Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.

Great movie. Another Russell Crowe movie is Master and Commander. It's a naval war movie, and very good.

Dogs have been used in war since the beginning of "war".

"Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt" is an ancient Roman quote by the poet Juvenal. It is a metaphor for attaining public approval not by excellence in service or policy, but by diversion and distraction.

"I know its a war, but I dont know who to root for.....oh, the dog! Im rooting for the dog!! Cristy, THAT is a perfectly acceptable answer!

The Gladiator soundtrack will always be one of my favorites. It was the first time I started to pay more attention to music in movies and TV shows. Since then it's my favorites kind of music. Thank you Hans Zimmer

Strength and Honor, Maximus the perfect name for a man with such pride, strength and honor..... This movie stands the test of time hard to believe it was made 24 years ago

I will comment on this video but not yet, not yet

Cristy there is a very good HBO show called Rome. It follows 2 Roman legionaries named Vorenus and Pullo. It starts out with them fighting for Cesar when he was a general, then it follows history through Cesar taking over Rome, Cesar's death, the rise of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, and the rise and rule of Augustus all told through the eyes of the two soldiers. It is very excellent and pretty historically factual as far as the big things happening it's great and a good way to get to know more about the Roman's.

"just kidding.. terrible joke, because people die here.." That is definitely one of the lines of all time 🤣

Fun fact about the colliseum they also pumped in water and had naval battles. No idea how they did it but they did

'Allo :). Edit: Esta bien. Brit here - 400 years ago, your people and mine would have been enemies - but 2,000 years ago, this is our shared history, it's where we both came from. Shed a tear of gladness we both do not suffer the trials of our ancestors... :)

"Someone should show them soccer" 😂😂😂

"TURN YOUR PHONE OFF"...???!!! 🤣😅😂 Cristy, you are the BEST! 🤭😜👍

Great reaction Cristy like always. Love this movie! The scene where Russell Crowe's describing his home, he's actually describing a place near where he lives in real life, that's why you can see so much emotion. Brilliant! And the scene in which Commodus yells "Am I not merciful?" right in his sister's face was improv at that point. Joaquin Phoenix was just scripted to say it the one time. He ad-libbed the repeat of the line as a menacing yell right in her face and that is real shock on Connie Nielsen's face. You can see a now adult Spencer Treat Clark, who played young Lucius, as a member of Weird Al's band in the new parody biopic about him. Keep up the good work.

My favorite line: "The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end, Highness"!

I have this movie on VHS and I bust it out when anyone im entertaing asks "whats a good movie to watch?" I bring out the old VCR and pop in Gladiator

Bull fights in Mexico, Spain and Portugal continue this tradition. In Portugal they don't kill the bull.

When she said "Just name your son emperor and call it a day".

"Someone should show them soccer" 😆😂🤣

Especially, but not limited to that time period it was normal for royals to have siblings and other close family get together. It was normal for royals to keep the family pure by not mixing the genes with others outside their family. To give you a great example, Cleopatra wanted to be Queen but she couldn't unless she was married. She married the oldest of her 2 brothers. Years later he died so she then married her other brother in order to stay Queen. There are a LOT of other examples of such relationships to this day of Royal couples made up of siblings or cousins or Uncles and nieces! There are also such couples in entertainment. Singer Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year old first cousin (daughter of his aunt and uncle) 👱‍♀👱‍♀👗👗👠👠❤❤

'That's a person without a head... on a horse.' - We call that a Headless Horseman.

I watched this movie with my dad when i was a kid around 20yrs ago. The music and story has been stuck in my head ever since and it still moves me and brings a tear to my eyes.

Music by Hans Zimmer and vocals by Lisa Gerrard. You should check out some of her music it is beautiful. She was originally in a group called Dead Can Dance check them out. Amazing music

Gotta do The Last Samurai next !

“Someone should show them soccer” Best response to someone being decapitated I’ve ever heard

“Someone should show him….Soccer” :). Nice

The dog got put in the curry

The artist who performed in the Gladiator half time show was Beyonceus maximus gluteus.

I already know there's gonna be serious Cristy crying on this one!

I recently saw a clip of an interview Russell Crowe did where he talked about how he doesn't like that people mostly celebrate his work on this movie. He listed a whole bunch of names for people who were involved that did excellent jobs on set. Djimon was fantastic in the role of the Nubian slave lol. "I will see you again, but not yet" still brings me a little chill and ive seen this movie dozens of times

If you want another amazing Russell Crowe performance, DEFINITELY watch Michael Mann's remarkable fact-based legal/journalist drama The Insider (2000). He really shines there, and I believe he's even better in that film, as great as he is here.

"Find another home. Turn your phone off." - PRICELESS. :)

Love your reactions....especially when u bust out the Spanish lol it reminds me of I love Lucy when Ricky got all worked up 😂

Love the line where takes of the helmet & it's a surprise. He knew exactly who he was when that statement was made.

Another brilliant reaction, your edits are class you somehow always include my favourite scenes in every reaction haha love the channel big fan

really enjoyed reaction, thanks for sharing with your virtual family

First of all, I love your background music at the end when you're giving your thoughts. Gladiator is my favourite movie of all time since it came out in 2000. What makes this movie so great is the drama behind and in the movie itself. Great reaction, new sub here!

Jack Gleason, who played Joffrey in Game of Thrones, drew acting inspiration from Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus character for his GoT character.

Cris, it’s ur channel, u may have all the opinions u wish. U’ll never pls everyone - it’s impossible.

If you were wondering the german during the initial fight was yelling 'you are dogs! you are damned dogs!' ironically in modern german not what was actually spoken at the time. Then again nobody ever accused this movie of being a paragon of historical accuracy

Great reaction!!! 😊❤

"Somebody should show them soccer". That cracked me up. But I've been to soccer matches a lot. There is no distribution of free bread. In fact they charge you an arm and a leg for any snack.

40:50 the praetorian guard doing what they did best :D

I love how his image of the afterlife is the road leading downhill through the wheat fields towards his farm, with his wife and son waiting for him to come home.

The Princess loved Maximus more than anyone in life save her son. which it is hinted might actually be Maximus' son as they were lovers about 10 years previous. It nearly killed her to release him to go to his family. Maximus defeated Commodus to save Rome and he did. He finally went home to his family, farm and the harvest.

Joaquin Phoenix was so good in this movie at playing the villain.

Very excited for this! Gladiator is one of my all time favorites.

I can't look over the fact that Lucias caused sooo many problems for Maximus lol

The song at the end is a made up language and is sung by the lady that made it up. Such a beautiful song.

29:52 That's so funny because it's all Bread and circuses

Nice reaction. I only got around to watching this myself a couple of days ago so i was almost on the same page as yourself when reacting. I know you said your not keen on history but if you want to see a very accurate history of Britain (700 years after this) i would highly recommend the series "The last Kingdom" . It is highly regarded and should gain you a sizable audience. (Try an episode or 2 by yourself to see if you like it). "Black sails" "Vikings" "Deadwood" "Sons of anarchy" "Ripper Street" "Narcos" "Griselda" "Chernobyl" Are all respected series aswell. (Two others films very similar to gladiator are "Centurion" and the sequel "The Eagle" (Both excellent)

yeah :) 1. beheading the messenger was an usual response of not surrendering 2. los perritos estaban siempre usados para la guerra tambien 3. generally id say this movie represents all true historical facts about ancient empire ... including former roman citizen being sold for slavery

Great reaction Cristy. Fun movie.

great villains make great movies and Jaquin Phoenix as Commodus is one of the best.

I could not stop laughing when you said they should be introduced to soccer as an alternative to swords. LMAO! 😂

"Unleash hell" has nothing to do with the wardog. It meant Quintus has to wait for the signal (the flaming arrow at tyhe begining of the battle) tu release all the catapult projectiles and the arrows toward the ennemy.

Basically a fictional story loosely based on real people of history. Commodus reality: However he WAS assassinated, by an athlete. There were numerous plots and attempts upon his life, but the one which finally succeeded was carried out by a wrestler in combat named Narcissus, while Commodus was in his bath. The plot was orchestrated by his closest advisors, and apparently even included his mistress, Marcia. It occurred on the very last day of the year 192 CE, exactly when the rest of Rome was preparing festivities for the New Year, 193 CE. However, it was feared and believed by insiders that Commodus planned to kill the consuls-elect, who by both tradition and jurisprudence were to begin their terms upon New Year’s Day, and be sworn in as consul himself, instead. This he reportedly was going to do even outfitted as a gladiator, in his lion skins, with appropriate weapons. This was the final outrage, according to ancient sources, sealing his fate. Lucilla: Lucilla conspired against Commodus, and attempted to have him assassinated in 182 CE. Commodus banished Lucilla to the island of Capri as punishment, and ordered her execution shortly after. From: ancientromanhistoryrevivalDOTcom/gladiator-the-real-story/

It's always great to see reactions to this film, and I loved yours. It is a film that will stand the test of time, a true classic. As you said it's just excellent performances, cinematography, visually, and most especially that epic, stirring score. I also love that it exposes younger reactors (millennials like yourself) to a trio of amazing British actors. These 3 actors were in the twilight of their long careers on stage and screen, and this film gave them great roles and lines of dialogue. Richard Harris played the emperor Marcus Aurelius: "your faults as a son is my failure as a father". Oliver Reed played Proximo: "I did not say I knew him! I said he touched me on the shoulder once". And finally Derek Jacobi as Senator Gracchus who delivered the line which always gets me: "who will help me carry him?". 3 amazing actors.

War dogs have been used by humanity for millennia, look up Becerrillo. He was Ponce de Leon's war dog

Ridley Scott really is a genius. His brother Tony did some great films too (RIP).. This might be the first reaction I’ve seen of you where you were genuinely unsettled. Keep pushing yourself, there are so many gems out there to be enjoyed. ❤

I like how you cheer as if you're part of the crowd. I did the same when I saw it in theaters, it was a cool experience 😊

Joaquin Phoenix played the villain perfectly, my favorite in this movie. Yes, he was a horrible person, but if they got someone else, it probably wouldn't have the same impact as how Joaquin played him

A side note, at the end of the movie, the woman who sings “Honor Him”, and “Now We Are Free”, Lisa Gerrard, was chosen by Hans Zimmer in part because the language in which she sings is her own creation. She says when she sings, only she and God understand what she’s saying.

One of the best legion Roman had was the 9th legion from Spain .

are you not entertained!!!.... "Someone should show them soccer or something" HAHAHAHAHAHA I loved this comment. Definitely the best laugh of the week for me.

Cristy: Make him Emperor. He's your son Commodus: *kills his own father, orders the death of the greatest General in Rome, along with his wife and young son Good call But I bet the dog is ok 😊

I watched this in a cinema in Miami in 2000, walked in on a whim. Not a dry eye in the place during the final scenes.

Thank you for reacting to this movie, it is one of my favorites. For me the most important part of a reaction channel is to see the one doing the reaction enjoy the movie, so I hope that you can find some way to avoid movies that might be too much for you to watch due to gore or other factors that will be tough for you to watch (or someone that you trust enough to make that judgment for you that has already seen the movie). We are all here to have fun after all.

Commodus was such a snake they even named a reptile after him (Commodus dragon).

Awesome movie!!! Absolute classic masterpiece!

The bird scene was soo powerful.

This guy's........ the best. He really knows what he's doing. On point.

When you said in the intro like you weren't super excited about it, I was thinking to myself "oh no is this reaction gonna piss me off?" but nope we had a good time!

Everyone feels bad for Commodus at first……til

Glad you did this movie, it's one of my top 5 of all time!! :D

"Just die killing the worst Emperor." Oh, sweet summer child. Commodus was not a good Emperor, but he was FAR from the worst. Nero and Caligula make him look like the most kind and gentle soul in the world.

Russell Crowe won an Academy Award for this role. But, for me, Joaquin Phoenix carried this movie. This was his greatest acting performance of his masterful career. Though he did get an Oscar, he was for sure snubbed for this role.

I have always loved the history of Rome, and watching movies about it are a lot of fun for me. - Russell Crowe win the Oscar for Best Actor for Gladiator. - Marcus Aurelius was not only Emperor, but a philosopher. His book, Meditations, is considered required reading of the Stoic philosophers and has had a resurgence of popularity in the last few years. He is played by Richard Harris, who is best known by many now as the first Professor Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films, as he sadly passed between the second and third films. - Commodus was real...and a lot worse than the movie portrays him. - Commodus mentions the Emperor Claudius, and ironically the most famous actor to portray Claudius is in the movie playing Senator Gracchus. Sir Derek Jacobi, one of England's most beloved Shakespearean actors, played Claudius in a landmark BBC drama called I, Claudius based on two novels by Robert Graves in the mid-1970s. He played Claudius from age 16 to his death in 54 AD. It is easy to find online, and I heartily recommend it. It comes across like a stage play, but the acting is superb! - The actor playing Proximo died during production. Oliver Reed, a major English actor during the 1960s to the mid-1970s was a rather hard-drinking and partying sort, and his excesses caused the condition that killed him during the filming. The script had to be re-written, and the use of doubles, CGI, alternate takes and lines of dialogue helped the filmmakers flesh out the character after his death. Originally, Proximo survived and had the little carvings of Maximus's family that were to be buried. They had to change it to Juba (Djimon Honsou) which actually makes much more sense emotionally.

Cristy: how are people entertained by this? Me: Are you not entertained?

Great reaction Cristy. I’ve only seen this movie like 3 times over the years. Little too graphic. But such a great movie. And the cast and acting top level. 👏👏😊🥰

Such a great movie! I love the last words gets me every time!

20:10 the best scene for me! He doesn't tell him who he is.

Great movie, Beautiful Cristy

"Someone should show them soccer." Genuinely burst out laughing 😂

They threw bread at the crowd to pacify them.. Ever hear the quote "bread and circuses"..? That is the reference..

The only time incest was really "accepted" was during the Polemy reign of Egypt. They wanted to keep their bloodline pure, that is how we got Cleopatra.

24:30 "Why do they have horses and the gladiators don't? This is an unfair fight." Yes, it's unfair. That's why Maximus' Dominus (his owner) was so pissed about getting normal rates to lose all his slaves. Why is it unfair? This is a historical reenactment of a famous battle where Roman soldiers defeated a horde of barbarian warriors. Maximus and his guys are the barbarians and they are supposed to lose to the romans, just like it happened in history.

Masterpiece. Great perfomances and great music.

Oohhh,.me.encanta tus palabras en español!!! Muy buema reacción a esta épica pelicula!! Cada vez que me topo con esta pelicula, me quedo viéndola hasta el final, con su paso al más allá casi poetico, con tus seres queridos esperandote, me emociono, no sé cómo.explicarlo, es una pelicula increible... Y ya está en proceso de filmación la parte 2 de esta gran pelicula!! Cariños desde Chile!!! 🇨🇱🇺🇸🇨🇱🇺🇸🇨🇱🇺🇸

he was a soldier of Rome, honor him

Marcus Aurelius "Commodus will accept my decision." Cristy "I don't think so bro..." 🤨

Beautiful reaction Cristy, Thank you kind regards, Chris

Love your reactions

Oh! You like to make this old man emotional. Love love love you Cristy. Keep them coming.

New subscriber here. Very well done with the reaction

SOUND OF FREEDOM. Not asking u to “thank me later” but, u’ll want to.

In the one iv always watched maximus just turns the marcus down but in this cut he said il think about it

The Gladiator is one of the best movies ever made. The story it tells is splendidly written and told. The costumes are fantastic, and the fight choreography is just wow. Every time I watch or watch a reaction to this movie I cry because it so emotionally charged. Few movies of the time The Gladiator and the movies after ever come close to being as great. I don't know if you have been recommended 300 yet but it is another great movie that portrays history even if it isn't completely accurate to history. Honestly what movie that is not a documentary is? If you do watch 300, fair warning it is graphic.

Now imagine seeing all that on the big screen! In the first fight in the Colosseum, when the war chariots come in and one is overturned, crashing through the gateway, most of the audience in the cinema when I was there, involuntarily ducked because it was so huge and realistic.