Movies: Gladiator 2

[Unholy Diver]

Action sequences are wild and crazy and fun to watch of the big screen. Denzell steals the show which borrows slavishly from the original in terms of basic plot dynamics. Worth watching for the outrageous bits, but it's not going to come close to having the shelf life of the original.

Is it a standalone story? Will it be worth watching / make sense, if I missed the first one?

 

[Jovavic]

I think this will end up losing the studio money, the amount of marketing I've seen has been insane

 

[DaaaaB's]

Is it a standalone story? Will it be worth watching / make sense, if I missed the first one?

You'd probably be better off just watching the first one instead of this one. You seriously haven't seen Gladiator?

 

[John Price]

the original gladiator was an exceptional movie. hard to believe this one will be as good. and yeah the marketing is crazy they were advertising it throughout football yesterday

 

[Unholy Diver]

You'd probably be better off just watching the first one instead of this one. You seriously haven't seen Gladiator?

No I haven't, and likely won't, I prefer to see the big epic movies in a theater, and the trailers for the new one have me thinking about it

 

[Bocephus86]

No I haven't, and likely won't, I prefer to see the big epic movies in a theater, and the trailers for the new one have me thinking about it

The first Gladiator stands up incredibly well. It's worth a watch. I still get goose bumps 2 or 3 different times, and I've probably seen it 20 times.

 

[Osprey]

I've heard it likened to The Force Awakens: a soft remake masquerading as a sequel that's inferior to the original in every way, but possibly still entertaining as spectacle if you don't compare them.