TOP "My Name is Maximus" Reactions! Gladiator (2000) Movie Reaction (First Time Watching)

[@keetahbrough]

Russel Crowe is a great storyteller, and he told one from when he was fresh from Gladiator and didn't know how famous he was yet. He was in Rome visiting friends and went shopping. Got out of his car,walked to a store. Did his shopping and came out to the street PACKED with people! of all ages! .. he said everywhere ya looked there was somebody standing where half hour ago there were only a handful. So he asks the cop, he said there were lotsa of cops all of a sudden, too lol, to the cop standing closest with one of those long guns, 'what's going on?'.. to which the cop replied, 'YOU GLADIATOR! You are what's going on.' and he used a wonderful roman accent to tell the story lol.. ya.. this was one of his best roles.. but he's got so many other good movies too. :)

[@chadwickvon8019]

This video has great timing. Russell Crowe is the guest on Joe Rogan's podcast today.

[@elizabethalkenbrack8767]

yikes. *sigh

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

Commodus is one of the best villains in cinema

[@Stogie2112]

What gets overlooked quite often in this magnificent scene is young Lucius. His facial expressions were so telling. He's enjoying himself so much, but then he sees that he's in the middle of something very real and very dangerous. His "fun time" on the playing field just stopped being fun. Great acting by Spencer Treat Clark (age 13) all throughout the film.

[@philrob1978]

That's a really nice catch - didn't really think about it before, that and how Commodus just casually tosses him aside too. Really well directed IMO. but yeah - spot on. Of course there's the other scene later on where Commodus confronts Lucilla about the "plot", while holding Lucius at his side - young lad knows the threat they're both under.

[@lanalan4157]

Russel Crowe said he didnt want to perform tjis dialogue at first because he felt it was too cheesy but Ridley Scott convinced him in the end

[@bryce253]

One of the greatest scenes with one of the greatest line deliveries and greatest chants of all time. Agreed??

[@dsjoakim35]

"Loyal servant to the true emperor Marcus Aurelius." That hits different after reading Marcus Aurelius - Meditations. He really was a true emperor, maybe the best Rome ever had.

[@Knight-Bishop]

There is a second reason why Commodus is afraid of Maximus's appeal to the public... The entire reason why Rome became an empire was because a supremely competant and charismatic general inspired more loyalty in his own troops than to the State. Maximus may not have his troops with him anymore, but there is a limit to how many people the Praetorian Guard could control. The whole point of these games were to distract people from other problems in the empire... You don't want a second coming of Caesar in your own stadium when your people can barely stand you.

[@sergioomar9090]

Sounds oddly familiar🤔

[@chadwickvon8019]

If anyone is interested, Russell Crowe is the guest on Joe Rogan's podcast today.

[@quicksimplebeauty]

It was a good conversation

[@micpar2]

MAXIMUS has left the arena!!! Thank You!! Thank you very much!

[@firsttimewatching7861]

Welcome!

[@B355Y]

Thank you for your work making these compilations. I appreciate you.

[@jeffashley5512]

Remember at this time in Roman history the mob ruled. The Emporers knew you had to win the crowd or risk rebellion. This scene epitomized the balance of an emperor knowing not to overplay his hand.

[@MattCollectorControl]

Emperors beyond Aurelius had all the same problems. The people needed entertainment and war parades in Rome to cover up the bickering governors mistreating provinces in the empire. Thus leading to barbarian encroachment in later decades. Power was either bought between Senate officials to regain favor for a certain Emperor. The army was dissimilated into garrisons across Italy after the 2nd century AD. The Empire went into full defensive mode after Tuetorborg forest. Germania remained lawless beyond The Elbe which as time went on became a haven for nomadic people's in the 3rd century. Overpopulation forced most tribes south. The Huns were the final straw. Every barbarian sought a new home. By then gen the roman economy was in decline and the manpower of the empire reduced by at least a third from what it was in Augustus reign.

[@Christobanistan]

2:04 OMG that dude is hysterical. They are the best couple ever!

[@Direwolf216]

For cuteness, BlissFlix takes it. EOM React takes it for keepin' it REAL.

[@dklabratful]

Actually, in reality, it was thumbs up meant death, thumbs down meant live. But, of course, over the centuries the meaning was inverted, so they had to make it mean the opposite to suit modern audiences.

[@Stogie2112]

The academic jury is still out on the meaning of thumbs up or down. Much of the evidence (what little there is of it) is inconclusive. "Pollice verso" = "The turning of the thumb". The thumb could be turned up, turned down, held horizontally, or concealed inside the hand to indicate positive or negative opinions. Historians have not come to a consensus.

[@orboobleck5366]

No one's actually really sure. They just know the thumb was involved somehow.

[@pedrojperezg]

I'm about to film a video with the reaction to the reaction of the reaction

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

Literally my favourite movie of all time! Great scene!

[@CaptainFirespitter]

Even though I don’t watch their channel at all, I’m actually glad that Ash’s Channel acknowledged how the original meaning of the thumbs up/Thumbs down was inverted for this movie. So say what you want about them, at least he got that part right.

[@Kerknor]

I watched this entire thing without noticing a guy in the corner also watching...

[@Rorschachqp]

Ridley Scott directing Russell Crowe, folks. This movie was written quite mediocrely but it was a perfect pairing of director and lead actor. Plus f-ing Joaquin Phoenix.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Wow wow wow what an "Annoying" Bird !!! 😆 🐦 🤣

[@unclelink]

Taking requests? Casper: "Can I keep you?" reaction, please! Thanks!

[@TheseDarkWoods]

Effing Lucius… One of the best scenes ever filmed. The best film I’ve ever watched in the cinema (or elsewhere). I must stop falling in love with these reactors. Dasha. Biss. It will end BADLY!! I’ve been there before. Cool cut, though. Thanks!

[@82danielrider]

I had the privilege of seeing it in the cinema when I was 21, the trailer for the second part filled me, first with anger, then with sadness.

[@john79taxidriver20]

i was 21 too now 45 damn...time is a blink....

[@ardalla535]

The historical Commodus was very popular with the Roman people. The aristocracy and, of course, the Senate, hated him.

[@ripLunarBirdCLH]

The movie did a great job conveying that Maximus was untouchable at that moment. Commodus could've been an emperor, but emperor sparing life of whoever crowd wanted to spare was the sacred law. And if pretty much all people in Rome raised against Commodus, he'd be killed along with all his guards. Why? Because this is Ancient Rome, not China... That's why Commodus forced himself to spare Maximus.

[@bigsarge8795]

Ugh. This one gets me every single time.

[@joshuawells835]

Great scene. I saw a Roman historian go over the Roman naming convention and he said that given praenomen, nomen, and cognomen, Maximus' name is mixed up and that the actual order would be Decimus Aelius Meridius Maximus. Decimus is a praenomen, Meridius and Maximus are both cognomens, so Maximus would be an additional agnomen, and it's also mentioned he has another name Aelius, which is a nomen.

[@sinnncere1680]

Thanks for always putting Ash first, makes it so much easier to skip lol

[@CaptainFirespitter]

At least with Ash, he was right about the original meaning with the thumbs up and down and how it’d been inverted for the film. First time I’ve seen someone actually acknowledge that, so kudos to him.

[@motorcycleboy9000]

EOM hitting with my internal monologue the entire first time I watched Gladiator. "*DAMN*, I hate this mfer" 😂

[@lapourjenkins9724]

That gives me goosebumps

[@Maidiac214]

This scene is why my friend wanted to name his son Maximus, but his wife vetoed that name quick.

[@Christobanistan]

Dasha is the best!!!! ♥

[@calinthefield2622]

Only thing that ruins this scene ,right after maximus finishes his epic speech it sounds like the start of the jurassic park theme and it takes me somewhere else

[@luciusfuselier1565]

The little boy name is Lucius

[@MelArg240]

Joaquin eyes are amazing

[@ryanje8147]

It is funny how this reactor calls him Maximum instead of Maximus. lol

[@bernardoaguilargt3763]

First couple is wrong. The very origin of the thumbs up signal is precisely that: the emperor commanding death at the games (down) or conceding life (up). Nothing to do with modern audiences, this have has going for over a century now at least to my knowledge.

[@kimnewman9112]

But Commodus was actually, a gladiator. And not a bad one.

[@mic88ed]

Make one when his son is ran over by the horses ! 😢🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

[@chosipian]

just excellent!

[@micpar2]

MAXIMUS BUTT KICKIST!!

[@dewarmcnamara]

How did Mr Xmen bag that lady.

[@teddy98100]

Are we really watching a reaction to a compilation of reactions to a movie ? :)))

[@weignerleigner3037]

If testosterone could speak

[@micpar2]

Who are UUUU!!!!??? I'm BATMAN!!!

[@england902]

Is she ok.

[@firegod001]

The audio is way out of sync.

[@firsttimewatching7861]

It's fine now

[@craighanson-rc1md]

ugh how pathetic I take it ash or whom ever saw it ahead of time reactions only work when people involved havent seen the clip before. He literally stopped the movie to talk tell how much he liked the scene for one thing stopping the flow but also putting her in a state where she knew something was going to happen & affected the entire reactions. So annoying.

[@jbwade5676]

😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@alexthomas311]

Sound is out of sync

[@firsttimewatching7861]

It's fine now

[@ramstrong1961]

PowerfulJRE Joe Rogan w/ Russell Crowe (#2191)

[@denox25000]

People are stupid or crasy? Its a epic movie but its a movie....

[@Christobanistan]

Downvoted because you stole all this content.

[@bulletpr00f101]

The first guy is annoying. Stop adding him to the reactions. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@mythgreatbritain5634]

Spain didnt exist at the time....😉

[@aha3885]

For more than seven centuries Hispania existed, you can ask to Trajano, Adriano or Teodosio I. And 300 years before Rome was founded, this lands were called Sphania or Yspanya. And after Rome declined, we fought the muslims with the warcry "¡Santiago y cierra España!". So, yes. We did exist at the time. Almost at any time you can imagine.

[@EzioWolf]

Cope harder nerd.

[@terrysturgill9992]

​@aha3885 well said!

[@Wienerblutable]

Yes Phoenix does a great job in this one