Gladiator (2000) - Commodus enters Rome

Gladiator (2000) - Commodus enters Rome

[@malinibai1133]

No piece of music has ever captured the sense of the might and glory of the Roman Empire at the peak of its power better than this scene. Hans Zimmer outdid himself here.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@thomasmartin7524]

Large parts of this piece are "borrowed" from Richard Wagners Nibelungen.

[@alexheldt1500]

Richard Wagner did.😂

[@RoyalZarak]

“He enters Rome like a conquering hero, but what has he conquered?” Great line

[@mongolianfishingvillages1371]

Yup

[@wheresthelotion6734]

The senate. As emperor

[@bobafett9348]

Joaquin Phoenix coming for the Oscars 2019 be like :

[@pilgrim7697]

how accurate! 😂

[@pinkcrazygirl]

But with the main difference that the crowd applauded for him.

[@montsesanchez9297]

Yeaaaaaaaah

[@morgothfromangband6082]

He should have gotten the oscar for his role in Gladiator.

[@Gallowglass7]

100% lol

[@adamantium4999]

“There was once a dream that was Rome.”

[@grandadmiralthrawn9231]

I came. I saw. I conquered.

[@nitin8308]

@@grandadmiralthrawn9231 he is here!

[@sibel5412]

And is one good man worth romes life, we belived it once

[@MarcusAurelius7777]

@@grandadmiralthrawn9231 Everything is opinion.

[@el_chico1313]

which one? the republican? the imperial?

[@paulhoon7940]

He played as a Roman emperor and 23 years later he plays as the French emperor Napoleon. Who knew?

[@LukeKetchum7003]

Joaquin Phoenix was born to be a true ruler. 👑 No doubt about it.

[@notrius7754]

except his performence in Gladiator is stellar and in Napoleon is pathetic, it was actually hard to watch his miserable attempt at playing Bonaparte.

[@mini_mozzer]

he played as a roman emperor and then 23 years later he was ass as napoleon. i know.

[@bluetrailerproductions7488]

Directed by the Same Guy

[@delavalmilker]

Perhaps no other scene has ever given such an awesome impression of the Roman Empire at its height. A Superstate, stretching from Scotland to the Persian Gulf. From the Rhine and Danube, to the Atlas Mountains.

[@captainyossarian388]

And the solid foundation upon which the West was built. Very proud of our Greek and Roman parentage as a civilization.

[@thomasjust2663]

Yes, I'm a spanish native speaker, the first time I went to rome and saw 2,000 + years old latin letters and I could actually understand a few words, I was taken a back, how the roman empire influence is still present today

[@inatmen]

Marcus Aurelius great grand father "trajan" was the best cesar the roman empire ever had... Commudus was the beggining of the end.. So Rome at that time was amazing...!!

[@nugget7892]

@@inatmen the empire peaked with trajan, however everything that peaks also goes down, so the empire did. The empire already started to decline with hadrian

[@gcHK47]

An Empire so prominent and prestigious that even the ancient land of China knew of them.

[@royalhero4608]

The costume he wears is still by FAR the coolest I have ever seen anyone wear

[@blushdog99]

i prefer the one he wears in the chariot battle scene

[@mehwish7558]

What a gorgeous score! And Rome looks mesmerizing. Brilliant work depicting the majesty of all that once was.

[@emiliod90]

Music is epic

[@geoffwilliams4478]

I listen to the first 20 seconds Everytime I go to bed

[@renemavungo3772]

Hans Zimmer !

[@MarcusAurelius7777]

Everything is opinion.

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Rome didn't look like this. This is a spoof of a nazi propaganda film to make a narrative point about the movies Big Bad. Watch the Rome TV-series for a more real look on how the city was

[@apple4144]

I just can't express how impressed I am when I first watched this. it is exactly how I imaged what Rome should be like 2000 years ago. Even today, every time before I visit Rome, I will watch this scene again in the departure night.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

This was actually taking place almost 1200 years ago, since this took place around, 850 A.D., if I'm not mistaken

[@zakariamussa3703]

@@geoffwilliams4478 commodus is 200 ad, after his death septimus severus claimed the title as ceaser

[@AGH331]

@@geoffwilliams4478 Commodus reigned 180 to 192 AD.

[@ItzWolves_]

@@geoffwilliams4478 I believe the western Roman Empire (including Rome itself) had fallen by 476 AD correct me if I'm wrong.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@detectivefowler4135]

"He enters Rome as a conquering hero, what has he conquered? Me: MY HEART 😍😍😍

[@reddimore9355]

...Commodus was a bit of a schmuck...

[@OoxB505]

Hell yeaa! 😍😍🥰😝

[@user-dc6ns1sm7n]

Mediocre Joker maykinG

[@ibrahimkayikci2146]

Why? He's your brother?

[@htf5555]

lole

[@LukeKetchum7003]

Lucius running to his mother brings warmth and happiness.

[@create-a-state]

Who agrees we need more Roman films??

[@lordgoro]

agreed

[@grandadmiralthrawn9231]

Agreed

[@rkmugen]

I'll say it differently..... I concur.

[@dzonikg]

More Roman and more Ancient world like Greeks ,not many movie about them ..i went to many Greek islands and always explore remainings off ancient cities there ,its just mind blowing for me reading words that were 2500 years old now and translate them with google..like i find some gravestone now in private yard..550 B.C. and there were words still on it ..after all that years..and using google i find translation that it was a couple that married at 18 years old and they live together 40 years happily and tombstone was erected by his wife..i was amazed when translated..like i was backed in time and saw them

[@roelmd8907]

Agreed. Roma in the time of Nerva/ Trajan, or Nueva Roma (Constantinople) in the time of Constantine I or Justinianus I

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

Greatest city ever built.

[@Przemysl-dy6er]

By the rivers of Babylon! How dare you affirm such a thing?

[@Kopite4life12]

No, new Rome i.e Constantinople

[@cerono9169]

@@Kopite4life12 bitch plese, valhalla

[@F1990T]

@@Kopite4life12 Constantinopolis golden age during Justinian reign in mid-late 6th century AD, was at much the 3/4 of Rome in the same period, Rome at its peak during 2nd-3rd century AD, was twice than Constantinopolis at the death of Justinan, rome is rome and constantinopolis will always be the shadow of rome.

[@oivamickelsson3864]

@D Rock Obviously you've never been to Europe. Edit: Not just Europe there are countless cities which are greater than Washington DC For instance: Hamburg, Venezia, Roma, Riga, Stockholm, Bergen, Singapore, Shenzen, Paris, Helsinki, Krakow, Barcelona and I could go on I don't get why you yanks are so arrogant. You have no history, your government is functionally an oligarchy, you're funding a country which is committing genocide. And you're really huge hypocrites, you claim to value democracy but in truth, yankland is one of the least democratic powers in the western world.

[@texasvanity]

I remember seeing this at the movies when it was released. For some reason this particular scene stuck with me. Must be the spectacle of Rome and its Forum, which is where this scene is supposed to be set, along with the musical score. It really captures the imagination.

[@ryanalt5048]

Maybe it was the beautiful music.

[@trajan231]

That shot of the Praetorians formed up kind of stuck with me. Trivia: They were only one of two armies allowed within Rome on a permanent basis.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@TreJowy]

I still get shivers from this scene. Wait...this movie is now 20 years old? I suppose that's a quality of a timeless piece of art.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@lesliechan31]

This is when I first fell in hopeless love with Joaquin.

[@ihatewhitey6689]

Would you let him spread your cheeks for the glory of the Empire?

[@DakotaFord592]

@@ihatewhitey6689 yes!!

[@dagaybrucewayne]

lol

[@MrBastilleDay]

When I related to Commodus far more than I ever could Maximus.

[@LoftBits]

Leni Reifenstahl lives forever in the minds of movie makers ;-)

[@Bucci86Marco]

The Eternal City ❤

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

That bit from around 1:30 to 1:40 never fails to make me smile. One of my favorite pieces of music.

[@thomasmartin7524]

Large parts of this piece are "borrowed" from Richard Wagners Nibelungen.

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

Joaquin will always be Commodus to me lol

[@RICHARDGAURABSARKAR]

This is indeed one of the most phenomenal scenes of the movie !! The grand depiction of Rome and the emperor's entry, accompanied with the unusually beautiful music evokes a Godly feeling, altogether!! 😊❤️ I was in my primary school when I first watched this movie. After all these years, watching this scene all over again gives me an even more intense feeling!!

[@chmendez]

I wish we can go back in time and see Rome at its prime.

[@ramonglaser7953]

Rom, das war einmal ein Traum…

[@lawrencebittke8478]

After his brilliant role as the Emperor Claudius in the 1976 TV series I CLAUDIUS, Derek Jacobi returns to Rome as Senator Gracchus in GLADIATOR. Great 👍 actor!!

[@tahyachebziati5901]

one of the greats films from Hollywood

[@johnsarmiento1797]

One of the greatest motion pictures Hollywood ever produced!

[@christat5336]

The Rome is coming back,..the old day's of glory are here again..

[@H3llBaron]

Where and when?? Last gold time of Rome city was during Theodoric in VI century, before gothic war.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@conorhenderson8537]

Rome is The Future friend.

[@PrimalElf]

One of the greatest movies of all time Two questions: 1.Where the hell a Oscar for Phoneix 2.Where the F##K a Oscar for Zimmer

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

This scene is incredibly beautiful, and the score is amazing.

[@thomasmartin7524]

Large parts of this piece are "borrowed" from Richard Wagners Nibelungen.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

The world needs the light of Rome again.

[@HVLLOWS1999]

I wish they would have showed the Emperor macking his way to Jupiters temple to offer sacrifices. As per tradition apon an Emperors arrival into Rome.

[@bill8352]

I remember first seeing this movie when my parents first bought a flat screen 60 inch TV in the early 2000's. It is an unforgettable scene

[@Nperez1986]

it's so sad this is now 22 years old. I remember seeing it in high school and being blown away

[@samtrotter7177]

. . .why on earth is that "sad?"

[@seren4740]

I don't understand how it is sad

[@thomasmartin7524]

you getting old is the only sad part here.

[@jdxsr85]

It gets better with time. Gladiator will never age.

[@roxaneramsey8432]

GORGEOUS MUSIC!! The scene is a MASTERPIECE!!

[@stevee4257]

You know a city is truly beautiful when it looks good on a gloomy overcast day too

[@rogerpenna]

Rome was not white as shown here. They liked to paint all that white marble in some vivid colors.

[@tysswe1]

Rome had white people in it. There were prominent people from all over europe present in rome you should know this.

[@JohnSmith-ys4nl]

I suggest you read the histories. Commodus himself was described by Herodian as "well proportioned and attractive, with naturally blond and curly hair." So, if anything, Phoenix is too dark to play the part of Commodus. Of course, it suppose it depends on what the Romans meant when they said "blonde." It could mean a light brown color, not a flaxen haired color like you'd see in Sweden.

[@antonvanderbatez6015]

John Smith he's talking about the architecture

[@tysswe1]

Anton. Damn your right.

[@JohnSmith-ys4nl]

I fail at reading.

[@angelcastilla885]

Así como una guitarra captura la esencia de España esta música captura la esencia de la Roma imperial. Con sus luces y sus sombras. Gran película y gran banda sonora.

[@OoxB505]

Joaquin’s so gorgeous in this movie 😍😍

[@lanas.2093]

Most beautiful city ever built on earth

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@MarkEmperor]

@@Ferruccio_GuicciardiNova Roma! Roma Victor! Praise the Emperor!

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

Roma Victrix ! De reliquo mundo multum vidi. Ferum et crudele et obscurum est. Roma est lux !

[@Suddyboy1]

Remember watching this in Amsterdam. The cinema interior looked like the Royal Albert Hall.

[@johnkilrainblackstone6986]

This and the battle of Germania were the best bits.

[@drfunk1986]

idk man I loved the transition from the small colonies where gladiators fought, the gladiator training sessions and the little bits you got to see of his farm land. Everything had a charm to it. Plus the Colosseum battles were epic.

[@jrg4587]

ONE OF THE MOST EPIC MOVIES. EVER!!!!!!!

[@crxracer805]

Such a beautiful scene and the cinematography is amazing as it played out and combined with the music.

[@lionofpunjab148]

This movie is masterpiece in Hollywood history.

[@calasalos]

SPQR

[@Atrux1]

20 years after, this film is just one of my top five favourite! So Greatness in it! Hans Zimmer at its best! (that guy is able to write everything, thats disgusting such a talent)

[@DaveDexterMusic]

It must be said that the Holst estate sued him for this soundtrack, and the score here "borrows" almost verbatim from a very famous classical piece whose name and composer currently escapes me.

[@andrewrichesson8627]

@@DaveDexterMusic Holst's Mars. Wagner definitely copied, probably at the bequest of the director.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@alexheldt1500]

Richard Wagner wrote the score.😅

[@zico739]

This and HBO’s Rome really are what anyone should aim for if their subject is antiquity.

[@AGH331]

This movie is grossly inaccurate in almost every detail, from the military equipment and strategy, to the layout and dimensions of Rome shown in this scene, to the subject matter itself. I know that people love it as an action movie, but for historical accuracy it gets a D- at best, and is not at all what movies or series set in ancient Rome should aim for.

[@49ner4lifer]

​@AGH331 so in your opinion what film, show, or reading material should they aim for?

[@samanthazanchettin9299]

I always get emotional when Lucius hugs his mother

[@erk44]

Like me youre probably a mother then

[@ludwigzanette3090]

The music between the 20th and 29th seconds and after between 1.30min/1.35min is just beautiful and geniale ! Hans Zimmer is just a genie !

[@IrishCarney]

Based strongly on Wagner

[@Jonmad17]

@@IrishCarney Yeah, this sounds exactly like Wagner, almost to the point of plagiarism

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@thomasmartin7524]

Large parts of this piece are "borrowed" from Richard Wagners Nibelungen.

[@H3llBaron]

This is not the real centre, it was very different also way more monumental than this. The biggest temple of Rome (centre-left) was the temple of Venus, in front of Coliseum. In the centre there was the arch of Titus (0:14) and it is still there, in the beginning of via Sacra, but in 1:17 we see Arch of Septimius Severus (built in 222) like it was the entrance of Senate circular square (this is fantasy), but the arch is luckly still there; the second temple (centre-right) was the temple of Heliogabalus ( do not existed yet at the time of Commodus). All those columns are inspired by the square of Saint Pietro in Vatican, but the Roman Forum never had that wide place. It was full of imperial palaces, in the centre it included a square with so many honorific columns and statues, kind of "trophy square", very important part of Rome. In fact, the real centre was really better and way more richer than this "simple" symbolic picture in cgi. All this goodness destroyed by the time, the gothic war in VI century, stolen marbles, and especially destructions of earthquakes from 801 year and next.

[@poseidon3292]

Also Is weird in the third scene of that magnificent cinematography who lack in History Realism though, that we see those gigantic banners and the Gigantic Colosseum and even more Gigantic Temple on the Left and the people are so tiny like thousand myrmidons.. Even the Ancient Egypt was never so Gigantic on every Mighty Structure Structure. The director here scaled too much the Structures of Mighty Rome. More realism and history accurate I find in some none movies but 3D architect footages that explain how ancient Rome was really. But general in none hollywood film I saw Rome in the manner it really was. Of course was the most Mighty and Bright City in the World of the Ancient World after was Babylon but here these buildings are like they ve been built by Titans not humans Lol and hurts so much to my eyes this. Of course the opposite is in HBO ROME that we see a very non suitable Ancient Rome Picture. Even in some PC games I think we could create in somehow Rome with the description you mentioned above but needs so much effort and very careful notes that is very hard to achieve that. Anyway, Thanks a lot for this info friend. I will keep it deep cause Ancient World especially Rome was always a real Magnificent part of my head and I always wanted to have a PC game that has a complete list of Ancient Rome stuff or to see a great movie with history accurate theme of that Mighty City of the Ancient World.

[@Greysquirrel98]

“I think he could do very well” “For Rome, or for you?”

[@Aces77777]

They made Rome so dark and quiet

[@abigailsockeye1586]

Johnny Cash, The Golden Years

[@MarcusAurelius7777]

Thanks for posting..Good old days...

[@grandadmiralthrawn9231]

I agree

[@blaccdong7810]

From Rome to France, long live the Emperor Phoenix!

[@jbohnoff]

(Later that afternoon) Gracchus: Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire? Commodos: No, but if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you will.

[@drewhendley]

Rome deserved Maximus entering like a conquering hero 👑

[@ludwigzanette3090]

so wonderful, awesome, amazing !!!! confident and powerful in its serenity

[@Blaquend1]

La Gloria de Roma

[@johncastillo5462]

e la memoria of roma

[@blancacastillo5902]

Blaquend1

[@ast726]

La Falsa Vanagloria de Lucio Aurelio Cómodo Antonino, en Roma.

[@morgothfromangband6082]

This is the ONE AND ONLY Italian culture!!

[@ale.363]

Blaquend1 *di

[@user-mh6bd6on8m]

The year is 2020 and this movie is still spectacular

[@tar-davidtelcntar8411]

El esplendor de Roma, que chula escena.

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

As an admirer of ancient Roman architecture, I recently booked travel to gaze upon it with my own eyes in Las Vegas.

[@pacotron]

Musica increible para una pelicula increible. Grande Zimmer

[@thomasmartin7524]

Large parts of this piece are "borrowed" from Richard Wagners Nibelungen.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

So appropriate to use the dark filter. It's a fairly bright day but it still looks gloomy.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus All... for the Might of Rome !

[@frazer3191]

In reality one of Caesar’s servants always travelled in his chariot whispering all along the journey “remember Caesar thou art mortal” Can you imagine how you must have felt crossing the Rubicon and entering Rome in triumph. The entire Pretorian Guard lining the route and legions of soldiers on parade in the forum. The entire city throwing flowers and screaming. And you dismount and ascend the steps of the senate to take your throne as the Emperor of the Empire. And the most powerful man on the face earth of the earth perhaps on oat with the emperor in China. Stalin they say was the most powerful man in all of human history but he never entered Moscow in triumph he never rode a chariot or a white charger that was marshal Zhukov, and the USSR at its zenith was nothing on Rome. Perhaps when the King Emperor of Britain attended the Deli Durbar in India he felt a little of how Caesar must have felt. But even London at its most imperial and at full pomp Victorian or Edwardian England still never quite had a Caesar feel to proceedings. The emperor of China at this time of history might be the closest thing to the Emperor.

[@trajan231]

Troops were all Praetorian Guards. I think there 3 or 4 legions of them.

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

"I have seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light !" - Maximus

[@Paralyzer]

I cant imgaine the glory of this city of rome 2000 years ago. and look what we have today. they were truly ahead of their time. roma victor!.

[@CleberSantos-io9bk]

0:13 Usurper

[@agostinialfredo9596]

Glorias aeterna senatus populusque Romanus Roma caput mundi

[@pawannegi8222]

Still my favourite movie. And ever

[@tar-davidtelcntar8411]

Numenor and its splendour

[@Atrux1]

0:39 : that look... "you cant touch me, you piss of shit". That actor was great on it

[@ElliottAS]

Hail Cesar!

[@johntriplett4470]

Lots of Wagner in this.

[@drfunk1986]

anyone else notice it goes from muted colors when he's arriving to a cheerful sunned colors appearing the minute he hugs his mother?

[@siyashilla6885]

I noticed as well

[@Medicranger]

Well yeah it’s dawn going into morning sun.

[@pawannegi8222]

Still my favourite movie

[@martinmanifold2241]

Hanz zimmer jokingly admitted going the full "wagner" on this score

[@connor4218]

Ye it looks good for 2020

[@bronson1392]

This music lifted straight from peter gynt morning mood, 1 min 20 secs in... works though,

[@noroupstudiosmc7978]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@johnadams20132013]

Brilliant film still watching in 2020

[@bekilturgut]

Man had some style

[@revshareglobal7334]

This is on AMC all the time.... somehow this reminds me of Jan 20 2021..... oh yea.....

[@3dvin927]

Götterdämmerung: Prologue influence?

[@francescostola1038]

Wonderful and emocion scene the Gladiator

[@edwardrichardson8254]

Hell yeah Leni Riefenstahl!!!!!

[@greengardengreen6666]

Roma, our Roma, the music is fitting, it captures the feeling of the ancient city.

[@greengardengreen6666]

I get goosebumps when I hear this beautiful orchestral heavenly melody, and the grandiose scene of Rome. I guess because deep down inside, as a westerners I feels Roman too.

[@thomasmartin7524]

Large parts of this piece are "borrowed" from Richard Wagners Nibelungen.

[@Wanderer628]

And so begins the decline of Rome...

[@blancacastillo5902]

yeah i agree history repeating it self that for sure.

[@El_Gungas]

Man, why is Luscius so cute!

[@theclashking2697]

1:21 You can see quintus in the background

[@ikkimi7745]

Love it, the Wagner-like music suits the aesthetic incredibly well, this was perhaps the last grand depiction of Rome in that marble white, overblown way of classicism. Though it's not historically accurate it's still very enjoyable and striking just like Wagner's works of fantasy.

[@oscaralbertosanchezmontene6780]

habia vistoa Rome en otras filmes soliada y aqui en director fue origianal con colors invernal oscura , la musica uan belleza

[@HAPILIPINIM]

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[@YPAReviews]

1:54 Sounds like he said "thank you fucker."

[@rjw19]

YPA Reviews damn wtf

[@MustafaAli-lb8dq]

2:09 Commodus is like: I am not interested in those matters. All I care is about gladiator fights.

[@Crissy_tina]

😚 Joaquin Phoenix in 2020. 😚

[@JoshuaAvery-gp5dm]

Rome rejoices in your Caesar there are many matters that require your attention

[@miosanjuan7687]

Emperor Jokerius Comedius

[@rabbitskipper4454]

When he rode in it reminded me of how people respond to Trump outside the protection of his rallys. Last night's world series game showed us that.

[@brunochampan2846]

Cena de arrepiar 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DIVOAVGVSTO]

COMMODVS IMP AVG