@FuriousMachine The Gwar level finale was really something! I’m just amazed how well all of the over the top material worked, with a vile Dennis Quaid as the cherry on top. Top tier filmmaking. It reminded me a bit of the film Running Scared in that regard, but with way more brains behind it.
Gladiator II was a crushing disappointment for me. Nothing is earned, stuff just happens for the sake of it. I found the action completely pedestrian, boring and absurd in the worst ‘Hollywood’ sort of way, which is insane when you consider the scale of what’s actually happening on screen. The plot is ludicrous with giant leaps in logic needed from the audience to stomach it. I suppose I should sit with it for a bit before declaring it as his worst ever (Exodus: Gods and Kings exists) but my goodness does he ever seem checked out to me here.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
Well, no one cared about The Last Duel and he had his big rant at cinema goers, popcorn movies, sequels and Marvel, right? Maybe he is just giving the people what they want these days 😛
If you can't beat them, join them. The idiots are winning et cetera, et cetera.
Roll on "Gladiator III, semel
plus" and "Gladiator IV, et aliud" and maybe chuck in a remake, "Gladiator, idem, sed deterios" 😁
@Ravix@Jimmer-jammer I'm getting more and more convinced that Sir Scott should have retired a long time ago.
@nessisonett The original is fantastic and I liked that Eggers stuck to Murnau's characters, rather than mixing them up with Bram Stoker's equivalents, like Herzog did. I was a tiny bit disappointed with Herzog's version, particularly because I felt that Kinski's count was a bit too understated. I felt that Eggers and Skarsgård went a bit too far in the other direction, though, and that portrayal did not work for me at all. In my mind, Murnau's version is the best, Herzog has the best ending and Eggers version is.. uhm... the newest.
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