History Buffs: Gladiator

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@wilsontheknight
@wilsontheknight 5 жыл бұрын
As Commodus dies at the end of the movie he whispers to Maximus “my life was never a tragedy, it was always a comedy.”
@MsSwitchblade13
@MsSwitchblade13 5 жыл бұрын
🖤
@Coldfront15
@Coldfront15 4 жыл бұрын
you sneaky boy
@bigg_burr6557
@bigg_burr6557 4 жыл бұрын
@@lordfusiondar1003 In which he didnt realize it was a joke,people make mistakes my guy.Stop trying to sound edgy by picking on an honest mistake,then acting like an asshole after he states why.
@Will-pp8wf
@Will-pp8wf 4 жыл бұрын
LordFusionDaR cringe
@frankcaputo3188
@frankcaputo3188 4 жыл бұрын
Give this man an oscar
@patrickstewart3446
@patrickstewart3446 9 жыл бұрын
If you had a slave that was a scribe who could read and write 7 languages, why would you make him a Gladiator? He'd be more useful as, well, a scribe!
@binifarmer4045
@binifarmer4045 8 жыл бұрын
+Patrick Stewart Yeah! And given that Rome had a massive empire in great need of skilled administrators, making him fight in the games just comes off as wasted talent.
@TheRhinehart86
@TheRhinehart86 8 жыл бұрын
MrBanausos You're trying too hard.
@TheRhinehart86
@TheRhinehart86 8 жыл бұрын
MrBanausos Aaaand you're blocked. Have a nice day :)
@theOnyFUFU
@theOnyFUFU 8 жыл бұрын
+Patrick Stewart Agree! i don't get the way he makes gladiators sound like NFL players! lol...If they were treated so well, why would they want to get killed in the arena? None of them would die if that was the case! I don't get how you can be a slave in that society and also get free athletic trainers, amazing food, & hookers whenever you want! I don't think that society valued slaves of any kind THAT much! I can believe that they were like "work horses" but they were also forced to be there & had to fight for their freedom like in the movie!
@inTHEwrongGENERATION
@inTHEwrongGENERATION 8 жыл бұрын
+Fawad B Gladiators weren't common slaves shoveling shit in some farm. They were meant for the public entertainment and therefore they would have wanted them to be as fit and healthy as possible.
@simonpeter5032
@simonpeter5032 5 жыл бұрын
"Is Rome worth one good mans life?" Romulus: "Yes."
@endaloresandsprinkles9345
@endaloresandsprinkles9345 5 жыл бұрын
but Remus tho
@henrik3291
@henrik3291 5 жыл бұрын
@@endaloresandsprinkles9345 You better not mess with the man when he says he's building a great wall.
@endaloresandsprinkles9345
@endaloresandsprinkles9345 5 жыл бұрын
@@henrik3291 -... --- ..
@henrik3291
@henrik3291 5 жыл бұрын
@@endaloresandsprinkles9345 B8? Bait? xD
@endaloresandsprinkles9345
@endaloresandsprinkles9345 5 жыл бұрын
@@henrik3291 oh did I write it wrong, I meant to put -... ... .., wich means boi
@globetrekker86
@globetrekker86 2 жыл бұрын
Gladiator is “as accurate as an episode of Game of Thrones.” Incidentally, Joffrey Baratheon’s actor, Jack Gleason, drew inspiration from Phoenix’s portrayal of Commodus
@0waverunner0
@0waverunner0 Жыл бұрын
@@KLil37 it's true! To make the audiences hate you that much takes amazing acting skills!
@Ballin4Vengeance
@Ballin4Vengeance Жыл бұрын
Both bratty sadistic little shits with daddy issues. It’s kind of remarkable how similiar Gladiator’s Commodus and even the book version of Joffrey are, not to mention the GoT version.
@kaibalfour2318
@kaibalfour2318 Жыл бұрын
@@KLil37 the main reason he retired is because it felt more like a job then a fun hobby and he’s been acting since he was a child. He needed time just to be himself. He acts here and there now but he’s not constantly looking for roles like he used to
@So1asola
@So1asola Жыл бұрын
@@KLil37he’s said multiple times that people never acted strange towards him in real life. It was about acting feeling like a job rather than a paid hobby
@KLil37
@KLil37 Жыл бұрын
@@So1asola I stand corrected then, deleting the comment
@depressedonion5610
@depressedonion5610 5 жыл бұрын
Despite its inaccuracies, Gladiator is a damn good movie.
@tsdobbi
@tsdobbi 4 жыл бұрын
I mean, thats generally the case with movies and why they veer off being painstakingly true to the source. Some true stories, if adopted faithfully would make for boring cinema.
@andrewhoyle1521
@andrewhoyle1521 4 жыл бұрын
I slightly agree, it's nothing GREAT though. Too much action and CGI, couldve been better written. Best thing is acting
@lilfrezzy456
@lilfrezzy456 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Hoyle you don’t notice the cgi unless ur looking for it tbh
@a.wosaibi
@a.wosaibi 4 жыл бұрын
@@lilfrezzy456 yep, and even then it was very well done. Ahead of its time I think
@lilfrezzy456
@lilfrezzy456 4 жыл бұрын
Abdullah Wosaibi that’s a good point, thinking back at other movies from that time it’s definitely goof cgi
@RealSkyDiver2
@RealSkyDiver2 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing how this movie was released 20 years ago yet looks like something that could’ve been released now. Amazing visuals in so many ways.
@MADMANB68
@MADMANB68 6 жыл бұрын
Justin Watson 20yrs ago?!?! Noooo I feel old!
@robomadness2074
@robomadness2074 6 жыл бұрын
Wait, what?!?
@robomadness2074
@robomadness2074 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah.
@IAmHoTSHoTzz
@IAmHoTSHoTzz 6 жыл бұрын
I generally think that 2 years is quite long, I find a few months quite long, because I know that time in retrospect has to do with memory(more than it has to do with time flying by), but in a 20 year total, I think we can easily round up 18 years to 20.
@nZym1
@nZym1 6 жыл бұрын
I know right? Still one of my favorite movies
@Bughunt89
@Bughunt89 5 жыл бұрын
Biggus Dickus, the greatest champion in all Of gladiator history
@SpaceMissile
@SpaceMissile 5 жыл бұрын
i had a nephew named Biggus.
@maximilienfrancoisderobesp202
@maximilienfrancoisderobesp202 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget his wife, Incontinentia Buttocks.
@alexsacco776
@alexsacco776 4 жыл бұрын
WestKraven heard about him
@sebastiencimpaye5871
@sebastiencimpaye5871 4 жыл бұрын
Rip graham
@whenthemusicsover6028
@whenthemusicsover6028 4 жыл бұрын
Hail Theethaaah!
@cirnospenpal
@cirnospenpal 4 жыл бұрын
''are you ready to rule the empire?'' ''yes father'' ''well guess what? no you're not lmao''
@antivirus_protection
@antivirus_protection 2 жыл бұрын
Based
@chefref5027
@chefref5027 6 ай бұрын
I like how he actually says it. “Are you ready to do your duty to Rome?” His duty was to man up and take the rejection well.
@kevinsedwards
@kevinsedwards 5 ай бұрын
just watched this 2 hours ago. it was awesome.
@thelurkerbel0w
@thelurkerbel0w 4 жыл бұрын
"Can you imagine Russel Crowe chocking out a naked Joaquin Phoenix?" I see you've read my fan-fiction.
@waterfountain4145
@waterfountain4145 3 жыл бұрын
I can imagine Russel C, chocking the Jocker Phoenix !
@joshuakusuma5953
@joshuakusuma5953 3 жыл бұрын
@@waterfountain4145 Jor-El/Zeus choking out the Joker.
@karloyu3484
@karloyu3484 2 жыл бұрын
😁
@jt7638
@jt7638 Ай бұрын
How like a wrestler strangled the real life Commodus.
@enrique2395
@enrique2395 4 жыл бұрын
I just realized that Joaquin Phoenix plays a dude with daddy issues in all these movies: Joker Gladiator Walk the line We own the night
@captainhowlerwilson508
@captainhowlerwilson508 4 жыл бұрын
In Joker, it is more like Mommy issues.
@ipaddleYOass
@ipaddleYOass 4 жыл бұрын
@@captainhowlerwilson508 both actually
@marywoll2828
@marywoll2828 3 жыл бұрын
And don’t forget Buffalo soldiers. Hehe in a way😏
@jduff59
@jduff59 3 жыл бұрын
His look of instability has made for a very stable career - talk about turning around adversity, after having a James-Dean-esque brother.
@DeepEye1994
@DeepEye1994 3 жыл бұрын
Even in "The Sisters Brothers" his character is a drunken nutcase because of the abuse he received from his dad (who doesn't appear in the movie). I guess he just plays the role of an attractive yet somewhat unhinged person well, since he is a bit eccentric in real life too.
@Gloops01
@Gloops01 5 жыл бұрын
The plain marble statues bug me. That's how they look in museums today, so it's what the audience expects (like undecorated stone castles), but they would have been painted and colourful.
@maximiliand2544
@maximiliand2544 4 жыл бұрын
With eggshells and colorful stones/gems for the eyes
@BlackRooster187-
@BlackRooster187- 3 жыл бұрын
I always think that too
@DoctorEnigma01
@DoctorEnigma01 3 жыл бұрын
Not just the statues. The whole city, the HBO Rome was much more accurate, but even they screwed up the statues
@pierren___
@pierren___ 3 жыл бұрын
@@maximiliand2544 eggshells? What you mean ?
@MaxwellAerialPhotography
@MaxwellAerialPhotography 3 жыл бұрын
You can only be so authentic, at some point the audience stops recognizing history and believe it’s unrealistic.
@larrywalsh9939
@larrywalsh9939 Жыл бұрын
In the movie, Marcus Aurelius didn't reject Commodus to be his successor because he didn't love him, he rejected him because he knew he was too unsuitable for the role. He knew how much of a sick, twisted little bugger he was. At least, in the movie.
@johnhoover3345
@johnhoover3345 10 ай бұрын
You're correct. In one scene he says "Commodus is not a moral man"
@JohnSmith-mj5wl
@JohnSmith-mj5wl 4 жыл бұрын
i love how all romans have british accents in any movie
@deecee4644
@deecee4644 4 жыл бұрын
Evil aliens from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away had British accents too. Pretty amazing!
@mhm77887
@mhm77887 4 жыл бұрын
@@roysheaks1261 that just wouldn't work in a movie lmao
@Robert399
@Robert399 4 жыл бұрын
Or Australian in this case. Also Quintus is clearly American.
@AriasRequiem
@AriasRequiem 4 жыл бұрын
@@Robert399 New Zealand, but that's a common slip up since they sound similar.
@AriasRequiem
@AriasRequiem 4 жыл бұрын
If you were going to pick a modern accent to use, it makes a kind of sense since the British were the last big empire in modern history.
@charlesxll7925
@charlesxll7925 6 жыл бұрын
''The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it's the sand of the Colosseum.'' For some reason I just love that quote.
@whenthemusicsover6028
@whenthemusicsover6028 6 жыл бұрын
It's only a model!
@ChevySpeedAddict
@ChevySpeedAddict 6 жыл бұрын
In a modern connotation it would be: politics is downstream from culture. Which is the truth.
@buffoonustroglodytus4688
@buffoonustroglodytus4688 5 жыл бұрын
My nigga Carolus
@tomnorton4277
@tomnorton4277 5 жыл бұрын
@@ChevySpeedAddict And yet 90% of politicians think they're above us mere mortals.
@joshuafox8856
@joshuafox8856 8 жыл бұрын
Can't believe they didn't say anything about how RARE deaths were in Gladiatorial games. you really think the owners would spend all that money treating them like " well-bred race horses" if there were a 50% probability of losing one each match? How much would you invest in a race horse if you knew that if it did not win it would be immediately slaughtered? Gladiatorial combat was basically ancient RAW ( as in American wrestling) only less scripted.
@Andrew1990R
@Andrew1990R 7 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!
@AaronHungwell
@AaronHungwell 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm kinda surprised how that little factoid wasn't mentioned.
@kylemendoza8860
@kylemendoza8860 7 жыл бұрын
+Joshua Fox You're thinking of the in the time of the Republic. In the Imperial times the games were a state-funded, and they were on a much larger scale and death was more common.
@JG-id5vi
@JG-id5vi 6 жыл бұрын
Many gladiators were not even slaves ESPECIALLY in the imperial period. It was a profression and very few ever died in the arena. But that does not mean few people died. It was a very common punishment for criminals to be sentenced to death by gladiator. So yes many people were killed in the arena they just were not gladiators.
@feelthepony
@feelthepony 6 жыл бұрын
removes helmet* my name is jvnicus felix antonius cina. (band starts playing the catchy tune*)
@malarkey5323
@malarkey5323 3 жыл бұрын
“When Marcus Aurelius finally declares that communists will not be emperor” Google subtitles so close yet so far off
@TheAurelianProject
@TheAurelianProject 3 жыл бұрын
We did it boys, communism is no more.
@geeniel4462
@geeniel4462 3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@absolutechad5428
@absolutechad5428 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheAurelianProject Based. Marcy Marc just decimated the commies. How can they ever recover?
@genxpilot69
@genxpilot69 2 жыл бұрын
That's what ya get when leftists run corporations
@spencertherren6806
@spencertherren6806 2 жыл бұрын
Joe Biden here.
@reneaguilar3471
@reneaguilar3471 4 жыл бұрын
Joaquin Phoenix did such a good job in gladiator that 20 years later I still hate him🤣
@LucyLioness100
@LucyLioness100 4 жыл бұрын
My mom calls his performance “slimy” which is perfectly apt. Joaquin was excellent in the role
@Blackhawks19_xx
@Blackhawks19_xx 3 жыл бұрын
One of the most satisfying movie deaths of all time. He was such a slimeball, amazing performance.
@reneaguilar3471
@reneaguilar3471 3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinbarry4325 that’s how Ben seemed to me for some reason but I thought I was being prejudging him .
@njebei
@njebei Ай бұрын
I've always hated Joaquin Phoenix as an actor for the same reason. I know it's not fair but I always see Commodus. I avoid his movies as I know I'm going to prejudge him.
@PinkLove7749
@PinkLove7749 Ай бұрын
I just want to know why he looked so pale and sick with like shadows on his eyes.. I want to assume that was part of the characters make up? Correct me if I’m wrong
@eventhorizon
@eventhorizon 4 жыл бұрын
Marcus Aurelius wrote "Meditations", and he actually mentions a General named Maximus, I recommend it, it's a good read and I feel it gives an insight on the kind of man he was later in his life...
@PrecisionCalc
@PrecisionCalc 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine being such a man but your son ends up being a major piece of shit
@vetteguy1985
@vetteguy1985 2 жыл бұрын
Commodus was such a shit head that even ancient historians vilified his mother and made up stories that she had affairs and wasn’t Marcus’s son. They just couldn’t believe such a great man could have such an awful son.
@RomanumChristum
@RomanumChristum 2 жыл бұрын
He mentions his mentor named Maximus
@RabiddRabitt1984
@RabiddRabitt1984 Жыл бұрын
The book opens with Marcus giving props to his teachers and mentors.
@olliefrancis3740
@olliefrancis3740 Жыл бұрын
@@RabiddRabitt1984 very good wisdom in those props
@squamish4244
@squamish4244 9 жыл бұрын
Bottom line on Gladiator: were you not entertained?
@michaelweston409
@michaelweston409 7 жыл бұрын
valar YES I I I said a Yes
@tottenhamhotspurish
@tottenhamhotspurish 6 жыл бұрын
valar It was one of the best films I've seen. History Buff can definitely be a bit of a kill joy.
@neilgriffiths6427
@neilgriffiths6427 6 жыл бұрын
Good answer...
@tomnorton4277
@tomnorton4277 5 жыл бұрын
"Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?"
@honeyv6020
@honeyv6020 4 жыл бұрын
😂 😂
@jaimehernandez8535
@jaimehernandez8535 3 жыл бұрын
I used to work at a video store when this movie came out, I was obsessed with it. Played it on the monitors non-stop, knew the dialogue inside and out. Best job I ever had, until I got robbed at gun point :S
@drartemisa21
@drartemisa21 3 жыл бұрын
for DVDs???
@jaimehernandez8535
@jaimehernandez8535 3 жыл бұрын
@@drartemisa21 lol got robbed for cash at the register!
@johanjonsson6504
@johanjonsson6504 2 жыл бұрын
You should have yelled: *ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED* sorry
@Greenielid
@Greenielid 2 жыл бұрын
@@johanjonsson6504 I will have my vengeance in this life or the next
@dillonwalshpvd
@dillonwalshpvd 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry mate
@masterman1001
@masterman1001 7 жыл бұрын
I never viewed Gladiator as a "historical" flick. It was simply a good, entertaining movie.
@aquamarine99911
@aquamarine99911 6 жыл бұрын
Of course it was. But intelligent people tend to be interested in the history behind the drama. Stupid people aren't.
@dreadedsage8630
@dreadedsage8630 6 жыл бұрын
@@aquamarine99911 that's a dumbass claim to call people not interested in history stupid but whatever makes you feel special
@Sal3600
@Sal3600 6 жыл бұрын
r/iamverysmart?
@minartson
@minartson 6 жыл бұрын
Take a load of this guy, a fucking intellectual.
@Linkedblade
@Linkedblade 6 жыл бұрын
it's really a fan fiction of spartacus
@ERODEROD37
@ERODEROD37 5 жыл бұрын
Joaquin Phoenix got robbed. He should have earned an Oscar for best supporting actor in this role.
@Dragonblaster1
@Dragonblaster1 5 жыл бұрын
I agree, but I think Russell Crowe had the harder role. It's more fun playing a raving megalomaniacal psycho than a stalwart, upright good guy.
@ERODEROD37
@ERODEROD37 5 жыл бұрын
Yes but Russell won best actor. Joaquin lost to Benicio Del Toro for his role in Traffic. I’ve seen Traffic... he wasn’t that good in it.
@Dragonblaster1
@Dragonblaster1 5 жыл бұрын
@@ERODEROD37 I do think Russell deserved that Oscar. I don't think Joaquin was given much to test him in Traffic.
@ingriddubbel8468
@ingriddubbel8468 5 жыл бұрын
Not really. He was over the top. I do know Rease Witherspoon didn't deserve an Oscar for Walk The Line and he did.
@romansochacki7678
@romansochacki7678 5 жыл бұрын
He made the movie work, really.
@xXprettyxkittyXx
@xXprettyxkittyXx 5 жыл бұрын
Joaquin Phoenix is exactly how I'd picture a Roman emperor to look. It was a perfect casting.
@ConstantineJoseph
@ConstantineJoseph 5 жыл бұрын
Yes he really looked like a Roman Patrician. Dark haired and Italic look, not tall and slightly stout.
@LucyLioness100
@LucyLioness100 4 жыл бұрын
He had the correct gravitas for the part and was the far more interesting character than Russell Crowe was
@joellaz9836
@joellaz9836 4 жыл бұрын
I also thought he looked very Roman, especially when he was wearing a wreath.
@jonhunt8270
@jonhunt8270 3 жыл бұрын
Eddie Izard “HeLlO.. wErE tHe RoMaNs!”
@jakublulek3261
@jakublulek3261 3 жыл бұрын
After Malcolm McDowell as Caligula.
@ajthekid1256
@ajthekid1256 2 жыл бұрын
I was almost named Maximus, my parents loved this movie. Got to visit the colesium and it is unreal that events kinda similar to this took place.
@IntrepidFC
@IntrepidFC 2 жыл бұрын
Hah, I know a girl named Novara. Ancient cities make for some amazing names… like Jericho, Alexandria, Aswan, Memphis, Sais, I could go on
@ShanaReviews
@ShanaReviews Жыл бұрын
if that had happened and you built a fort of your own, would it have been called Fortress Maximus? (kudos if you get the reference I tried to make)
@lhunt8249
@lhunt8249 Жыл бұрын
I know a kid named Maximus, and I keep asking him to day "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridias..." and he won't.
@fittushattana
@fittushattana Жыл бұрын
@@lhunt8249 "My name is gladiator" would be badass answer.
@Stroke999
@Stroke999 Жыл бұрын
@@IntrepidFC Jericho always gives me shivers, i played the game Clive Barker's Jericho when i was a kid, i enjoyed it but that stuff terrified me.
@Guigley
@Guigley 4 жыл бұрын
His summary at the end perfectly sums up what I believe about historical films. They may not always be accurate, but if they get an audience interested in the actual history, then that alone justifies the changes.
@magnusbjarni
@magnusbjarni Жыл бұрын
It probably got a LOT of people into HEMA and into history. In the future, we may see more fantastic shows and reenactments from history, because it has always been some mystery and the more people get into it, the more likely someone is to find something new to try and it works
@cheekymeeky1813
@cheekymeeky1813 Жыл бұрын
Then he is a hypocrite of the highest level. Didn't he hate Kingdom of Heaven for that reason?
@X525Crossfire
@X525Crossfire Жыл бұрын
@@cheekymeeky1813 No. He hates Kingdom of Heaven because the inaccuracies are flat-out misrepresentations of the time period, whitewashing one side while villainizing the other to produce an intellectually-stunted, modern politics tinged lens of the Third Crusade. Just listen to the opening minutes where he goes on about how the period is presented in the opening text crawl and establishing shots of Europe and Palestine, versus how it actually went down. Or how the film presented the Crusades as nothing but European warmongering and land-grabbing, as opposed to the (relative) unification of a fractured continent against a geopolitical and existential threat.
@cheekymeeky1813
@cheekymeeky1813 Жыл бұрын
@@X525Crossfire okay thats true, I give you that. What I don't like is the fact that he watches half the mobile, and then rants that everything sucks and thats it thanks for watching. What about the amazing fights and for fucks sake finally accurate armour and clothes! And with other movies he goes weeeelll at least are they fun and make people interested! It just sounded like: I dont like it so it must suck!
@X525Crossfire
@X525Crossfire Жыл бұрын
@cheekymeeky1813 I use the opening crawl as an example, mostly for the history side of things. He also just doesn't like it as a film because of its bad plot, one- or two-dimensional characters, and dialogue. And if he doesn't like it as a movie and it utterly fails as a representation of the time period, doesn't that mean...he's going to give it a bad review? 🤔 And the professional critics weren't exactly pounding tables shouting "BEST PICTURE!" when it came out, either.
@Ingeb91
@Ingeb91 6 жыл бұрын
I fucken loved Gladiator. A great moment in my childhood. I cried like a water fountain at the end. Such a powerful film. And ofc, very little could save Rome at the end, except maybe marcus aurellius taking care of his son properly, but yeah, who cares about the accuracy, when the movie is made that fucking good.
@bezukaking6860
@bezukaking6860 5 жыл бұрын
or an un-murdered Aurelian, or an un-murdered Flavius Aetius. Jeez, a lot of competent romans got murdered...
@Grathom15
@Grathom15 5 жыл бұрын
@Klausbärbel Fömm Lol all of those movies are cornball, except Star Wars. Gladiator even hits the corn factor at times, especially the ending.
@Fatallskillz1
@Fatallskillz1 5 жыл бұрын
@@Grathom15 Thats a wheat field sir, not corn.
@Quallenkrauler
@Quallenkrauler 5 жыл бұрын
If it hadn't been Commodus, some other emperor would have failed as epically as him at doing his job eventually. There were plenty of bad ones after all. The Roman Empire would have perished regardless and you can't pinpoint its downfall on one person, there are a lot of factors that contributed to that. My personal favourite is best described by a comment under the "Ten Minute History" video about it: "Moral of the story: Outsourcing soldiers is a terrible idea".
@rezakolahdouzan3440
@rezakolahdouzan3440 5 жыл бұрын
Inge Bolme Maybe the US has reached such a moment in history today as of Roman Empire.
@rickveenbergen9021
@rickveenbergen9021 8 жыл бұрын
sea battles in that coleseum...... I WANNA TRAVEL BACK IN TIME NOW !!
@pinkyfull
@pinkyfull 8 жыл бұрын
Not possible by 180. If you want to go see one that can do that go to spain. There is an old roman amphitheater that has signs of water damage that almost certainly DID host water battles. And it is possible, though highly unlikely that it happened in rome. The wooden flooring was not water tight and was not strong enough to hold the weight of water if it were flooded. It is possible that before it was upgraded by Domitian it was possible. But not in 180.
@notsoprogaming9789
@notsoprogaming9789 8 жыл бұрын
before it was upgraded lol
@alaskachickkara
@alaskachickkara 7 жыл бұрын
Right! The real gladiator battles were so much more epic than most of the ones in the movie. It would have been cool and wouldn't have taken away from the movie at all to have them portrayed more accurately.
@dukedase7
@dukedase7 7 жыл бұрын
Wrong... there is evident at the fucking amphitheater if you go to it today. It hosted water battles since the creation.
@ikeme84
@ikeme84 7 жыл бұрын
I visited it less then 10 days ago and the guide told us this is a made up story. Problem would be to dispose the water unless they would led it flood into residential areas.
@JustCallMeKopi
@JustCallMeKopi 3 жыл бұрын
Ridley Scott did some amazing work with Gladiator. The directing, the acting and the music all came together perfectly.
@SovietMOB
@SovietMOB 2 жыл бұрын
I just realized that it was a Ridley Scott production and of course it wasn’t a surprise to me that he was the one in charge. Everything he does is sick af ! I’m digging the Raised By Wolves series right now! You had a chance to watch it yet? 1st full episode is on here if not!
@aaronmatthews4612
@aaronmatthews4612 4 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 80s and early 90s watching brainless action and loved them. Then when I went cinema in 2000 aged 22 I came out of cinema in SHOCK. Never seen a modern epic like that before. Have watched a hundred times since have soundtrack and all.
@MsJavaWolf
@MsJavaWolf 3 жыл бұрын
Some people will criticize Gladiator for still having too many action scenes, implying that it's also a braindead movie. I think that could not be further from the truth. It's the classic hero's tale done really well. A movie doesn't have to be boring or pretentious in order to have depth.
@july9566
@july9566 3 жыл бұрын
Ralph cifaretto approves . Strength and honor .
@aaronmatthews4612
@aaronmatthews4612 3 жыл бұрын
@@MsJavaWolf yes the movie isn't just about revenge it has a strong moral messege too.
@theportugueselegend
@theportugueselegend 3 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way! Everyone should enjoy a little bit of Rambo and Terminator. But an epic will always be an epic, and should have a place in your heart
@aaronmatthews4612
@aaronmatthews4612 3 жыл бұрын
@Coxyboy ! Thanks will check it out
@josephrohrbach1588
@josephrohrbach1588 8 жыл бұрын
4:14 "See that map on the wall, Marcus? It's a 12th Century Arab Muslim World Map, and shouldn't exist yet,"
@50daysago14
@50daysago14 6 жыл бұрын
Prince of Antioch bohemond?
@seermayton-el3488
@seermayton-el3488 6 жыл бұрын
"See that map Maximus its from the future my son will begin the decline of Rome which is why I will reinstate the senate and no longer make my sons emperor"
@NeroVuk
@NeroVuk 6 жыл бұрын
What on that map exactly do you think was unknown in Roman times?
@LarryLonson
@LarryLonson 6 жыл бұрын
Grow up Asshole!!! Seriously Grow up!!!!
@ericjohnson7234
@ericjohnson7234 6 жыл бұрын
Holy shit your right. ;( This film. The people were so lazy, major points redacted for me.
@TurulHEMA
@TurulHEMA 7 жыл бұрын
Great video, but there were a couple things you missed here. 1. Flaming arrows would largely be wasted arrows. They don't go far, would be expensive to make, and have reduced penetrating power. 2. Most gladiator fights did not end in death. Most deaths were accidental and the owner of the gladiator who was responsible for the death had to pay for the gladiators replacement. 3. The Colosseum is not nearly as large as it is depicted in the film. 4. The whole thumbs up or down for live or die did not happen and was actually conceived of in a painting called "Pollice Verso" that you actually included in the video. Bonus Fact. Not all legionaries wore red tunics. Roman Marines wore blue, and land units largely had a choice of color. It is said that legionaries like the color red, but that is largely the end of the historical description. Tunics likely were Red, White, as well as Yellow as those were cheap colors to make. The tunic colors were likely based upon where that legion is from. For example a Legion from modern day Spain would likely have yellow tunics as that was a regional dye.
@Hail_Macbeth
@Hail_Macbeth 6 жыл бұрын
Turul HEMA About the thumb up or down bit, I’ve heard they’d actually do a closed fist or an open upward palm. I haven’t looked deep into it though
@joshuaeffendi491
@joshuaeffendi491 6 жыл бұрын
The thumbs up meant death as in the signing of the sword raise to the sky, and it wasn't a thumb down but both of there fist closed representing a sheathed sword
@LumiRockets
@LumiRockets 6 жыл бұрын
Turul HEMA Why is this not the absolute top comment here? I was going to write all of this, and here I see it’s been written a year ago and is languishing halfway down the comment page.
@Peanutdenver
@Peanutdenver 6 жыл бұрын
@@LumiRocketsI'm assuming there is not a lot of Postgraduate students with MPhil perusing this channel. The host may just be a Ancient History buff. I don't know if he has a masters degree or if it's just a hobby. I just came across the channel and it's fairly interesting to see the films his viewers have chosen for him to dissect. He seems to throw in some humor and historical landmarks which can be akin to some popcorn entertainment.
@Kaisersan
@Kaisersan 6 жыл бұрын
I thought the reason many tunics worn by roman legionaries were red due to the fact that they saw themselves as the "Sons of Mars", the Roman god of war, whose color was, of course, red.
@kevinkeppler7220
@kevinkeppler7220 Жыл бұрын
The score deserves high praise. It made a great contribution to the experience, and you appreciate the music even more when you listen to a recording
@fabriciorosso9807
@fabriciorosso9807 8 жыл бұрын
I discovered this channel 2 hours ago. It's fucking awesome.
@HistoryBuffs
@HistoryBuffs 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for finding it!
@ppop323
@ppop323 8 жыл бұрын
+Ben I discovered it 20 min ago and i know how u feel !
@helsati
@helsati 8 жыл бұрын
+Ben Ren lol me too
@biggamer500
@biggamer500 8 жыл бұрын
+Ben Ren me too, he is great, and extremely critical about historical movies.
@davidmonroy2509
@davidmonroy2509 8 жыл бұрын
+Ben Ren IKR
@ErosFrej
@ErosFrej 7 жыл бұрын
Another historical flaw is that they call Colosseum by the name it got almost a 1000 years after it was built - Colosseum. The original name was the Flavian Theatre, which it kept until around the year 1000.
@jackharan3791
@jackharan3791 6 жыл бұрын
commenting on a video about a movie and its historical accuracy and mistakes in that regard, and insulting someone talking about the exact same thing. Holy shit what the fuck has this earth come to...
@alainerookkitsunev5605
@alainerookkitsunev5605 6 жыл бұрын
99 percent dont know that. And Colosseum was and is a better name. :P cool fact though...
@ayushdesai9581
@ayushdesai9581 6 жыл бұрын
You're right except for the fact that it was called the Flavian Amphitheatre not the Flavian Theatre
@sickbars4lyfe900
@sickbars4lyfe900 6 жыл бұрын
Also Romans favorite form of entertain was actually chariot racing, and they supported their teams so passionately that massive fights/battles would consume the city killing sometimes hundreds of people
@burritodog3634
@burritodog3634 6 жыл бұрын
and if i remember correctly the name Colosseum comes from the large statue of Nero that was outside of it.
@mitchelllittle5964
@mitchelllittle5964 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah it may be historically inaccurate, but it is a fine film that does some justice to the memory of Rome. Plus it spurred more people to pick up Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, so the film promoted greater learning and cultural knowledge.
@roberttraverso7352
@roberttraverso7352 5 жыл бұрын
It's a shame the film didn't also portray Marcus Aurelius as the only Roman Emperor who was also truly a philosopher.
@ingriddubbel8468
@ingriddubbel8468 5 жыл бұрын
What nonsense.
@roberttraverso7352
@roberttraverso7352 5 жыл бұрын
@@ingriddubbel8468 It would be nice if you would you be calling "nonsense" would be offering some counter arguments. They might be convincing, but id like to hear them.
@chatteyj
@chatteyj 5 жыл бұрын
I actually thought the meditations of Aurelius in the film were just shoe horned in by a preachy liberal Hollywood, I had no idea he was a philosopher when he lived.
@Cyberwar101
@Cyberwar101 5 жыл бұрын
@@chatteyj His Meditations are actually one of the most influential philosophical books ever written, many world leaders have and do keep a copy of it on hand everywhere they go.
@roberthalbert2972
@roberthalbert2972 2 жыл бұрын
My favourite gladiator thing is that apparently they tried to get a lion and a beer to fight expecting to be a long drawn out thing, and the bear killed the lion in a single blow
@roanfort2869
@roanfort2869 Жыл бұрын
Cuz where did you find this information
@basmca1
@basmca1 11 ай бұрын
Sounds extemely unlikely.... They are about the same size, and lions are used to hunting prey that is even much larger than themselfs.
@Jorendo
@Jorendo 8 жыл бұрын
Discovered the channel yesterday...can't stop watching....help! Great video's and information giving about the historical correctness :) Really loving it!
@jackj9816
@jackj9816 8 жыл бұрын
Same with me today
@Healermain15
@Healermain15 8 жыл бұрын
Just..One...More...Video...
@josheubanks370
@josheubanks370 7 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this channel today and I've already watched 8 of these videos on my favorite movies. Love it!!!
@ganeshraja5672
@ganeshraja5672 8 жыл бұрын
I cry every time i hear this movie's climax music...
@whiteknightcat
@whiteknightcat 8 жыл бұрын
It is pretty awesome, isn't it?
@GHOSTOFONYX10
@GHOSTOFONYX10 8 жыл бұрын
Hans Zimmer is an amazing Composer
@raydabreau2157
@raydabreau2157 8 жыл бұрын
me too, damm
@sherbthesuperb3905
@sherbthesuperb3905 8 жыл бұрын
i cry every time i climax
@whiteknightcat
@whiteknightcat 8 жыл бұрын
Sherb The Superb As opposed to climaxing every time one cries?
@Jamespaintsplastic
@Jamespaintsplastic 6 жыл бұрын
It was actually quite rare for a gladiator to die in the arena. It happened but it was not the norm. Race horses are a good analogy, a skilled gladiator was very valuable! You wouldnt want your race horse to be killed if it came second. Imagine if football teams where given knives and the last man standing won. Barcelona vs man city would have a massive impact on the transfer market, their clubs and their agents... thats a bad buissiness model.
@QUARTERMASTEREMI6
@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 6 жыл бұрын
@JAMES BEECH I have to agree. As an equestrian, I appreciate an excellently executed comparison, especially one connecting horses and history.
@Dragonblaster1
@Dragonblaster1 5 жыл бұрын
@James Beech Yes, the lanistas (gladiator school owners) were a powerful business lobby, and they invested a huge amount in their gladiators, as racing stable owners do promising racehorses. A new emperor, hungry for popularity and profligate with gladiators’ lives might find himself and his bodyguards waylaid in a back alley and slaughtered by a powerful but anonymous group of thugs who suddenly disappeared in the night. The Senate, who had nominal charge of the public purse, were often behind that.
@peterf.229
@peterf.229 5 жыл бұрын
while this is true, thousands diedwhen they did the naval battle re-enactments mostly because they would drown
@samspurgeon4222
@samspurgeon4222 5 жыл бұрын
Omg, if you gave them knives, imagine how bad the flopping and rolling around after every hit would be.....however, I'd totally watch that sport....might even buy a replica chain mail jersey with my number and name on the back 👍
@noot007
@noot007 5 жыл бұрын
JAMES BEECH yeah, around 15 percent of Gladiators died in the history of the Roman Empire
@Squall17x
@Squall17x 2 жыл бұрын
I've never viewed Gladiator as a historical film. More like an fictional story based in a historical setting. Still, there are a few historically inaccurate decisions I found odd, like for example Marcus choosing Maximus over his son just for narrative tension. Commodus had many reasons to force Maximus into the Colosseum, like jealousy and spite, and it would have not impacted the story other than made it historically more accurate
@myrnacaraig2681
@myrnacaraig2681 5 жыл бұрын
HB: he's portrayed perfectly Me: Ooh.... HB: By Joaquin Phoenix Me: No wonder
@vitoandolini1234
@vitoandolini1234 5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: most gladiators didn’t fight to the death
@MrBlvck-iv6dg
@MrBlvck-iv6dg 5 жыл бұрын
Imagine being a history channel and getting history wrong
@edwardanderson4678
@edwardanderson4678 5 жыл бұрын
Under Constantine the Great, first Christian Roman Emperor the games still continued, however I believe that they used wooden swords etc to make it sit more comfortably with the new Christian ethic.
@AprehamLincoln
@AprehamLincoln 4 жыл бұрын
Depends on the source, really. The mortality rate of gladiators is unclear. It would make sense, however, that they would receive premium health care. They were athletes, tremendous investments for their owners and excellent money makers. It stands to reason that people would do whatever they could to extend the lifespan of those investments as long as possible.
@Daylon91
@Daylon91 4 жыл бұрын
True but MANY still died. Roman's loved blood. The gladiators are only a portion of the pie that was the "The Games". In a series of games so a few months 4,000 people and 11,000 were animals. I'm guessing at least 200 would have been gladiators.
@DeadlyDanDaMan
@DeadlyDanDaMan 4 жыл бұрын
@@Daylon91 That wasn't the point. The point is that gladiators didn't fight each other to the death. And they didn't, because they were expensive to replace. He didn't say they didn't kill slaves, because we all know they did.
@IronSheepEngine
@IronSheepEngine 5 жыл бұрын
I found out there were actually early scripts of the film where Maximus' image was used to sponsor a brand of olive oil. What's even stranger was that I also found out just how bizarrely accurate that was to real-life gladiators.
@brendanm6921
@brendanm6921 4 жыл бұрын
That is true. Gladiators just like a lot of modern day athletes, were approached by manufacturers to sponsor and advertise their products.
@Trubripes
@Trubripes 4 жыл бұрын
Who else want to see the authentic "strangled in the bath" ending.
@AzureRoxe
@AzureRoxe 4 жыл бұрын
"People should know when they are conquered" "Would YOU, Quintus? Would i?" Those lines man.
@michaelpreller4025
@michaelpreller4025 4 жыл бұрын
So damn good.
@YouTubecanfuckagoat
@YouTubecanfuckagoat 4 жыл бұрын
You’re a slave with an illusion of freedom You wear the chains of bondage & servitude you forged link by link freely & believe you have freedom & choice. You believe the lie so totally, you can’t see the truth. We are all slaves. Sold a beautiful lie.
@natureandphysics403
@natureandphysics403 4 жыл бұрын
It's also a comment on the 20th century and who started European wars and why.
@ericpereira802
@ericpereira802 5 жыл бұрын
The old intro was absolutely brilliant!!!You should definitely bring it back.
@Ingens_Scherz
@Ingens_Scherz 8 жыл бұрын
A scene from the greatest film with Romans in it ever made: CENTURION: What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'? BRIAN: It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'. CENTURION: No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on! BRIAN: Aah! CENTURION: Come on! BRIAN: 'R-- Romanus'? CENTURION: Goes like...? BRIAN: 'Annus'? CENTURION: Vocative plural of 'annus' is...? BRIAN: Eh. 'Anni'? CENTURION: 'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'? BRIAN: 'Go'. Let-- CENTURION: Conjugate the verb 'to go'. BRIAN: Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'. CENTURION: So 'eunt' is...? BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'. CENTURION: But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...? BRIAN: The... imperative! CENTURION: Which is...? BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'! CENTURION: How many Romans? BRIAN: Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'. CENTURION: 'Ite'. BRIAN: Ah. Eh. CENTURION: 'Domus'? BRIAN: Eh. CENTURION: Nominative? BRIAN: Oh. CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy? BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! [Centurion draws sword] No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah! CENTURION: Except that 'domus' takes the...? BRIAN: The locative, sir! CENTURION: Which is...?! BRIAN: 'Domum'. CENTURION: 'Domum'. BRIAN: Aaah! Ah. CENTURION: 'Um'. Understand? BRIAN: Yes, sir. CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times. BRIAN: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir. CENTURION: Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off. BRIAN: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm!
@MrCyrus55
@MrCyrus55 8 жыл бұрын
+ludocrat Made my day, thanks a lot!
@cy8491
@cy8491 8 жыл бұрын
Love Life of Brian
@jonathansnow8222
@jonathansnow8222 3 жыл бұрын
BEST. INTRO. EVER. MADE. the extra drums and guitar combined with historic battles, its too good.
@ArmedPoverty
@ArmedPoverty 5 жыл бұрын
I love that Marcus Aurelius is the emperor in this movie. One of my favorite stoic philosophers. I wasn’t even aware he was an emperor as well until I watched this movie.
@ilionilion2693
@ilionilion2693 5 жыл бұрын
Born in the Serbia
@jackparker8602
@jackparker8602 3 жыл бұрын
@@ilionilion2693 No. He wasn't.
@niktorrente6640
@niktorrente6640 3 жыл бұрын
How can Marcus Aurelius be your favorite philosopher when you dont even know that he was an emperor,i mean its literaly not possible lmao
@montywoodside
@montywoodside 3 жыл бұрын
How the hell did you NOT know that Marcus Aurelius was an Emperor? If you even read "Meditations," even in those journal entries Aurelius shares info about his Emperor life.
@ArmedPoverty
@ArmedPoverty 3 жыл бұрын
William uhm very interesting question, I’m sure you are dying to know the full story. I was just getting into stoicism as a philosophy when this movie came out, I didn’t read meditations or others like Seneca until later. Also the movie isn’t very accurate at all depicting his actual time as an emperor according to his own writings and written history it was easy for me to miss the connection. I apologize for this tragedy. I will never miss that connection again when I’m getting into a field of study. Bless me father for I have sinned.
@pandaphil
@pandaphil 8 жыл бұрын
These days when I watch a "historic" movie, I go in assuming its pretty much all bullshit. But I'm usually willing to cut them slack if its a good story that at least looks authentic.
@a.morphous66
@a.morphous66 6 жыл бұрын
So... Have you watched Dunkirk yet?
@997ET
@997ET 6 жыл бұрын
i have that struggle with vikings. leather armor, vikings wearing no helmets (I can see that for the main characters this has theatrical reasons, but no viking warrior wears a helmet ever. it's ridiculous), swordcuts basically ignoring the laws of physics by cutting through gambeson or even chainmail... long list of inaccuracies. but the characters. damn. they make it worth watching.
@jameswest9388
@jameswest9388 6 жыл бұрын
Guess you might be looking forward to the “Outlaw King”
@kwl189
@kwl189 4 жыл бұрын
“People should know when they have been quarantined”
@javierganzarain4559
@javierganzarain4559 4 жыл бұрын
Would you know?
@quangnguyenthuong4236
@quangnguyenthuong4236 4 жыл бұрын
Did you? Did I?
@rickraff1740
@rickraff1740 4 жыл бұрын
Would you..would I
@theredblurb132
@theredblurb132 4 жыл бұрын
I knew because when I joined the emperors army my lungs would collapse and I'd require medical assistance. (I was infected sadly almost immediately during the onset of the outbreak in Canada)
@xavierlopez7096
@xavierlopez7096 4 жыл бұрын
Why are comments like this so popular were you born in 2005?
@sjnm4944
@sjnm4944 3 жыл бұрын
At the time of Marcus Aurelius's death two new provinces had been added to the Empire - Marcomannia and Sarmatia, both on the north bank of the river Danube. These gains were relinquished by Commodus as soon as he became Emperor. Technically, Marcus Aurelius did indeed expand the Roman Empire, but his son had other priorities so his father's hard work went to waste.
@JediBunny
@JediBunny 5 жыл бұрын
I listened to Zimmer’s Gladiator score on repeat during a study tour in Rome... I think it’s the only music I actually listened to the entire time lol. What a beautifully atmospheric film and score! Fantastic review and analysis here, by the way, thank you for sharing! Would love to see more pertaining to the Ancient World from you!
@andyrihn1
@andyrihn1 5 жыл бұрын
Maximus’ attack dog is the wrong breed. German Shepherds didn’t exist yet. He could have used a rotweiler though
@JM-yx1lm
@JM-yx1lm 5 жыл бұрын
Didnt even look like a german shepard. Looked more like a wolf hybrid
@andyrihn1
@andyrihn1 5 жыл бұрын
J M according to IMDB it’s a Tervuren Belgian Shepherd (very closely related to Belgian Malanois which is often mistaken for German Shepherd), which also didn’t exist yet. Apparently they were going for “pet wolf” but the UK government wouldn’t let them import wolves for filming due to rabies concerns. But that’s also kinda dumb especially since Rome did have actual attack dogs in breeds that are commonly available today like rotweilers
@UncleAnaesthesia
@UncleAnaesthesia 5 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the Romans used mongrels, although they admired the wolf imagery in their iconography.
@Jay121
@Jay121 5 жыл бұрын
The Roman's had a black mastiff like dog. The Cane Corso
@ohalistair
@ohalistair 5 жыл бұрын
@@andyrihn1 That's weird because they have "tamed" wolves in England already. My parents did a wolf tour last time they were over there.
@Robert399
@Robert399 8 жыл бұрын
My biggest issue with the film is that it cemented the idea that gladiators were all forced into these brutal fights to the death. Firstly, most gladiators joined voluntarily because it was a highly desirable job. Secondly, the overwhelming majority (>90%) of fights didn't end in the loser's death. The trainer had final say over whether the gladiator died and almost never did because gladiators were expensive and time-consuming to train and good gladiators were celebrities. Oh and also the whole thumb up/down thing is bollocks.
@josephrohrbach1588
@josephrohrbach1588 8 жыл бұрын
To be fair many gladiators WERE slaves for PoWs. But still no chance of a general (especially a successful one) would fight as a gladiator)
@Eric..Cartman
@Eric..Cartman 8 жыл бұрын
you are right.only 20% gladiatorial battle ended in death.and yes, many successful gladiators had status of celebrities just like modern sports stars.
@BoboTalkClown
@BoboTalkClown 8 жыл бұрын
like pro wrestling
@rayyanma1608
@rayyanma1608 8 жыл бұрын
Many Gladiators also did not die because they were being sponsored by companies.
@sherrattpemberton6089
@sherrattpemberton6089 8 жыл бұрын
much less an emperor
@kyledeer8297
@kyledeer8297 29 күн бұрын
Excited for History Buffs: Gladiator II
@ForeverFootball3
@ForeverFootball3 5 жыл бұрын
Tbf Ridley even admitted he wasn't trying to make the film historically accurate
@MM-vs2et
@MM-vs2et 3 жыл бұрын
That's really you need to do as a director to avoid flame from history buffs. Some get a ton of flak because they never stated their movie as historically accurate, authentic, or otherwise.
@jbobdavis1984
@jbobdavis1984 4 жыл бұрын
This is the one movie I can watch over and over and never get tired of it. Without a doubt my favorite movie. 🎥 🍿
@dylanwight5764
@dylanwight5764 6 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly, _fundemantally_ disagree with your position. Hans Zimmer can make _anything_ look epic
@Hala-ataa
@Hala-ataa 6 жыл бұрын
Anyone know who does the music for the intro?
@itsjohnnycooley
@itsjohnnycooley 6 жыл бұрын
A. Vendre exactly his music makes everything cool
@Yetipfote
@Yetipfote 6 жыл бұрын
just a few weeks ago I saw a video of a guy retardedly trying to plug an USB into his computer. It had the interstellar docking scene music and I got goosebumps.
@TPTnny
@TPTnny 5 жыл бұрын
Ranger Jauregui Wondering too. Sounds like Rasputina.
@italianwaffle5592
@italianwaffle5592 4 жыл бұрын
@ 🤡
@joaopedroauriemo
@joaopedroauriemo 3 жыл бұрын
When a film character is more like a human than the real person he was based on
@judithl.morton9178
@judithl.morton9178 4 жыл бұрын
This movie is still one of my favorite movies of all time. And, in 2020 I still tear up this movie, to me was pure perfection.
@highwind1991
@highwind1991 8 жыл бұрын
even with all of the backlash and all of the comments on how it didn't deserve Best Picture (because it didn't), I have to say that 16 years later, Gladiator is still a very very good film. Hell, it feels a little more special now as an epic considering all of the uninspired blockbusters we get nowadays
@Paular845
@Paular845 8 жыл бұрын
It does have a place in movie history because it really did bring back the massive historical epic with huge crowd scenes, huge battles and massive buildings. That particular style had pretty much died off because it was so expensive. This one brought it back and showed people how you could pull that off with CGI now.
@iBelieveEverythingiSeeOnYoutub
@iBelieveEverythingiSeeOnYoutub 7 жыл бұрын
why didn't it deserve best picture?
@rawheadjim
@rawheadjim 5 жыл бұрын
While this movie may have been historically inaccurate, it's still one of my all time favorite films. When I saw the previews that included one of my favorite directors, with one of my favorite actors, about my all time favorite subjects which are ancient Rome and gladiators, this is the only movie I've ever gone to see by myself when it opened. I have to say I was incredibly blown away then, and still love this movie. I doubt many of the gladiator movies I grew up with in the 60's were any more accurate or realistic, they were actually much less so. The combination of directing, acting, storyline, visuals, and soundtrack made for a truly epic film that is an exception to what we have to endure now at the box office, and that saddens me.
@pedrosanchez-br4br
@pedrosanchez-br4br 28 күн бұрын
The business machine has given us the follow up that we didnt need, GLADIATOR 2: please history buff, ENTERTAIN US
@MiguelVicoR
@MiguelVicoR 8 жыл бұрын
A slave speaking (and apparently writing) seven languages wowld be equivalent to a high end computer, and using such a slave as a gladiator wowld be like using a world- class dog-show winning dog for low dog-fighting training bait.
@ducky5.56
@ducky5.56 6 жыл бұрын
yea its highly unlikely a trained scribe would be used as a gladiatorial slave. A trained scribe would probably have been sold to a wealthy family as a tutor for their children.
@Jarlemoore1
@Jarlemoore1 6 жыл бұрын
He probably screwed someone wife and ended up on their shit list hence he was royally fucked.
@TheMan-je5xq
@TheMan-je5xq 6 жыл бұрын
Eric Moore ya know that’s a good point that guy could have quite a backstory to him given how unusual his circumstances were
@ShawnHCorey
@ShawnHCorey 6 жыл бұрын
True except that gladiators were star athletes and were treated like the star athletes of today. Or like the movie stars of today. Free men would volunteer to become gladiators just for the recognition.
@TheMan-je5xq
@TheMan-je5xq 6 жыл бұрын
Shawn H Corey well yes but clearly that guy did not want to be there lol
@AlfredoPuente8
@AlfredoPuente8 6 жыл бұрын
No word about how Maximus gone from Germany to Spain in no time.
@kxloux8466
@kxloux8466 6 жыл бұрын
@@jakehames727 how long does it take you drive 100 miles? About 3 hours. Now consider that germany and spain are about 1200 miles apart, and you have horses who wont be able to spernt the whole way, will need rests consistently, as well as food and water, plus carrying weights.
@qasimmir7117
@qasimmir7117 6 жыл бұрын
paco ramon In the film it clearly shows the amount of time that passes. His hair overgrown, change of attire and Commodus hair also changes radically too.
@Shadow05eth
@Shadow05eth 6 жыл бұрын
That's Ridley Scott for you. Making an epic movie with great production, costumes, set, actors, visuals but for some reason he refuses to make a normal length movie. He films and edit like 5h of footage and the just cuts half of it.
@rasmuslehmkuhl
@rasmuslehmkuhl 6 жыл бұрын
Ethan b05 normal length movie?
@TheDarthbinky
@TheDarthbinky 5 жыл бұрын
It wasn't even technically Germany! Marcus Aurelius died at Vindobona (and in the movie, right before the Battle of Zama re-fight, one of the gladiators mentioned he served with Maximus there), which is where Vienna is now.
@joeymerk4302
@joeymerk4302 5 жыл бұрын
This movie has a special place in my heart. I remember seeing it in the theater when it came out with my brother and 3 really good friends. I know its not accurate but I still love it.
@K2CTC
@K2CTC Жыл бұрын
This was great to get more insight into what was happening historically during this period. I've seen this movie several times and still watch it about once a year.
@reginaldbauer5243
@reginaldbauer5243 5 жыл бұрын
The barbarians knew that the emperors would sign treaties only with kings. So, now for the first time, the barbarians had a vested interest in their own kingship, and their kings had a vested interest in treaties with Rome. Without passing through some sort of screening as clients, the odds were very small that you or your friends would ever be granted permission to enter the empire as immigrants. So, if that was your goal (which it was for the barbarians), you had better create a kingship recognizable to the Romans. Thus, Romans molded barbarians into acceptable neighbors. Marcus also admitted many barbarians into Roman legions, on the condition that they formally submit to Roman imperial officers. Yes, when Marcus Aurelius died in 180, Rome was poised to complete the program of conquest, but he also inadvertently made the barbarians form kingships among themselves, a very short-sighted view of what this could present. So, the peace Marcus thought he achieved could only have been temporary, and in another half century war and invasion resumed.
@darth_yoda
@darth_yoda 4 жыл бұрын
One thing that have always set this movie apart in my eyes are the epic music (As is also mentioned) Its bloody SICK and even to this day still gives me the shivers and tears to the eyes when listening to it.
@ImmaLittlePip
@ImmaLittlePip 5 жыл бұрын
History Buff: Black Hawk Down and possibly the mash movie
@BabaYagaRacing
@BabaYagaRacing 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@WickedKingLycoan
@WickedKingLycoan 4 жыл бұрын
ImmaLittlePip: I would love his take on ‘Mash’. That was a seventies take on 1950’s events, replete with innuendo and silly comedy and sex takes.
@UserName-qt9dz
@UserName-qt9dz 4 жыл бұрын
“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt” - Juvenal
@JonnievonHeldreich
@JonnievonHeldreich 4 жыл бұрын
Love History Buffs and currently working my way through them, Gladiator is definitely one of my favourites of all time & one of Ollie Reed’s finest performances in my opinion
@RitsukaRose
@RitsukaRose 5 жыл бұрын
I'm new to the channel WTF was that intro subbed for its sheer coolness
@dire_5
@dire_5 5 жыл бұрын
I was looking for it just like you, and found it deeper in the comments - Palladio by Escala. Cheers!
@catslinemiruna1610
@catslinemiruna1610 8 ай бұрын
​@@dire_5 THANK YOU. I was looking for the name of the song for so long. THANK YOU
@jeuzy
@jeuzy 5 жыл бұрын
16:13 "....However, the 'real' Commodus, the lil' shit that he was." Lol! Subscribed!
@realtalkboxing.
@realtalkboxing. 5 жыл бұрын
George Edwards instant subscription
@russ_the_corso_dad1947
@russ_the_corso_dad1947 4 жыл бұрын
Small (somewhat insignificant) detail u missed and couldn't have known about unless you're a specific kinda dog guy... At 3:16 they show a "war dog". Unfortunately it's a German Shephard type dog. And while the Roman's were fighting against a Germanic army, they definitely would've been using an actual war dog. A breed of dog literally bred for war. It's called a Cane Corso or possibly a Neopolitan Mastiff if the general came from real money. The Corso is a decedent/offshoot of the Neo and has been around for about 4000 years. They were bred specifically for war and guardian purposes for at least a thousand years by this time. Look em up. They're a badass breed and terrifying to be on the bad side of
@CC-8891
@CC-8891 3 жыл бұрын
From what I've read I have heard the Roman soldiers used Rottweilers.
@dongraham8236
@dongraham8236 3 жыл бұрын
Mastiffs yes...but geese were great before the claymores were set off...
@jasonmason2471
@jasonmason2471 2 жыл бұрын
@CC not Rotweilers. That breed fidn't exist in Toman zimes. But Neopolitan Mastiffs. Impressive dogs, with deep voices. There were used to grighten, not really to fight.
@crispspondulicks2465
@crispspondulicks2465 5 жыл бұрын
- "People should know when they're conquered."
@owennelson2460
@owennelson2460 5 жыл бұрын
Would you? Would i?
@HarionDafar
@HarionDafar 5 жыл бұрын
Ha! Germania has never been successfully conquered!
@chatteyj
@chatteyj 5 жыл бұрын
Would you Guintas?
@jamessalvatore7054
@jamessalvatore7054 5 жыл бұрын
@@HarionDafar ehhhhh the soviet tank invasion of ww2 disagrees with you.
@HarionDafar
@HarionDafar 5 жыл бұрын
@@jamessalvatore7054 No it doesn't. I was talking about a regional's that was called Germania. I am not talking about Germany. Obviously.
@alphacause
@alphacause 8 жыл бұрын
Gladiator wasn't just a great movie. With its breathtaking cinematography, larger than life characters, and probably one of the most epic musical scores in cinematic history, Gladiator was a damn spiritual experience!
@flagcoco69
@flagcoco69 5 жыл бұрын
When I first saw this in the theater, within five minute I was in awe of it and thought, They remade Fall of the Roman Empire. This was the kind of epic they were making fifty years prior. This was my generation's Ben Hur and Spartacus. It was masterful storytelling in an era that forgot how to tell a story. Instead of space battles and street gangs duking it out with police, it was a trip back 2000 years. I think that's an angle you missed, how this movie emulated the epics from the 1950s and stood out against the action movies of the early 21st Century.
@thatpanamahatlife1497
@thatpanamahatlife1497 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! Nailed it perfectly.
@justindearmond1
@justindearmond1 Жыл бұрын
The guy wearing the bulls head just had to be a reference to the movie time bandits. Sean Connery plays agememnon who defeats a bull headed warrior. Great movie
@TheCaucusFlow
@TheCaucusFlow 8 жыл бұрын
Congrats on your huge sub boost !
@HistoryBuffs
@HistoryBuffs 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
@luf4rall
@luf4rall 8 жыл бұрын
+History Buffs Nicky poo
@zachyaninek2658
@zachyaninek2658 8 жыл бұрын
+History Buffs Could you do a review of the movie Gettysburg
@easyhateoven
@easyhateoven 5 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see one on Gangs of New York!
@sayatnersissyann5565
@sayatnersissyann5565 4 жыл бұрын
гладатт
@sayatnersissyann5565
@sayatnersissyann5565 4 жыл бұрын
гладатр
@easyhateoven
@easyhateoven 4 жыл бұрын
@@ispartacus1337 Sweet
@horsecorpse
@horsecorpse 4 жыл бұрын
@@sayatnersissyann5565 I agree. Sayat, but that's not giving the source material enough credit.
@MichaelMedici61W2
@MichaelMedici61W2 4 жыл бұрын
So would I! There is a video out there that comes somewhat close to what this channel does but definitely not as good and entertaining as this channel would.
@jacksonthesyndicalist2771
@jacksonthesyndicalist2771 6 жыл бұрын
10:28 this guy would never be a gladiator. A person who can both write and speak seven languages would be worth at least ten times more as a translator, tutor or scribe then as a terrible gladiator. Granted he would still be a slave. He should just explain this to his master, he seems like a smart guy, he’ll probably take him out of gladiator school.
@dimethedude
@dimethedude 29 күн бұрын
Can’t wait for the compassion between the sequel and this one
@GregandFelicity
@GregandFelicity 9 жыл бұрын
Great take on everything. Just found your channel looking for other history-based video makers... Now going to loose a day binge watching your vids!
@HistoryBuffs
@HistoryBuffs 9 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! Hopefully I wont let you down :)
@NachoManRandySandwich
@NachoManRandySandwich 9 жыл бұрын
+History Buffs I have a request. Although it's not a movie I'd love to hear your take on the Starz Spartacus series.
@Winaska
@Winaska 9 жыл бұрын
+History Buffs you should also do a video on Fall of the Roman Empire, since it and Gladiator are the same story, more or less
@sickbars4lyfe900
@sickbars4lyfe900 6 жыл бұрын
One thing, Romans favorite form of entertainment was actually chariot racing, supporters would kill each other over loses, with after some races hundreds of people would die
@stevek8829
@stevek8829 6 жыл бұрын
Romans, not exactly civilized.
@jeffcone1464
@jeffcone1464 6 жыл бұрын
Gamble responsibly.
@Uppernorwood976
@Uppernorwood976 6 жыл бұрын
Circus Maximus was THE venue in Rome. Way bigger than the Colusseum.
@jeffcone1464
@jeffcone1464 6 жыл бұрын
TY @uppernorwood i never knew that was that huge! its like twice of that of the Colosseum
@ben76326
@ben76326 5 жыл бұрын
@Stephen Bidgood yeah they were called demes and there were the blues, greens, reds, and whites. (Later it was just the greens and the blues). It's pretty crazy that caused a riot that destroyed approximately half of Constantinople.
@vorbo01
@vorbo01 8 жыл бұрын
How do you not mention that gladiators were rarely killed in these games?
@turbostoep
@turbostoep 7 жыл бұрын
vorbo01 i also heard it was often like fake american wrestling today, everything choreographed.
@Nantosuelta
@Nantosuelta 7 жыл бұрын
Exactly, it was insanely expensive and incredibly time consuming to train, feed, and care for a gladiator. It would take years and years of constant training and pampering to make one gladiator able to put on a good display for the crowd, so to kill them often would be idiotic since within a few years maybe even less, you would be out of gladiators to put on good performances. Gladiators were very similar to pro wrestlers, they were taught how to fight in ways that looked very aesthetically pleasing but did the minimum amount of damage to their opponent. It was more like a very deadly form of stage performance than an actual duel to the death.
@Briggie
@Briggie 7 жыл бұрын
I also read that gladiators rarely died and if they did it was usually an accident. Also if they did die that the owner had to be compensated. If it was intentional the owner of the offending slave could also be charged with murder/manslaughter which wouldn’t be good for him obviously.
@JG-id5vi
@JG-id5vi 6 жыл бұрын
Gladiators were rarely killed. Most gladiators were not even slaves. They did it as a profression. But that doesnt mean alot of people didnt die. Not all those in the arena were gladiators. Many were criminals convicted to death by gladiator.
@amitabhakusari2304
@amitabhakusari2304 6 жыл бұрын
Also, the gladiator types, the fact that only certain types were pitted against another types, their armour and weapons, and that they were based on enemies Rome had faced in the past. This guy is certainly not a Roman History buff.
@stephanwatson7902
@stephanwatson7902 3 жыл бұрын
9:41 They weren't all fights to the death either, gladiators were incredibly valuable superstar athletes. Only 1 in 10 gladiators died in matches...
@AceXSpeedy
@AceXSpeedy 6 жыл бұрын
You should have mentioned the fact that thumbs up and thumbs down actually meant the reverse of what most people think. Thumbs up meant death, and thumbs down meant swords down.
@SapphireCrusader1988
@SapphireCrusader1988 5 жыл бұрын
Really?! Damn, I didn't know that!
@richardscanlan3419
@richardscanlan3419 5 жыл бұрын
@@SapphireCrusader1988 he is 100% correct.
@Farhadahmed11
@Farhadahmed11 5 жыл бұрын
The music makes this movie 10x better! Overall amazing movie
@SpaceMissile
@SpaceMissile 5 жыл бұрын
funnily enough - i watched it last night and a friend told me about how the music was legendary and that hans zimmer did it. ...i then tried to remember literally any scene with music and i simply could not. as a musician, i'm kinda disappointed in myself. ha could mean though that it was a perfect complement to the movie and didn't overpower it at all. 🤷‍♂️
@xakirax_8864
@xakirax_8864 4 жыл бұрын
Is that the revenant in your pfp?
@jimjohnston5092
@jimjohnston5092 5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites of all time, and I have seen A LOT of movies. Yes, I was entertained.
@omargonzales3
@omargonzales3 Ай бұрын
I love that you can see Marcus Aurelius writing his famous Meditations diary. It’s not implied in the movie but, books about Marcus have stated that he would often write in his diary before battles.
@PrivateTracker8
@PrivateTracker8 8 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel! its a gem glad to have come across it. Now about to binge watch your videos.
@HistoryBuffs
@HistoryBuffs 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for finding it! Would you mind telling me how you did? It will just give me an idea of ways to help promote it
@PrivateTracker8
@PrivateTracker8 8 жыл бұрын
On the suggested videos category. After watching other history related videos by the way epic intro
@Thecatnipproject
@Thecatnipproject 8 жыл бұрын
+History Buffs do courage under fire
@vivertinepgmchampion3591
@vivertinepgmchampion3591 6 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, at 4:20 it's clear to see that Marcus Aurelius speaks about the world ''I created''' because he refers to himself as '''Caesar'', which is, beside the actual title - ruler, emperor, you name it, a standard, a thing beyond the meaning of the titles. I think that's more in his mind than the actually title. It's like a superpower, it's like a demigod thing. I don't know if it's true, but this thing can be an explanation.
@AshyView24
@AshyView24 5 жыл бұрын
Commodus is a prime example as to why hereditary succession breeds weakness
@LucyLioness100
@LucyLioness100 4 жыл бұрын
He quickly lost interest in being an effective ruler once he discovered the gladiatorial lifestyle. Commodus did remain popular with the people for quite some time
@linusdn2777
@linusdn2777 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but he is a fictionalized character in this movie.
@mp7950
@mp7950 4 жыл бұрын
Linus D N Based on a real person who was just as incompetent.
@firstnamelastname-uw6vq
@firstnamelastname-uw6vq 4 жыл бұрын
Basically he was Stalin of the Roman Empire xD
@MK-rw1on
@MK-rw1on 4 жыл бұрын
But Marcus Aurelius did try his best. The boy just could havd never been a good leader.
@DanKindopp
@DanKindopp Жыл бұрын
Just found your series, great content all around. I love that you appreciate the artistry in this film despite the liberties it takes with the history. I believe that this is largely possible due to the fact that Scott never pretended to be telling a history, but rather was clear about creating a fantasy based on the events.
@WARPATH_45
@WARPATH_45 5 жыл бұрын
Been binge watching your channel for 2 days since I found you. Keep up the great work buddy👌🏼
@jdiamond1952
@jdiamond1952 5 жыл бұрын
Travis Hernandez same man! Somehow got him into my recommended and I have been watching non-stop during slow times at work lol. Simply fascinating channel and very very informative!
@androkles04
@androkles04 5 жыл бұрын
For all of its historical inaccuracies, Gladiator is a masterpiece of a movie. The visuals, the music, and for the most part the acting and the writing is phenomenal; and to this day it is the very reason I ever got interested in the history and culture of the Roman Empire and Republic.
@dongraham8236
@dongraham8236 3 жыл бұрын
Lots of good stuff mixed with the fluff though...
@framerate3003
@framerate3003 3 жыл бұрын
lesson of the day: joaquin phoenix is very good at acting as a depressed character
@Ansible1000
@Ansible1000 2 жыл бұрын
I use this movie in my World History classes. I tell my students it's a very good movie, then show it to them. They get really into it, then I assign them a paper to write how inaccurate it is. It blows their minds. What is good about it is it really captures the essence of how people imagine Rome. It's not steeped in detail like the Didius Falco and Flavia Albia books (Roman noir murder-mysteries by Lindsey Davis, check 'em out!) nor is it painstakingly true to events like the Warrior of Rome series (Harry Sidebottom). It's not even reveling in the values dissonance of Rome vs. Modern day while being largely accurate in broad strokes and extremely accurate in the little details like the HBO-BBC Rome series (which owes a lot to Gladiator). It's a broad strokes pastiche of what comes to mind when people say 'the glory that was Rome' or 'the Roman Empire.' It's Rome at its most decadent, its most fantastical and greatest extent, the unchallenged greatest empire in the world (alongside the Eastern Han in China, but totally different spheres of influence, also Aksum in East Africa). It's for this reason I use Gladiator in school, to give my students a taste of Rome as it is best remembered, then let them know the well is far deeper than they can see from the surface.
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