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Gladiator(2000) - why all the love? (self.truefilm)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by md5crypto to c/truefilm

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It's so historically inaccurate. Marcus Aurelius did not want to restore the Republic. Commodus was assassinated by his guards, not killed in the arena by a fictional Maximus. Also when the emperor signaled execution it was thumbs up, not thumbs down.

Oh but beautifully shot and nice score.

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[–] AlpacaChariot 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good actors and character development, classic underdog story, the music is also great...what's not to like? It doesn't need to be historically accurate to be entertaining. Braveheart is a great film but 0/10 for historical accuracy.

[–] OCATMBBL 6 points 2 years ago

It seems... they were not entertained.