Unfortunately in the 200 film Gladiator director Ridley Scott did not succeed. The film Gladiator may have had some accurate points but for the most part was not faithful to Roman history. With the poor representations of Marcus Aurelius, Commodus and creating an entirely new character as well as how the gladiatorial events in the movie didn’t fully show how intricate and important gladiators really were. Finally the movie didn’t showcase the proper attire and armour that real gladiators would wear. In a historical
historical events. Movie makers remake movies based on historical events to help people understand in a more modern way. Most people tend to believe that they are based on what truly happened during that time period. Some movies and shows have half the truth to the real story and have fake facts that have nothing to do with what really happened just to add more action to it. I picked the movie the Gladiator (2000) and using a primary source with help me determine if the movie is legit and accurately
This delay between our characters adds a more haunting effect between the two works. Gladiator begins with the end of a war, to which Rome is victorious, and the emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the military camp, soon going to to die. Marcus Aurelius decides and tells his commanding general Maximus that he is the son he should have had. That the
(Spartacus-1960/Gladiator-2000) 1. What’s different and why? Gladiator is in the manner that the main characters became slaves/gladiators and the aspect of how “freedom” is earned. Maximus on the other hand, was a Roman General that refused to serve for the Roman new emperor, Commodus, who had murdered his father, Marcus Aurelius, in order to obtain control of the Roman Empire. The biggest difference between Gladiator and Spartacus is the manner in which their respective freedom is earned. Gladiators freedom
many people. Due to the disobedience of their father, Phaethon and Commodus faced the consequences of absolute power. The lust for power, as portrayed in the mythological story “Phaethon” and in the movie “Gladiator” leads to the death of both powers hungry sons as well as the destruction of a way of life. In the movie “Gladiator,” the Roman emperor, Commodus, greatly resembles the mythological character, Phaethon. Phaethon and Commodus both had royal parents, one was the Sun God and the other was the