Leia slays while watching GLADIATOR (2000) Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@sean---the-other-one]

Russell tells a story of the first day of shooting. Ridley was sizing him up, and said “You’ve got the impending battle in the clearing ahead, but for a moment a bird appears. You watch it for a moment, then follow it with your eyes as it takes flight. You smile a little as you watch it move across the landscape, which takes you back to the reality of what’s about to happen.” Russell said the cameras started rolling and he did exactly what was said, adding his own little details to the moment. Then he said Ridley called cut, came up to him and said “You’ve and me are gonna be fucking great together.”

[@harveylee51]

Another Masterpiece from Ridley Scott . Russell Crowe gives a powerhouse performance as Maximus winning a well deserved Oscar for Best actor and Joaquin Phoenix brings hiss worthy villainy as Commodus . Great reaction from Leia as usual Have an awesome weekend 😊

[@thatsbollox]

I always loved that opening scene with Russel Crowe and the little bird. Everything is written so well on his face. No words needed. Brilliant opening.

[@stlawstlaw7585]

yep, the best opening ever.

[@shainewhite2781]

Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture! "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!? IS THIS NOW WHAT YOU ARE HERE FOR!?"

[@jddonov]

Love how your outfit matches the Roman theme. Bringing it back!

[@stevensantiago8978]

The Soldiers in Purple weren't Maximus's soldiers. They were the Praetorian guards. They were loyal to the emperor. Sort of like a secret service detail

[@k5sss]

And the line about the frost was a dig at them because a real soldier would know that from experience in battle.

[@stevensantiago8978]

@ absolutely true.

[@bigmike0996]

You should not be surprised - that's not his men. The Praetorian guards follow Emperor's orders.

[@chumpzilla000]

The guard conspired and carried out many assassinations on the Emperors

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

​​@@chumpzilla000 True. So? They were still the Emperor's personal guard and obeyed to him for the majority of those four centuries. They wouldn't go sparing a random general's life against the Emperor's orders just out of the blue. 😂

[@SnakeP1tPoetry]

@@chumpzilla000 Same as Janissaries in Ottoman empire,same purpose,they also turned against Sultans,and they also suffered fate similar to praetorians.

[@floriantestu5879]

@@chumpzilla000 Je suis depuis plusieurs années un prétorien dans une association de reconstitution romaine (empereur Hadrien) l'association s'appelle " AUGUSTUS CAESAR PRAETORIA" si ça vous intéresse sur les réseaux. Bref, la garde prétorienne a été créée par Auguste pour se prémunir des menaces internes à Rome (les sénateurs ambitieux) qui ont par exemple assassinés Jules Caesar son oncle et père adoptif, ça lui a servi de leçon pour ne pas reproduire le même schéma de confiance ... Le problème étant que cette garde répondait très bien à Auguste car c'était lui qui l'a créée ... Mais certains empereurs ensuite n'ont pas eu l'étoffe, la grandeur, la légitimité et la justesse d'Auguste, ce qui a attiré l'animosité des prétoriens à certaines époques. D'autre part, cette garde s'est développée et a grandit au fil du temps, ce qui a créé un vrai danger pour le pouvoir à Rome, mais c'est bien parce que certains empereurs n'étaient pas à la hauteur du rôle dont ils étaient investis, et se sont donc laissé avoir par la garde, parfois à raison, parfois à tort.

[@zimvader25]

Which is exactly why it didn’t make sense that Quintus would control the praetorians. He was a legion general and second in command to Maximus. You could understand and believe him betraying Maximus to take over as commander but there’s no way any emperor would give him command of the Praetorians as well. Too much power. He would have the loyalty of the legions AND guard. They would be kept separate exactly for this reason. You don’t want Praetorians loyal to anyone other than the emperor.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

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

[@michaelmengis5230]

wow kind of sad and at the same time kind of honoring.

[@LeviBulger]

Never knew any of that about the pub. That's sad but very cool of the pub.

[@noahorakwue2653]

The first time I heard Proximo speak I thought he was Mark Hamill

[@rawtrout007]

The "joker scars" on the guy are real on the actor, he was in a bar fight and got his face carved into a smile.

[@maxvonsydow6180]

Nice outfit, Leia 💃🙂 ,perfect also for "300" (2006) , "Troy " (2004), "Kingdom of Heaven " (2005), "Ben-Hur " (1959)... and some others 🎬👍

[@chumpzilla000]

The man with the scars, Tommy Flanagan. His scars are real. It's called a Glasgow smile. I believe he was attacked outside of a bar in Scotland

[@TheEND...84]

Их дают предателям из IRA а они террористы похуже ваххабитов, только в Англии. Он так то молодец

[@tommywalker3746]

20:18 yes maggots are disgusting but still the best way to clean a wound. They literally saved his life.

[@richardscanlan3419]

Maggots eat away decaying flesh and have anti inflammatory properties. Disgusting,yes,but using them worked.Most,if not all,ancient civilisations used them for medical purposes.They obv knew these critters worked.

[@thejamppa]

yes, maggot treatment is one of the "secrets" modern medicine has rediscovered after fall of Roman Empire, other things looking sign of illness from poop, tying veins before amputation instead cauterization and usage of leeches.

[@waterbeauty85]

I've read that Proximo was originally supposed to be alive at the end and freed when Maximus defeated Commodus, but Oliver Reed died before that could be filmed, so the footage of Proximo being arrested was turned into the lead up to him being stabbed to death (shown from behind with another actor standing in for Oliver Reed as Proximo).

[@Ottamus_Prime]

And the original ending was Proximo burying the rudius in symbolism of Maximus being free.

[@GeyzerSoze]

@@waterbeauty85 Oliver Reed was a wild man

[@waterbeauty85]

@@GeyzerSoze Remember Peter O'Toole telling David Letterman about a time he and Oliver Reed went out for an evening of drinking, and next morning, they couldn't remember what happened, but they had ended up being banned from an absolutely seedy dive bar.

[@GeyzerSoze]

@ lol no I don’t I’d like to see that - are you sure it wasn’t Peter Cook though? They had some capers ..

[@waterbeauty85]

@@GeyzerSoze Well, darn it! I just found a video of Peter O'Toole telling the story, and it was Richard Harris. I was wrong in my initial comment.

[@MarcoMM1]

Love this movie! "What we do in life echoes in eternity" This quote gets truer and truer the older I get! At the very start of the movie Maximus overrides an order from Quintus to move their artillery back. He says the danger to their cavalry is "acceptable." This might give you the idea that Maximus is a callous commander who uses his men as pawns. He immediately turns this on its head by going off to his secret side army to lead the cavalry charge himself. He wouldn't order his men to take a risk he wouldn't take himself. That is a beautifully subtle bit of character writing to clue the audience in to what kind of man and leader the main character is. "Sometimes the frost makes the blade stick." This is my favorite historical line in cinema. Praetorian guards (The soldiers guarding the emperor, like the secret servic, were elite soldiers, but with limited field and combat experience). That word of advice he gives the soldier before killing him is advice even the lowest soldier in the ranks in that campaign wouldn't need. They would know... the frost on the blade would make it stick to the sheath, so best to at least prep it for utilization beforehand (like drawing it before intended use). He is challenging the soldier with a direct call to his lack of skill and expertise in true combat. And there are some others fun-facts, the scene in which Commodus yells "Am I not merciful?" right in his sister's face was improv at that point. Joaquin Phoenix was just scripted to say it the one time. He ad-libbed the repeat of the line as a menacing yell right in her face and that is real shock on Connie Nielsen's face. The actor playing Proximo (Oliver Reed) died during production, if you rewatch the movie with that in mind you can tell that some scenes were altered to use the remaining footage they had of him, that probably explains this scene. Also, look when they actually stab Proximo, they filmed it so you just see his outline, concealing their use of a stand-in. I´m was curious if you'd pick up on one of the melodies and structure of that battle music in Gladiator was also used in a piece for Pirates since I guess Zimmer just really liked that melody and figured it fit both epic battle and epic daredevil stuns and escapes pretty well. Good memory on the ears! Keep up the good work.

[@huckleberryfinn3472]

That's a war dog and that lil buddy thirsts for blood.

[@themovie8329]

" she looks terrified, she looks pretty" literally Lucilla the entire movie

[@frankb3551]

The Coleseum was the largest building at the time. It was built using concrete, a Roman invention, but without steel supports.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

This film is a powerhouse of writing, acting, directing, score and casting

[@srirahadjeng]

Maximus and Lucilla was once an item years ago but she was married to a Royal blood. But she still hasn't forget him

[@jonathang9705]

Leia, you make a very convincing and lovely Roman maiden. I can just imagine you strolling down the Vicus Tuscas on your way to the Forum, taking time to peruse through the shops and chat with your friends, and turning all the young men's heads. Btw I loved your genuine and heartfelt reaction to the death of Maximus' son and wife.

[@johnmason9655]

Most of the Rome Set scenes were filmed in Malta. The fake Colosseum was 52 feet high, took 7 months to build, and cost a million dollars.

[@RubenRodriguez-qh2dx]

Good reaction, BTW, when the soldiers took him out to execute him, those were not his soldiers that was the royal guard just a little FYI🤘🏼🔥🤘🏼

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

That was fun! Such an epic movie in every sense from the story, soundtrack, cast, locations etc. It's definitely held up.

[@Princessleeilaa]

Finding out that Commodus is played by Joaquin Phoenix was unexpected, yet the moment it was told to me I asked myself “ how could I miss this???”

[@waterbeauty85]

18:11 "These are like his men!" No, they're not. They're members of the Praetorian Guard - the emperor's personal bodyguards. I've only seen one KZbin reactor who got that. I don't know where I learned about the Praetorians, but somehow, they were pretty much common knowledge when I was young. Maybe it was all the old sword and sandal movies they used to show on TV back in the day. history and classic literature used to be incorporated (in distorted and dumbed down form) into pop culture entertainment a lot.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

The personal bodyguards were the Numerus Batavorum (Germanic Guards) at the time due to the Praetorians having a bad habit of killing Emperors. "I, Claudius" does a good job portraying the differences. Most Emperors kept the Praetorians happy with bonus payments because they were useful but also kept them at an arms length away.

[@jackrussell1232]

Just stopping by to say that yes, you do in fact slay. If you went back in time and over to Italy with that outfit I'm pretty sure we'd start seeing brow piercings on all of our Roman statues. I said goddamn.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

The fact that Commodus was horny for his own sister seems astonishing and crazy to us, but the noble families of Europe were incredibly inbred. Partly that was because of the need to continue a noble lineage and also because peace treaties were often bolstered by the intermarriage of royal children from different kingdoms. When WWI broke out, the British King, the Germán Kaisar and the Czar of Russia were first cousins.

[@angelkanul4415]

Hello Leia this movie is a masterpiece and my top 5 all time favorite!

[@matttorrence2900]

LOL Leia is a trip.

[@zachharris3040]

Only a young girl would see that dream villa and be like, I thought it was gonna look nicer. Girl!!! The whole world doesn’t go on vacations to Europe and tropical beaches. That place is pretty majestic.

[@frankmartin3600]

I am entertained! That is why I am here!

[@Gilgie101]

Her voice is very pleasant.

[@Fharenheit]

They are not his soldiers. They are Praetorians, Caesar's personal guards. That's why they were about to kill him

[@kegr1066]

I'm enjoying Leia's pleasant reaction style. Gentle soft-spoken voice, warm smile, and doesn't wear a ton of make-up. A welcome change from the screeching harpies and their Tik Tok rants.

[@wittgen80]

One of the best openings ever.

[@Nimbus1701]

Jack Gleeson said he used much of this performance to model Joffrey after in Game of Thrones. Joaquin Phoenix is a phenomenal actor and played a great villain in Commodus.

[@BouillaBased]

I wonder if Leia's going to follow the standard reactor playbook, which starts with "This is so brutal!" and finishes with "Tear his freakin' guts out!"

[@Time4utube]

Seen this 24 years ago havent seen it since thanks for the reaction 🇮🇪🎬

[@canocohen4218]

Lookin like a Roman empress ☺️

[@JuniorWilliams-iv9zp]

🎉💝💖💝awesome reaction ❤beautiful

[@tomaskennedy]

40:41 That actor is from Scotland. The scars are real. His face was slashed with a broken glass in a bar fight back home in Scotland when he was younger.

[@seanwoods4883]

Women want a Happy Ending. Men want a Glorious Ending.

[@firegod001]

I'm really looking forward to you watching this one. I love your reactions.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

It goes against the romantic legend, but gladiators usually didn't fight to the death. Sometimes prisoners were sent in to face experienced gladiators, which was tantamount to a death sentence, but actual gladiatorial contests pitted experienced vs. experienced.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

like WrestleMania

[@zimvader25]

Experienced vs experienced… until only one stood. And “the gods” decided their fate, just like in the movie. They could walk out of there, or could die. Either or.

[@theveryworstluck1894]

The thing that always bothered me about this movie is, even though Maximus knows Commodus killed his father, when Commodus goes "Take my hand, brother, I'll only offer it once." Maximus would've just done it. Maximus is a GREAT General and leader. He's a master tactician. He would've known to keep up appearances until there was a prime time to strike back at Commodus.

[@hkaayaakuu]

Leia looks very amazingly pretty. Wow . Well done popcorn roulette

[@barryscott8041]

Here here

[@teoj9618]

Leia’s Pikachu face. 😲

[@TheNowhereMan0]

I love your accent when you say "no", it sounds like "no-wa" 😂 Where are you from? (English is not my native language)

[@yellowblanka6058]

Gladiator II apparently revolves around Lucius, who is revealed to be Maximus' son.

[@jonlight670]

Cicero’s (Tommy Flanagan) facial scars are real. He was the victim of a knife attack.

[@adamkhan7736]

The bad guy was the actor; Joaquin Phoenix. He was in the movie 'Signs' with Mel Gibson. In this he plays quite a nice guy😮.

[@mostaley5049]

Great reaction to a great movie. 👏👏😊

[@Time4utube]

🇮🇪💚🎬your earings and necklace are Class.

[@Matthew-ATX]

Ah! Leia!

[@BobCrabtree-ev4rz]

Catchy song.

[@nathanpark1058]

Gladiator sweat sold for a lot of money as an aphrodisiac as well as gladiator urine. Ancient Romans used urine as mouthwash because they thought the ammonia in it disinfected the mouth.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

i thought it was because ammonia it helped whiten the teeth. . . although later in life it would also rot them out

[@GoldenGlaaz]

Goddamn girl you look so pretty in that outfit. This masterpiece is one of my favorite, my top 2, so im glad to find your video and see your reaction, i enjoyed. I hope you watch Gladiator 2

[@Time4utube]

"Annoying little Shit"😂💯

[@michaelperussina2835]

love the jewelry n outfit good job

[@dikshantmittal144]

You look beautiful in this attire!

[@richardlukesh5807]

What you react to online, echoes in eternity! 👍

[@artursandwich1974]

Leia, this is some beautiful jewellery you're sporting. Is it more widely available?

[@hkaayaakuu]

I guess ill watch gladiator for Leia. Its about time

[@stevenbarclay1985]

Fantastic,epic film👍🏼

[@armandopierre1862]

BEAUTIFUL MOVIE ❤

[@TheHessian123]

Just so you know, the soldiers called "Pretorians" would not have been Maximus' men. The Pretorian guards were the Emperor's personal guards. You had to be the best of the best to be a part of the Praetorian guards.

[@michaelchavez2206]

If love gladiator you will definitely love BraveHeart👍

[@leebrooks8000]

You CANNOT say “the music, like…” and stop there 😂 if a Hans Zimmer epic is making u feel something then let it be known lol

[@bruno3778]

Those striped “lions” are known as tigers 😝

[@sinenomis]

The soldiers tasked to kill Maximus where Pretorians, the Imperial Guard, only loyals to the Emperor

[@barryscott8041]

You are dressed perfectly for this, like Lucilla.....

[@javix2013]

36 years old Russell was here and he looks like a 45 year old man in this character's personality.

[@4Kandlez]

In what way?

[@ianhill8345]

Great reaction Leia to a russel crowe classic. This is one of Ridley Scotts best movies. Terrific story and performances all round, Plus best musical score ever. Big thumbs up

[@seanwoods4883]

That's not a dog! He's a SOLDIER!!!

[@michaeldavid6284]

Newsflash: The huge, striped cats in the arena are not lions. They're tigers.

[@johndawhale3197]

lol close enough...

[@frankb3551]

Originally, the gladiatorial contests were a religious issue but gradually became a contest of bravery and to let the people know that Rome was in control of its own destiny. This degraded to the games as shown in the film. It was said that in order to keep order you just needed to give them bread and games. Chariot racing was also part of the games and Rome took part in the Olympic Games in Greece.

[@kriegshammer2161]

" I am Bigus Dickus Maximus...."

[@mm9773]

Check out the guy in jeans and t-shirt in the “Are you not entertained” scene, top left. Even visible in this video.

[@oakarusa]

This is a great movie choice....🎉

[@jamiewilson9280]

The old emperor at the beginning is the original Dumbledore!

[@BobCrabtree-ev4rz]

I preferred him in Cromwell and The Molly Maguires, both movies 1970.Course if you want to hear him sing,there's always Camelot,1967.

[@MrBoyYankee]

A man called 🐎 certified classic.

[@MrBoyYankee]

Sir. Richard Harris. His Son, Jared Harris is also a great actor in his own right.

[@BobCrabtree-ev4rz]

@MrBoyYankee Can't forget that one.Lot of people here don't realize that these actors had actual careers long before Potter or LOTR.

[@Kevin.Costner.]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!! 🗡️👹

[@TheEND...84]

После Чужого это его лучший фильм. Мужик умел, делал.

[@oscarexcan]

Of course the soldiers that were about to kill him wouldn’t leave him go, since those WERE NOT his soldiers, he’s got the loyalty of all of the army, BUT those were not army, but pretorians, the personal guard for the Cesar, so of course they’re obligated to be loyal to the emperor, in this case: Comodus, and of course they wouldn’t know about both, how much Marcus Aurelius would trust Maximus and about Comodus acting against the will of his father and even killing him to prevent Maximus from becoming the actual emperor. His army, his loyal ones, as it was said later, would be ready to come back once they knew Maximus was alive, but obviously they didn’t get to know since Cicero, his assistant, was killed before he could bring Maximus’ army.

[@DavidEllis94]

Ironically, the way you initially pronounced "caesar" when reading the intro text was more accurate to the way the word would be pronounced in Classical Latin. It wasn't pronounced "see-zer", it was "kai-sar".

[@seanwoods4883]

NOT his soldiers! They are the Pretorian Guard. Personal military of the Emperor. Kinda like our Secret Service

[@1MahaDas]

Did she say, "Kazarz?" I guess they didn't teach history at her elementary school!

[@ibrahimasscandy1849]

It was even worse than that, never mind the fighting pits, the people at the time didn't bother to educate themselves, didn't have HR departments or even mental wellness and mindfulness counselors.

[@HeisenStark13]

I refuse to believe this woman goes around asking for kassar salads

[@minnasirvio3184]

Love the movie..maybe teaching somethong about old time

[@johndawhale3197]

Such a wonderful outfit and look 😊

[@lethalchocobo1886]

Get a life.

[@johndawhale3197]

@lethalchocobo1886 Whut??

[@tomaskennedy]

1:32 KASSARS? 👀

[@javiercastrejon8102]

Don’t know if this was meant to be a cosplay or is just your style but you’re dressed like Roman royalty… and yes I mean royalty bc of the purple 😆

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hi Leia hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@tremorsfan]

Before the current Gladiator 2, Nick Cave came up with a way to bring Russel Crowe back. After dying in the first film he wakes up in Elysium only to find it in ruins. It seems that the old gods are being overtaken by Christianity. So they send Maximus out to kill Jesus. Somehow Jesus sends him back to earth in the body of a Christian and makes him immortal. At the end we see a montage of him fighting in every major war throughout history before closing on him as a general in the Pentagon.

[@michaelmengis5230]

i'm courios for gradiator 2 as i heard its abord the Son of the queen(the young prince) but i hope it will at least be as epic as this one, eventhow i know it will be hard, it will be 25 years sins epic muvies abowd rome came out

[@Blaiyan]

Is she purposely dressed like that? I like. Its as if she's matching the aesthetic of the movie. Anyway as for Gladiator. Everything has already been said. Best of all time and will still be years from now.

[@theeLonelyRedPanda]

What i find fascinating is when maximus is asked is that the sign of your god. Will it not anger him. When removing the tattoo of the roman legion. It's bc he wouldn't know what ink or a tattoo would be from his part of the world. So to him a god would have had to put it on him. To him he's probably only familiar with what would be a brand

[@ciaranbrk]

The Emperor could have any woman he wanted. Caligula for example tried to conceive children with all of his sisters. In those times while it was very frowned upon the imperial family would always try and keep power within their family and Dynasty. Take Cleopatra in Egypt for example the Ptolemy family were always intermarried to maintain the family lineage and concentration of power. It was of course frowned upon by the general population and by patrician families who are leaders of the Senate.

[@MB-oc1nw]

Looking very Roman yourself

[@kraiijj]

The beginning is historically not very accurate. Rome never conquered Germania Magna. They got some of their biggest defeats there and finally built the limes to be more secure.

[@edgardosilva3330]

sos lo mas lindo que vi en este dia gracias preciosa

[@Cerise243]

To the girl in this video .... I don't know you, this is my first time seeing you . I want to tell you something with 100% certainty. You have never looked better than you do in this video .

[@barryscott8041]

Amen