Episode 99: Ridley Scott Watch Series #11: GLADIATOR (2000)

2023-08-14

"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." This week on the podcast, John and Curtis dive in to what is perhaps the career apex of Ridley Scott, his sword and sandals epic and Best Picture winner at the 2001 Oscars—GLADIATOR. This was the first Ridley Scott movie that we remember releasing, so we spent some time d...

This week on the podcast, John and Curtis dive in to what is perhaps the career apex of Ridley Scott, his sword and sandals epic and Best Picture winner at the 2001 Oscars—GLADIATOR. This was the first Ridley Scott movie that we remember releasing, so we spent some time discussing our first time watching this movie and how much of an impact it had upon release and on a subsequent generation of blockbusters. We went into the historical reference points and themes of the film, and what we liked about the characters and setting. Before getting to all that, we did a news of the week recap and talked a bit about what we watched last week.

We will be back after a couple of weeks for our EPISODE 100 SPECTACULAR!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction (and some Gladiator preview chatter

News of the Week

00:08:25 New Releases (The Last Voyage of the Demeter)

00:10:00 RIPs (William Friedkin, Robbie Robertson, and Linda Haynes)

00:14:15 Talk to Me sequel announced\

What We Watched

00:14:49 Captain Fantastic (Curtis)

00:16:44 Mona Lisa Smile (Curtis)

00:18:15 The Cobbler (John)

00:21:28 Sudden Fury (John)