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Happy Saturnalia! Ya filthy Humans!
Bring back the drunken traditions of this holiday!
#saturnalia event#good omens#good omens oc#good omens roleplay#good omens season 2#connie the crow#crows#drunk#drunken traditions#christmas is pagan
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Gladiator (2000) dir. Ridley Scott
#gladiator#russell crowe#connie nielsen#joaquin phoenix#djimon hounsou#moviegifs#fyeahmovies#perioddramaedit#userfilm#cinemapix#cinematv#usersavana#tuserlou#userashe#userkraina#tusertha#tusertyler#userpfeiffer#gif#by userlosthaven#period drama#action#2000s
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it's not my fault my leg joints bend backwards!
DAGONS DAILY PSA
There is a special place in hell for you slow walkers or those who stop in the middle of busy corridors to have conversations.
You know who you are
#good omens rp#good omens#good omens dagon#connie the crow#i have bird legs and my joints go backwards#dont judge me
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GLADIATOR (2000), dir. Ridley Scott "When I shot that film, I had like a personal secret […] that [Maximus] was the father." — Connie Nielsen
#gladiator#filmedit#filmgifs#movieedit#moviegifs#userrobin#userconstance#gladiator 2000#cinemapix#dailyflicks#connie nielsen#lucilla#maximus#russel crowe#*#*movies#*gladiator
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On the set of Gladiator (1999)
#gladiator#behind the scenes#joaquin phoenix#russel crowe#connie nielsen#ridley scott#00s#2000s cinema#00s nostalgia
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Gladiator (2000) - dir. Ridley Scott
#gladiator#filmedit#movieedit#filmgifs#moviegifs#fyeahmovies#junkfooddaily#dailyflicks#cinematv#cinemapics#chewieblog#userfilm#userstream#perioddramaedit#perioddramasource#russell crowe#RCgifs#joaquin phoenix#connie nielsen#oliver reed#djimon hounsou
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Oh I have google! >:)
is this you?
Yes, it is. Where did you get this picture??
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"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
GLADIATOR (2000) dir. Ridley Scott
#gladiator#gladiator 2000#ridley scott#commodus#maximus#connie nielsen#russell crowe#joaquin phoenix#maximus decimus meridius#gifs#movies#film#gif set#film edit#movie edit#film gifs#movie gifs#gif edit
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By cinegramatica
#gladiator#gladiator 2#russell crowe#paul mescal#pedro pascal#connie nielsen#joaquin phoenix#joseph quinn
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Me, getting ready to go watch Gladiator II tonight and awake once again my life-long hyperfixation with Ancient Rome.
#gladiator 2#gladiator ii#gladiator#gladiator movie#ridley scott#paul mescal#pedro pascal#denzel washington#connie nielsen#joseph quinn#russell crowe#maximus decimus meridius#lucius verus#marcus acacius#macrinus#emperor geta#emperor caracalla#ancient rome#roman empire#film#movie#meme#george constanza#seinfeld
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Gladiator (2000)
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Fellow Demons? What’s the worse thing you’ve done? So far? What are your plans for the new year?
the worst thing I’ve ever done! Is convince George Lucas to sell Star Wars to Disney!
@duke-hastur @duchess-shax @furfurs-fotos @fishyfiles @lower-management
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More Gladiator 4K shots from Paramount / Universal Studios!
#they’re so clear!!!#every detail of my beloved’s face in 4k#he’s so beautiful majestic powerful stunning etc etc#i am but a humble sunflower turning my face to follow his sunlight#the one where he’s looking up at the colosseum is like crack to me#THE NECK#I NEED. TO BITE IT#and his hands 🥹#sweetly cradling his family’s statues#in the soft firelight that highlights his face so perfectly#and the last one NOOOO NO NOO NOOOOOOOOOO NOOO#his death always rips my heart out by the roots#he looks so beautiful even in death D:#it hurts my heart#i want him to live forever and be happy#though i guess that’s sort of what happens#BUT NOT WITH ME AS HIS WIFE#THAT’S ALSO WHAT I NEED#my heart breaks over him every single day#gladiator#maximus#maximus decimus meridius#gladiator 2000#russell crowe#ridley scott#connie nielsen#oliver reed#joaquin phoenix#djimon hounsou
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Gladiator (2000)
#2000#gif#film#movie#Gladiator#Ridley Scott#Connie Nielsen#Lucilla#Russell Crowe#Maximus Decimus Meridius#Maximus#Joaquin Phoenix#Emperor Commodus#Commodus#Sven-Ole Thorsen#Tigris#Richard Harris#Marcus Aurelius#Colosseum#Rome#Roman Empire
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Gladiator II (2024) review
Been there done that.
Plot: Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honor needed to return the glory of Rome to its people.
So me and my wife only recently rediscovered the first Gladiator film and having previously only watched it once when I was a child I evidently did not appreciate the grandiose mastery at play, as that first Gladiator movie is fantastic. From the powerful performances to the epic action to the high spectacle set pieces to Hans Zimmer’s incredible emotional music score…. makes me think of that meme with Homelander proclaiming “it was perfect!”. Truly me and my wife would both now say that Gladiator has sky-rocketed to the top of our favourite films of all time, and also makes me appreciate how great of a director Ridley Scott once was. He still makes some decent projects now such as The Martian and The Last Duel, however he’s very much a hit and miss director at the moment. But back in the day with the likes of Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise and the aforementioned Gladiator, the guy can like REALLY make a movie! As such having grown a new appreciation for his Roman epic, I was really looking forward to but also sceptical over the upcoming sequel. For one due to so much time passing since the original, and also lack of Russell Crowe for obvious reasons and the trailers suggesting that this new one is essentially a copy of the original. The latter aspect especially was a concern, for the original film was a multiple Academy Award winning motion picture, so trying to recapture that same flame would be silly. So my hope was that Scott and the team would try and do something new and different whilst still in-keeping the world created by the original film. Question is, was it worth all this wait, and more importantly, was I entertained??
Look, I don’t one to be one of those snobs who compares a sequel to its original, but it’s difficult not to (so seems like I’ll be snobbing it today!) due to the reputation of the first one, as well as the fact that Gladiator 2 (or II if you’re into your Roman numerals) is in essence a repackaged version of the first movie. Well, part of it is. The whole plot line involving Paul Mescal’s Lucius going on his revenge quest into the Colosseum is that rehash, and unfortunately it is the primary storyline of the film. The issue with this is it naturally ends up living in the shadow of its predecessor. The other more interesting narrative is one that involves acting legend Denzel Washington (spawning a lovely American accent in Rome but the man is so entertaining to watch you cannot help but forgive him his transgressions) where he tries to take over Rome by weaselling his way to the top of Rome’s political hierarchy. That stuff is actually great, and him manipulating the two emperors and causing their eventual downfall was really intriguing to witness. Shame that this story beat only really came to full effect in the last 30 mins of the movie.
As for the performances, as this one boasts a stacked cast. I’m sorry to Paul Mescal fans, but he’s really stale and bland in the main role of Lucius, or more-so Maximus 2.0. It doesn’t help that the script by David Scarpa lacks any depth or character development that made the original Gladiator so compelling, but even on the basics of acting Mescal doesn’t do much with his role. Like his wife dies and I never really felt like he gave that much of a crap. Or whenever he had to deliver any level of emotion, I never felt it. In the original Russell Crowe manages to portray so much through his eyes. The versatility of his face with watching him switch from emotion to emotion was actually incredible. For example when Commodus tried to goad him into attacking him, and you can physically see this breaking Maximus’ mind and then taking every ounce of being to hold his composure and pulling himself back together and then saying “I will kill you but not right now” or something along those lines….like guys that was pure cinema! So yep, Paul Mescal has none of that. He delivers what is supposed to be an inspirational monologue at the end of the film about strengths and honour and I did not give a single dollop of a turd.
Pedro Pascal was in this film less than I expected. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Pedro, but here for the few scenes he’s in he spends moping about wishing for a better Rome, which was all good and sound only that that was his only character trait! Like seriously I cannot underline how weak of a script this movie has! Take the two tyrannical emperors for example. Joseph Quinn (aka Eddie from Stranger Things) to be fair as Emperor Geta was quite watchable, but his brother Emperor Caracalla played by Fred Hechinger was a straight up knock off of Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus from the first film. Except that the brat that was Commodus was given the necessary build-up, as you could tell from the beginning of the movie that his dad (played by the late Richard Harris) was probably a terrible father who spent too much time wanting to build up the empire by endlessly invading everywhere rather than spend time with his children. As such Commodus is raised to be a wuss, so his actions in the film have sense. In Gladiator 2 though Caracalla literally is an unstable prick and that’s it. So again I cannot necessarily blame Hechinger as his performance was based on the limited info that was given to him, but this doesn’t result for a compelling character. Connie Nielsen is one of the only returning characters (aside from Derek Jacobi) from the first film, and I’ll give her props, she seemed to be acting her ass off, so much so that when she shared scenes with Mescal even he showed glimmers of emotion. Finally we have Denzel Washington, who to be fair from the trailers I expected a much more extravagant and absurd performance from, but nevertheless he seems to be having a lot of fun in this role, and to be fair the movie really turns up a notch every time he appeared. Also did not expect by the end of 2024 to be shipping Denzel with Tim McInnerny from Blackadder yet here we are.
The direction from Ridley Scott is strong to be fair, and the impressive set piece of the Colosseum and the tense blockbuster-level action fights in the arena were great to watch, now with the added flavour of baboons and sharks (yes, sharks). Costumes and make-up are all great and there was something nice about seeing a true historical epic at the movies. I give Scott props, he’s the only major filmmaker currently still trying to keep that genre alive, with his recent other releases being Napoleon and The Last Duel.
The music though by Harry Gregson-Williams is a very generic historical epic score, and very much a downgrade from Hans Zimmer’s masterclass work in the original. That’s the thing with Gladiator 2 - basically everything about it was done better by the original, and it really feels like it too. I’m still happy that this movie will be seen in the cinemas though (my screening was absolutely packed and most of the screening for the film on the day were sold out too) as it allows for the genre of historical epics to still live on. That being said though, I am not entertained.
Overall score: 4/10
#gladiator#gladiator 2#gladiator ii#gladiator movie#connie nielsen#paul mescal#pedro pascal#ridley scott#joseph quinn#fred hechinger#russell crowe#movie#movie reviews#film#film reviews#cinema#drama#action#history#roman empire#denzel washington#2024#2024 films#2024 movies#gladiator 2 review#tim mcinnerny#derek jacobi#David scarpa#historical epic#swords and sandals
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2319!WE HAVE A 2319!!!!!!!!!
Hey I found a crucifix near the hellhounds and @lower-management thought you should know.
YOU FOUND A CRUCIFIX? Did it injure you? Those things are dangerous!
Yes I should know, thank you, I've got to - *muttering* somewhere - incident report - I'll do personally -
#good omens#good omens roleplay#good omens season 2#good omens oc#connie the crow#muriel good omens#crowley#good omens crowley#good omens rp#ineffable husbands#2319#monsters inc
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