Gladiator - Action, Love

Marcelino 2022-04-20 09:01:45

Since it was BF who booked the ticket, I didn't know the plot background before watching it. I originally thought that since it was a doomsday movie, it might be a human extinction disaster movie similar to 2014, but the background was based on the ancient Roman period (it really has no culture, I don't know about Pompeii...).
The male protagonist is played by Kit Harington of Jon Snow of "Game of Thrones". Although he doesn't like doomsday movies very much, when he saw Harrington's charming little curly hair, his blood immediately boiled O(∩_∩ )O haha~.
The structure of the story itself is not complicated. On the eve of the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii, the slave gladiator Harrington fell in love with the noble lady, and the villain fell in love with the noble lady. The villain discovered the love between the young lady and the slave gladiator, and wanted her to die in the arena. Just when the male pig's feet were competing with the enemy, the volcano erupted and Pompeii fell into disaster. . .
Although the name is called the end of Pompeii, the film actually focuses on action and romance from the line of the male pig's foot slave gladiator. The film has a lot of action scenes. The male protagonist is a gladiator. Even when the volcano erupts and disaster strikes, there are still many action fight scenes. These action scenes are wonderful, and a lot of space is spent to describe them in the film. The gladiator created by Harrington is invincible. He is not as strong and tall as other fighters, but he is very flexible, resolute and full of strength. In the film, he is very manly, subduing a mad horse, killing other gladiators in seconds, and throwing a gun with one hand. . . (Feeling that Harrington's eyes kept firing.)
The love part of the film is briefly described. The male and female protagonists are bound by horses. After that, the noble lady paid more attention to the male protagonist. She felt that the female protagonist had more feelings in love. The male protagonist did not seem to save her when the disaster came Love, but the dying prayer of the heroine who saved him and the heroine's mother before. In any case, it is the way of heroes to save beauty.
Finally, as a doomsday film, the disaster of the volcano eruption in the second half of the film, the 3D effect of the disaster is good, the scene is very spectacular (bF was also frightened by the flying stones in the film... Really unmanly), the volcanic eruption, Tsunami. . . When disaster comes, people are really like ants, unable to resist, even if the male protagonist is so strong, he can't escape in the end.
In general, just for its 3D effect, the film is still worth watching, much better than some bad domestic films.

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Extended Reading
  • Eloy 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    What's more surprising is that the layout before the disaster is actually a little bit of drama (just this point is enough to blow Emmerich), although the love line and the comrade-in-arms line are not itchy, but at least the sincerity can be seen, especially the battle line. Excellent, the black actors contributed. And the love line adds political conspiracy. Although it is preschool level, at least the villain is annoying. But the actor's acting skills can be described as powerless. The final special effect is surprisingly long, and it's cool.

  • Johnnie 2022-03-30 09:01:04

    This screenwriter is too bad, the plot twists are all bullshit. The most important thing is that such a movie that seems to be full of bloody battles is actually PG-13. It is better to watch an episode of American drama.

Pompeii quotes

  • Cassia: Is this the end of the world? Why would the gods let this happen?

  • [first lines]

    Title Card: In the darkness you could hear the crying of women, the wailing of infants, and the shouting of men. Some prayed for help. Others wished for death. But still more imagined that there were no Gods left, and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness. - Pliny the Younger, A.D. 79.