I wouldn’t say bad. I felt it was just ok. It didn’t feel grand or vast like Gladiator. The story was just ok. The fight/battle with the boats and sharks was just plain silly.
It had moments of cinematographic brilliance.
But yes, it was bad: dialogue, character dev, relationship dev. Seemed like "copy paste" in many points of the script.
It was entertaining, not the same soul riveting as the first. But I liked it! I never thought I would say this, but Denzel was a smidge disappointing in his role. Go see it but go for the cinematography and a good movie experience. Ok, go for the popcorn!
I am a huge Denzel fan, I wanted that Training Day bravado, you know, I AM TAKING WHAT IS MINE! It felt more paranoid and skittish vs “I will rule all” Denzel. Just my take…I WANT MORE!
The first GLADIATOR is my favorite movie. It stands on its own merits as a classic. In contrast, the second GLADIATOR movie stands on the shoulders of the first. No one comes close to Russell Crowe’s brilliant performance in the original.
There's a great movie to be made with the story of Geta and Carracalla as background. Unfortunately Stone wanted to make a movie where queer men are killed like animals and women die to motivate men, so that's what we got.
He was too busy creating a confusion of stitched-together special effects to bother himself with little details like Rome not killing men for that for at least another 200 years.
The only word necessary to describe it is “Sharks”! WTAF! Where and how in that time period did they catch, transport and fill the Colosseum with sharks and saltwater🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gladiator 1 is my favorite movie. Denzel is my favorite actor. I turned Gladiator 2 off half way through. Awful. Something I've never done before with a Denzel movie.
I agree. So out of reality. I think it was an attempt to resurrect Sejanus, Macrinus character, like a praetorian leader, who attempted to become emperor and ended in his death by Tiberius. From that point the praetorian guard became more uncontrollable.
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That's it, my positive thoughts. I'll keep the rest to myself.
Or ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES 2. Though AOTKT 1 is better than Gladiator 2.
But yes, it was bad: dialogue, character dev, relationship dev. Seemed like "copy paste" in many points of the script.
That could have been a documentary alone if it was true.
I never expected it to truly rival 1, just compliment it.
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Denzel is the best part about the movie, but you can wait until it streams to watch his parts.
Two 👎👎 down
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