a fit for these roles.

[@omarkallaste2041]

Hmm.

[@norm-bb3bb]

​@@musashimiyamoto586Yes, I can mention a few, Quills, The Yards, Walk The Line, Her, The Inmigrant, Clay Pigeons (the psycho in this one was Vince Vaughn) Joaquin is really a versatile actor but his more famous roles are villains and people think he can only play those roles.

[@ak6905]

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[@JFrazer4303]

You're absolutely right about the formations of soldiers in ancient battles not that often disintegrating into wild frays. They stayed together. Romans repeatedly had instances where a group was surrounded and vastly outnumbered and most of them walked away leaving mounds of fallen enemies. The movie only shows them in the arena using such tactics. Other famous empires used shield wall formations, from the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians, Macedonians, greeks, Spartans, down to the middle ages and Renaissance years, like the Swiss pike squares and Spanish Tercios.

[@psingone]

where have you been? The reaction space is in dire need of quality people like yourself actually paying attention to the movie and not talking to hear the sound of their own voice. this was so enjoyable. I watched this twice and your terminator reaction . What a great Saturday!!!

[@gumbomudderx7503]

I can’t believe out of all the times I’ve watched this movie that I’ve never noticed his family on his armor. I tuned into this video just for the entertainment and there she is showing me new things about one of my favorite movies of all time!

[@GavinHitchens]

I watch all the gladiator reactions i can find, this was brilliant, your input and the editing was great. Nicely done

[@Blaiyan]

@0:04 She's a Vampire

[@bnn32-c7s]

"What we do in live, echos in eternity" Maximus

[@JulioHernandez-chico]

I saw this movie when i was a kid. Had school the next day wasnt supposed to be up when maximus death came on i cried so much like the kid i was my dad crushed on the door thinking something bad when he realized what i was watching he just sat on my bed and had a smile.

[@Eric0816]

You were absolutely right about the battles. The Roman soldiers were covering themselves with their shields and were pressing forward alltogether. A little bit like riot police today. The swords were used to stab anyone that got too close. Most of the casualties happened when one side was exhausted and broke rank. The first five minutes of the HBO show "Rome" shows a more realistic style of how the Romans fought. It has always annoyed me that in movies the Romans move into battle in formation and when the battle begins everybody fights for himself against the nearest opponent.

[@TheBeastsHere]

You should definitely watch the film ''Troy'' it's in 2nd place of my all time favourite films after Gladiator.

[@alaricboyle-poirier6931]

"This is probably just content for people" - what a 21st century quote !

[@puremachinery]

He wasn't cheating on his wife, he was in a relationship with Lucilla 8+ years ago, before either of them were married.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Well, if Lucius is his son (which Gladiator II confirms), and his dead son was roughly the same age as Lucius that does imply that he was either cheating or he met, married and conceived a child with his wife VERY soon after breaking off the relationship with her.

[@puremachinery]

@yellowblanka6058 The cash-grab piece of garbage Gladiator II was not written by the same author as Gladiator; their retcon of his relationship and character is irrelevant to this film, it's like saying you wrote fan fiction where Harry Potter is really Voldemort, it doesn't change the original book.

[@robertmckenna3994]

Marcus Aurelius was the last of the Good Emperors. After his reign the Roman Empire truly began its downward spiral into decay, division, and eventual collapse.

[@TrentRushton]

I cannot think of a better reward than at the end of life to see family and loved ones again. I take comfort knowing that is possible.

[@joshuawells835]

Marcus Aurelius is regard as one of the greatest Roman Emperors and the last Emperor of the Pax Romana. Commodus' reign, on the other hand, is remembered as one of great political turmoil masked by gladiatorial games. In regards to the standard Roman naming scheme, the order is Praenomen (personal name), Nomen (tribe name), and Cognomen (family name) with a few others occasionally added. Decimus is a praenomen and Meridius and Maximus are both cognomen. So his name shouldn't be Maximus Decimus Meridius, but Decimus Aelius Maximus Meridius (Meridius being an agnomen, an extra name or title). This translated to "Decimus of the Aeli Greatest of the South."

[@kevinking3798]

In real battles the army would try to stay in a solid line, to prevent the enemy from getting behind them. They would stand with those big shields interlocked, making a wall. They definitely not charge in individually, that would give up their biggest advantage. Why did he take two horses? So he could switch to the fresh one when the first one got tired. ...people gathered to watch other people fight to death... now we just watch it on the screen. :)

[@ReeveAers-rg6gx]

don't feel bad, you're a cute ghost

[@seanstinchfield-mp2xm]

Yes she is!!

[@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626]

Hi Amanda, I`m glad you enjoyed this film as much as I did. If you are interested in seeing some more of Oliver Reed`s work, you could react to his 1973 film (The Three Musketeers). He starred in it alongside Michael York, Richard Chamberlin, Frank Finlay as fellow Musketeers, as well as Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin, Simon Ward, Charlton Heston & Faye Dunaway. It was the first in a trilogy followed in 1974 by (The Four Musketeers) & later in 1989 by (The Return Of The Musketeers). I`d love to see you react to them all, but even if you can only react to the first one, that would be great.

[@jacobwalsh1888]

No one has mentioned it, but the reason the senators couldn't do anything is because of the Praetorian guard, the soldiers in black and purple. There were no other soldiers stationed in Italy. The Praetorian guard was an elite force whose barracks were part of the city wall. Without a way to deal with the guard anyone going against the Emperor would have easily have been killed even if they succeeded.

[@vkdeen7570]

exactly they were like the city watch or royal guard.

[@PanchoDulce]

Marcus Aurelius and Commodos were real people! Aurelius wrote a book (diary) that is really good based on Stoic philosophy. It’s called the Meditations. I recommend

[@amandamiquilena]

I already knew but thank you for the info :D and thank you for the Super Thanks! I appreciate it :)

[@gallendugall8913]

Why yes, I am entertained.

[@RomanFlores-m4u]

Let me first start by saying your accent is beautiful and your voice has a crisp an eloquent it was a joy watching this one of my favorite movies with you thank you for doing movie reactions I look forward to seeing more movies with you

[@vitowash3687]

More than 70% of gladiators were volunteers. They did it for money and fame. Like boxers today.

[@russellward4624]

And to work off debt.

[@bekhele]

this is very incorrect, the overwhelming majority where slaves often capture from battles, it where mostly desperate people who joined as a volunteer and they did not consist out of the bulk of gladiators

[@Latinomicz]

If the world was full of Maximus, we'd be a better planet.

[@musashimiyamoto586]

Oh, so you think after seeing the movie people will "rise up" and change the world? The great British comedian Eddie Izzard once said when speaking about Rome and America in a gig: "I noticed, you do the hand on the heart, too. You realise you are the new Roman Empire." And you do have the senators, too. And what a bunch of goons they are. Watching despicable characters (mostly Republicans) like Cruz, Graham, McConnell, Scott, Hawley etc. you cannot really tell me you find anything in this movie that gives you hope. If anything, it speaks for another good backstabbing courtesy of "Et tu brute". Only, this time it is the president elect with a knife aiming for America's midriff.

[@Latinomicz]

@@musashimiyamoto586 It was a simple comment, lol. Keep your panties on, we don't need to get deep over this.

[@bekhele]

Maximus not being a politician is actually the most historical inaccuracy of this film people often overlook. in the roman empire military career and titles where intertwined with political ones, you could not have the one without the other.Maximus being a commander of a huge invading force would have been at least a praetor or even a consul. those where of the highest political offices back then. and would be the equivalent of a today 3 and 4 star generals

[@ryanakers1372]

Lucius is the only heir to the throne. Commodus wouldn't risk his family's legacy without a new heir to replace Lucius. So if Commodus had gotten his way and had a healthy baby with his sister, Lucius would've died soon after.

[@RW_CreativeMedia]

YOu need to set-up your light properly, use a more warm LED lights / Softbox that are around 3,000 to 3,500 kelvings. but also you should place your light in an angle not difect to your face, it makes your face looks flat, need a main light and a fill light which fill lights should be half of the power of the main light, both coming from different angle you can have some 3D effect with some soft shadow

[@WiseJoeGaming]

Great reaction as always. Loved the comments and observations and the cameo appearance of certain monsters! LOL! Great job as always Amanda!

[@seanstinchfield-mp2xm]

This was my first R movie. My friend’s dad took us to see it when we were 10. It’s still one of my favorite films of all time!

[@robertg420]

I've never seen someone embody the 'surprised pikachu' face so well

[@CaL-76]

35:05 means that his reputation must be destroyed before he can be killed, otherwise there could be protest by supporters

[@fatsak2]

Loved it Amanda. Joaquin did steal the show. "Am I not merciful?!" Obviously the rest of the cast was incredible. Like you said - 'quality'. Top ten movie in my old life. Look forward to your next!

[@PhilosopherKing161]

Watching this movie introduced me a lot to stoicism and Marcus Aurelius. If you watch the entire movie again, Maximus represents the philosophy of stoicism and that would be courage, justice, temperance and wisdom.

[@slchance8839]

Proximo: "We mortals are but shadows and dust." Maximus: "What we do, echoes in eternity. Strength and Honor." Two conflicting philosophies of the movie as the two men cannot agree on which is the way of Life.

[@RogerBentley-be3mr]

French Films, loads of good comedies. When they do horror...Martyrs, irreversible and bais moi.

[@ljgaming639]

Battle dogs have been used by nearly all civilizations.

[@lonestar3433]

Hello Amanda, good reaction to a great movie! I like your red shemagh behind you and wear them in the winter. Adios chica!

[@timothyhedrick5295]

"Commodus is a bad person" may be my most favorite chapter title of all time... Your reactions never disappoint Amanda. Love ya! (and you are not pasty white, you are luminous!). That bed behind you looks like something a Gladiator would sleep on... please never sleep on it.

[@jlrushing565]

The guy in beginningthat tossed the head. "Ihr seid verfluchte Hunde!", which means "You are (a bunch of) cursed dogs!"

[@greenpeasuit]

37:45 All of the expert historians agree, Rome did not possess any Godzillas.

[@SABiesse]

Amazing movie, beatiful Amanda 👍

[@znk0r]

The crowd was saying "Live, live,...." so the emperor wold show the thumbs up instead of thumbs down of death.

[@RogerBentley-be3mr]

Most American films cop out but The Mist is excellent

[@victore6242]

By ancient Roman law no army was allowed to enter city. The last time it was Julius Caesar. And he became Rome's first dictator.

[@beesmitty3435]

Urrmmm actually, No.. and yes.. Many a roman had been 'dictator' throughout Romes republic history. And even by modern standards, full control was not realized by Caesar. Caesars heir became the first 'emperor' of Rome not is first dictator. Semantics. Even early emperor's still grappled w power w a functional Senate, over 100 years after Caesar and probably not til 2nd century was the imperial cult fully indoctrinated and the Senate stripped of authority existing symbolically. The original Greek and later roman title 'dictator' was more akin to commander and chief than 'divine, supreme, total power' ruler we have today for the word.

[@lassesipila6418]

Gladiator? I barely know 'er!

[@RogerBentley-be3mr]

If you want to test yourself try British films like Eden Lake, Nil By Mouth and Scum

[@cooldoberman2024]

this movie got a sequel

[@BenB-yk7kd]

Poison dagger to the heart

[@BenB-yk7kd]

Couldn't overwhelm a lifetime of instinct and 50 pounds and 5 inches height and a warriors heart. Commodus learned everything in practice. Maximus even stabbed with a poison dagger in the hot sun dying is way way better in combat. One of 100 great metaphors in the last 10 minutes of the film

[@martinmayhew145]

The slave train was going south to North Africa from Spain across from Gibraltar to Morocco, where Zucchabar was originally located

[@kapsi]

38:44 so they ran the kid over with horses, nailed him to a cross, burned him, and then hanged him? That must have been a busy day.

[@RogerBentley-be3mr]

The best Spanish film I have ever seen is La madre muerta. Dark comedy and genuinely desturbing

[@everlastingpass1on]

"Please tell me that was his wife" ... 🤐

[@mcove09]

You’re too freaking adorable!

[@LJSpit]

I agree. The most evil villain in cinema history. What an amazing performance .

[@RonaldDaBear]

Loved the reaction as usual, just fyi, every time you've added subtitles for yourself I easily understood what you were saying, in other words, they're not necessary, you're English is great.

[@victore6242]

Live, Live, Live. The power of fame.

[@blizzywilk]

My favorite movie of all time since it came out in 2000. Joaquin Phoenix is one of the greatest method actors in history. Great reaction. New sub here. ❤️

[@AnthonyS14]

One thing I know from my Latin class is that they got the whole thumbs up & down wrong. Technically it’s the opposite.

[@Shadow-gm9ct]

Bonus points for watching the extended version.

[@quoniam426]

IRL, Lucilla and Lucius didn't survive the transition. The Senate had Commodus killed in his bath by one of his fighting partners and there was no Ceasar trying to pass his powers to a General either. Plus, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus reigned together for ten years before Marcus Aurelius died. That being said, the movie is self coherent and a masterpiece, regardless of the Historical inaccuracies. What the movie gets right is Commodus personnality, he was seen as whimsical, egotistical and half crazy, unfit to rule, hence the Senate trying to assassinate him. And he liked to play Gladiator himself in the Arena. And back then, just as sport now, matches were rigged...

[@tonywoutrs]

Just curious. Do you feel like they turned him into Caligula to some degree. Considering the incest route he was taking..

[@tomaskennedy]

5:45 No. 👀

[@russellward4624]

Germania was not just Germany but everything around that area and including Scandinavia(upper Germania).

[@Chris55555.]

Hello Amanda, if you don’t mind, can you do a movie reaction on a movie called, 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Adventure/Drama (1992). It stars Gérard Depardieu, Siqourney Weaver, Armand Assante. It portrays a version of the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on indigenous peoples. Directed by Ridley Scott.

[@woeshaling6421]

4:25 if by turns, you mean the lines rotated out to give the men rest. Most large army combat were conducted in opposing lines. Depending on which era and battlefield, Roman legions were grouped in rows where the front soldiers are the only ones in combat at any one given time. It rarely is a free for all brawl

[@paulclements6277]

If you watch the part in the colosseum when the horse and chariot crash into the wall you can see a gas canister they used to propel the chariot and overturn it

[@TheAlkochef]

If u dont fight, u die. Its that simple D:

[@user-je6us3gl5x]

20:00 what made him fight? His default settings.... Even without revenge he would have fought by instinct

[@RealDrunkenMaster]

The crowd was saying "Live" when Maximus was first revealed. I don't think Maximus cheated on his wife. I think the grew up with Lucilla and Commudus and was involved with her then. At least that is how I interpreted it.

[@yellowblanka6058]

"Why did he take two horses?" So he can push one harder, letting the other trail behind at a slower speed, then transfer to the other horse when the first is tired.

[@tomaskennedy]

31:03 LIVE! LIVE! LIVE!

[@lolmao500]

You look like a ghost because its almost halloween! :P No seriously you look great as always

[@everlastingpass1on]

The crowd was chanting "Live! Live! Live! Live", hence the Emperor agreeing with the crowd and giving the thumbs up. Thumbs down would be "Kill!".

[@rafaelcanosantos3554]

What the Romans called Germania was Western Germany

[@Naugor]

what was called Germania was big region from river Rhine to the territory of western Ukraine, the war depicted in the movie is called Marcomannic Wars (166-180 AD), in today territory of Moravia (Czech republic) and in Southwestern Slovakia, in winter 179 Roman army fought decisive battle against tribe Quadi near place called Laugaricio, today Trencin in Slovakia (after battle they carved inscription into the stone, it is there till this times)

[@ujjwal7502]

I liked you pointing out the little details, didn't know about them.

[@mycroft983]

Check your White balance for getting the colour correct / Background / Foreground / Subject ( You ) Meter the lights that you are using Wont take long. you will get is in no time

[@jontwest]

Great reaction - and btw, a fair complexion is *beautiful, no matter what our rulers tell us!

[@pseudohacker]

Sugar and rotten meat flies are actually great for infected wounds

[@seanstinchfield-mp2xm]

You mean maggots, and yes they are great for cleaning wounds.

[@carlogns932]

35:05 he must kill your name before he kills you - From Jesus Christ to Martin Luther King: if someone kills someone else doesn't erase an enemy, he takes thousands! Good reaction!

[@neilgriffiths6427]

Commodus didn't kill Lucius (the boy) as he wanted to keep his sister on side - after she would have presented him with an heir, however, I wouldn't have bet on Lucius's chances...

[@ed-straker]

They knew what they were getting into. I say, Let 'em CLASH!