Amph Ridley Scott's Gladiator and Gladiator II Discussion

I have a special spot in my heart for Gladiator. It's the first DVD I ever owned. We didn't have a DVD player back in 2000 (until we later got a PS2) and I remember my dad and I watched it on my laptop screen with speakers hooked up when I was home from college for holiday break. I fell in love with this film. I annoying probably said, "Are you not entertained?" way too many times in subsequent years.

Revisiting it as of late, it looks kind of bad. There are a lot of the mistakes that I didn't see or ignored back in the day. It's weird because they are kind of glaring now. I still kind of love it though. The acting is great and I think it's still a great, heartbreaking story. The music still rules.

A few years ago, I heard rumors of a sequel. I don't know what the story will be, but it seems we may have a potential star: Paul Mescal. He will reportedly star as Lucius, the son of Connie Nielson's Gladiator character.
https://people.com/movies/paul-mescal-in-negotiations-to-star-in-ridley-scotts-gladiator-2-report/

Who loves the original? Are you excited for a sequel? Is Hollywood creatively bankrupt?
Discuss!

 

If it’s not using the Nick Cave script then I’m not interested.

 

The Proposition was pretty good

 

It was the first dvd I ever owned as well. I think it may have come with my dvd at Best Buy. I was amazed at how many extras came with them; booklet, photos, etc.

Love the movie. Not sure I need/want a sequel.

 

The only way I might be tempted to watch a sequel would be if Lisa Gerrard is involved again.

 

@DarkGingerJedi Gladiator was one of the first I got as well but my first was Home Alone since my first DVD player was actually a Playstation 2 that I got during the Holidays 2000. My God that feels like a different lifetime ago. Fresh out of college, single(ish was kinda with my college girlfriend but wasn't), living at home again etc.

Far as Gladiator 2 goes, I wouldn't say I am "pump" for it but definitely interested in seeing it once it comes out though I must say, I am more interested in Scott's Napoleon biopic especially it is being released on Apple TV therefore won't have to leave the house to see it.

 

Of the two, I'm probably a bit more excited for Scott's Napoleon this year than I am currently am for Gladiator 2 but, that being said.... a new Ridley Scott picture is always going to have my butt in the seat.

 

He's doing a Napoleon movie?

I'm always down for his historical movies. He makes the era come alive in very realistic ways. Even though I hated the Last Duel, it was still fun to just watch the movie for the backgrounds, setting, clothes, and sets.

 

Scott still has the mojo, if he wants to make Gladiator 2, by all means let him do it.

 

Gladiator 2: Gladiatorer

 

Gladiator v Alien, here we come.

 

Everyone hyped for this movie post “Strength and honor.”

 

Wasn't that Ghost time travelling Maximus or something crazy like that? Because I am totally down with Russell Crowe Force-ghosting his way through the sequel.

 

It was a resurrected Maximus fighting the new Emperor Lucius who is kind of a-hole like his uncle then becoming immortal and fighting through all the major wars up to modern times where he works at the Pentagon. It had some interesting ideas but overall the execution was pretty silly.

 

In some other timeline, people are making entire three hour YouTube videos trying to figure just what the **** he was thinking.

 

@DarkGingerJedi Yes as it's a Apple+ movie that comes out later this year. Judging by the cast (great cast btw) it looks to be focusing on Napoleon's earlier years but not entirely sure. Here is the Wikipedia page on it:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_(2023_film)

Going to be potentially a couple bio movies this year as Michael Mann has one coming where Adam Driver is playing Enzo Ferrari leading up to the 1957 mille miglia which is famous for regrettably a bunch of people including fans dying at. It was so bad the Italian government outlaw the race soon afterwards. That is another bio picture I want to see.

 

It was a great set piece action spectacle. I’d love to see him make a movie about Julius Ceasar. Imagine what he’d do with Caesar in Gaul, or the wars of the Triumvirs.

 

Gladiator 2: Somehow, Commodus Returned

 

2 Glad 2 Iator

Wait, Nick Cave from the Bad Seeds?

 

Gladiator was also one of my first DVDs. It was Oliver Reed’s last role and he was excellent, as was Crowe and the whole cast. It’s still a great watch, but I don’t think we need a sequel. I think times have changed and I don’t know if people would respond in the same way to the movie had it been made today.

 

Russell Crowe talking about being tested by Ridley Scott

 

Yeah. He wrote this completely bonkers script about Maximus battling gods and monsters in the afterlife and being revived to fight in all the wars of human history from the Roman Empire until the present.