THIS IS A MASTERPIECE | *Gladiator* | First Time Watching Movie Reaction

[@diannaellis4708]

The cuts on Russell Crowes' face are real. He got them when the horse he was on a spooked and backed into branches of a tree. Despite this, he is an expert horseman and did his own stunts.

[@LJSpit]

Do not be embarrassed at crying at the end. I have seen this movie many times and have a little sob at the ending ever time.

[@Jon_from_LI]

Joaquin Phoenix was just incredible in this film. You know the performance of a villain in a film is doing an Oscar-worthy job when you just absolutely loathe him to the point where you cannot simply wait for him to die a violent death.

[@XS_Sanz]

Phoenix does such a great job that he even makes us feel not only hate, but also pity, for Commodus... even if you know better than to give that snake a hug. Hard to find such a good villain nowadays!

[@marcusfridh8489]

And he was the inspiration of geoffry in Game of Thrones

[@lechatel]

Actually I thing Crowe is woefully underrated in this, Oscar notwithstanding. A villain is a much easier task to turn in a performance. A hero in an epic is often wooden and bland and too good to be true. Crowe was a revelation after years of clunky wooden handsome heroes. He didn't ACT the part of Maximus he actually WAS Maximus. He was soooo good he made it look easy.

[@2ndTim3_1-6]

Olivier Reeds performance was so underrated and an incredible actor , sort of forgotten by people today.

[@technofilejr3401]

I always thought that Ridley Scott had a truly epic death scene planned for Proximo. But due to his untimely death, we didn’t get that. I would have loved to have seen that old gladiator go out swinging.

[@EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE]

Oliver Reed is one of the greatest actors of all time.

[@gordondafoe3516]

Check out "The Jokers" (1967), classic Oliver Reed! Funny!

[@geraldherrmann787]

"They will clean it!" ... the maggots ARE THERE for cleaning. To this day today maggots are the very last option to clean a necrotic wound when nothing else helps!

[@lennyvalentin6485]

Yes. The maggots will curiously only eat dead flesh (because of having evolved being laid as eggs on corpses), so they don't hurt still living tissues. :)

[@TheToscanaMan]

I always come undone at the end when Lucilla says to Maximus "Go to them." She is letting go of him though she loves him too. Loved your reaction to this movie. Thank you.

[@mostawesomecomment6553]

18:37 "But what has he conquered" "His Daddy" 😂😂🤣

[@kahlareacts]

😂

[@waywardmind]

I miss Sir Richard Harris. What a dignified and exceptional actor.

[@richardscanlan3419]

Best film was Cromwell 1970.

[@dragonoftheeast695]

I miss him too. He was both dignified and a complete hell raiser at the same time. Do yourself a favour and look up funny Richard Harris stories. They are absolutely hilarious 👍

[@richardscanlan3419]

@@dragonoftheeast695 his drinking sessions with fellow thespian Peter O'Toole were legendary.

[@dragonoftheeast695]

@@richardscanlan3419 the very definition of functioning alcoholics … So funny 🫵👍

[@Wonkothenormal]

Aged beyond his years he was when his time had come, now he rests beyond.

[@EvelyntMild]

"Every time this man hugs somebody, it's just threatening." 😂 that's one of the strangest and most perfect descriptions of Commodus I've ever heard!! I love your reactions! Also, another Russel Crow movie that's awesome is Master and Commander: The Far Sideof the World. Came out not too long after this.

[@kahlareacts]

If I’m being honest, I thought it was pretty strange too when I got to that part while editing. My videos are just stream of consciousness, so I don’t remember half of what I say until I watch it back. 😂

[@28starwarsfan]

Commodus brought them several hundred days of games. Our elites bring us 24/7 instant entertainment from numerous directions.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

Commodus was very inept and cruel in his reign. He didn’t care for administrative duties, so he gave his friends those roles, they were just as inept but also corrupt. They would mess things up, or money or food would missing and they’d blame each other rather than correcting the “mistakes”. Also, Commodus had like almost 200 days of games, exorbitantly expensive and basically was bleeding Rome dry while the currency was being devalued. He also liked to pretend he was a Gladiator, entering the arena in rigged games designed so he’d always win. He also liked or animals in the arena with a bow, while he was in the stands. He was an awful man, juxtaposed by his father which was said to be one of the greatest emperors of Rome. Commodus’ reign is marked by being the end of Romes golden age, their decline. He became paranoid as assassination attempts on his life were common, so he just executed anyone that he thought was against him, and even if someone spoke badly about them, he’d have the, killed. So, when he put one of his officials name on an execution list, that official found out and had him assassinated by his wrestling partner. Yup.

[@zimvader25]

To be completely fair, he kept the senate intact and originally just let them run things, it wasn’t until AFTER his assassination attempt that he just said “aight this what ya want” and went all out.

[@snorpenbass4196]

...so, basically he was Putin? 😆😉

[@MetastaticMaladies]

@@zimvader25 True, and he started becoming increasing dictatorial, but even before then, he was still insane. He was basically trying to prop himself up as a “god emperor”, so I think even without the attempts on his life, he was still planning on making sure he had power over every aspect of Rome, it’s just he didn’t care for actually running the empire because it wasn’t exciting enough for him.

[@ronweber1402]

It was his wife who found Commodus' "To Kill" list and it had her name on it too so she contacted other people who were on the list and they concocted a scheme to poison him at a dinner party. He ate the poisoned mushrooms but he quite quickly vomited them up so they told him he must be sick and to take a bath as that was the Roman cure for just about everything. Afraid that he would live the conspirators had his trainer, who was also on the list, drown him in the bath.

[@Latinomicz]

Sounds like a spoiled kid who grew up with a "humble", respected father. The kid didn't grow up learning the value of his father's accomplishments and to be a good man, but instead thought he was hot shit since he grew up in money and wealth. Sounds like someone else at the moment. Either way, history looks upon him as a POS, just as other leaders will be in the future.

[@timesthree5757]

When I was in the Army all could think about was my beloved Arkansas. I understand how Maximus feels.

[@Muck006]

Were you WILLING to defend it against the EVIL COMMANDERS/TYRANTS ruling you though?????? Just think how many UNJUST WARS and REGIME CHANGES the United States has been responsible for ... and yet "you guys" NEVER do any self-criticising ... and always shut off your brains AND MOUTHS when "national security" gets mentioned.

[@yzwme586]

You're damn right it's a masterpiece. Best movie I've ever seen still to this day since the first time I saw in 24 years ago.

[@snorpenbass4196]

The music is - to an extent - by Hans zimmer. But the co-writer and female voice of it, Lisa Gerrard, got snubbed by the Oscars to the point where Zimmer spoke out about it. She's also behind the score to The Insider, about the guy who revealed that the tobacco industry had been lying for decades.

[@lennyvalentin6485]

Lisa Gerrard is a musical goddess! :)

[@terrylandess6072]

Another Crowe film, I have it also on PC besides Gladiator.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

Whenever I watch a reaction to this film (or any historical fiction film), it makes me realize how much of a history nerd I am and how not as many people are into history, ancient or otherwise, as I am.

[@terrylandess6072]

Before the smartphone, people were more selective in the time spent entertaining themselves, usually bettering themselves simultaneously with knowledge or physical activity. Watching Jacques Cousteau instead of Happy Days and going outside instead of testing chair warranties.

[@marioperez5262]

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I very much appreciated how engaged you were throughout the movie. I especially thought it was endearing how emotional you got at the end of the movie. Keep up the great content 👍🏻

[@tmckain5532]

I enjoyed watching this with you! Your reaction was exactly how I felt back in the day. I love watching stuff with you!

[@SimoExMachina2]

The Gladiator in the mask was the same guy who played one of the henchmen in the Ahnold classic, Conan the Barbarian. Sven Olen Thorsten. One of Ahnold's body building buddies.

[@EthanKandler-ti8px]

Impressed you knew you the score, they seem overlooked a lot. I love the begging, the dream of home, coming back watches the bird fly with a smile, then he’s hardened by the reality. The end is highly similar, except it’s in reverse. All he wants is simple, beautiful…it’s home. Marcus Aurelius: “It’s a good home, worth fighting for”. Then at the end, it leads me back to Cicero: “Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to”. Then not in the movie, but an actual quote by Marcus Aurelius, “ A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values”.

[@tomaskennedy]

44:48 He’s not poisoned. He more than likely has a punctured lung or something.

[@DomLab-g2n]

You know she had those prison guards "disappeared" after her and Maximus met in the clink. They were talking too loud and spicy for none of them to hear it. 🤣

[@blizzywilk]

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

[@_sylh_3368]

Don't worry, everyone gets emotional at the end of Gladiator lol. It doesn't matter how many times I watch it, this movie gives me chills and brings me to tears. It's one of my dad's very favorites, and he's passed that on to me

[@rodrigomancini9945]

Now you need to react to "troy" another great movie from this era👍

[@lennyvalentin6485]

Agreed! It's a very epic movie. It may not have the emotional intensity of this one, but as an action flick it is quite enjoyable. :D

[@terrylandess6072]

As someone whom grew up on the '60's Sword and Sandal films of Hercules, Sampson, etc.- Besides the first Conan, I had to wait for Gladiator/TROY/300 to finally get that feeling back.

[@TADEUSZKOSCIUSZKO-eo3mw]

​@@terrylandess6072BEN HUR WITH CHARLTON HESTON , CLEOPATRA WITH ELISABETH TAYLOR , THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . WHEN I FIRST SAW " GLADIATOR I SAID ITS A REMAKE OF THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . THERE WHER MANNY EPICK MOVIES IN THAT TIME , NO CGI JUST PERFECTLY DONE BY " MASTERS "

[@AlfaMadDog11]

great reactions and the quality was seriously impressive, thank you :D oh, just an FYI I found out, maggots were applied to wounds because they only eat dead flesh - extreme cleaning! 🤮

[@martijnvanvelsen6313]

When Maximus says 'Are you not entertained?' for the second time, look at the top left of the screen. You'll see a man in a white shirt and grey pants holding a camera. Blooper!!!

[@stephenjohn7473]

Won best picture at the Oscars in 2000 (when they were still relevant)

[@Muck006]

... and bought by "Harvey" a lot of the time. [No idea who does the "buying" now, but it has the stench of a committee/SOVIET (which is the same word, except in russian) coming from it.]

[@agathacathartese7041]

You sound like an old man lol just because you dont like what they are now just means youre irrelevant lol

[@idgaffritp]

Another good movie on the level of "Gladiator" is "The Last Samurai".

[@Astuga]

Im always impressed how Maximus did ride with an infected wound and only two horses across Europe from todays Vienna (where the battle happened) to somewhere in Southern Spain. 😝 Other then that, great movie.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Love your hair! ❤

[@tn_bayouwulf2949]

Another great film that doesn't get much reaction air time is "Kingdom of Heaven." I love watching your film reactions!

[@billthomas478]

She definitely should watch that one

[@jasongarcia1886]

Yes watch Kingdom of Heaven but must watch the director's cut

[@thestokes91]

Directors cut is a must

[@TheTruther8888]

Have you watched "The Green Mile" yet? Oh and The Last Samurai... I love your videos all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦...

[@knessing7681]

Kahla, were you entertained ? 😅

[@kahlareacts]

Very much so

[@saaamember97]

Believe it or not, Sir Richard Harris (Marcus Aurelius) was also a singer. He cut an album titled "A Tramp Shining" (His first solo album) which has a song that actually made it all the way up to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, back in 1968. That song was 7 minutes and 20 seconds long, and was titled "MacArthur Park." Though there was no "s" on the end of "MacArthur," no matter how many retakes the record producer used, he could not get Richard to stop singing it as "MacArthur's Park." kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoPaioSdoJVoers

[@SimoExMachina2]

I don't think you quite understood it. When the African guy told Maximus "they will clean it", he was talking about the maggots. The maggots will clean the wound by eating all the dead tissue. Of course he also applied some herbal remedy (probably mixed with his spit) to treat the wound as well, to avoid infection.

[@09Charler2321]

Somebody help this man……hahaha😂 I love your reactions! Thanks for the laughs ❤

[@thatsjustmytake]

Maximus was a general in the roman Empire. Comodus did fight the gladiators in the arena. He was trained by a slave/gladiator named Narcissus. Comodus gave him his freedom so that he could train him to fight in the Coliseum. Narcissus ended up killing Comodus in 192 AD because he found out that gladiators whom Comodus fought were given dull swords under his instruction, and those gladiator were worked up so much that they were tired by the time the fought Comodus. Also his sister was the evil one trying to fing ways to kill Comodus for the throne because she was older than him. She felt she needed to run the empire and not this young emperor. That is why he fought in the arena as a gladiator, to show that even though he was young, he was brave and could fight. Comodus lived a very lonely life, didn't trust anyone because of the many times people were trying to kill him.

[@scottdarden3091]

I don't know my most hated character Commodus or Percy from the Green Mile.

[@terrylandess6072]

Meryl Streep as one of the 'Kramer vs Kramer'(s) still holds a high spot on my list of actually 'hated' characters.

[@paulc8588]

great reaction kahla

[@steveobrien9937]

I really enjoy your reactions they seem genuine and heartfelt....... I highly recommend the Color Purple........ the 1985 Steven Spielberg version.. and keep a box of Kleenex handy LOL

[@kahlareacts]

Thank you! I’ve seen The Color Purple, and yes, it’s definitely an emotional roller coaster.

[@virtuallyveronicka]

I love your reactions and commentary; yours is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. What an amazing film! The end breaks my heart every time (the song, the respect for Maximus, and him finally being where he wants to be). 😭 Can’t wait to see what you watch next! If you’re taking suggestions for the autumn season, have you seen: The Village (M. Night Shyamalan), Dan in Real Life, Mona Lisa Smile, and Dead Poets Society?

[@claudiomet]

Simplemente: Ridley Scott

[@dianeritthaler7792]

Liked and subscribed. This is one of favorites ❤🎉 Great reaction

[@tracisr]

This movie is so freaking good!!!! It is definitely Bomb Bomb!!!!

[@BM-hb2mr]

He played in Noah which was an epic biblical style movie. Also this is one of the best Sound Tracks ever made along with Braveheart

[@Allen-hg2hu]

Trash movie that was not accurate at all, Noah was a blasphemous movie if you are a Christian and know the REAL story, which the Athiest director did not know, it was his own fantasy movie, not the biblical facts of the Noah story. One of only two movies I have ever walked out of, absolute Trash.

[@philshorten3221]

Zulu an old British Battle Movie, Real events, real people where more VC's were awarded than in any other single action before or since. Fun Fact, the Zulu warriors are genuine Zulu, and the Zulu King is played by his real life direct descendant!

[@zeigbert1743]

This is the movie that inspired me to get my wig and grow out my eyebrows.

[@terrylandess6072]

Not everyone can pull off a Ming the Merciless.

[@Farmer_Dave]

In olden times maggots were used to clean wounds. Maggots eat the dead and rotting flesh from the wound but don't eat the live tissue. And in doing so eliminate the possibility of serious infection. In some areas of medicine it is still a practice used today.

[@lilianekomy]

it's the most moving film after the Egyptian prince that I have seen

[@barryscott8041]

40:24 I've seen 2 Reactors FLIP OUT at 'The kiss,' and judge them both. In a movie filled with death and brutality, they're offended by....a kiss. Lucilla and Maximus' love pre-dated their spouses. Here they are trapped in a desperate situation, reaffirming their love. She says "I have felt alone all my life. Except with you." For me it's the most beautiful moment in the whole damn movie

[@th.burggraf7814]

Had a ton of fun watching this reaction. Good job. 👌🏻👍🏻 P. S. Shawshank Redemption is a perfect movie for a reaction vid.

[@tomaskennedy]

14:02 The maggots are what would clean the wound. They eat the dead tissue and leave the healthy tissue beneath untouched so it can heal better.

[@nathansellers8454]

My first time watching your reaction channel. You are gorgeous and I love your reaction. What a great movie

[@marcuswest1318]

My favorite movie of all time. It’s just so completely top tier. It’s cliche…but they don’t make movies like this anymore!

[@angler_dave9911]

Love your content, KZbin has been trippin it hasn't shown your uploads for me. No worries I'm about to go binge now. Keep it up ❤

[@anthonyguadagnino2681]

The maggots are cleaning the wound

[@alexgoldbar]

The soundtrack literally makes me drown in tears every single time i watch the ending of this movie. Hans Zimmer is king!

[@brucewayne2558]

The snake to the breast conversion between the Emperor and the boy was about the story of Cleopatra.

[@josephalbanese]

Loved your reaction to one if my favorite movies of all time.

[@johnwillis4706]

The Princes Lucilla loved Maximus more than anyone on earth, save her son. Which is hinted at actually being Maximus' son. Releasing Maximus to go to his family nearly destroyed the Princess, but she knew he had to. I found it amusing that Maximus was honored in death and her brother Commodus was left lying in the dirt of the colosseum like a stray dog.

[@bdleo300]

True masterpiece... I hate they are making completely unnecessary 'sequel' , it'll never be nowhere this good.

[@richardhepp8917]

Recommendations: Silence of the lambs Poltergeist The sixth sense You won't be disappointed.

[@ericechols6056]

Gladiator is a Great movie! Kahla, "WERE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!????" 😂Commodus stabbed Maximus in the lung, causing him to have external and internal bleeding filing his lung up with blood and bleeding out. Kahla: "We saw how he did Maximus..." Me: "Yeah, we saw how Commodus murdered his father!" You should check out the movie 300.

[@gantorisdurran710]

Your one of the only reactors that realized he was poisoned.

[@gunman462]

The only thing I don;t like is that they turned Commodus into a seriously creepy villain rather than the incompetent weakling he was.

[@RedEd404]

Kahla, you are a joy to watch :) May i recommend another Ridley Scott film: 'Kingdom of Heaven' (the directors cut) - its just as good as Gladiator, in different ways

[@envillain]

Aaaand subscribed. Great reaction!

[@kahlareacts]

Welcome!

[@lennyvalentin6485]

@@kahlareacts If you want some great and intense dramas to watch, try either Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun", it's got a rather young Christian Bale in it, playing a really rather precocious upper-class British kid who accidentally gets left behind during the Japanese invasion of Singapore during WWII (it's NOT like Home Alone! lol), and a lot of fantastic adult actors too (John Malkovich amongst others IIRC). And the requisite epic John Williams score, of course. Or why not "The Ice Storm", by Ang Lee. It's smaller in scale, being more of a family drama (and not just any family drama, but a swingers family drama lol), yet still equally intense emotionally. Also, list of fabulous actors of course, like a very cynical, world-weary Sigorney Weaver, a young Christina Ricci, Kevin Kline, a young Elijah Wood in the role of a boy who's a bit unusual you might say, and also Tobey Maguire as Ricci's college-aged older brother. This was Ang Lee's first western movie, and a 1970s period movie (art direction-wise it's so 1970s it's quite exaggerated actually... lol) Both of these are fantastic, and really bring out The Feels. :)

[@MomCatMeows]

Lucilla kept this whole story going forward! 👸

[@hastaluego6665]

Fun fact - oliver reed died during the filming of the movie due to his battle with alcoholism

[@gnarl80fi]

I watched The Gladiator plenty, I always loved this

[@JG-id5vi]

Best reaction ive seen on this movie and ive seen a few.

[@edinscot56789]

21:20 - FATALITY!

[@stevemelvin7308]

I like your reactions. Another great war/love story is ( Braveheart )1995. see ya next reaction.👍👍

[@tommymacartney]

Wonderful reaction 👍

[@SilvanoA]

A great movie, emotions until the end

[@JuniorWilliams-iv9zp]

Clam down lol awesome coolest funniest amazing and lovely reaction every time reaction ❤🎉❤🎉

[@dgunn2817]

Great reaction to a great movie and great editing also.

[@kahlareacts]

Thank you!

[@Muck006]

If you want some LIGHT-HEARTED FUN ... look up The Crimson Pirate with Burt Lancaster ... who performed all the stunts himself, because he had actually been doing that stuff in a circus (together with his mute first mate Oyo). Seeing a "well-built and bare chested man with a smile of a god" for nearly an entire movie should be right up the alley of every woman ... and there is fighting and action and cannons for the boys too!

[@FunknGrvn]

Hey I'm a grown man and it makes my cry too. ;)

[@SilvanoA]

Brava Kahla!

[@BramGaunt]

Then I suggest another film. Kingdom of Heaven directors cut. And only the directors cut.

[@terrylandess6072]

That cut explains and expands without fluff. Many times we see the theatrical versions have conflicts in script or continuity with the extended versions. Not with Kingdom which was impressive.

[@Basinge1970]

It's a tear jerker alright.

[@billthomas478]

I highly recommend reading "Lamentations" by Marcus Aurelius, the Emperor at the beginning. Lots of wisdom in it

[@mcbeezee2120]

Excellent, ma'am. Keep 'em coming.

[@terrylandess6072]

The reason the Roman empire continued to expand their borders when possible is they NEVER trusted those on the other side. Each new conquest brought besides the spoils of war - new cultures not to trust on the outskirts of the new borders. This caused them to eventually rely more on those 'conquered' to rule themselves under the emperor's watchful eye. Once expansion slowed, opportunity for collapse grew. Even the legions began to rely on specialized groups from other cultures to increase their dominance.

[@EricNess-sc3rh]

Appreciate your intelligent insights

[@redscorpion9325]

He meant the Maggots will clean it because Maggots disinfect wounds

[@mostaley5049]

Great reaction to a great movie. 😊👏👏

[@MrMin316]

It is a masterpiece.

[@acereporter73]

"Who will help me carry him?" 😢

[@technofilejr3401]

24:49 Commodus should be Rome’s most eligible bachelor. But instead he can’t stop looking at his own sister. 🤢 🤮

[@kbe2176]

If you enjoy these kind of historic epics, abother great 'modern' one is - Kingdom Of Heaven. Has a stellar cast too.

[@BudTuggly69]

Maximus killed meant gladiators, many had a similar story to his. Many of them also had their families ripped from them. They all were slaves, forced to fight. He killed them, ending their own personal journeys for vengeance and justice. I’ve seen this movie 20 times, I’ve never thought about that until now.

[@aztecgold8997]

Beautiful reactions.....ok...you lead and I'll follow

[@Винчанац]

Gladiator 2 should never exist !!! And yes Gladiator is the pure masterpice !!!

[@BM-hb2mr]

I think you would like Braveheart.

[@susanesquer1520]

Good job!

[@BM-hb2mr]

Modern Day Coliseum would be all the. Stadium said they play football in.Do you see how we've repeated history?I know it's not the leading people, but people actually watch people play football.And that's where they got the idea from a stadium was the colosseum

[@09Charler2321]

I feel like you’d really enjoy the movie big fish if you haven’t already seen it!

[@reptileodinson2750]

Awesome reaction video!

[@kahlareacts]

Thank you!

[@reptileodinson2750]

You’re very welcome!