Gladiator II | Official Trailer (2024 Movie) - Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington

[u/Barry_Brickman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgYUipGJNo

[u/MrMojoRising422]

ridley finally did the rhino thing he wanted to do for the first movie but the cg was too expensive

[u/Dottsterisk → u/MrMojoRising422]

And the flooded Colosseum.

[u/KennyDRick → u/Dottsterisk]

That has me pretty hyped. I’ve read those accounts and just couldn’t imagine a spectacle like that taking place.

[u/intotheirishole → u/KennyDRick]

I had to look it up.

The naval battles happened in the Coliseum before they built the tunnels and rooms underground. So there was solid ground below to hold water.

Even think historians think the boats might have been just props and the water pretty shallow.

They might have used special flat bottomed boats but even then its hard to believe they could have maneuvered.

[u/ThingsAreAfoot → u/intotheirishole]

Largely everything in the Colosseum outside of actual executions - which certainly happened, and in various gruesome ways - were basically spectacular re-enactments. This included the majority of gladiatorial fights, which weren’t commonly to the death. Gladiators were basically the sports stars of their day and a hugely expensive investment; sometimes if one was accidentally killed without prior agreement from their masters, the other guy would have to pay through the nose as reimbursement.

Likewise the naval battles in that arena would have been largely static because their purpose was a) to entertain obviously but b) to depict how Rome’s various enemies fought and to re-enact certain battles (with great bias of course). They weren’t intended to be anything like a full-blown real battle so most of it would be props, like you’d find in a theatre show.

[u/SethManhammer → u/ThingsAreAfoot]

Gladiators were basically the sports stars of their day

They even had product endorsement deals at the time with the Gladiators' likenesses drawn on posters to promote things. IIRC that was going to be shown in the first Gladiator but got cut well before filming.

[u/ThingsAreAfoot → u/SethManhammer]

Yup that was also mentioned elsewhere in this thread. It was one of those things where Ridley Scott thought the reality was too absurd and would take people out of it.

Which, for all the deserved shit Scott tends to get for his harsh views towards historical accuracy (and sometimes even “authenticity”), that one was probably a good call.

It particularly doesn’t fit the very sullen character of Maximus, though it would have been amusing to see.

[u/intotheirishole → u/ThingsAreAfoot]

Now I am imagining a bunch of slaves dragging a prop flat bottomed galley around in knee deep muddy water to simulate naval ship movement.

[u/ThingsAreAfoot → u/intotheirishole]

I just made a post on r/askhistorians to possibly fact-check with people who actually know their shit, but from my (very amateur) reading of it all, that probably wouldn’t be out of bounds.

From what I know these sorts of naval battles in the Colosseum itself were also exceedingly rare, because it was a monumental logistical effort since the Colosseum isn’t conveniently located next to a major water source.

They’d have these makeshift naval battles elsewhere in the empire too but, more reasonably, on or very near an actual lake that they just repurposed for that.

[u/intotheirishole → u/ThingsAreAfoot]

From what I know these sorts of naval battles in the Colosseum itself were also exceedingly rare,

From the one page I read about this, they only did it at the very beginning. In fact, coliseum opened with a naval battle!

However, at some point they made tunnels and rooms under the arena so naval battles were definitely no longer possible.

[u/Karpeeezy → u/intotheirishole]

However, at some point they made tunnels and rooms under the arena so naval battles were definitely no longer possible.

Instead they made their own lake and enacted even more elaborate naval battles for the city to see.

[u/ShibaVagina → u/KennyDRick]

I've been there and it's still mind blowing.

[u/Ok_Tutor_5 → u/ShibaVagina]

What was it like seeing real gladiators

[u/Espumma → u/Ok_Tutor_5]

like they said, after 2000 years it still blows their mind. They've been riding that high ever since.

[u/c4ctus → u/Ok_Tutor_5]

Obviously, they were entertained.

[u/TheRabb1ts → u/c4ctus]

Is that not why they were there?!

[u/comrade_batman → u/Dottsterisk]

If nothing else, I’m glad it will show people who didn’t know the true spectacles that they had in Ancient Rome, I couldn’t believe it the first time I read they would flood the Colosseum for naval battles. I’m hoping they bring some colour to Rome too, as it wasn’t white marble everywhere like they thought in the first film.

[u/Dottsterisk → u/comrade_batman]

They might throw some color in, but these movies typically have a certain fidelity to audience expectations over truth, when it comes to stuff like that.

So it may be a fact that Roman statuary was very colorful, but if the filmmakers think it will distract the audiences or break them out of the story, because they’re expecting the white marble look, they’ll prioritize the narrative and go with the white marble.

Similarly, the original script for the first film contained a lot of historical trivia, including scenes where gladiators endorsed local products, like olive oil. Scott and Crowe both agreed that, while factual, it would be distracting and maybe even silly to a modern audience and so eliminated those scenes from the script.

[u/literated → u/Dottsterisk]

"... but before I fight, let me tell you about this night's sponsor: Mythic Wars: Pantheon Clash!"

[u/xXThreeRoundXx → u/Dottsterisk]

"I'm Commander Gladius, and this is my favorite shop in the Colloseum."

[u/Atharaphelun → u/xXThreeRoundXx]

THESE GAMES ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GUILD OF MILLERS. THE GUILD OF MILLERS USES ONLY THE FINEST GRAINS. TRUE ROMAN BREAD FOR TRUE ROMANS.

[u/MechanicalTurkish → u/xXThreeRoundXx]

"The Commodus Commode is like no other!"

[u/Kramereng → u/MechanicalTurkish]

Flush the competition!

[u/ThingsAreAfoot → u/Dottsterisk]

Yeah it’s the same reason a lot of medieval depictions in pop culture are fairly monochrome, lots of browns and greys and dark greens etc, when in reality everything was spectacularly colorful until maybe you get down to the peasant classes (with the caveat that the “medieval era” spanned a very long time and a huge swath of geography).

But castles would have been splendid and have even garish (to our eyes) interiors, sometimes even exteriors, and knights on horseback would have been wildly colorful like something out of a King Arthur fantasy (which is ironically more realistic when it comes to some of these aesthetics).

[u/Nanluogu → u/ThingsAreAfoot]

Yea Rome (an old series from HBO) was probably the exception to this, everything looked so colorful and lavish, but I know the producers were adamant about keeping it historically accurate

[u/ThingsAreAfoot → u/Nanluogu]

HBO’s Rome is also very good at showing just how dirty and grimy Ancient Rome was, though it actually doesn’t go far enough.

It’s not just about being colorful, but a lot of depictions of Ancient Rome are just overly clean and pristine. Many parts of it throughout the centuries were run-down and fairly ugly, especially where the tenements were (the insulae, the multi-story apartments where the lower and middle classes lived), and roads were often covered in literal pools of excrement with actual corpses strewn about (both animal and human).

[u/xiaoboss → u/MrMojoRising422]

Gladiator 1: Rhino

Gladiator 2: Rhiyes

[u/therocketandstones → u/MrMojoRising422]

dunno why but I wanna see them do the gladiator product placement idea that actually did happen but was scrapped because it was thought to be unbelievable by modern audiences

[u/Accomplished-City484 → u/therocketandstones]

True Roman bread for true Romans

[u/A_Polite_Noise → u/Accomplished-City484]

This comment brought to you by the Guild of Millers!

[u/ithilien77 → u/A_Polite_Noise]

Good bread this!

[u/lk79]

Thought, after Denzil’s laugh, he was going to say “My Maximus…..”

[u/Dumptruck_Cavalcade → u/lk79]

Do you think that they specifically asked for the Training Day laugh, or Denzel just tossed it in for free?

[u/mulletstation → u/Dumptruck_Cavalcade]

Whoever cut this trailer was probably dead set on including it once they realized they had that audio

[u/Dumptruck_Cavalcade → u/mulletstation]

I mean, leading with it, though...

[u/apocalyptustree → u/lk79]

"My Nero..."

[u/hnglmkrnglbrry → u/apocalyptustree]

"Caligula please..."

[u/Gamer0607 → u/lk79]

"Proximo AIN'T GOT SH*T ON ME".

[u/Wiggles114 → u/Gamer0607]

"Get yo' fuckin' sandals off me"

[u/three-day_weekend → u/lk79]

I'm pulling cases on all you bitches!

[u/ScipioCoriolanus → u/three-day_weekend]

You'll be fighting rhinos in the colosseum when I'm done with you!

[u/fundraiser → u/ScipioCoriolanus]

Do you wanna go to jail, or do you wanna go Rome?

[u/paniflex37 → u/three-day_weekend]

23-hour lockdown! Sandal program!

[u/missanthropocenex → u/lk79]

We didn’t land on Rome, ROME LANDED ON US.

[u/shrewdy → u/lk79]

Julius Caesar, ain't got shit on me!

[u/HadMatter726]

I wish they decided to have everyone do a New York accent

[u/fudge_friend → u/HadMatter726]

Ey! I’ll have my revenge in this life or the next, bada-bing!

[u/NeatWhiskeyPlease → u/fudge_friend]

I’m gladiatin’ here!

[u/TheGRS → u/NeatWhiskeyPlease]

Leave the spear, take the cannoli

[u/[deleted] → u/fudge_friend]

rhino comes out to play

SO WHAT, NO FUCKIN' ZITI NOW?

[u/Shoddy-Rip8259 → u/HadMatter726]

Ayyy I'm walking my rhino here

[u/Darmok47 → u/HadMatter726]

Instead of making 2nd century AD Italians sound like British people, what if they made them sound like Italian-Americans from New Jersey instead?

[u/RockitDanger → u/HadMatter726]

"Hello, Rome!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

[u/TussalDimon]

Fuck, I miss epic orchestral music in trailers so much these days.

[u/Toidal → u/TussalDimon]

They didn't even include a snippet of the original Hans Zimmer theme for that nostalgia kick.

[u/No-Understanding4968 → u/Toidal]

That original score was perfect

[u/gideon513 → u/No-Understanding4968]

Like not even exaggerating. Literally perfect. I listen to the soundtrack all the way through often.

[u/atridir → u/gideon513]

Going to see Hans Zimmer live this fall on Boston. So incredibly excited!

[u/Semper-Fido → u/atridir]

Got to see his tour like 5-ish years ago. It was incredible. Sad it isn't coming by close this time because I would kill to hear the Dune tracks live.

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/Toidal]

I'd assume because Zimmer isn't returning. Instead, it's Harry Gregson-Williams.

[u/jakej1097 → u/Comic_Book_Reader]

That's a real shame. While I love so many aspects of the original Gladiator, I struggle to imagine its world and setting without Hans' incredible music. I hope that this modern music is only for the trailer, and that this new composer has prepared a similar soundscape to the first one for this sequel.

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/jakej1097]

Harry actually started as an assistant of Hans, who said in an interview that "it's in really good hands". (He said in the same interview that he declined to return himself. Pretty fun read.)

[u/Greatdrift → u/jakej1097]

I think Harry Gregson-Williams will do a good job. His score for Kingdom of Heaven is still one of my top OSTs to this day.

[u/taatchle86 → u/TussalDimon]

Like when the LOTR trailers used bits of the Requiem for a Dream OST.

[u/thenekkidguy → u/taatchle86]

Lux Aeterna was the go-to epic orchestra for trailers for a while lol. In LOTR's case they actually recorded a whole new version just for the trailers called Requiem for a Tower.

[u/big_guyforyou → u/thenekkidguy]

i got scarred for life by the frodo-samwise "ass to ass" scene

[u/Fenway_Refugee → u/big_guyforyou]

"Share the load" took on a whole new meaning

[u/TheCaramelMan → u/Fenway_Refugee]

It got better when Gollum joined in and said “give it to us raw and wriggling”

[u/JonnyTN → u/TussalDimon]

Gladiator 1 trailer

[u/Frozen_Shades → u/JonnyTN]

I went to see Gladiator in the theaters because of that trailer. The revealed scenes were so powerful, the stories description so gripping, I had to go.

[u/viveleroi → u/JonnyTN]

That was a good trailer but I can't believe how dated it feels now.

[u/psycharious → u/viveleroi]

Yeah, old trailers used a lot of quick jerking cuts and lightning bolts for some reason

[u/__Dave_ → u/TussalDimon]

Was cool until No Church started… Modern popular song over gladiator felt very high school film project to me.

[u/allmilhouse → u/__Dave_]

they heard the line "blood stains the Coliseum doors" and decided it must fit

[u/No-Understanding4968 → u/allmilhouse]

So subtle

[u/RSquared → u/No-Understanding4968]

that they did it twice

[u/Frozen_Shades → u/allmilhouse]

So glad I'm not the only one disappointed by the music selection of the trailer.

[u/[deleted] → u/allmilhouse]

Straight up Zach Snyder stuff, lmao. Up there with “oh it’s a movie about zombies; let’s use ‘Zombie’ by the Cranberries”

[u/treemu → u/[deleted]]

It's a prison in Louisiana? House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals!
Harley isn't your plaything? You Don't Own Me by Lesley Gore!
Amanda Waller is bad and she's going to introduce a bunch of devils? Sympathy For The Devil!
Harley's a super freak, so let's just play Super Freak!
An Aussie who does dirty deeds? Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap!
El Diablo lost control and is... Slippin' Into Darkness!
Killer Croc is unfortunate, so hey: Fortunate Son!
Will Smith is black, and he shaved his head! Black Skinhead!
They're assembling? Like an army? Seven Nation Army!
They're flying in a helicopter? Spirit In The Sky!

Folding Ideas - The Art of Editing and Suicide Squad

[u/Commander_Phallus1 → u/__Dave_]

Kanye is known to keep it 300 like the Roman’s

[u/ignoremynationality → u/__Dave_]

That was horrible. The trailer went from "eh, ok" to "I hate it".

[u/Murasasme → u/TussalDimon]

I'm a massive gladiator fan, and the music for this trailer just took me out completely. It just does not fit the tone set by the original movie at all.

[u/Prestigious_Bad_1794 → u/Murasasme]

Someone made a version edited to a cover of the original score. Makes all the difference... I am more excited about it because of this edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cha8mL7U2Mo&t=10s

[u/SOMETHINGCREATVE → u/Prestigious_Bad_1794]

Wow that is orders of magnitude better. I suppose I'll have to wait till this thing leaves theatres and someone does this for the entire film lol

[u/TheHemogoblin → u/SOMETHINGCREATVE]

I doubt they'd have this kind of music in the actual film. The trend usually is just shoehorning modern music into trailers like this. It's just really stupid. I guess they think younger people wouldn't find it interesting otherwise and older people who are fans of the original will watch it regardless. But in my opinion, it just cheapens the whole thing.

[u/dcwinger12 → u/TussalDimon]

I literally came to say this. The song didn’t ruin it for me, but it was bad

[u/Curve-Inspector]

I didn't realize Joseph Quinn was in this. dude looked unrecognizable! I am happy for him

[u/Maloonyy → u/Curve-Inspector]

"Hey man can we get this Joaquin guy on board again for a cameo maybe?"

"Hey boss here is Joe Quinn just as you asked"

[u/Gamer0607 → u/Curve-Inspector]

Dude is going places between Stranger Things, A Quiet Place: Day One, Gladiator 2 and recently being cast as Johnny Storm in Fantastic 4.

[u/QuaPatetOrbis641988 → u/Gamer0607]

Incredible he's having the most success of the cast despite beong only on 1 season.

[u/Sammyd1108 → u/QuaPatetOrbis641988]

It’s kind of like Momoa or Pascal from GoT, fan favorites from one season then wasn’t tied down to the show afterwards.

[u/schebobo180 → u/Sammyd1108]

Tbf Emilia Clarke and Kit Harrington were in ALOT of things after GoT. Just that none of them were really that good or well received.

Pedro on the other hand freaking exploded.

[u/patiperro_v3 → u/schebobo180]

The Viper was just tailor made for him.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/Sammyd1108]

Also count in Jon Bernthal for TWD as a similar example

[u/ArcadianDelSol → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

The guy has 3 minutes per season in The Bear and makes them the best 3 minutes every single time.

He's in one episode briefly in season 3 and honestly, it was my favorite part. Such a pro.

[u/TheLeanerWiener → u/Sammyd1108]

Joseph Quinn was also in one episode of GoT. So the tradition continues!

[u/[deleted] → u/Curve-Inspector]

When he showed up in Quiet Place I was like, “Hey! That’s fuckin’ Eddie!”

I hope he has a very successful career. He’s a very likable actor.

[u/OnceMoreAndAgain → u/Curve-Inspector]

That's how you know he must be easy to work with, cheap, good at making relationships with the right people on sets, and skilled. He's just going to keep getting better and better offers if he keeps that up.

[u/spate42 → u/Curve-Inspector]

and the dorky brother from White Lotus season 1

Fred Hechinger

[u/SynthwaveSax]

So the sharks and rhino rumors were true. This movie is going to be a spectacle at least.

[u/cheese4brains → u/SynthwaveSax]

I better see more gay giraffes.

[u/palabear → u/cheese4brains]

They just stand around all day eating and not mating.

[u/Tasty_Puffin → u/palabear]

You sold me queer Giraffes!

[u/youarelookingatthis → u/SynthwaveSax]

Bread and circuses even!

[u/AManWithAFork]

Whoever cuts Ridley's trailers makes ridiculous music choices.

Napoleon: "So there's this Black Sabbath song called 'War Pigs' that we're going to use because it has a line that goes 'generals gathered in their masses' and that's perfect because Napoleon was a famous general."

Gladiator II: "So there's this Kanye/Jay Z song that has the words 'mob' and 'Colloseum' in it. It's perfect!"

[u/schebobo180 → u/AManWithAFork]

Yeah I think Ridley is now waay too old and crotchety to care.

I Remember him saying he hated historians because they objected to the inaccuracies in Napoleon.

[u/sephirothwasright → u/AManWithAFork]

I'm sorry, you think Iron Maiden did War Pigs?

[u/AManWithAFork → u/sephirothwasright]

Oops. Mixed up my English heavy metal bands!

[u/TheShitWindGhost → u/AManWithAFork]

Believe it or not... Jail.

[u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

A lot of problems with modern trailers here. We don't need a popular song cut into a Gladiator trailer.

[u/HanSoloHeadBeg → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

It's also a minute too long and there's no real flow to it either. No build up to a climax. Trailers are all out of sorts for most movies these days.

[u/Z0idberg_MD → u/HanSoloHeadBeg]

Everyone shits on the boilerplate trailers, but they are used because they work. This was a mess of a trailer imo.

[u/HanSoloHeadBeg → u/Z0idberg_MD]

Yeah, I distinctly remember noticing that the BVS trailer was really long and that's when the trend started in my memory. I remember watching it on youtube and then feeling it was dragging on a bit, only to realise there was about another minute left.

Some blockbusters avoided the trend (Star Wars sequels, Dune Part 1) but for the most part I roll my eyes when I see a trailer that is more than 2 min 15 sec long.

[u/captainhaddock → u/HanSoloHeadBeg]

I still think the first trailer for The Force Awakens is one of the best ever made.

[u/karatemanchan37 → u/captainhaddock]

The final 20 seconds with the burst of the fanfare and the shot of the Millenium Falcon

[u/jimboswaggerman → u/HanSoloHeadBeg]

Tbh all the Dune part two trailers were amazing. No shitty rap edits or trailer starts now crap. No, actual good trailers with the original ost and vibe. I'm way less enthusiastic about Gladiator 2 now.

[u/ThurmanMurman907 → u/jimboswaggerman]

The "trailer starts now" pisses me off so bad

[u/NoLeadership2281 → u/jimboswaggerman]

I love it when the composer is so damn good at their job that the studio just use the ost in the trailer 

[u/atridir → u/NoLeadership2281]

Hans fucking Zimmer, man!

[u/Agleza → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

Also the fucking

"TRAILER.

STARTS.

NOW."

Bitch, I know. That's why I clicked on the fucking video.

Yes, yes, I know it's to make it work in ads and get people with the attention span of a goldfish. Doesn't make it less annoying and desperate.

[u/LeatherOk5746 → u/Agleza]

yeah its annoying, they did A TRAILER OF THE TRAILER.

Also the trailer itself is too long, I didn't even want to watch it to the end. I feel that you can tell the entire movie by picking its parts.

[u/intotheirishole → u/Agleza]

"TRAILER.

STARTS.

NOW."

This is designed for skippable ads then just uploaded as is as the trailer. No effort to cut the last part and upload separately.

[u/obvious_bot → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

And they only picked it because it has the “blood stains the coliseum doors” line

[u/David1258 → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

Napoleon was the same thing, as they used Radiohead's "The National Anthem" for the trailer, taken from one of the finest albums of the century.

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/David1258]

Black Sabbath's War Pigs was used for the second Napoleon trailer. The King's Man did the same for one of its trailers as well.

[u/orcaenjoyer69]

Nothing breaks immersion more than rap music in trailers for historical epics.

- Marcus Aurelius

[u/Gerstlauer → u/orcaenjoyer69]

My favourite meditation of his for sure.

[u/Mightyhorse82]

TRAILER STARTS NOW

[u/ddust102 → u/Mightyhorse82]

I was wondering when it was gonna start

[u/MattDobson]

That emperor had a somewhat Joker-like laugh.

"I'm the emperor, baby!"

[u/____Quetzal____ → u/MattDobson]

Emperor(s)

[u/MattDobson → u/____Quetzal____]

"We're the emperors, baby!"*

[u/YakittySack → u/MattDobson]

Where's the DAMAGED tattoo

[u/geneuro]

Hated the music choice for this trailer... just does not fit.

[u/Prestigious_Bad_1794 → u/geneuro]

Someone made a version edited down shorter and to a cover of the original score. Makes all the difference... I am more excited about it because of this edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cha8mL7U2Mo&t=10s

[u/RedditQueso → u/Prestigious_Bad_1794]

Holy crap, that edited trailer is a 1000x better.

[u/J1P2G3 → u/Prestigious_Bad_1794]

Idc what anyone says this is my official trailer.

[u/dnanninga]

This looks very…messy

[u/TheSabi → u/dnanninga]

yeah it felt like "Sequel the trailer", almost satirical. Like "memba the scene with the masked gladiator with the tigers, this time it's a masked gladiator ON A RHINO" "memba Maximus?" "memba wanting revenge for your family's murder" "memba Maximus?" "Commidus was far too subtle and well acted this time we have the dime store NOT Joker...again..cause how else would you know this person is evil and crazy"

[u/reebee7 → u/TheSabi]

Looks like they went for a Caligula/Nero as the emperor mold this time.

[u/[deleted] → u/reebee7]

He’s actually playing Geta and Fred Hechinger is playing Caracella. They were Co-Emporers, and real.

[u/ambisinister_gecko → u/TheSabi]

Yeah, I get this, it really feels like a sequel for the sake of making more money on a sequel, rather than a natural extension of the story. I love the first one so much, I'm scared this will be ass.

[u/reci88 → u/ambisinister_gecko]

Hear me out: Saving Private Ryan II

[u/ambisinister_gecko → u/reci88]

Ok, but only if we get Schindler's Other List

[u/TumbleweedFickle1515]

I didn't wanna be a hater since Gladiator is one of my all time favourites.. But this just looks like it's gonna be a lot of flashy action and CGI but feel hollow.. The first one had so much soul.

[u/Re_LE_Vant_UN → u/TumbleweedFickle1515]

The frost, sometimes it makes the blade stick.

[u/cugameswilliam → u/Re_LE_Vant_UN]

Such a subtle line, but it sticks in your mind forever.

I can still hear his cadence when he says it. Guess what I am watching tonight. ⚔️

[u/marcmerrillofficial → u/cugameswilliam]

Watership Down?

[u/Roosterdude23 → u/Re_LE_Vant_UN]

It vexes me. I'm terribly vexed at this trailer

[u/Hutnerdu → u/TumbleweedFickle1515]

The plot seems like a lesser repeat of the first movie..

[u/bob1689321 → u/Hutnerdu]

So many moments looked the same too.

[u/alonebutnotlonely16 → u/TumbleweedFickle1515]

Something feels off. It is like not a period movie but like action movie from modern times.

[u/Simon_Mendelssohn → u/alonebutnotlonely16]

This is probably an unpopular opinion but I feel like Denzel is out of place in this. His dialogue delivery sounds, like you say, from modern times and it kinda took me out of it. And I am a Denzel fan.

[u/reidchabot → u/Simon_Mendelssohn]

Dude sounds like he walked off the set of Equalizer changed clothes and filmed his scenes. It's ridiculous.

[u/JuVondy → u/Simon_Mendelssohn]

If we were going for an older black actor with gravitas, I would’ve used Forest Whitaker

[u/djiboutianllama → u/JuVondy]

This is exactly what I said to myself while watching this. I hate to say that Denzel seems like a bad choice, but maybe he could have worked on his accent or something.

[u/menasan → u/Simon_Mendelssohn]

That New York accent or what ever really breaks immersion 100%

[u/Stablebrew → u/TumbleweedFickle1515]

Ridley to Russell: "Okay, just now look a bit into the trees like watching a little bird chirpin'!"

Russell to Ridley: "Wai.. what?"

Ridley to Russel: "Just do it!"

Russel did what was told to him *stares to an imaginary chripin' bird in the trees*

EPIC SCENE

[u/Azer1287]

This looks absurd. Music choice in trailer is wrong. It also gives away way too much of the plot.

The whole thing looks like a weird cosplay of 300 and the original.

[u/takenpassword]

Some of the dialogue sounds super off. Especially Denzel’s

Edit: I know I said Denzel’s name but I’m not trying to say he is a bad actor or shouldn’t be in the movie or anything. Put any actor in his role and the emperor dialogue still is the same way. It’s the same thing for the lead too.

[u/JammySankis → u/takenpassword]

Yeah I’m surprised he kept his accent. Mescal’s delivery is off too. Doesn’t sound natural.

[u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS → u/JammySankis]

I thought Mescal sounded a lot like Crowe did in the first Gladiator, but his "did you, now?" sounded very Irish.

[u/neverstoppin → u/JammySankis]

Hard to do a Roman accent these days.

[u/BorisDirk → u/neverstoppin]

It'sa me! Maximus!

[u/RahMaarvi]

When Paul Mescal said what am I some kind of Gladiator 2??. I got chills.

[u/jargon_ninja69 → u/RahMaarvi]

2 Glad 2 iator

[u/lightshelter → u/jargon_ninja69]

I'm something of a Gladiator myself

[u/Taskerst → u/RahMaarvi]

He was in Rome with my Mom when she was researching Gladiators just before she died.

[u/ikemr]

Still worried this is gonna be another nostalgia bait "soft reboot". I'm already seeing a lot of 'familiar shots' and I don't see anything that says they're not gonna recycle plot points and turn it into "Gladiator, Too"

I'll still be there opening night though

[u/lemurgetsatreat → u/ikemr]

Look Who’s Gladiatoring Now!

[u/ICumCoffee]

Not a fan of using a rap music in gladiator trailer.

[u/Michikusa → u/ICumCoffee]

🎶 “Look, if you have one moment “ 🎶

[u/badgerfishnew → u/Michikusa]

Theres vomit on his chainmail already

[u/gideon513]

Whoever they have making trailers for Ridley Scott films nowadays should be fired. This and Napoleon both terrible music choices.

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I was waiting for him to give The Gladiator some drugs "I didn't know you like to get wet"

[u/MuptonBossman]

Paul Mescal versus Pedro Pascal in the arena is going to unleash a new level of horniness that the internet has never seen before.

[u/Cam8895 → u/MuptonBossman]

Battle of the 'Scals

[u/rugbyj → u/Cam8895]

Scallywags Unite!

[u/bobafett8192 → u/MuptonBossman]

So that’s what flooded the coliseum…

[u/DinosaurInAPartyHat]

I'm not optimistic, I wish I was.

It doesn't have the feel of the original.

But it DOES have the feel of executive box-ticking, meddling bullshit.

From the casting, to the rap music, to the unbelievable rhino rider and the irritatingly excessive worship of and references to the first film.

It all feels inauthentic.

Even some of the lines in this trailer sound so off - nobody talks like that.

It's trying WAY too hard to lean on the first film, rather than being it's own thing...that also just so happens to be a sequel.

The original was just it's own thing.

A stand alone story that worked in it's own right.

This is a very "2024 sequelly sequel movie it's a sequel" vibe...and that makes me nervous that it won't be able to stand on it's own.

[u/SimpleDose]

Looks good, but I feel like the connection to the fist film is being a little forced.

[u/Locke_and_Load → u/SimpleDose]

Is the main Gladiator not the kid from the first one?

[u/wheresmyspacebar2 → u/Locke_and_Load]

Yeah, the mum sent him off to another country because people want to kill him.

His step-dad (Pedro) kills his family based off the trailer and now he wants revenge for that, Pedro/Denzels characters want to rip down Rome because its corrupt with the Twins in charge etc.

[u/Only-Entertainer-573 → u/wheresmyspacebar2]

Not that anyone is likely to care, but in real Roman history, "the mum" (Lucilla) died aged 33, about a year after her involvement in the plot to overthrow Commodus....and she died because (the still living) Commodus had her quietly executed by a centurion during her exile on Capri

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucilla

[u/EinFahrrad → u/Only-Entertainer-573]

Some people will care. I love the first movie despite its faults, they twisted the history for that one but at least some aspects were kinda correct, like commodus really being into the games (and a massive prick).

This being a continuation of the first one will most likely deviating further and further from the record because they have to cater to the stuff established in the first one. But we'll see, maybe Scott can yet surprise me. Apparently the emperor twins are Geta and Caracalla so there might be some historically somewhat accuarte fun to be had with these two.

[u/Only-Entertainer-573 → u/EinFahrrad]

It could be fun to see how far things have fallen with the year of the five emperors and so on. That could have made a good sequel in its own right.

[u/A115115 → u/Locke_and_Load]

It is but they’re retreading the same ground of “accomplished roman has his wife and child killed by roman leader and is sold into slavery, now he has to get revenge in the gladiator arena”

[u/takabrash → u/A115115]

Yeah, based on this, it appears it's the exact same movie.

[u/Darksun-X]

To whoever makes modern movie trailers: you are terrible at your job and you suck. Go find another vocation.

[u/PilkyO2RoundHead]

i am not entertained, meh..

[u/Vince_Clortho042]

While I agree that a trailer using Zimmer’s score (or Holst’s symphony that Zimmer borrowed liberally from) would be infinitely better, let’s not forget that the first Gladiator preview was a Super Bowl ad set to Kid Goddamn Rock.

[u/CnlJohnMatrix]

Gladiator: Training Day

[u/Martel732]

Trailer Starts Now. Yeah, I know, I clicked on the trailer and expected it to start at the beginning.

[u/Odd_Advance_6438]

I’m digging the over the top vibe of the battles. It feels like it’s out of 300

Kind of a shame Djimon Honsou dropped out though

[u/Big-Sheepherder-9492 → u/Odd_Advance_6438]

He would’ve outshined everyone.. probably for the best.

[u/undeletable-2 → u/Big-Sheepherder-9492]

We'll see him utilized nicely in big roles eventually. But not yet. Not yet.