#take a wild guess what movie i'm referencing lol

[canuck-sweets33]

Halloween WIPs!! 🎃 👻

The sketch is giving me a hard time so it'll be posted in early November (It'll be fun to extend spooky season a little longer lol)

I love how Rouge come out, I can't wait to finish the other one by the time the movie is released!

[castlebyersafterdark]

I never do this, im not even a fan, but the idea of you, vinny, a romantic creative and film appreciator, going to see gladiator 2 having never seen the first is an abomination to me and i must put down my sixpence's worth hahahhaa

PLEASE DONT. see gladiator 2 by all means if you want. but the original is considered a modern classic and was an instant classic when it came out. its still referenced in film classes. it's influenced so many films, mainly in the way the ending pans out (v interesting if youre into storytelling and writing craft...) and also in the way it influenced film scores, and also most famously for the shot that has been Copied A Thousand Times in movies since: the hand thoughtfully stroking through the grass. I'm sure you will have seen this shot in other films and recognise it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enGTk409iQk

its a cliche atp lol

so yeah. i wouldnt even call myself a gladiator fan, seen it once or twice in my life. but the idea of people seeing the second when the first objectively did not need a sequel and is just a perfect complete story that is an icon of cinema... hoo boy haha

Oh wow, I am LOVING your passion!! I'll take your word for it and watch it sometime soon!! It's interesting hearing it's this huge impactful classic when... I don't really know all that much about it? Huh. What rock have I been living under. I literally know nothing about the original. And I don't think it has to do with it coming out when I was a literal toddler, because I know about and enjoy so many movies so much older than it, this is just very interesting. I guess it was one of those things where I heard "Gladiator II? Why is this getting a sequel now?" And had me wondering if it was one of those movies that has barely anything to do with the original. I stand corrected and informed!! If we decide to go I'll make sure I've seen the classic now!! I never knew it was considered an icon of cinema - just thought it was an older action movie. I'll admit when I'm lacking knowledge!!

And oh, totally know that field shot in homage, that's wild. That's such a common shot. Love finding out stuff like that, just assuming it's a oft repeated cliche, but I guess that cliches come from an origin.