OT: Gladiator 2. with Russell Crowe

DominionsFan · #1 September 26th, 2006, 06:14 PM

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...so, does its story begin with a narrator telling how Roman thaumaturges researched Ench 7 and casted Ritual of Rebirth on their fallen hero or something..?

Not that I would have anything against Crowe or Gladiator, its just that I like my heroically dead characters staying dead. You know, continuity, not overly using God in the Box, etc.

Eh no clue that what will be the story. Anyways I am happy that Crowe is in the movie, because he was decent in the first one.

Morkilus · #2 September 26th, 2006, 07:05 PM

I've pretty much liked every Crowe movie he's been in, so he's not too bad of an actor. But Gladiator would have been a better movie if it hadn't taken itself so seriously and been more like Troy. Troy could have been much more brutal and weird though

DominionsFan · #3 September 26th, 2006, 07:13 PM

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I've pretty much liked every Crowe movie he's been in, so he's not too bad of an actor. But Gladiator would have been a better movie if it hadn't taken itself so seriously and been more like Troy. Troy could have been much more brutal and weird though

Hm...I think we are all subjective about these things. Personally I think that Gladitaor was much better then Troy. The atmosphere, music, acting and directing was better in Gladiator. Troy is a good movie as well of course.

Only one movie comes in mind, that had such a strong atmosphere, decent music & directing like what we've seen in Gladiator...and it is Conan the Barbarian.

Mortibus · #4 September 26th, 2006, 07:43 PM

The original Conan ruled, in my opinion a far superior movie.

Hell, the first 15 minutes of Conan is better than Gladiator, one of the best movie openings ever. Great soundtrack, James Earl Jones, the riddle of steel, and HE KNOCKED OUT A CAMEL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

DominionsFan · #5 September 27th, 2006, 03:55 AM

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The original Conan ruled, in my opinion a far superior movie.

Hell, the first 15 minutes of Conan is better than Gladiator, one of the best movie openings ever. Great soundtrack, James Earl Jones, the riddle of steel, and HE KNOCKED OUT A CAMEL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

The camel was in Conan II.

Conan 2. wasn't bad, but part I. was much better.

JaydedOne · #6 September 27th, 2006, 11:23 AM

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The original Conan ruled, in my opinion a far superior movie.

Hell, the first 15 minutes of Conan is better than Gladiator, one of the best movie openings ever. Great soundtrack, James Earl Jones, the riddle of steel, and HE KNOCKED OUT A CAMEL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

The camel was in Conan II.

Conan 2. wasn't bad, but part I. was much better.

I assure you, there was camel-punching in Conan the Barbarian (pt. I) I can't say if there was any in Conan the Destroyer as that movie hasn't merited nearly the same amount of watching, despite its possession of Wilt the Stilt.

Morkilus · #7 September 27th, 2006, 12:18 PM

I don't remember Conan the Destroyer very much (except the part where he fights some big horned monster), but Conan the Barbarian is better than all these movies mentioned.

DominionsFan · #8 September 27th, 2006, 04:54 PM

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Mortibus said:
The original Conan ruled, in my opinion a far superior movie.

Hell, the first 15 minutes of Conan is better than Gladiator, one of the best movie openings ever. Great soundtrack, James Earl Jones, the riddle of steel, and HE KNOCKED OUT A CAMEL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

The camel was in Conan II.

Conan 2. wasn't bad, but part I. was much better.

I assure you, there was camel-punching in Conan the Barbarian (pt. I) I can't say if there was any in Conan the Destroyer as that movie hasn't merited nearly the same amount of watching, despite its possession of Wilt the Stilt.

Hm....camel in Conan I.? This is odd, I really don't remember. Hm...maybe it was in the scene near Mount Doom.
I guess I gotta watch the DVD again.

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I've forgot to mention....300 will be a decent movie also I guess, especially for fans who like historical movies from the ancient eras.

Here is the IMDB link for it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449/

HoneyBadger · #9 October 7th, 2006, 11:28 PM

Personally, I'd like to see a Conan/Gladiator type hardcore sword and sorcery movie with Ridley Scott as director and Sam Raimi as producer. Elric comes to mind...

HoneyBadger · #10 October 7th, 2006, 11:43 PM

P.S. I *THINK* the camel-punching scene occurred when Conan and the Hun guy (named Ogadai??? Bogatai???) were entering the bazaar and the camel spits all over Conan, so Conan thumps the camel on the head, whereupon the camel falls down dead. Conan 2 wasn't the movie Conan 1 was, but there *are* some decent scenes-decent as in decent for early 80's sword-and-sorcery, which was practically intrinsically crappy. One interesting note is that the actor who played the thief in Conan 2 later played the security guard Stanley Tweedle on the Lexx. And The Lexx kicked a lot of explitive. Another note in Conan 2's favor is that they salvaged the magician from the first movie, the actor of which did a very solid job, in my less than humble opinion. And it's got Grace Jones. Overall, I think the director/producers atleast were pointed in the right direction (for the movie, if not-certainly not-for the books), I just think they were hamstrung by no budget, low tech/cheesy special effects, and too much camp spirit.