Gladiator 2 now filming

[Hammock Parties]

First look at Pedro Pascal in ‘GLADIATOR 2’

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[JohnnyV13]

I wonder if any superfan has edited out the stuff jackson added to the hobbit movies to puff it out into 3 movies.

I suspect the result could have made one really good movie.

[Dunerdr]

I see I'm in the minority. But I went in with low expectations and thought it was pretty good. It'll never live up to the original but it kept moving and had plenty of excitement. By todays standards I thought it was good.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Sounds like mild disagreement to me at best.

In any case, the comparison is still apt regardless of how good you think the Hobbit or Gladiator 2 are (and they're both quite bad). Two Best Picture winning films (or series of films) that the same directors followed with unnecessary "sequels" decades later that paled in comparison.

There are several things that make the comparison flimsy.

The Hobbit was a prequel and Gladiator 2 was a sequel.

The Hobbit wasn't "unnecessary" it was just too many movies. It would have been decent if Jackson would have focused on making a good movie instead of trying to squeeze out as much money as possible. Gladiator 2 was probably unnecessary.

The Hobbit trilogy really ****ing sucked and Gladiator 2 wasn't a bad movie at all.