I loves me some Russell Crowe - I'd listen to him read the phone book, among other things - but the trailers make this movie look like Gladiator 2: Men in Tights. No?
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flea - Apr 23, 2010 4:37:26 am PDT #7807 of 30000
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Aims - Apr 23, 2010 4:39:02 am PDT #7808 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
No. No. No. Shush.
flea - Apr 23, 2010 4:43:09 am PDT #7809 of 30000
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I should say, I *liked* Gladiator! But this basically looks like the same movie.
Aims - Apr 23, 2010 4:46:51 am PDT #7810 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Shush.
Ailleann - Apr 23, 2010 4:47:42 am PDT #7811 of 30000
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Has Russell Crowe made another period action movie after Gladiator that wasn't another Gladiator?
§ ita § - Apr 23, 2010 4:57:05 am PDT #7812 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What makes a period piece another Gladiator?
Tom Scola - Apr 23, 2010 5:00:16 am PDT #7813 of 30000
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Russell Crowe.
§ ita § - Apr 23, 2010 5:24:37 am PDT #7814 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kinda what I was wondering--how can Russell Crowe make Robin Hood without people calling it the next Gladiator as long as it features a) costumes and b) fighting and c) period setting.
-t - Apr 23, 2010 5:51:05 am PDT #7815 of 30000
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The producer called it "the Gladiator version of Robin Hood." So there's that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 23, 2010 5:51:07 am PDT #7816 of 30000
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
I find that my enthusiasm for Crowe has evaporated completely in the wake of his phone-throwing tantrum.