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Really good

Characters are shown as multi faceted and complex.
Dialogue is insanely good.

A little Woke with The Usual Terrible Script

For woke there is the now common white female black male 'good' characters helped by the good competant black female 911 operator to
track down the evil white male abductor while getting no help from the incompetent white male police sgt. The acting is bad the story and writing are the now common unrealistic, unbelievable nonsense that is everywhere in movies and tv now. Does anybody actually read
these scripts before they get greenlit? Nothing that happens here is in the least bit plausable and the idea behind the story is actually not
a bad one if it's just written and directed by anyone with half a brain and some common sense.

Best show EVER

Zero woke

Fantastic

Nothing woke.

No movie could be more woke.

There's really not much to say except lol. How can a movie that's supposed to defend feminism do so much harm to it in the end !?

Now I remember Dead Sea. Let's JetSki to Cuba!

I'd almost forgot about Dead Sea. Yeah, the dad is a worthless drunk and the daughter is strong willed and empowered. There's a mixed race couple in there too, just to keep up with The Joneses. Dead Sea isn't totally off the rails in a DEI way, I'd say the annoying kids are a huge part in making this film kind of crappy, from what I remember.

Dude. I got some old school thinking.

I sat down to watch Herd assuming that it was a mom and her estranged daughter trying to make amends. It was, like, 15 minutes into the film I realized they were a lezzie couple in a troubled marriage. An I a troglodyte for assuming it was an all American, natural family where mom and daughter went away for a weekend? Needless to say, Herd got the boot. Does everyone and everything out of Hollywoke have to be about lesbians, gays and trans? This horseshit is out of control.

Woke consists of DEI casting resulting in 2 mixed race couples. The single father is a drunk loser while the daughter seems to be the responsible one. The acting is bad, the dialogue is terrible the music is out of place for the scenes. The story is the standard lost at sea cliché. Just an example of how lazy the film makers are, this takes place in the FL Keys but all the background scenes have mountains clearly visible everywhere.

fun movie wich a little wokeness on it

woke elements:
casting(black male, white woman couple) agenda push
main villain is a evil white man(his story of why he is a villain make sense at least)
non woke elements:
family focus(teaches about respect and understanding)
family value(protagonists decide to abandon old independent life for the purpose of having a family)

Beware of strangers.

Very interesting and unconventional thriller. Woke free ! The main actress is excellent.

Not woke. Feminist.

I had fears and doubts about this one. It ends up being very feminist, not woke. All male characters are either sex maniacs, vile or dumb... That's an excellent indicator.
For the rest, the quality of the movie is up to you. I enjoyed the first two -thirds, the scenario is a rather good idea. Demi Moore nails it ! But the end... I don't know.

Revenge done right!

Gladiator is one of those movies that reminds you why you love movies in the first place. It’s raw, brutal, and unapologetically badass—a far cry from today’s pussy standards or politically correct fluff. And it’s glorious.

Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius? Pure alpha energy. He’s a man’s man—loyal, honorable, and driven by vengeance. His quiet charisma is the backbone of the movie. Meanwhile, Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus with his warped obsession with his sister Lucilla, is a villain who feels real because he’s driven by a disturbingly human cocktail of inadequacy and narcissism. Add in Oliver Reed (RIP, legend) and Connie Nielsen, and you’ve got an all-star cast firing on all cylinders.

The action scenes are insane and still holds up even by today's standards, and that’s because it’s not reliant on overdone CGI or flashy digital overload. The arena fights are savage, the stakes are high, and the crowd roars as Maximus tears through his enemies. And let’s not forget the sweeping score by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard--it’s so epic it feels like it was written for the gods.

Now, let’s talk about what makes this movie such a breath of fresh air. There’s no modern-day preaching shoved into the script. Maximus isn’t some neutered, overly-sensitive dude who needs to "learn a lesson." He’s a warrior from the start, plain and simple. The movie doesn’t try to force in some unnecessary “girlboss” angle, either. Lucilla’s a great character because she fits naturally into the story—smart and strong willed, but still very much a product of her world. The film isn’t trying to make some grand statement about gender or identity; it’s just telling a damn good story.

Maybe the only thing that feels a little too Hollywood is how they clean up some of the uglier aspects of ancient Rome (slavery wasn’t exactly as honorable as it looks here), but that’s just nitpicking. For the most part, the movie sticks to its guns and delivers a gritty, no-nonsense epic.


Bottom line : Gladiator isn’t a movie for people looking for lectures or agendas. It’s for those of us who just want to see a man take down an empire with grit, honor, and a sword. Gladiator doesn’t hold back, and that’s why it’s still a classic.