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Russell Crowe Criticizes ‘Gladiator 2’: ‘A Really Unfortunate Example’ of the Creative Team ‘Not Understanding What Made the First One Special’ (variety.com)
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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 28 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Literally jumping the shark was a bit much.

[–] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wanted the obvious attraction between Hanno and the shark to be explored more in-depth.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is this a joke or are there sharks in gladiator 2?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They fill the colosseum with water and sharks for a sea battle.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That sounds fantastic! Looking forward to it!

Edit: thought you were still messing with me, I'm really glad I didnt see the movie before I found out about this.

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sharks in the collesium was when I noped out. So awful.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

It could have been a reasonable scene without them.

Most guys aren’t swimming very well in armor if they fall in, and they did small scale naval battles

They just kept turning up the stupidity