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Gladiator(2000) - why all the love? (self.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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[–] OCATMBBL 6 points 2 years ago

It seems... they were not entertained.